Boys Will Be Boys! is the debut studio album by South African rock band Rabbitt, 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.

Boys Will Be Boys
Studio album by
Released1975
Recorded1974–1975
StudioRPM Studios, Johannesburg
GenreRock
LabelJo'Burg Records
ProducerTrevor Rabin, Julian Laxton, Patrick van Blerk
Rabbitt chronology
Boys Will Be Boys
(1975)
A Croak and a Grunt in the Night
(1976)
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Track listing

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  1. "Something's Going Wrong with My Baby" (Trevor Rabin) — 4:45
  2. "Savage" (Rabin) — 4:43
  3. "Lifeline" (Patrick van Blerk, Rabin) — 6:00
  4. "Locomotive Breath" (Ian Anderson) — 3:35
  5. "Hard Ride" (Rabin) — 4:05
  6. "Baby's Leaving" (Rabin) — 2:20
  7. "Eventides" (Rabin) — 2:34
  8. "Looking for the Man" (Van Blerk, Rabin) — 4:00
  9. "Death of Tulio" (Rabin) — 0:22
  10. "Charlie" (Van Blerk, Rabin) — 2:35
  11. "Brand New Love"* (Rabin) — 3:38
  12. "Auld Lang Syne"* (Traditional) — 1:18
  • *Bonus tracks on 2006 CD re-issue (Fresh Music)

Personnel

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Rabbitt

  • Trevor Rabin – lead vocals (except "Hard Ride"), electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Duncan Faure – 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

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