Pelican West

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Pelican West
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Studio album by
Released26 February 1982 (1982-02-26) [1]
Recorded1981–82
Studio Roundhouse (London)
Genre New wave
Length45:36
Label Arista
Producer Bob Sargeant
Haircut One Hundred chronology
Pelican West
(1982)
Paint and Paint
(1984)
Singles from Pelican West
  1. "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
    Released: October 1981
  2. "Love Plus One"
    Released: January 1982
  3. "Fantastic Day"
    Released: April 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Smash Hits 8+12/10 [6]
The Village Voice C+ [7]

Pelican West is the debut studio album by the British new wave band Haircut One Hundred, released on 26 February 1982 by Arista Records. It peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart [8] and No. 31 on the Billboard 200, [9] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [10]

Contents

The album featured three hit singles: "Love Plus One", "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" and "Fantastic Day". It was reissued on CD in 1992, retitled as Pelican West Plus and including five bonus tracks.

Pelican West was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2006). [11]

Heyward later said, "It was a team effort. Everyone had their roles. My job was like the Paul McCartney one in The Beatles: Get Back film. The rest of the guys looked to me for direction, and I had to push them to turn these glorified jam sessions into three-minute pop songs." [12]

Track listing

Original album

All tracks are written by Nick Heyward, except "Love's Got Me in Triangles" by Nick Heyward and Les Nemes. In the U.S., tracks one and two were in reverse sequence

No.TitleLength
1."Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"3:06
2."Love Plus One"3:34
3."Lemon Firebrigade"3:56
4."Marine Boy"3:33
5."Milk Film"2:55
6."Kingsize (You're My Little Steam Whistle)"4:25
7."Fantastic Day"3:14
8."Baked Bean"4:03
9."Snow Girl"2:56
10."Love's Got Me in Triangles"3:38
11."Surprise Me Again"3:19
12."Calling Captain Autumn"4:06
Total length:45:36

Pelican West Plus (1992)

Pelican West Plus bonus tracks (1992)
No.TitleLength
13."Boat Party"3:54
14."Ski Club"4:40
15."Nobody's Fool" (12" version)4:57
16."October Is Orange (Day 1 & 2)"4:20
17."Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" (12" version)7:10
Total length:67:42

Double CD reissue (1998, 2016)

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"3:05
2."Love Plus One"3:33
3."Lemon Firebrigade"3:55
4."Marine Boy"3:28
5."Milk Film"2:57
6."Kingsize (You're My Little Steam Whistle)"4:24
7."Fantastic Day"3:13
8."Baked Bean"4:03
9."Snow Girl"2:57
10."Love's Got Me in Triangles"3:37
11."Surprise Me Again"3:17
12."Calling Captain Autumn"4:05
13."Boat Party"3:50
14."Ski Club"3:38
15."October Is Orange (Day 1 & 2)"4:17
16."Nobody's Fool" (7" single)4:13
Total length:58:32
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" (12" version)6:28
2."Love Plus One" (12" version)5:40
3."Fantastic Day" (12" version)4:19
4."Nobody's Fool" (12" version)4:58
5."Calling Captain Autumn" (special extended version)4:34
6."Boat Party" (12" version)5:33
7."October Is Orange (Day 1 and Day 2)" (12" version)5:11
8."Ski Club of Great Britain"5:53
9."Marine Boy" (12" version)4:49
10."Love's Got Me in Triangles" (special extended version)5:10
11."Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" (extended version)7:10
12."Fantastic Day" (live at Hammersmith Odeon)4:22
13."Calling Captain Autumn" (12" version)6:00
Total length:70:08

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [13]

Haircut One Hundred

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSongChartPosition
1981"Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" UK Singles Chart 4
1982"Love Plus One"UK Singles Chart3
1982"Fantastic Day"UK Singles Chart9
1982"Love Plus One"US Billboard Hot 100 37
1981"Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"US Billboard Disco/Dance 41
1982"Love Plus One"US Billboard Disco/Dance8
1982"Ski Club of Great Britain"US Billboard Disco/Dance21

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cultural references

In the 1983 Central TV science fiction series Luna - first series episode two "The Clunkman Cometh" - the villainous Clunkman accepts a copy of the album as payment for alien pet Jazzmine - he reckons the album will be valuable although he himself dislikes "classical music". [18]

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