''Rebel, Sweetheart'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band

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, released on May 24, 2005, by

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. It debuted and peaked at number 40 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and served as the band's final release with Interscope. Its lead single, "The Beautiful Side of Somewhere", peaked at number five on ''

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chart. Reviews of the album by

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were sparse, but generally positive. The album has sold approximately 116,000 copies, according to ''Billboard'' and

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Reception

The album received a score of 73 out of 100 on

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, indicating "generally positive reviews." In a positive review,

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wrote "not that Rebel, Sweetheart offers anything all that different from previous Wallflowers albums -- they just do what they do better than they have before." RollingStone magazine also praised the album, writing "Dylan sings these adult tales of disillusionment and perseverance with the gritty timbre of a young

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" while naming "Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette)" as the standout track on the album. Other reviews were less positive, with Uncut magazine giving it 6 out of 10 stars and calling it "accomplished but seldom inspired." In an interview with

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in 2021, Dylan fondly remembered recording the album with Brendan O'Brien and said he still likes the album "quite a bit." He commented that "sonically, it sounds very similar to those

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records that Brendan was making at the time"

Track listing

All songs written by

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. # "Days of Wonder" – 5:14 # "The Passenger" – 2:54 # "The Beautiful Side of Somewhere" – 4:00 # "Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette)" – 3:41 # "We're Already There" – 4:37 # "God Says Nothing Back" – 4:47 # "Back to California" – 3:35 # "I Am a Building" – 3:47 # "From the Bottom of My Heart" – 6:12 # "Nearly Beloved" – 4:00 # "How Far You've Come" – 3:26 # "All Things New Again" – 3:45 British bonus track #

"Just One Breath Away" – 4:16 Japanese bonus track #

"Nothing to See Here" – 3:40

Personnel

Personnel adapted from ''Rebel, Sweetheart'' liner notes The Wallflowers *

– guitars, lead vocals *Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Rami Jaffee – keyboards *Greg Richling – bass guitar, backing vocals Additional personnel * Brendan O'Brien – production, guitar, backing vocals *

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– percussion

Charts

References

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