Trade Test Transmissions

Trade Test Transmissions
Studio album by Buzzcocks
Released	2 June 1993
Genre	Pop punk[1][2]
Label	Castle (UK), Caroline (USA)
Producer	Ralph Ruppert
Buzzcocks chronology
A Different Kind of Tension (1979) Trade Test Transmissions (1993) All Set (1996)

Trade Test Transmissions is the fourth studio album by English pop punk band Buzzcocks. It was released on 2 June 1993 by record label Castle and was their first release in fourteen years, following up 1979's A Different Kind of Tension.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A–[2]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[4]

Trade Test Transmissions has been generally well received by critics.

Jason Crock of Pitchfork was generally favourable, though writing "the album remains a strictly diehards-only affair."^[4] CMJ later qualified it as "a superb record which oddly got lost in the shuffle".^[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Pete Shelley, except as noted.

1. Unlisted track
2. "Do It"
3. "Innocent"
4. "TTT"
5. "Isolation" (Steve Diggle)
6. "Smile"
7. "Last to Know"
8. "When Love Turns Around" (Diggle)
9. "Never Gonna Give It Up"
10. "Energy" (Diggle)
11. "Palm of Your Hand"
12. "Alive Tonight" (Diggle)
13. "Who'll Help Me to Forget?"
14. "Unthinkable" (Diggle)
15. "Crystal Night"
16. "369"

Personnel

Buzzcocks

• Pete Shelley – guitar, vocals
• Steve Diggle – guitar, vocals
• Tony Barber – bass
• Philip Barker – drums

Technical

• Ralph Ruppert – production

References

1. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Buzzcocks". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
2. Brod, Doug (19 November 1993). "[Trade Test Transmissions review]". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
3. Raggett, Ned. "Trade Test Transmissions – Buzzcocks | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
4. Crock, Jason (17 April 2005). "Buzzcocks: Trade Test Transmissions | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
5. Stegall, Tim (March 1996). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly: 34. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

External links

• Trade Test Transmissions at Discogs (list of releases)