| Welcome Plastics | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Plastics |
| Cover: | Welcome Plastics.jpeg |
| Released: | 25 January 1980 |
| Recorded: | September 1979 |
| Genre: | New wave, post-punk, synthpop |
| Length: | 44:22 |
| Label: | Victor, Invitation |
| Next Title: | Origato Plastico |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
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.
Trouser Press called the album "marvelous and well worth finding for fans of extreme kitsch and quirk".
Welcome Plastics was ranked number 19 in the Japanese edition Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".[1]
| Date | Label(s) | Format | Catalog | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 January 1980 | Victor Music Industries, Invitation | LP | VIH-6065 | ||
| CS | VCF-1560 | ||||
| 21 April 1990 | CD | VICL-2013 | |||
| 22 September 2004 | Victor Entertainment | VICL-41148 | |||
| 23 May 2012 | Tower Records | NCS-827 | Limited reissue, sold only through Tower Records. | ||
| 25 January 1980 | Victor Entertainment | SHM-CD | VICL-70215〜6 | Branded a "Deluxe Edition". Contains additional studio tracks following the album, as well as an extra disc with 2 exclusive live performances. Remastered by Hiroshi Kawasaki and Takahiro Uchida, with exclusive photographs and liner notes by Tohru Kogure. |