Welcome Plastics

Welcome Plastics
Studio album by Plastics
Released	25 January 1980
Recorded	September 1979
Studio	Shalom Under the Church
Genre	New wave, post-punk, synthpop
Length	44:22
Language	English Japanese
Label	Victor, Invitation
Producer	Plastics
Plastics chronology
Welcome Plastics (1980) Origato Plastico (1980)
Singles from Welcome Plastics
"Top Secret Man" / "Copy" Released: 1979 "Copy" / "Robot" Released: 1979 "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
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] 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.	Title	Writer(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 Inoue	2:58

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(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 Hart	3:03
5.	"Deluxe"		3:56
6.	"Complex"		5:21

Personnel

Plastics

• Toshio Nakanishi – voice, guitar
• Chica Sato – voice, dance
• Hajime Tachibana – guitar
• Masahide Sakuma – synthesizer
• Takemi Shima – rhythm box

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. 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.

External links

• Welcome Plastics at Discogs (list of releases)