XL1

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

XL1
Studio album by Pete Shelley
Released	May 1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	Genetic Studios, London
Genre	New wave
Length	41:28 44:55 (with ZX Spectrum information locked groove)
Label	Genetic (Island)
Producer	Martin Rushent and Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley chronology
Homosapien (1981) XL1 (1983) Heaven & the Sea (1986)

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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. The single "Telephone Operator" charted at #66 in the UK Singles Chart, making it his biggest single release there. 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.

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

Personnel

• Pete Shelley
• Barry Adamson
• PK Blakeman
• Jim Russell
• Martin Rushent