XL1

XL1 is the second solo album by Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley. It reached number 42 in the UK Albums Chart, remaining in that listing for four weeks.[2] The single "Telephone Operator" charted at No. 66 in the UK Singles Chart, making it his biggest single release there.[2] The original release was packaged with a computer program for the ZX Spectrum which displayed lyrics and graphics in time with the music.[3]

For the Volkswagen XL1 experimental car, see Volkswagen 1-litre car.

XL1
Studio album by
Pete Shelley
ReleasedMay 1983
Recorded1983
StudioGenetic, London
GenreNew wave
Length41:28
44:55 (with ZX Spectrum information locked groove)
LabelGenetic/Island
ProducerMartin Rushent, Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley chronology
Homosapien
(1981)		 XL1
(1983)		 Heaven & the Sea
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

XL1 had a different running order in the US and contained an edited version of "Many a Time". The original UK album was reissued on CD by Grapevine in 1999 and by Western Songs in 2006, both including two B-side "dub" mixes as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pete Shelley.

UK version

Side one

  1. "Telephone Operator" – 3:14
  2. "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)" – 4:20
  3. "What Was Heaven?" – 5:04
  4. "You Know Better Than I Know" – 5:04
  5. "Twilight" – 3:08

Side two

  1. "(Millions of People) No One Like You" – 4:07
  2. "Many a Time" – 6:41
  3. "I Just Wanna Touch" – 3:04
  4. "You & I" – 3:00
  5. "XL1" – 3:27
  6. Z X Spectrum Code

1999/2006 CD bonus tracks

  1. "Telephone Operator/Many a Time (Dub)" – 13:13
  2. "If You Ask Me/No One Like You (Dub)" – 5:46

UK XL1 + Dub Mix Album cassette

Side one

  1. "Telephone Operator" – 3:14
  2. "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)" – 4:20
  3. "What Was Heaven?" – 5:04
  4. "You Know Better Than I Know" – 5:04
  5. "Twilight" – 3:08
  6. "(Millions of People) No One Like You" – 4:07
  7. "Many a Time" – 6:41
  8. "I Just Wanna Touch" – 3:04
  9. "You and I" – 3:00
  10. "XL1" – 3:27

Side two (dub mixes)

  1. "Homosapien (Dub)"
  2. "I Don't Know What It Is / Witness The Change (Dub)"
  3. "Telephone Operator / Many a Time (Dub)"
  4. "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No) / No One Like You (Dub)"
  5. Z X Spectrum Code

US version

Side one

  1. "Telephone Operator" – 3:15
  2. "Many a Time" – 4:18
  3. "I Just Wanna Touch" – 2:54
  4. "You Know Better Than I Know" – 4:48
  5. "XL1" – 3:25

Side two

  1. "(Millions of People) No One Like You" – 4:05
  2. "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)" – 4:20
  3. "You and I" – 3:01
  4. "What Was Heaven?" – 5:05
  5. "Twilight" – 3:12

Personnel
Musicians
Technical
  • Martin Rushent – co-producer
  • Pete Shelley – co-producer
  • Joey – computer visuals
  • Mike Prior – photography
  • Bruno Tilley – cover

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 55

References
  1. XL1 at AllMusic
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 495. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. "Story of XL1". Headen.com. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 270. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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