When You're a Boy
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| 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's title comes from the lyrics to the latter.
The album peaked at #83 on the album charts.[2]
Three singles were released from the album: "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/Scott 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 |
Three B-sides from these sessions. "Circus Girl" "Made of Stone"," It's Lonely Out Here"
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
Reception
"An album which expands The Bangles' brief into undreamed of territories," opined Jimmy Nicol, in a four-out-of-five star review for Q. "She reveals herself to be a highly inventive composer, lyricist – and even humourist… After all, how many other American pop stars embarking on a solo career would name their album after a late '70s English art-rock 45?"[3]
Chart performance
| Year |
Chart |
Peak position |
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| 1991 | Billboard 200 | 83 [2] |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- 1 2 Billboard.com Susanna Hoffs album chart. Accessed: November 24, 2006
- ↑ Q, April 1991
