A Different Kind of Tension
The third album, with sleeve triangles to follow squares and circles.
Buzzcocks, 1979
- Released
- September 1979
- Studio
- Eden Studios
- Label
- United Artists
- Producer
- Martin Rushent
Produced by Rushent and recorded at Eden Studios, mixed at Genetic Sound and mastered by George Peckham at Portland Recording Studio. It came out in September 1979, reached number 26 in the UK and number 163 in the US. Its sleeve, a photograph of the band by Jill Furmanovsky among a montage of triangles, continued Malcolm Garrett's pattern of squares on the debut and circles on Love Bites. Shelley played keyboards as well as guitar.
Reviewing it in 1980, Rolling Stone's Mikal Gilmore felt it was repetitive but called it the band's most formidable record yet, and singled out I Believe as Shelley's strongest statement.
Track listing
- Paradise2:23
- Sitting Round at Home2:38
- You Say You Don't Love Me2:55
- You Know You Can't Help It2:22
- Mad Mad Judy3:35
- Raison d'Etre3:32
- I Don't Know What to Do with My Life2:43
- Money2:45
- Hollow Inside4:46
- A Different Kind of Tension4:39
- I Believe7:09
- Radio Nine0:41
Personnel
- Pete Shelley guitar, vocals, keyboards
- Steve Diggle guitar, vocals
- Steve Garvey bass
- John Maher drums
- Martin Rushent producer, engineer
- Nick Froome second engineer
- George Peckham mastering
More from Buzzcocks
Spiral Scratch (1977), Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978), Love Bites (1978), Singles Going Steady (1979)
Sources
- A Different Kind of Tension, Wikipedia
- A Different Kind of Tension, Rolling Stone (1980-05-29)