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Back to the Drawing Board!

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Back to the Drawing Board!

| type = Album

| artist = the Rubinoos

| cover = Back to the Drawing Board.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1979

| recorded = Ramport Studios and Wally Heider Studios

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Power pop

| length = 31:44

| label = Beserkley

| producer = Matthew King Kaufman, Gary Phillips

| prev_title = The Rubinoos

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Party of Two EP

| next_year = 1983

}}

Back to the Drawing Board! is the Rubinoos' second album, released on Beserkley Records.{{cite web |title=The Rubinoos Biography by Mark Deming |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-rubinoos-mn0000297955 |website=AllMusic |access-date=20 December 2023}} Back to the Drawing Board! is a power pop album and fit well with the other power pop bands on Beserkley. It is known for the single "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", which gained notoriety when Rubinoos members Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer sued Avril Lavigne, alleging that her hit "Girlfriend" had too much in common with it.

The Rubinoos re-released the album with bonus tracks on their own label in 2011.

Critical reception

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r48383}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = C+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|accessdate=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=580}}

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Trouser Press wrote: "Except for one superb Raspberries soundalike ('I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend'), the record seems too anxious to please, and suffers from noticeable timidity and fewer memorable songs."{{cite web |title=Rubinoos |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/rubinoos/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=20 December 2023}}

Track listing

All tracks composed by James Gangwer and Tommy Dunbar; except where noted.

  1. "Fallin' in Love" (2:48)
  2. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (3:16)
  3. "Promise Me" (3:22)
  4. "Hold Me" (Dave Oppenheim, Ira Schuster, Jack Little) - (3:01)
  5. "Ronnie" (2:38)
  6. "Drivin' Music" (James Gangwer, Jon Rubin, Tommy Dunbar) - (3:13)
  7. "Operator" (2:57)
  8. "Jennifer" (Gary Phillips, James Gangwer, Tommy Dunbar) - (2:33)
  9. "Arcade Queen" (2:27)
  10. "Lightning Love Affair" (Jon Rubin, Rose Bimlet, Tommy Dunbar) - (2:46)
  11. "1, 2, 3 Forever" (Tommy Dunbar) - (2:43)
  12. "Rendezvous" (Bonus Cut)
  13. "Warm Summer Night" (Bonus Cut)
  14. "Red Light Green Light" (Bonus Cut)
  15. "Rumble" (Bonus Cut)

Personnel

;The Rubinoos

  • Royse Ader – bass, vocals
  • Tommy Dunbar – guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Jon Rubin – guitar, vocals
  • Donn Spindt – percussion, drums, vocals

;Technical

  • Mark Dodson – engineer
  • Matthew King Kaufman – producer
  • Gary Phillips – producer
  • Michael Zagaris - photography

Releases

  • LP Beserkley 1979
  • CD Air Mail Recordings 2007

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120520163412/http://www.rubinoos.com/discography.htm The Rubinoos Discography]

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Category:The Rubinoos albums

Category:1979 albums

Category:Beserkley Records albums