''Boys Will Be Boys!'' is the debut studio album by South African rock band
Rabbitt
Rabbitt were a South African rock band formed in 1972, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration, consisting of members Trevor Rabin, Duncan Faure, Ronnie Robot, and Neil Cloud. Their successes included making it to the top of the South A ...
, released in 1975 on Jo'Burg Records. The album reached gold certification in the country faster than any other previously released album in South Africa at the time. It also earned the group a Sarie Award in the Best Contemporary Pop category. In 1989, ''Boys Will Be Boys!'' was reissued in Germany and the United States.
Track listing
#"Something's Going Wrong with My Baby" (Trevor Rabin) — 4:45
#"Savage" (Rabin) — 4:43
#"Lifeline" (Patrick van Blerk, Rabin) — 6:00
#"
Locomotive Breath" (
Ian Anderson) — 3:35
#"Hard Ride" (Rabin) — 4:05
#"Baby's Leaving" (Rabin) — 2:20
#"Eventides" (Rabin) — 2:34
#"Looking for the Man" (Van Blerk, Rabin) — 4:00
#"Death of Tulio" (Rabin) — 0:22
#"Charlie" (Van Blerk, Rabin) — 2:35
#"Brand New Love"* (Rabin) — 3:38
#"
Auld Lang Syne"* (Traditional) — 1:18
*Bonus tracks on 2006 CD re-issue (Fresh Music)
Personnel
Rabbitt
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Trevor Rabin
Trevor Charles Rabin (; born ) is a South African rock musician and composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a va ...
– lead vocals (except "Hard Ride"), electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
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Duncan Faure
Rabbitt were a South African rock band formed in 1972, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration, consisting of members Trevor Rabin, Duncan Faure, Ronnie Robot, and Neil Cloud. Their successes included making it to the top of the South A ...
– keyboards, synthesizers, lead vocals on "Hard Ride"
*Ronnie Robot – bass guitar
*Neil Cloud – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
*Godfrey Rabin (Trevor's father) – violin solo on "Hard Ride"
*Pro Arte – strings arrangement
*Bram Verhoef – conductor
Production
*Trevor Rabin – arrangement, production
*Julian Laxton – production, engineering, mixing
*Patrick van Blerk – production
External links
*
"Boys Will Be Boysfound at
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1975 debut albums
Capricorn Records albums
Albums produced by Trevor Rabin