Welcome Plastics

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.

Welcome Plastics
Studio album by Plastics
Released	25 January 1980
Recorded	September 1979
Genre	New wave, post-punk, synthpop
Length	44:22
Language	English Japanese
Label	Victor, Invitation
Producer	Nachiko Kawarazaki (exec.) 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

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]

Legacy

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]

Track listing

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

Deluxe Edition disc 1 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Music	Originally from	Length
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

Deluxe Edition disc 2 — live at the Harajuku Cinema Club, 1977

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally by	Length
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

Deluxe Edition disc 2 — live at the Takadanobaba Big Box, 1980

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

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.