A Different Kind of Tension

A Different Kind of Tension was the Buzzcocks' third album, released in 1979 and charting at #26 in the UK and #163 in the US.

Track listing

1. "Paradise" (2:32)
2. "Sitting Around at Home" (2:38) (Steve Diggle)
3. "You Say You Don't Love Me" (2:55)
4. "You Know You Can't Help It" (2:22) (Steve Diggle)
5. "Mad Mad Judy" (3:35) (Steve Diggle)
6. "Raison d'Etre" (3:32)
7. "I Don't Know What To Do With My Life" (2:43)
8. "Money" (2:45)
9. "Hollow Inside" (4:46)
10. "A Different Kind of Tension" (4:39)
11. "I Believe" (7:09)
12. "Radio Nine" (0:41)

Personnel

• Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals
• Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals
• Steve Garvey - bass
• John Maher - drums

Vinyl information

• A blue vinyl version was re-released around 1986.
• The album title as printed on the spine of the record jacket is 'Different Kind of Tension', noticeably without the 'A'. However, the 'A' appears everywhere else and always with all lower case letters.
• Another detail printed on the jacket spine is; 'this is only the third album'.
• Printed on the record label of the A-side is the phrase; 'THE ROSE ON THE CHOCOLATE BOX' and on the B-side; 'THE THORN BENEATH THE ROSE'