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{{Infobox album
| name       = Up for a Bit with the Pastels
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[the Pastels]]
| cover      = Up for a bit cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 1987
| recorded   = September 1986, W.S.R.S. Leamington Spa
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Indie pop]]
| length     = 31:47
| label      = [[Glass Records|Glass]]<br />[[Paperhouse (record label)|Paperhouse]]
| producer   = John A. Rivers
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album)|Sittin' Pretty]]
| next_year  = 1989
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r60027|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
}}
'''''Up for a Bit with the Pastels''''' is the debut album by the Scottish band [[the Pastels]], released in 1987.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |page=774 |edition=3rd}}</ref> It was named the 37th best Scottish album by ''[[The Scotsman]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 best Scottish albums – Nos 26-50 |date=2003-10-16 |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |url=http://news.scotsman.com/100bestscottishalbums/100-best-Scottish-albums-.2470290.jp}}</ref>
==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) – [[guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
* Brian Taylor (or Brian Superstar) – guitar
* Martin Hayward – [[Bass guitar|bass]], vocals
* Bernice Simpson – drums
* Annabel Wright – vocals, percussion, keyboards, artwork
* John A. Rivers – producer, keyboards
==References==
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[[Category:1987 debut albums]]
[[Category:The Pastels albums]]
[[Category:Glass Records albums]]
[[Category:Fire Records (UK) albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by John A. Rivers]]
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