Trade Test Transmissions

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.

Trade Test Transmissions
Studio album by Buzzcocks
Released	2 June 1993
Recorded	Eastcote, Kensal Road, London
Genre	Pop punk[1][2]
Length	47:58
Label	Castle (UK), Caroline (USA)
Producer	Ralph P. Ruppert
Buzzcocks chronology
Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best (1991) Trade Test Transmissions (1993) All Set (1996)

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.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do It"		3:23
2.	"Innocent"		3:34
3.	"TTT"		3:18
4.	"Isolation"	Steve Diggle	3:58
5.	"Smile"		2:47
6.	"Last To Know"		2:52
7.	"When Love Turns Around"	Steve Diggle	2:25
8.	"Never Gonna Give It Up"		2:47
9.	"Energy"	Steve Diggle	3:35
10.	"Palm Of Your Hand"		3:22
11.	"Alive Tonight"	Steve Diggle	3:48
12.	"Who'll Help Me To Forget?"		2:57
13.	"Unthinkable"	Steve Diggle	2:52
14.	"Crystal Night"		3:18
15.	"369"		3:02

Bonus tracks 2004 reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Inside"		2:32
17.	"Do It (Single Version)"		2:57
18.	"Trash Away (live)"	Steve Diggle	4:44
19.	"All Over You (live)"		3:25
20.	"Libertine Angel"		2:57
21.	"Roll It Over"	Steve Diggle	6:07
22.	"Excerpt From 'Prison Riot Hostage'"		1:59

Personnel

Buzzcocks

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

Technical

• Ralph Ruppert - production
• Ingo Vauk, Philip Bagenal - engineers
• Malcolm Garrett - album design
• Pete Towndrow - photography

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)