He's a Rebel (album)

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He's a Rebel
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Studio album by
the Crystals
ReleasedFebruary 1963
Recorded1961–1963
Genre
Length30:36
Label Philles
PHLP 4001
Producer Phil Spector
The Crystals chronology
Twist Uptown
(1962)		He's a Rebel
(1963)		Sing the Greatest Hits, Vol. I
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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He's a Rebel is the second studio album by girl group the Crystals, and also the second LP in the Philles catalogue. It was released in February 1963, as an effort to take an advantage of the monster hit "He's a Rebel", which went to number 1 US in 1962. The song was actually recorded by the Blossoms with Darlene Love on lead vocals and attributed to the Crystals. [2] [3] Notably on the LP is "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)," a withdrawn single by the "real" Crystals group. [2]

Contents

Overview

This was 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" (number 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 number 131 US. [4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "He's a Rebel" (Gene Pitney) (2:25)
  2. "Uptown" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) (2:18)
  3. "Another Country-Another World" (Doc Pomus, Phil Spector) (3:00)
  4. "Frankenstein Twist" (Kate Henry, Leo McCorkle) (2:47)
  5. "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" (Hank Hunter, Spector) (2:23)
  6. "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (Mann, Weil) (2:29)

Side two

  1. "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" (Leroy Bates, Spector) (2:28)
  2. "On Broadway" (Mann, Weil) (2:27)
  3. "What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen" (Jack Keller), Larry Kolber) (2:40)
  4. "No One Ever Tells You" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Spector) (2:16)
  5. "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)" (King, Goffin) (2:28)
  6. "I Love You Eddie" (Hunter, Spector) (2:55) [5]

Personnel

Singles history

Charts

Chart (1963)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [6] 131

References

  1. ↑ Watson, Jimmy (January 25, 1964). "The Crystals: He's A Rebel" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 150. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Crystals". History-of-rock.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "The Crystals". Allmusic . Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Top LP's". Billboard. March 23, 1963. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ "He's A Rebel". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 40. Retrieved July 10, 2025.


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