When We Were the New Boys


When We Were the New Boys is the eighteenth studio album by Rod Stewart, released on 25 May 1998. It was Stewart's last studio album to be released by Warner Bros. Records. It produced the singles "Ooh La La", "Rocks", and "When We Were the New Boys".

Background

When We Were the New Boys was the first album by Stewart to not be released on vinyl. The tracks are mostly covers, such as "Cigarettes & Alcohol" by Oasis, "Rocks" by Primal Scream, "Hotel Chambermaid" by Graham Parker, and "Superstar" by the band Superstar. Two ballads were included that were suggested by Elvis Costello: Ron Sexmith's "Secret Heart" and Nick Lowe's "Shelly My Love".
The album also includes "Ooh La La", a song recorded by Stewart's previous band the Faces. The Faces' version of the song was originally sung by the band's guitarist Ronnie Wood; Stewart recorded the song for When We Were the New Boys as a tribute to the song's co-author, Faces bassist Ronnie Lane, who had died in 1997 a year before the album's release.

Track listing

  1. "Cigarettes and Alcohol" – 4:03
  2. "Ooh La La" – 4:15
  3. "Rocks" – 4:45
  4. "Superstar" – 4:21
  5. "Secret Heart" – 4:07
  6. "Hotel Chambermaid" – 3:49
  7. "Shelly My Love" – 3:38
  8. "When We Were the New Boys" – 4:39
  9. "Weak" – 4:38
  10. "What Do You Want Me to Do?" – 3:36
  11. "Careless With Our Love" – 4:28

Personnel

Production