Rebel, Sweetheart is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Wallflowers, released on May 24, 2005, by Interscope Records. It debuted and peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200, and served as the band's final release with Interscope. Its lead single, "The Beautiful Side of Somewhere", peaked at number five on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart. Reviews of the album by music critics were sparse, but generally positive. The album has sold approximately 116,000 copies, according to Billboard and Nielsen Soundscan.

Reception

The album received a score of 73 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally positive reviews." In a positive review, Allmusic wrote "not that Rebel, Sweetheart offers anything all that different from previous Wallflowers albums -- they just do what they do better than they have before." RollingStone magazine also praised the album, writing "Dylan sings these adult tales of disillusionment and perseverance with the gritty timbre of a young Warren Zevon" while naming "Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette)" as the standout track on the album. Other reviews were less positive, with Uncut magazine giving it 6 out of 10 stars and calling it "accomplished but seldom inspired." In an interview with Uproxx in 2021, Dylan fondly remembered recording the album with Brendan O'Brien and said he still likes the album "quite a bit." He commented that "sonically, it sounds very similar to those Bruce Springsteen records that Brendan was making at the time"

Track listing

All songs written by Jakob Dylan. British bonus track Japanese bonus track

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Rebel, Sweetheart liner notes The Wallflowers Additional personnel

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