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
Trouser Press called the album "marvelous and well worth finding for fans of extreme kitsch and quirk". 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".
Track listing
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 Notes25 January 1980Victor Music Industries, InvitationLPVIH-6065CSVCF-156021 April 1990CDVICL-201322 September 2004Victor EntertainmentVICL-4114823 May 2012Tower RecordsNCS-827Limited reissue, sold only through Tower Records.25 January 1980Victor EntertainmentSHM-CDVICL-70215〜6Branded 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.
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