When You're a Boy

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When You're a Boy
Susanna Hoffs When Youre A Boy.jpg
Studio album by
Susanna Hoffs
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1991
Recorded1990
GenreRock
Length45:07
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Kahne
Susanna Hoffs chronology
When You're a Boy
(1991) 		Susanna Hoffs
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic1.5/5 stars[1]
Record Mirror4/10 stars[2]

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.[3]

The album peaked at No. 83 on the US album charts.[4]

Three singles were released from the album: "My Side of the Bed", "Unconditional Love", and "Only Love." The first two featured the non-LP B-side "Circus Girl".

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

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
  • 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[]

Jimmy Nicol of Q gave the album four out of five stars and wrote, "An album which expands the Bangles' brief into undreamed of territories. 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?"[5]

AllMusic's review was negative, giving it one and a half out of five stars, remarking that "Although the album was released in 1991, it sounds like bad mid-'80s music. Hoffs and the Bangles had a few catchy pop ditties; however, there are none to be found here." [6]

Chart performance[]

Year Chart Peak position
1991 U.S. Billboard 200 83 [4]
1991 UK Album Chart 56

References[]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Duerden, Nick (6 April 1991). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 17.
  3. ^ Stitzel, Kelly (February 1, 2011). "Popdose Flashback '91: Susanna Hoffs, "When You're a Boy"". Popdose. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Billboard.com Susanna Hoffs album chart. Accessed: November 24, 2006
  5. ^ Q, April 1991
  6. ^ Griggs, Tim. "When You're a Boy AllMusic Review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved Dec 23, 2018.


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