Buzzcocks A Different Kind of Tension

4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ncluding masterworks like the pop fan's anthem 'Harmony In My Head' and the throbbing 'Why Can't I Touch It,' a perfect summation of the 'Cocks worldview."
Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums" - "...This album contains the glorious epitome of Pete Shelley's fathomlessly wistful take on affairs of the heart..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "It hardly chimed with the times but, fragmented and seemingly without direction, A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION now resembles a punk-era THE WHITE ALBUM."
4 stars out of 5 -- "The sparkling innocence was replaced by a darker poignancy and self-doubt, but he music was no less compelling..."