Trade Test Transmissions

by Buzzcocks

Trade Test Transmissions cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1993
  • Label: Castle Communications
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:12:38
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Ralph P. Ruppert

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Trade Test Transmissions' marks the first studio album of all-new material from the legendary Manchester punk pioneers since their 1981 breakup. Retaining their signature buzzing guitars and razor-sharp pop sensibilities, the release successfully reinvigorated their career amidst the broader nineties punk revival.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, infectious, fast, jangly, accessible

Tracklist

  1. Do It (3:23)
  2. Innocent (3:33)
  3. T T T (3:17)
  4. Isolation (3:57)
  5. Smile (2:47)
  6. Last to Know (2:50)
  7. When Love Turns Around (2:25)
  8. Never Gonna Give It Up (2:47)
  9. Energy (3:35)
  10. Palm of Your Hand (3:21)
  11. Alive Tonight (3:48)
  12. Who'll Help Me to Forget? (2:56)
  13. Unthinkable (2:51)
  14. Crystal Night (3:18)
  15. 369 (3:02)
  16. Inside (2:31)
  17. Do It (Single Version) (2:56)
  18. Trash Away (Live) (4:44)
  19. All Over You (Live) (3:25)
  20. Libertine Angel (2:56)
  21. Roll It Over (6:07)
  22. Excerpt from 'Prison Riot Hostage' (1:58)

Credits

  • Buzzcocks - primary artist
  • Pete Shelley - performer, written-by
  • Philip Barker - performer
  • Steve Diggle - performer, written-by
  • Tony Barber - performer

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