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 #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 featured lyrics and graphics which displayed 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 and 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 an edited version of "Many A Time". In 2006, Varep Records reissued the original UK version on CD with two b-side "dub" mixes as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pete Shelley

Original UK track listing
  1. "Telephone Operator"
  2. "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)"
  3. "What Was Heaven?"
  4. "You Know Better Than I Know"
  5. "Twilight"
  6. "(Millions of People) No One Like You"
  7. "Many a Time"
  8. "I Just Wanna Touch"
  9. "You and I"
  10. "XL1"

2005 CD bonus tracks

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

US track listing
  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
  6. "(Millions of People) No One Like You" - 4:05
  7. "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)" - 4:20
  8. "You and I" - 3:01
  9. "What Was Heaven?" - 5:05
  10. "Twilight" - 3:12

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

Personnel

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 2012-03-16.
  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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