He's a Rebel (album)
He's a Rebel | ||||
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Label | Philles PHLP 4001 | |||
Producer | Phil Spector | |||
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Record Mirror | [1] |
He's a Rebel is the second album issued by girl group
He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)," a withdrawn single by the "real" Crystals group.[2]
This was actually a repackaging of Twist Uptown, The Crystals' debut. Two of the original eleven tracks were taken from that album and replaced with "He's a Rebel" and its follow-up "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (#11 US, also recorded with The Blossoms)[2][3] while "He Hit Me" was added for a twelfth track. The He's a Rebel album peaked at #131 US.[4]
Track listing
Side one
- "He's a Rebel"- (2:25)
- "Uptown"- (2:18)
- "Another Country-Another World"- (3:00)
- "Frankenstein Twist"- (2:47)
- "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby"- (2:23)
- "He's Sure the Boy I Love"- (2:29)
Side two
- "There's No Other (Like My Baby)"- (2:28)
- "On Broadway"- (2:27)
- "What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen"- (2:40)
- "No One Ever Tells You"- (2:16)
- "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)- (2:28)
- "I Love You Eddie"- (2:55)
Personnel
- Barbara Alston (w/ The Crystals)- Lead vocals
- Darlene Love (w/The Blossoms)- Lead vocals on "He's a Rebel" and "He's Sure the Boy I Love"
- Patricia "Patsy" Wright (w/The Crystals)- Lead vocals on "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby"
- LaLa Brooks (w/The Crystals)- Lead vocals on "Frankenstein Twist"
- Phil Spector- Producer
Singles history
- "There's No Other (Like My Baby)"/"Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" (#20 US)
- "Uptown"/"What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen" (#13 US)
- "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)"/"No One Ever Tells You" (withdrawn)
- "He's a Rebel"/"I Love You Eddie" (#1 US)
- "He's Sure the Boy I Love"/"Walkin' Along (La-La-La)" (#11 US)
References
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (25 January 1964). "The Crystals: He's A Rebel" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 150. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "The Crystals". History-of-rock.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "Top LP's". Billboard. 23 March 1963. Retrieved 31 July 2017.