''Up for a Bit with The Pastels'' is the debut album by the Scottish band

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, released in 1987. It was named the 37th best Scottish album by ''

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Track listing

All songs written by Stephen McRobbie, except where noted. #"Ride" – 2:24 #"Up for a Bit" (Martin Hayward, Bernice Simpson) – 3:36 #"Crawl Babies" (Hayward, Simpson) – 2:45 #"Address Book" (McRobbie, Brian Taylor) – 4:02 #"I'm Alright with You" – 3:22 #"Hitchin' a (Ride)" – 2:02 #"Get 'Round Town" (McRobbie, Taylor)– 2:17 #"Automatically Yours" – 2:43 #"Baby Honey" (McRobbie, Taylor) – 5:52 #"If I Could Tell You" (Hayward, Simpson) – 2:44

Personnel

* Stephen McRobbie (or Stephen Pastel) –

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* Brian Taylor (or Brian Superstar) – guitar * Martin Hayward – bass, vocals * Bernice Simpson – drums * Annabel Wright – vocals, percussion, keyboards, artwork * John A. Rivers – producer, keyboards

References

1987 debut albums The Pastels albums Glass Records albums Fire Records (UK) albums Albums produced by John A. Rivers {{1980s-pop-album-stub