Singles Going Steady
Compilation album by BuzzcocksWikipedia
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Sep 25, 2026
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It had damaged goods and at home he's a tourist.
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Also that same year, 1979, the Buzzcocks released singles Going Steady.
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This was put out specifically for the North American market on this one.
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It was a compilation that had a bunch of their early singles and B-sides.
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It hit number 124 on the Billboard Albums chart.
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It had classics like Ever Fallen in Love with Someone You Shouldn't Have and What Do I Get? In the same year, 1979, Barry Manilow released One Voice.
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In 1981, The Creatures released Wild Things.
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This was their debut EP that was put out by Suzy and the Banshees as a side project, actually.
JoeGUEST
Yeah, I feel a little bit like Alan Proctor saying his favorite record is The Beatles' Greatest Hits.
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But I think the Buzzcocks' Singles Going Steady is just like a perfect album, even though it's a collection of singles.
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It's just like, yeah, like extremely, because I go through periods where I like different kinds of music and things, or I get older and I look back at some of the stuff I liked and cringe a little bit.
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But that to me has been like a hallmark throughout my life of like a record that from front to back is just, and that's something I, you know, some look for something to listen to that's listen to that
Sandy WilsonHOST
Songs for a Tailor, the name of that release from 1969.
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After that, from a decade later, we had the Buzzcocks doing Whatever Happened To from the Singles Going Steady release.
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Skritti Politti did Skank Block Bologna from the self-titled 7-Inch from 1978.
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Can did Spoon from Ege Bamiyasi, that release from 1972.