Pelican West
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Pelican West is a 1982 album by the new wave band Haircut One Hundred. It featured their hit singles, Love Plus One
and Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
. The album was re-released on CD in 1992 featuring 5 bonus tracks, entitled Pelican West Plus.
, except where noted.
CD bonus tracks:
CD Reissue 2001 (Arista Records) Additional tracks:
Love Plus One (song)
"Love Plus One" is a 1982 song by New Wave band Haircut One Hundred from their debut album Pelican West. This was their only hit in the United States, peaking at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
and Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
"Favourite Shirts " is a 1981 debut single by British New Wave band Haircut One Hundred. The song appeared on their 1982 debut album Pelican West. The single was backed by the track "Boat Party". It reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1981....
. The album was re-released on CD in 1992 featuring 5 bonus tracks, entitled Pelican West Plus.
Track listing
All songs written by Nick HeywardNick Heyward
Nick Heyward is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the frontman of the early 1980s band Haircut One Hundred, and also had a briefly successful solo career after he left the band in 1983.-Haircut One Hundred:Nick Heyward formed Haircut One Hundred after the...
, except where noted.
- "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"Favourite Shirts " is a 1981 debut single by British New Wave band Haircut One Hundred. The song appeared on their 1982 debut album Pelican West. The single was backed by the track "Boat Party". It reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1981....
" - 3:05 - "Love Plus OneLove Plus One (song)"Love Plus One" is a 1982 song by New Wave band Haircut One Hundred from their debut album Pelican West. This was their only hit in the United States, peaking at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
" - 3:33 - "Lemon Firebrigade" - 3:54
- "Marine Boy" - 3:28
- "Milk Farm" - 2:56
- "Kingsize (You're My Little Steam Whistle)" - 4:23
- "Fantastic DayFantastic Day"Fantastic Day" is a 1982 single by British New Wave band Haircut One Hundred, from their debut album Pelican West. The song reached #9 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1982.-Other uses:*Gillingham Football Club plays the song at home matches, after a win....
" - 3:13 - "Baked Bean" - 4:02
- "Snow Girl" - 2:56
- "Love's Got Me in Triangles" (Heyward, Les NemesLes NemesLes Nemes is an English bassist. His first band was Haircut One Hundred, who went on to enjoy success in the early 1980s and spawned a number one album and four top five singles in the UK. The records also charted in the US, where the band were starting to enjoy the beginnings of major success but...
) - 3:36 - "Surprise Me Again" - 3:17
- "Calling Captain Autumn" - 4:02
CD bonus tracks:
- "Boat Party"
- "Ski Club"
- "Nobody's Fool" (12" version)
- "October Is Orange" (day 1 and 2)
- "Favourite Shirts" (12" version)
CD Reissue 2001 (Arista Records) Additional tracks:
- 13 - Boat Party (b-side to 'Favourite Shirts')
- 14 - Ski Club (b-side to Fantastic Day')
- 15 - Nobody's Fool (12" Version)
- 16 - October Is Orange (Day 1 & 2) (b-side to 'Nobody's Fool')
- 17 - Favourite Shirts (12" Version)
Personnel
- Nick HeywardNick HeywardNick Heyward is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the frontman of the early 1980s band Haircut One Hundred, and also had a briefly successful solo career after he left the band in 1983.-Haircut One Hundred:Nick Heyward formed Haircut One Hundred after the...
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. - Les NemesLes NemesLes Nemes is an English bassist. His first band was Haircut One Hundred, who went on to enjoy success in the early 1980s and spawned a number one album and four top five singles in the UK. The records also charted in the US, where the band were starting to enjoy the beginnings of major success but...
- bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
. - Graham Jones - guitar
- Patrick David Hunt - drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s (left before album was completed) - Phil Smith - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Marc Fox - PercussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, vocals - Blair CunninghamBlair CunninghamBlair Cunningham is a drummer who has played with Haircut One Hundred, The Pretenders, Paul McCartney, Alison Moyet, Sade, Paul Rutherford, the Indigo Girls, Roxy Music, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Mick Jagger, Ray Davis, Andy Taylor, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Kevin Rowland and The Big Dish...
- drums