Love Bites (album)

Love Bites
Studio album by Buzzcocks
Released	22 September 1978
Recorded	26 July 1978 – 6 August 1978, Olympic Studios, Barnes, London
Genre	Punk rock
Label	United Artists (original UK release) I.R.S. (1994 USA CD release with Another Music in a Different Kitchen) EMI (1994 UK CD release) Nettwerk (2001 USA CD re-release)
Producer	Martin Rushent
Buzzcocks chronology
Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978) Love Bites (1978) A Different Kind of Tension (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
BBC	(very favorable)
Treble	(favorable)
Uncut	(unfaborable)

Love Bites was Buzzcocks' second album, which managed to peak at #13 on the United Kingdom albums chart at the time of its release. In March 1994, an EMI CD version of the original album was released with four additional tracks.

Track listing

1. "Real World" (Shelley) - 3:29
2. "Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn't've)" (Shelley) - 2:40
3. "Operator’s Manual" (Shelley) - 3:30
4. "Nostalgia" (Shelley) - 2:51
5. "Just Lust" (Shelley, Alan Dial) - 2:57
6. "Sixteen Again" (Shelley) - 3:14
7. "Walking Distance" (Garvey) - 1:58
8. "Love Is Lies" (Diggle) - 3:10
9. "Nothing Left" (Shelley) - 4:23
10. "E.S.P." (Shelley) - 4:39
11. "Late for the Train" (Shelley, Diggle, Maher, Garvey) - 5:51

Re-issue bonus tracks

1. "Love You More"
2. "Noise Annoys"
3. "Promises"
4. "Lipstick"

Personnel

• Pete Shelley: guitar, vocals
• Steve Diggle: guitar
• Steve Garvey: bass
• John Maher: drums