Released28 May 2012 Boys Don't Cry
(2012)Into Colour
(2014) Release date28 May 2012 LabelAtlantic Records
Recorded2010 - 2012 ArtistRumer ProducerSteve Brown
GenresSoul music, Easy listening SimilarRumer albums, Soul music albums
Boys Don't Cry is the second album by Rumer, produced by Steve Brown. It was released on 28 May 2012. The album is a selection of songs by artist/writers from the 1970s period. Rumer covers works by male artists such as Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren, Terry Reid, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens, Gilbert O'Sullivan and others.
Kitty Empire writing in The Observer praised the album - "it really does sound like another season in her soul" and called "Home Thoughts From Abroad" (by Clifford T. Ward) "the unexpected standout track."
Singles
"P.F. Sloan" was the first single released from the album, it was released on 4 May 2012.
Track listing
Note that the track listing on the U.S. version is different and that the song "Andre Johray" by Tim Hardin is not included at all. Instead it includes the song "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian.