When You're a Boy

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.[2]

When You're a Boy
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
AllMusic[1]

The album peaked at No. 83 on the US album charts.[3]

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 Steinberg3:29
2."No Kind of Love"Hoffs, David Kahne, Scott Cutler, Ross Rice3:05
3."Wishing On Telstar"Robin Lane, Jimmy Cipolla4:11
4."That's Why Girls Cry"David Kahne, Juliana Hatfield, Hoffs3:59
5."Unconditional Love"Cyndi Lauper, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg3:51
6."Something New"John Hanes, Cary Sheldon, Hoffs, David Kahne3:52
7."So Much for Love"John Hanes, Pearl E. Gates, Peter Dunne, Hilary Hanes3:33
8."This Time"Steve Summers2:36
9."Only Love"Hoffs, Diane Warren4:25
10."It's Lonely Out Here"Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg3:52
11."Made of Stone"Jennfer Condos, Hoffs, David Kahne3:13
12."Boys Keep Swinging"David Bowie, Brian Eno4:59

Personnel

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?"[4]

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." [5]

Chart performance
Year Chart Peak position
1991U.S. Billboard 20083 [3]
1991UK Album Chart56

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Stitzel, Kelly (February 1, 2011). "Popdose Flashback '91: Susanna Hoffs, "When You're a Boy"". Popdose. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. Billboard.com Susanna Hoffs album chart. Accessed: November 24, 2006
  4. Q, April 1991
  5. Griggs, Tim. "When You're a Boy AllMusic Review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved Dec 23, 2018.
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