Messin' with the Boys

Messin' with the Boys
Studio album by Cherie & Marie Currie
Released 1980 (re-released in 1997)
Recorded 1979, 1980
Genre rock, hard rock, alternative rock
Length 41:11
Label Capitol (Re-released by Renaissance Records)
Producer Jai Winding
Cherie & Marie Currie chronology

Beauty's Only Skin Deep (Cherie Currie)
(1978)		 Messin' With The Boys Young and Wild (Cherie & Marie Currie)
(1998)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [1]

Messin' with the Boys is the second post-Runaways album by Cherie Currie, released in 1980[2] [3] For this album Currie worked with her identical twin sister, Marie Currie.[4] [5] Their band was called Cherie and Marie Currie. Marie was a guest vocalist on Cherie's first album,[6] so Marie went on tour with Cherie to support her first album, Beauty's Only Skin Deep. when Marie would join Cherie on stage to sing the encores the audience would go wild.[7] So Cherie ran with the idea of two blonds are better than one.[8] The idea payed off because Messin' with the Boys received more radio play than Beauty's Only Skin Deep, and their song "Since You Been Gone" made it to 95 on US charts.[9]

Messin' with the Boys was originally released by Capitol Records in 1980,[10] but Messin' with the Boys was re-released on Renaissance Records in 1997.[11] The twins recorded seven new bonus tracks that where included on its 1997 release. One of the bonus tracks was "Cherry Bomb", a song Cherie recorded with The Runaways. When Cherie was in The Runaways it was regarded as their signature song.

Track listing

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  1. "Messin' with the Boys" (Joey Brasler, M. Ruth) – 3:47
  2. "Since You Been Gone" (Russ Ballard) – 3:41
  3. "I Just Love the Feeling" (Cherie Currie, Bobby Kimball) – 4:32
  4. "All I Want" (John Batdorf, Sue Sheridan) – 3:40
  5. "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (Eric Carmen) – 5:01
  6. "Elaine" (David Paich) – 3:20
  7. "This Time" (Billy Bizeau) – 6:08
  8. "Wishing Well" (John Bundrick, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers, Tetsu Yamauchi) – 3:27
  9. "Secrets" (Cherie Currie, Michelle Winding) – 2:26
  10. "We're Through" (Joey Brasler) – 5:13
  11. "Kamakazee Lover" (J. Brasler, S. Crane) - 3:33 (1997 Bonus track)
  12. "I Surrender" (Russ Ballard) - 3:48 (1997 Bonus track)
  13. "Prisoner" (D. Paich, D. Williams) - 3:29 (1997 Bonus track)
  14. "You're A Baby" (J. Brasler, B. Berkowitz) - 3:34 (1997 Bonus track)
  15. "Tough Break" (S. Dunscombe-Lynch, L. Whitman) - 3:50 (1997 Bonus track)
  16. "Always The Last To Know" (J. Brasler, Cherie Currie) - 3:09 (1997 Bonus track)
  17. "Cherry Bomb" (Joan Jett, Kim Fowley) - 2:13 (1997 Bonus track)

Discography

Year Single US Album
1979 "Since You Been Gone" 95 Messin' with the Boys [13]

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Boldman, Gina. "Cherie & Marie Currie Mellin' With The Boys review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cherie-currie-mn0000107815/biography.
  3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Cherie-And-Marie-Currie-Messin-With-The-Boys/release/1216949
  4. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615
  5. ↑ http://rockbrat.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/classic-album-from-the-rockbrat-collection-cherie-and-marie-currie-messin-with-the-boys/
  6. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautys-only-skin-deep-mw0000337174/credits
  7. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19800322&id=MH8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147,3103138
  8. ↑ http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075904,00.html
  9. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615/awards
  10. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Cherie-And-Marie-Currie-Messin-With-The-Boys/release/5709988
  11. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Cherie-Marie-Currie-Messin-With-The-Boys/release/2126645
  12. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/messin-with-the-boys/id429102300
  13. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615/awards