(Cooking Vinyl)
(REVIEW BY DAVE GETZOFF)
The Buzzcocks are the quintessential pop punk band. They are the band often used to describe the true original classic pop punk sound. The Buzzcocks are one of the five greatest bands of the early UK punk rock scene during the late seventies. I have read more than once that even Johnny Rotten has nothing bad to say about them, considering that they were doing their own thing during the early UK punk years. I respect this band a lot for staying together all these years, and they still manage to put out good albums. Flat-Pack Philosophy is their best album in years. I thought that their previous albums, Modern and Buzzcocks, both had some very good songs on them. However, Flat-Pack Philosophy is awesome from beginning to end. Fourteen tracks of pure pop punk goodness that would not sound out of place even on Singles Going Steady. The songs are very catchy, and they keep me interested all the way through with great sing-along choruses and great melodies. It is definitely the classic Buzzcocks sound. It's kind of hard to narrow it down to the best songs on this album, since they are all very good, but at this point, I think that "Reconciliation" is perhaps one of my favorites. I think that the songwriting partnership of Shelley/Diggle should go down in history with Lennon/McCartney for writing classic pop songs. This album is essential for the true Buzzcocks fan.
--- Dave Getzoff April 20, 2006
(originally posted on Now Wave Webzine on April 20, 2006)
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