Trade Test Transmissions

Trade Test Transmissions
Studio album by Buzzcocks
Released	2 June 1993 (1993-06-02)
Recorded	1993
Genre	Punk rock
Label	Castle (UK) Caroline (USA)
Producer	Ralph Ruppert
Buzzcocks chronology
A Different Kind of Tension (1979) Trade Test Transmissions (1993) All Set (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Trade Test Transmissions is the Buzzcocks' fourth album, released in 1993.

The album was the band's first studio album in fourteen years. The first track is a hidden track in the sense it is unlisted in the artwork. It is 6 seconds long of electronic beeping noises, believed to be the "trade test transmission" sound.

The album was promoted as a "virtual compilation" in reference to the band's slight swift in sound. The Buzzcocks orange square used on the cover was also used for Product.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Pete Shelley, except where 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" (Steve Diggle)
9. "Never Gonna Give It Up"
10. "Energy" (Steve Diggle)
11. "Palm of Your Hand"
12. "Alive Tonight" (Steve Diggle)
13. "Who'll Help Me to Forget?"
14. "Unthinkable" (Steve Diggle)
15. "Crystal Night"
16. "369"

Personnel

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

References