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{{Infobox album
| name       = Operators Manual
| type       = [[Compilation album]]
| artist     = [[Buzzcocks]]
| cover      = Buzzcocks - Operators Manual LP album cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 12 November 1991
| recorded   = 1976−1979
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Punk rock]]
| length     = 78:18
| label      = [[I.R.S. Records|I.R.S.]]
| producer   = [[Martin Rushent]]
| prev_title = [[A Different Kind of Tension]]
| prev_year  = 1979
| next_title = [[Trade Test Transmissions]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/operators-manual-mw0000270028|title=Operators Manual - Buzzcocks &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = A<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1393&name=Buzzcocks|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Buzzcocks|website=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=96}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Q magazine|Q]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
| rev6 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=Operator%27s+Manual%3A+Buzzcocks+Best&pg=PA125|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|first1=Nathan|last1=Brackett|first2=Christian David|last2=Hoard|date=October 18, 2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743201698|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
|rev7score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=65}}</ref>
}}
'''''Operators Manual: Buzzcocks Best''''' is a compilation album by English [[punk rock]] band [[Buzzcocks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/20/bestof.three/|title=CNN.com - The best of the best-ofs - Dec 21, 2004|website=www.cnn.com}}</ref> It was released in 1991 by [[I.R.S. Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzcocks.com/operators-manual-buzzcocks-best|title=Operator's Manual: Buzzcocks Best|website=Buzzcocks}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "a concise 25-track career condensation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=buzzcocks|title=TrouserPress.com :: Buzzcocks|website=www.trouserpress.com}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "[[Orgasm Addict]]" ([[Howard Devoto]], [[Pete Shelley]]) – 2:01
# "[[What Do I Get?]]" (Shelley) – 2:56
# "I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:19
# "Autonomy" ([[Steve Diggle]]) – 3:50
# "Fast Cars" (Devoto, Diggle, Shelley) – 2:31
# "Get on Our Own" (Shelley) – 2:31
# "Sixteen" (Diggle) – 3:46
# "Fiction Romance" (Shelley) – 4:34
# "Love You More" (Shelley) – 1:50
# "Noise Annoys" (Shelley) – 2:52
# "[[Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)]]" (Shelley) – 2:42
# "Operators Manual" (Shelley) – 3:34
# "Nostalgia" (Shelley) – 2:55
# "Walking Distance" ([[Steve Garvey (musician)|Garvey]]) – 2:02
# "Nothing Left" (Shelley) – 4:28
# "ESP" (Shelley) – 4:39
# "Promises" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:36
# "Lipstick" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:38
# "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Shelley)– 3:12
# "[[Harmony in My Head]]" (Diggle) – 3:09
# "You Say You Don't Love Me" (Shelley) – 2:54
# "I Don't Know What to Do with My Life" (Shelley) – 2:44
# "I Believe" (Shelley) – 7:07
# "Are Everything" (Shelley) – 3:36
# "Radio Nine" (Shelley) – 0:43

:<small>Track 24, "Are Everything", produced by [[Martin Hannett]]</small>

==Personnel==
;Buzzcocks
* [[Pete Shelley]] – [[electric guitar|guitar]], [[singing|vocals]]
* [[Steve Diggle]] – guitar
* [[Steve Garvey (musician)|Steve Garvey]] – [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[John Maher (Buzzcocks drummer)|John Maher]] – [[drum kit|drums]]

==References==
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[[Category:1991 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Buzzcocks albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Martin Rushent]]
[[Category:I.R.S. Records compilation albums]]


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