Homosapien (album)

Homosapien
Studio album by Pete Shelley
Released	1981 (US) 15 January 1982 (UK)
Recorded	February–August 1981
Studio	Genetic Sound, Berkshire, England
Genre	New wave, synthpop, post-punk
Length	35:51
Label	Genetic/Island (UK & Europe) Arista (US & Canada)
Producer	Martin Rushent, Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley chronology
Sky Yen (1980) Homosapien (1981) XL1 (1983)
Singles from Homosapien
"Homosapien" Released: September 1981 reissued 1982 with different B-side "I Don't Know What It Is" Released: 13 November 1981

Homosapien is the second solo album by British musician Pete Shelley, released in 1981. The album follows his experimental instrumental album Sky Yen (recorded in 1974 but released in 1980) and his work with the group Buzzcocks, who initially disbanded in 1981. Homosapien saw a marked departure from the punk stylings of Buzzcocks' records, being heavily influenced by the programmed synthesizer sounds and drum machines of synthpop, with the addition of Shelley on acoustic guitar. The title track was released as a UK single and was banned by the BBC due to explicit homosexual references,^[1] but was nevertheless a hit in several other countries.