Pelican West

Pelican West is the debut studio album by the British new wave band Haircut One Hundred, released on 26 February 1982 by Arista Records. It peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 31 on the Billboard 200, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

The album featured three hit singles: "Love Plus One", "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" and "Fantastic Day". It was reissued on CD in 1992, retitled as Pelican West Plus and including five bonus tracks.

Pelican West was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2006).

Heyward later said, "It was a team effort. Everyone had their roles. My job was like the Paul McCartney one in The Beatles: Get Back film. The rest of the guys looked to me for direction, and I had to push them to turn these glorified jam sessions into three-minute pop songs."

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Haircut One Hundred
 * Nick Heyward – vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
 * Les Nemes – bass guitar
 * Graham Jones – guitar
 * Phil Smith – saxophone, brass arrangements
 * Marc Fox – congas, percussion
 * Blair Cunningham – drums

Additional musicians
 * Herschel Holder – trumpet
 * Dave Lord – trumpet
 * Vince Sullivan – trombone

Production
 * Bob Sargeant – production
 * Mark Dearnley – engineering
 * Dave Kemp – engineering
 * David Shortt – art direction
 * Gered Mankowitz – photography
 * Peter Hill – sleeve art
 * Karl Adams – management

Year-end charts
Singles

Cultural references
In the 1983 Central TV science fiction series Luna - first series episode two "The Clunkman Cometh" - the villainous Clunkman accepts a copy of the album as payment for alien pet Jazzmine - he reckons the album will be valuable although he himself dislikes "classical music".