When We Were the New Boys

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Sure, it sounds kind of hokey on paper. The concept of Rod the Mod attempting to revisit his Faces/Every Picture Tells a Story glory days via a transfusion of hip new cover material. But surprise! This experiment actually works, and the raspy old rooster is crowing like he hasn't in years on Primal Scream's "Rocks," Oasis's "Cigarettes and Alcohol," Graham Parker's "Hotel Chambermaid," and even a bagpipe retro-fitted take on the Faces' vintage standby "Ooh La La." The title track works as a nice snapshot of memory lane, taken by one of rock's most legendary (and lately sorely overlooked) talents. Not exactly a second childhood, but it'll do. --Tom Lanham

Entertainment Weekly
Though Stewart's randy rasp can still marvel and move, he can't help but turn Oasis' "Cigarettes and Alcohol" and Primal Scream's "Rocks" into hammy, irony-challenged showbiz rock.

Album Details
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Careless with Our Love. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

When We Were the New Boys

Tracks:

Cigarettes And Alcohol
Ooh La La
Rocks
Superstar
Secret Heart
Hotel Chambermaid
Shelly My Love
When We Were The New Boys
Weak
What Do You Want Me To Do?

Amazon.com

Sure, it sounds kind of hokey on paper. The concept of Rod the Mod attempting to revisit his Faces/Every Picture Tells a Story glory days via a transfusion of hip new cover material. But surprise! This experiment actually works, and the raspy old rooster is crowing like he hasn't in years on Primal Scream's "Rocks," Oasis's "Cigarettes and Alcohol," Graham Parker's "Hotel Chambermaid," and even a bagpipe retro-fitted take on the Faces' vintage standby "Ooh La La." The title track works as a nice snapshot of memory lane, taken by one of rock's most legendary (and lately sorely overlooked) talents. Not exactly a second childhood, but it'll do. --Tom Lanham

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Careless with Our Love.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.This guy really knows how to rock! .......2007-03-21

I wasn't a Rod Stewart fan before I heard this album. It is an absolute cracker and never fails to cheer me up when I need it. A great collection of songs, a good solid guitarist and a good range of session musicians, including The Corrs before they were famous all with Rod singing to bust a gut make this a first class good-time-rock-and-roll album. Good to know that Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is still around on the music scene (when he is not working with U.S. defence). He plays a nice pedal steel guitar here. The album was produced by Rod himself and he chose the songs as well as composing a few of them. It is a party atmosphere from the beginning to the end, although the pace does slow down a few times. The very highest points for me; Primal scream's "Rocks", Oasis' "Cigarettes and alcohol" and Graham Parker's "Hotel chambermaid", all excellent covers, and in my opinion better than the originals. If you like to rock I recommend this album to you.

I love Rod....age sucks....I want the old Rod back..........2006-12-24

Not sure how I missed this cd. I left the country early 98, and returned 5 years later to Rod singing waltz type music. I thought it was a joke. I'm a huge fan of Rod since the age of 14 and am now 39, but never bought the song book series. I've been tempted to buy them just to try them out, but haven't yet. I did buy his newest "still the same" cd. I like it, but it's not the Rod I remember. It's great for his age and appropriate, but when I stumbled across "When We Were the New Boys" today at a used cd store, I thought it had to be a mix of music from the past and not a new cd in 98'. how did it slip by me, so assumed it probably had gotten bad reviews. Once I played it, I knew there would be no way it got poor reviews. It's classic Rod doing what he does best. I'm sooooo thrillled to have found it. It's like I have a new Rod cd today that is all new music. I swear I am a big fan, but missing this doesn't reflect it. I have all his music, plus more including cassettes, cds and best of Rod, but this one? I love it....and in a way i'm glad i missed it so I can enjoy it as if new today. If you don't have it, go get it. It's a great listen, sing along, and dance. My heart skips a beat litening to Rod and thinking of him move on stage in concert....and the soccer balls!

Will the real Rod Stewart PLEASE stand up!.......2006-02-04

An outstanding release that should have stopped him making the current "songbook" crap he's shoving out now. The 1st three cuts flat out rock in a way Rod hasn't done in years. As cheap as you can pick this up used, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

Kick`s in many direction this one, but has flaire and style........2006-01-20

This is rock& roooool man !. Rod Stewart goes back to his roots on this, and kicks off with track 1 Cigaretts and Alcohol, and what a stunning opener. This is probably traditonal rock and roll, but anyway sets a standard trough the CD. Track 2 Oh La La is a more traditonal song, with a very good melody, which bring`s thought`s to the scootish
folk music, with fiddles and a seldom instrument called
bodran. Realy soul in this one. Track 3 Rocks is not up there. It`s similar in style with Track 1, but doesn`t realy have the right kick off and creativity, but anyway, it`s an ok rocker in the most traditional style. Track 4 is a ballad called Superstar, it`s ok, but sound`s to pompous in a way, and it`s
ridden by cliche`s. Track 5 Secret Heart, is as you read it is very, very, simple, but a good listen with some "soulbalsam" inbetween. Track 6 Hotel Chambermaid, kicks off in the right direction. This is similar in style with Track 1. Track 7 is a let down in a way. A ballad that it`s ok, but nothing more.
Track 8 When we Were The New Boys, swings in the right direction, and it`s the song with the most "hit" potensial on this CD. It has a very good refrain, and i don`t mind that the "theme" goes over and over again, when it`s done with quality as this one. The two last one`s is ballad`s .Ok, but nothing more. This CD kicks in many directions, but he`s best when he skip`s the ballads, and consentrate`s with the basic rock and roll`ers. A good buy, anyway. Rod Stewart always delivers the rock and roll package.

Sounds fine to me!.......2003-12-26

Hey, I'm a 51 year old rocker who grew up on Rod Stewart so's I find his later 80's and 90's output just fine (with the exception of a few). Here, I'm not familiar with the original work of Oasis or Primal Scream,et al...nor do I feel I need to be. I picked this cd up in the amazon.com marketplace for very little and it is a welcome addition to my collection. By the way,if you surf the web and research through the ALL MUSIC GUIDE (as one example) you can cull out the REAL bad stuff and find the majority of Rod Stewart cd's for a fraction of the cost. Rod Stewart is such a mainstay within the music world still...take advantage of the current consumers inattention to REAL quality rock n roll hunt down those major and minor masterpieces.

Average customer rating:

When We Were The New Boys (Japan)
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When We Were The New Boys (+Bonus Tracks)

Average customer rating:

Excellent.This guy really knows how to rock!
I love Rod....age sucks....I want the old Rod back...
Will the real Rod Stewart PLEASE stand up!
Kick`s in many direction this one, but has flaire and style.
Sounds fine to me!

When We Were The New Boys (+Bonus Tracks)
Rod Stewart
Manufacturer: Wea/Warner
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