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.

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".

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

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 on the Deluxe Edition 2016 reissue of Origato Plastico.