Different Kind of Tension [Bonus Disc]

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All Music Guide - Ned Raggett
The final album of Buzzcocks' first phase of existence is the most fragmented of the three, with increasingly ambitious songs fighting for time with tracks that sound much like the group's earliest efforts. Said songs are often quite good, like the opening "Paradise" or the great romantic angst of "You Say You Don't Love Me," but one can sense the band working to avoid the trap the Ramones fell into by simply offering up yet more sound-alikes. Steve Diggle makes a definite mark on this album, as on the slow-crawl-turning-to-fast-thrash "Sitting Round at Home," a highlight of A Different Kind of Tension that also features his electronically distorted vocals. "Mad Mad Judy" ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Ned Raggett
The final album of Buzzcocks' first phase of existence is the most fragmented of the three, with increasingly ambitious songs fighting for time with tracks that sound much like the group's earliest efforts. Said songs are often quite good, like the opening "Paradise" or the great romantic angst of "You Say You Don't Love Me," but one can sense the band working to avoid the trap the Ramones fell into by simply offering up yet more sound-alikes. Steve Diggle makes a definite mark on this album, as on the slow-crawl-turning-to-fast-thrash "Sitting Round at Home," a highlight of A Different Kind of Tension that also features his electronically distorted vocals. "Mad Mad Judy" is a slightly more straightforward blitz, but with energy to spare and a spacious feel (credit again to producer Martin Rushent). As the album closes, the sense of slight schizophrenia resolves itself as the group embraces all-out experimentation, producing some of Buzzcocks' all-time best songs. "Hollow Inside" shows the band's knack for disguising scalpel-sharp sentiments with seeming simplicity, and the title track's contradictory slogans/demands, disturbing robot vocals, and nagging beat and melody up the ante even further. "I Believe" concludes things (aside from the fake found-sound snippet "Radio Nine") on the highest possible note. Pete Shelley's slightly bemused recitation of all the things he believes in is suddenly interrupted by the line, "There is no love in this world anymore," turned and electronically distorted into an obsessive, anthemic mantra as the band charges along with him up and out. An invigorating blast of, indeed, tension and angst, it alone makes A Different Kind of Tension worth investigating. [The 2010 reissue comes with a bonus disc of singles, live recordings, and demos.]
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  • Release Date: 2/9/2010
  • Label: Mute U.S.
  • UPC: 724596943328
  • Catalog Number: 69433
  • Sales rank: 228,916

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Buzzcocks Primary Artist
Technical Credits
Buzzcocks Producer
Bob Sargeant Producer
Pete Shelley Composer
Steve Diggle Composer
Martin Hannett Producer
John Maher Composer
Peter Mew Remastering
Martin Rushent Producer
Tony Wilson Producer
Jon Savage Liner Notes, Sleeve Notes
Malcolm Garrett Artwork, Logo, Repackaging
Garvey Composer
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