Singles Going Steady

Infobox Album |
Name = Singles Going Steady
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Buzzcocks


Released = flagicon|United States September 1979
flagicon|United Kingdom November 1981
Recorded = November 1977 - July 1979
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 47:49
Label = EMI
Producer = Martin Rushent
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:m9q8b5b4tsqk link]
*ARTISTdirect Rating|5|5 [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1563259,00.html link]
*"Q" Rating|4|5
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1393&name=Buzzcocks link]
Last album = "Love Bites"
(1978)
This album = "Singles Going Steady"
(1979)
Next album = "A Different Kind of Tension"
(1979)

"Singles Going Steady" is a compilation album by the Buzzcocks, featuring their UK single releases from 1977-1979, along with their corresponding B-sides. RS500|358

Track listing

# "Orgasm Addict" (Devoto, Shelley) – 2:00
# "What Do I Get?" (Shelley) – 2:52
# "I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:16
# "Love You More" (Shelley) – 1:47
# "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (Shelley) – 2:39
# "Promises" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:34
# "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Shelley)– 3:09
# "Harmony in My Head" (Diggle) – 3:06
# "What Ever Happened To?" (Dial, Shelley) – 2:12
# "Oh Shit!" (Shelley) – 1:34
# "Autonomy" (Diggle) – 3:41
# "Noise Annoys" (Shelley) – 2:49
# "Just Lust" (Dial, Shelley) – 2:58
# "Lipstick" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:36
# "Why Can't I Touch It?" (Diggle, Garvey, Maher, Shelley) – 6:32
# "Something's Gone Wrong Again" (Shelley) – 4:29

2001 Re-release

"CD first released July 1992 in the US."
# "Orgasm Addict" (Devoto, Shelley) – 2:00
# "What Do I Get?" (Shelley) – 2:52
# "I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:16
# "Love You More" (Shelley) – 1:47
# "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (Shelley) – 2:39
# "Promises" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:34
# "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Shelley)– 3:09
# "Harmony in My Head" (Diggle) – 3:06
# "You Say You Don't Love Me" (Shelley) – 2:54 - bonus track
# "Are Everything" (Shelley) – 3:59 - bonus track
# "Strange Thing" (Shelley) – 4:10 - bonus track
# "Running Free" (Diggle) – 3:14 - bonus track
# "What Ever Happened To?" (Dial, Shelley) – 2:12
# "Oh Shit!" (Shelley) – 1:34
# "Autonomy" (Diggle) – 3:41
# "Noise Annoys" (Shelley) – 2:49
# "Just Lust" (Dial, Shelley) – 2:58
# "Lipstick" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:36
# "Why Can't I Touch It?" (Diggle, Garvey, Maher, Shelley) – 6:32
# "Something's Gone Wrong Again" (Shelley) – 4:29
# "Raison D'etre" (Shelley) – 3:34 - bonus track
# "Why She's The Girl From The Chainstore" (Diggle) – 2:26 - bonus track
# "Airwaves Dream" (Diggle) – 3:54 - bonus track
# "What Do You Know" (Shelley) – 3:15 - bonus track

Additional Information

*Singles Going Steady is also the name of a punk-rock record shop in downtown Seattle, WA.