When You're a Boy
Professional ratings |
Review scores |
Source |
Rating |
Allmusic |
[1] |
When You're a Boy is the debut solo album by Susanna Hoffs. It begins with the Billboard Top 40 single "My Side of the Bed", includes the track "Unconditional Love" (co-written by Cyndi Lauper), and ends with a cover of "Boys Keep Swinging", the 1979 song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno.
The album peaked at #83 on the album charts.[2]
Three singles were released from the album, they included; "My Side Of The Bed," "Unconditional Love," and "Only Love."
Track listing
# |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Length |
1. |
"My Side of the Bed" |
S. Hoffs/T. Kelly/B. Steinberg |
3:29 |
2. |
"No Kind of Love" |
S. Hoffs/D. Kahne/S. Cutler/R. Rice |
3:05 |
3. |
"Wishing On Telstar" |
R. Lane/J. Cipolla |
4:11 |
4. |
"That's Why Girls Cry" |
D. Kahne/J. Hatfield/S. Hoffs |
3:59 |
5. |
"Unconditional Love" |
C. Lauper/T. Kelly/B. Steinberg |
3:51 |
6. |
"Something New" |
J. Hanes/C. Sheldon/S. Hoffs/D. Kahne |
3:52 |
7. |
"So Much for Love" |
J. Hanes/P. E. Gates/P. Dunne/H. Hanes |
3:33 |
8. |
"This Time" |
S. Summers |
2:36 |
9. |
"Only Love" |
S. Hoffs/D. Warren |
4:25 |
10. |
"It's Lonely Out Here" |
S. Hoffs/T. Kelly/B. Steinberg |
3:52 |
11. |
"Made of Stone" |
J. Condos/S. Hoffs/D. Kahne |
3:13 |
12. |
"Boys Keep Swinging" |
D. Bowie/B. Eno |
4:59 |
Personnel
- Susanna Hoffs - vocals, guitar
- David Kahne - keyboards, arranger, mixing, producer, engineer, programming
- Rusty Anderson - guitar
- John Entwistle - bass guitar
- Randy Jackson - bass guitar
- Benmont Tench - keyboards
- Jim Keltner - drums
- Zachary Alford - drums
- Gary Ferguson - drums
- Carlos Vega - drums
- Donovan - backing vocals
- Juliana Hatfield - backing vocals
- Tom Kelly - backing vocals
- Robin Lane - backing vocals
- Donovan Leitch - backing vocals
- Eric Lowen - backing vocals
- Dan Navarro - backing vocals
- Maria Vidal - backing vocals
- Steve Churchyard - engineer
- Clark Germain - engineer
- David Leonard - engineer, mixing
- Joel Stoner - engineer, mixing
- Ray Blair - assistant engineer
- Greg Goldman - assistant engineer
- Ed Goodreau - assistant engineer
- Mike Kloster - assistant engineer
- Sylvia Massy - assistant engineer
- Charles Paakkari - assistant engineer
- Mike Piersante - assistant engineer
- Keith "KC" Cohen - mixing
- Lori Fumar - mixing assistant
- Wally Traugott - mastering
- Randee Saint Nicholas - photography
Chart performance
Year |
Chart |
Peak position |
1991 |
Billboard 200 |
83 [2] |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b Billboard.com Susanna Hoffs album chart. Accessed: November 24, 2006