XL1


XL1 is the second solo album by Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley. It was released in 1983 and reached number 42 in the UK Albums Chart, remaining in that listing for four weeks. The single "Telephone Operator" charted at No. 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 displayed lyrics and graphics in time with the music.
XL1 had a different running order in the US and contained an edited version of "Many a Time". The original UK album was reissued on CD by Grapevine in 1999 and by Western Songs in 2006, both including two B-side "dub" mixes as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pete Shelley.

UK version

Side one
  1. "Telephone Operator" – 3:14
  2. "If You Ask Me " – 4:20
  3. "What Was Heaven?" – 5:04
  4. "You Know Better Than I Know" – 5:04
  5. "Twilight" – 3:08
Side two
  1. " No One Like You" – 4:07
  2. "Many a Time" – 6:41
  3. "I Just Wanna Touch" – 3:04
  4. "You & I" – 3:00
  5. "XL1" – 3:27
  6. Z X Spectrum Code
1999/2006 CD bonus tracks
  2. "Telephone Operator/Many a Time " – 13:13
  3. "If You Ask Me/No One Like You " – 5:46

    UK ''XL1 + Dub Mix Album'' cassette

Side one
  1. "Telephone Operator" – 3:14
  2. "If You Ask Me " – 4:20
  3. "What Was Heaven?" – 5:04
  4. "You Know Better Than I Know" – 5:04
  5. "Twilight" – 3:08
  6. " No One Like You" – 4:07
  7. "Many a Time" – 6:41
  8. "I Just Wanna Touch" – 3:04
  9. "You and I" – 3:00
  10. "XL1" – 3:27
Side two
  1. "Homosapien "
  2. "I Don't Know What It Is / Witness The Change "
  3. "Telephone Operator / Many a Time "
  4. "If You Ask Me / No One Like You "
  5. Z X Spectrum Code

    US version

Side one
  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
Side two
  1. " No One Like You" – 4:05
  2. "If You Ask Me " – 4:20
  3. "You and I" – 3:01
  4. "What Was Heaven?" – 5:05
  5. "Twilight" – 3:12

    Personnel

;Musicians
  • Pete Shelley
  • Barry Adamson
  • Jim Russell
  • Martin Rushent
;Technical
  • Martin Rushent – co-producer
  • Pete Shelley – co-producer
  • Joey – computer visuals
  • Mike Prior – photography
  • Bruno Tilley – cover

    Charts