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Track listing

All tracks written by Pete Shelley except where noted Pete Shelley Pete Shelley (born Peter McNeish, April 17, 1955 in Leigh, Lancashire) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the leader of Buzzcocks, one of the first generation punk rock groups from England. ...

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)

Steve Diggle (b. ...

Personnel

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

Pete Shelley Pete Shelley (born Peter McNeish, April 17, 1955 in Leigh, Lancashire) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the leader of Buzzcocks, one of the first generation punk rock groups from England. ... Steve Diggle (b. ...

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'