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Another Music in a Different Kitchen

Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen album cover.jpg
Studio album by Buzzcocks
Released 10 March 1978
Recorded December 1977 – January 1978
Studio Olympic Studios, London, England
Genre Punk rock
Length 35:48
Label United Artists
Producer Martin Rushent
Buzzcocks chronology
Spiral Scratch
(1977)
Another Music in a Different Kitchen
(1978)
Love Bites
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars
Record Collector 5/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10
Uncut 4/5 stars

Another Music in a Different Kitchen is the debut studio album by English punk rock band Buzzcocks. It was released in March 1978, through record label United Artists. This was the third line-up of Buzzcocks, with guitarist Pete Shelley singing following the departure of original vocalist Howard Devoto and then the firing of bassist Garth Smith (who had appeared on the "Orgasm Addict"/"Whatever Happened To...?" single). It includes the hit single "I Don't Mind", which reached number 55 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1978.

Another Linder Sterling piece, portraying a salad bowl filled with eyes, was originally intended for the front cover; however, guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher deemed the image too unsettling to use. The sleeve design was by Malcolm Garrett.

The original UK vinyl is issued with a black cardboard inner sleeve, with a colour photo by Jill Furmanovsky on the front cover where Linder's image was intended to appear. Subsequent pressings substituted a black and white photo. The initial few thousand copies shipped in a matching silver plastic shopping bag boldly featuring the word 'PRODUCT' on one side and the catalogue number "UAG 30125" on the other. Displaying the catalogue number prominently in this way was a common feature of Buzzcocks' artwork which was later picked up and taken to logical extremes by Factory Records where everything they produced was catalogued.

The first pressing inadvertently gave songwriting credit for "Fast Cars" to Shelley/Devoto, when per Steve Diggle he wrote ninety percent of the song, which was a personal song based on a car crash he was involved in.

The album was originally conceived with the track "I Need" on side one, but after a test pressing was made, the group felt the song should appear on the second side. A mix-up occurred at the pressing plant, and, as a consequence, some early copies of the album contained no "I Need" at all.


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