When You're a Boy
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| Review scores | |
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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 No. 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" | Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | 3:29 |
| 2. | "No Kind of Love" | Hoffs, David Kahne, Scott Cutler, Ross Rice | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Wishing On Telstar" | Robin Lane, Jimmy Cipolla | 4:11 |
| 4. | "That's Why Girls Cry" | David Kahne, Juliana Hatfield, Hoffs | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Unconditional Love" | Cyndi Lauper, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Something New" | John Hanes, Cary Sheldon, Hoffs, David Kahne | 3:52 |
| 7. | "So Much for Love" | John Hanes, Pearl E. Gates, Peter Dunne, Hilary Hanes | 3:33 |
| 8. | "This Time" | Steve Summers | 2:36 |
| 9. | "Only Love" | Hoffs, Diane Warren | 4:25 |
| 10. | "It's Lonely Out Here" | Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | 3:52 |
| 11. | "Made of Stone" | Jennfer Condos, Hoffs, David Kahne | 3:13 |
| 12. | "Boys Keep Swinging" | David Bowie, Brian Eno | 4:59 |
Three B-sides from these sessions. "Circus Girl" "Made of Stone" and "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 [3] - 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?"[4]
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
- ^ Discogs - Zachary Alford - (profile & discography)
- ^ Q, April 1991