Welcome Plastics

Welcome Plastics
Studio album by
Plastics
Released25 January 1980
RecordedSeptember 1979
StudioShalom Under the Church
GenreNew wave, post-punk, synthpop
Length42:22
Language
  • English
  • Japanese
LabelVictor, Invitation
ProducerPlastics
Plastics chronology
Welcome Plastics
(1980) 		Origato Plastico
(1980)
Singles from Welcome Plastics
  1. "Top Secret Man" / "Copy"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Copy" / "Robot"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Delicious"
    Released: 1980

Welcome Plastics is the debut studio album by Japanese rock band Plastics. The album, produced by the band, was released on 25 January 1980 by the Victor Music Industries label Invitation.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Factfavourable[1]
Trouser Pressfavourable[2]

Trouser Press called the album "marvelous and well worth finding for fans of extreme kitsch and quirk".[2] In 2007, the album was ranked number 19 in the Japanese edition Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Toshio Nakanishi, except where noted; all music is composed by Hajime Tachibana and Toshi, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Top Secret Man" 2:25
2."Digital Watch"Chica Sato (lyrics)2:29
3."Copy" 2:20
4."I Am Plastic" 1:55
5."I Wanna Be Plastic"Chica (lyrics)1:30
6."Can I Help Me?" 4:10
7."Too Much Information" 2:17
8."Welcome Plastics"Kazumi Yasui, Tadao Inoue2:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Love You Oh No!"Chica (lyrics)4:16
2."Robot" 2:54
3."Delicious"Chica (lyrics)2:48
4."Last Train to Clarksville"Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart3:03
5."Deluxe" 3:56
6."Complex" 5:21

Personnel

Plastics

Technical

  • Plastics – producers
  • Toshio Nakanishi – illustration
  • Hajime Tachibana – graphic design
  • Tohru Kogure – photograph
  • Kohzoh Kenmochi – re-mix engineer
  • Haruo Okada – recording engineer
  • Tatsuo Sano – recording engineer
  • We Love Music, P.M.P. – mastering

Release history

Date Label(s) Format Catalog Notes
25 January 1980 Victor Music Industries, Invitation LP VIH-6065
CS VCF-1560
21 April 1990 CD VICL-2013
22 September 2004 Victor Entertainment VICL-41148
23 May 2012 Tower Records NCS-827 Limited reissue, sold only through Tower Records.
25 January 1980 Victor Entertainment SHM-CD VICL-70215〜6 Branded a "Deluxe Edition". Contains additional studio tracks following the album, as well as an extra disc with 2 exclusive live performances. Remastered by Hiroshi Kawasaki and Takahiro Uchida, with exclusive photographs and liner notes by Tohru Kogure.
  • The entire album is included on the Forever Plastico compilation album.
  • "Copy", "Robot", "Delicious", "Digital Watch", "Complex", "Last Train to Clarksville", "Can I Help Me?", "I Love You Oh No!" and "Welcome Plastics" are included on the Origato 25 compilation album.
  • "Top Secret Man", "Copy" and "Delicious" are included (as part of music videos) on the Deluxe Edition 2016 reissue of Origato Plastico.

References

  1. ^ Jones, Mikey IQ (March 29, 2016). "The Month's Best Reissues with Bjork, Lush, Lifetones and More". Fact. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Robbins, Ira; Green, Jim. "TrouserPress.com :: Plastics". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Lindsay, Cam (November 14, 2007). "Finally! 'The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time' Listed". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
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