„When We Were the New Boys“ ist das achtzehnte Studioalbum von Rod Stewart, das am 25. Mai 1998 erschien. Es war Stewarts letztes Studioalbum, das bei Warner Bros. Records veröffentlicht wurde. Aus dem Album gingen die Singles „Ooh La La“, „Rocks“ und „When We Were the New Boys“ hervor.
„When We Were the New Boys“ war das erste Album von Stewart, das nicht auf Vinyl erschien. Die Titel sind größtenteils Coverversionen, wie „Cigarettes & Alcohol“ von Oasis, „Rocks“ von Primal Scream, „Hotel Chambermaid“ von Graham Parker und „Superstar“ von der Band Superstar. Zwei Balladen wurden aufgenommen, die von Elvis Costello vorgeschlagen wurden: Ron Sexmiths „Secret Heart“ und Nick Lowes „Shelly My Love“.
Das Album enthält außerdem „Ooh La La“, einen Song, der von Stewarts früherer Band The Faces aufgenommen wurde. Die Version von The Faces wurde ursprünglich vom Gitarristen der Band, Ronnie Wood, gesungen; Stewart nahm den Song für „When We Were the New Boys“ als Hommage an den Mitautor des Songs, den Faces-Bassist Ronnie Lane, auf, der 1997, ein Jahr vor der Veröffentlichung des Albums, verstorben war.
When We Were the New Boys is the eighteenth studio album by Rod Stewart, released on 25 May 1998. It was Stewart's last studio album to be released by Warner Bros. Records. It produced the singles "Ooh La La", "Rocks", and "When We Were the New Boys".
When We Were the New Boys was the first album by Stewart to not be released on vinyl. The tracks are mostly covers, such as "Cigarettes & Alcohol" by Oasis, "Rocks" by Primal Scream, "Hotel Chambermaid" by Graham Parker, and "Superstar" by the band Superstar. Two ballads were included that were suggested by Elvis Costello: Ron Sexmith's "Secret Heart" and Nick Lowe's "Shelly My Love".
The album also includes "Ooh La La", a song recorded by Stewart's previous band the Faces. The Faces' version of the song was originally sung by the band's guitarist Ronnie Wood; Stewart recorded the song for When We Were the New Boys as a tribute to the song's co-author, Faces bassist Ronnie Lane, who had died in 1997 a year before the album's release.