Buzzcocks

Love Bites Buzzcocks Remastered edition

Love Bites demonstrates both the Buzzcocks' perfection of their particular brand of pop and their disillusionment with its restrictions. Producer Martin Rushent clarifies the elements of the sound even further, and Shelley's songwriting continues to improve, including the band's highest-charting UK single, 'Ever Fallen in Love' (later covered badly by Fine Young Cannibals). Other cuts, like 'Sixteen Again' and 'Real World', would have made great pop singles as well, but much of the album (which includes two instrumentals) finds the Buzzcocks mired in repetitive structures. Includes bonus tracks. EMI. 2001.