Marshall Crenshaw (album)

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Length 34:10 Release date 28 April 1982 Genres Rock music, Power pop		Artist Marshall Crenshaw Label Warner Bros. Records

Released April 28, 1982August 15, 2000 (Reissue) Recorded January 1982 at Record Plant in New York City Producers Richard Gottehrer, Marshall Crenshaw Similar Mary Jean & 9 Others, Field Day, Life's Too Short, Downtown, This Is Easy: The Best of M

Marshall Crenshaw is the debut studio album by American musician Marshall Crenshaw. It features his breakthrough hit, "Someday, Someway", which reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1982, as well as No. 31 on the Cash Box singles chart. The album spent over six months on the Billboard chart, peaking at No. 50, and eventually sold close to 400,000 copies in the United States. Rolling Stone included the album in their list of "The 100 Best Albums of the Eighties", coming in at No. 72.

Track listing

All songs written by Marshall Crenshaw, except where noted.

"There She Goes Again" - 2:39
"Someday, Someway" - 2:53
"Girls..." - 3:04
"I'll Do Anything" - 3:03
"Rockin' Around in N.Y.C." - 3:10
"The Usual Thing" - 3:06
"She Can't Dance" (Crenshaw, Rick Cioffi, Fred Todd) - 2:47
"Cynical Girl" - 2:37
"Mary Anne" - 2:57
"Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" (Buzz Cason, Tony Moon) - 2:39
"Not for Me" - 2:38
"Brand New Lover" - 2:39

A remastered, reissued version on Rhino/Warner Archives features bonus tracks, which include demos and live tracks.

"Starlit Summer Sky" (Demo, 1979) (Crenshaw, Cioffi, Todd) – 2:48
"Whenever You're on My Mind" (Demo, 1979) (Crenshaw, Bill Teeley) – 3:02
"You're My Favorite Waste of Time" (1979, Marshall Crenshaw & the Handsome, Ruthless and Stupid Band) – 2:38
"Somebody Like You" (1980) – 3:17
"Rave On!" (Live, 1982) (Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Norman Petty) – 1:35
"The Usual Thing" (Live, 1982) – 3:14
"Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)" (Live, 1982) (Albert Hamilton, Richard Morris, Charles Hatcher) – 2:45
"Look at What I Almost Missed" (Live, 1982) (George Clinton, Tamala Lewis) – 3:58
"I've Been Good to You" (Live, 1981) (Smokey Robinson) – 2:55
"Brand New Lover (Live, 1981) (hidden track) – 3:01