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{{for|the Volkswagen XL1 experimental car|Volkswagen 1-litre car}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = XL1
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Pete Shelley]]
| cover      = PeteShelleyXL1.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 1983
| recorded   = 1983
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Genetic Studios|Genetic]], London
| genre      = [[New wave music|New wave]]
| length     = 41:28<br />44:55 <small>(with [[ZX Spectrum]] information locked groove)</small>
| label      = Genetic/[[Island Records|Island]]
| producer   = [[Martin Rushent]], [[Pete Shelley]]
| prev_title = [[Homosapien (album)|Homosapien]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = Heaven & the Sea
| next_year  = 1986
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r49208}}</ref>
}}

'''''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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]] |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=495}}</ref> The single "Telephone Operator" charted at No. 66 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], making it his biggest single release there.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> The original release was packaged with a computer program for the [[ZX Spectrum]] which displayed lyrics and graphics in time with the music.<ref>{{cite web |last=Headen |first=Joey |title=Story of XL1 |url=http://www.headen.com/XL1.htm |access-date=2012-03-16 |publisher=Headen.com}}</ref>

''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'''
# "Telephone Operator" – 3:14
# "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)" – 4:20
# "What Was Heaven?" – 5:04
# "You Know Better Than I Know" – 5:04
# "Twilight" – 3:08

'''Side two'''
# "(Millions of People) No One Like You" – 4:07
# "Many a Time" – 6:41
# "I Just Wanna Touch" – 3:04
# "You & I" – 3:00
# "XL1" – 3:27
# Z X Spectrum Code

'''1999/2006 CD bonus tracks'''
#<li value="11"> "Telephone Operator/Many a Time (Dub)" – 13:13
# "If You Ask Me/No One Like You (Dub)" – 5:46

===UK ''XL1 + Dub Mix Album'' cassette===
'''Side one'''
# "Telephone Operator" – 3:14
# "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)" – 4:20
# "What Was Heaven?" – 5:04
# "You Know Better Than I Know" – 5:04
# "Twilight" – 3:08
# "(Millions of People) No One Like You" – 4:07
# "Many a Time" – 6:41
# "I Just Wanna Touch" – 3:04
# "You and I" – 3:00
# "XL1" – 3:27

'''Side two (dub mixes)'''
# "Homosapien (Dub)"
# "I Don't Know What It Is / Witness The Change (Dub)"
# "Telephone Operator / Many a Time (Dub)"
# "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No) / No One Like You (Dub)"
# Z X Spectrum Code

===US version===
'''Side one'''
# "Telephone Operator" – 3:15
# "Many a Time" – 4:18
# "I Just Wanna Touch" – 2:54
# "You Know Better Than I Know" – 4:48
# "XL1" – 3:25

'''Side two'''
# "(Millions of People) No One Like You" – 4:05
# "If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)" – 4:20
# "You and I" – 3:01
# "What Was Heaven?" – 5:05
# "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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=270}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|55
|}

==References==
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