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| Released | 25 January 1980 | |||
| Recorded | September 1979 | |||
| Genre | New wave, post-punk, synthpop | |||
| Length | 44:22 | |||
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| Label | Victor, Invitation | |||
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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.
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| Source | Rating |
| Fact | favourable [1] |
| Trouser Press | favourable [2] |
Trouser Press called the album "marvelous and well worth finding for fans of extreme kitsch and quirk". [2]
Welcome Plastics was ranked number 19 in the Japanese edition Rolling Stone 's list of "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time". [3]
All lyrics are written by Toshi; all music is composed by Hajime & Toshi, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Top Secret Man" | 2:25 | ||
| 2. | "Digital Watch" | Chica | 2:29 | |
| 3. | "Copy" | 2:20 | ||
| 4. | "I am Plastic" | 1:55 | ||
| 5. | "I Wanna be Plastic" | Chica | 1:30 | |
| 6. | "Can I Help Me?" | 4:10 | ||
| 7. | "Too Much Information" | 2:17 | ||
| 8. | "Welcome Plastics" (Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets cover) | Kazumi Yasui | Tadao Inoue | 2:58 |
| 9. | "I Love You Oh No!" | Chica | 4:16 | |
| 10. | "Robot" | 2:54 | ||
| 11. | "Delicious" | Chica | 2:48 | |
| 12. | "Last Train to Clarksville" (The Monkees cover) | Tommy Boyce | Bobby Hart | 3:03 |
| 13. | "Deluxe" | 3:56 | ||
| 14. | "Complex" | 5:21 |
| No. | Title | Music | Originally from | Length |
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| 15. | "Pate" | Hajime | "Good!" single B-side, 1980 | 2:48 |
| 16. | "Copy" (alternative recording) | UK-only Rough Trade single, 1979 | 3:11 | |
| 17. | "Robot" (alternative recording) | UK-only Rough Trade single, 1979 | 3:43 | |
| 18. | "Relax" | Hajime | Origato 25 disc 2, 2005 | 3:58 |
| 19. | "Confession" | Hajime | Origato 25 disc 2, 2005 | 3:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally by | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Waiting for the Man" | Lou Reed | The Velvet Underground, from The Velvet Underground & Nico , 1967 | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Sweet Jane" | Reed | The Velvet Underground, from Loaded , 1970 | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Changes" | David Bowie | David Bowie, from Hunky Dory , 1971 | 3:46 |
| 4. | "Be My Wife" | Bowie | David Bowie, from Low , 1977 | 2:53 |
| 5. | "Sound and Vision" | Bowie | David Bowie, from Low | 4:27 |
| 6. | "The Tracks of My Tears" | Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Warren "Pete" Moore | Bryan Ferry, from These Foolish Things , 1973 | 2:45 |
| 7. | "It's My Party" | Herb Weiner, Wally Gold, John Gluck Jr., Seymour Gottlieb | Bryan Ferry, from These Foolish Things | 2:20 |
| 8. | "Prairie Rose" | Ferry, Phil Manzanera | Roxy Music, from Country Life , 1974 | 5:36 |
| 9. | "Both Ends Burning" | Ferry | Roxy Music, from Siren , 1975 | 5:58 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 10. | "introduction" (spoken words by 2 radio show presenters) | 0:26 | ||
| 11. | "Digital Watch" | Chica | 2:38 | |
| 12. | "Copy" | 2:28 | ||
| 13. | "Deluxe" | 3:56 | ||
| 14. | "Can I Help Me?" | 3:56 | ||
| 15. | "Too Much Information" | 2:23 | ||
| 16. | "Robot" | 3:09 | ||
| 17. | "MC" (spoken words between band members and presenters) | 2:23 | ||
| 18. | "Complex" | 6:25 | ||
| 19. | "Welcome Plastics" (Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets cover) | Yasui | Inoue | 3:01 |
| Date | Label(s) | Format | Catalog | Notes |
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| 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. |
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