XL1


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 "
  3. "What Was Heaven?"
  4. "You Know Better Than I Know"
  5. "Twilight"
  6. " 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 "
  2. "If You Ask Me/No One Like You "

    US track listing

  3. "Telephone Operator" - 3:15
  4. "Many a Time" - 4:18
  5. "I Just Wanna Touch" - 2:54
  6. "You Know Better Than I Know" - 4:48
  7. "XL1" - 3:25
  8. " No One Like You" - 4:05
  9. "If You Ask Me " - 4:20
  10. "You and I" - 3:01
  11. "What Was Heaven?" - 5:05
  12. "Twilight" - 3:12

    Personnel