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Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind The Buzzcocks (1979)

Track listing:
  1. I Don't Mind 2:20
  2. Whatever Happened To? 2:15
  3. Oh Shit! 1:37
  4. No Reply 2:18
  5. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat 7:03
  6. Real World 3:34
  7. Just Lust 3:03
  8. Walking Distance 2:02
  9. Sixteen Again 3:18
  10. Nothing Left 4:29
  11. Late For The Train 5:34
  12. Buzzcocks-12-No Title-I Don't Mind The Buzzcocks 2:42
  13. Lipstick 2:38
  14. Harmony In My Head 3:09
  15. Something's Gone Wrong Again 4:35
  16. You Say You Don't Love Me 2:55
  17. Buzzcocks-17-No Title-I Don't Mind The Buzzcocks 2:44
  18. I Believe 7:09

Notes

In the late 1970s, the Ramones were the kings of punk-pop. But in England, that honor went to the Buzzcocks. Arguably British punk's equivalent of the Kinks, the Buzzcocks had plenty of hooks and infectious pop melodies to go with their snotty, snarling, in-your-face demeanor. For the most part, you won't find a heavy socio-political agenda on I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks, an 18-song collection that came out in 1999 and looked back on the band's influential 1978-79 output. What you will find on classics like "Oh, Shit," "Whatever Happened To?," "I Don't Know What to Do With My Life," "Just Lust," and "Something's Gone Wrong Again" is an infectious, reckless sense of fun. Although without a dull moment, I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks isn't the ideal Buzzcocks collection — some of the band's essential recordings from the late 1970s are missing, including the hysterically funny "Orgasm Addict." But even so, I Don't Mind the Buzzcocks is full of gems and paints an impressive picture of one of punk's most important bands.