Paul's Boutique
Paul's Boutique is an album by American
hip hop group
The Beastie Boys, released on
July 25,
1989 (see
1989 in music). Though the Beastie Boys' first album,
Licensed to Ill, had been enormously popular and received generally positive reviews among both mainstream and hip hop critics,
Paul's Boutique quickly became known as their artistic breakthrough. Highly varied lyrically and sonically, the album did not sell as well as
Licensed to Ill, but managed to secure The Beastie Boys' place as critical favorites in the still-dormant field of popular hip hop.
Track listing
- To All the Girls (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Shake Your Rump (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Johnny Ryall (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Egg Man (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- High Plains Drifter (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- The Sounds of Science (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- 3-Minute Rule (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Hey Ladies (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- 5-Piece Chicken Dinner (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Car Thief (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- What Comes Around (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Shadrach (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- Ask for Janice (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
- B-Boy Bouillabaisse (Beastie Boys/Dust Brothers)
Personnel
- Beastie Boys - Producer
- Allen Abrahamson - Assistant Engineer
- Mario Caldato, Jr. - Producer, Engineer
- Mike Simpson - Ensemble
- The Dust Brothers - Producer
- Matt Dike - Ensemble
- Ricky Powel - Photography
- Jeremy Shatan - Photography
- Nathaniel Hörnblower - Photography
- Dominick Watkins - Photography
- Madlib - Remix Arrangement, Additional Production
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1989 The Billboard 200 No. 14
1989 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 24
Billboard (North America) - singles
1989 Hey Ladies The Billboard Hot 100 No. 36
1989 Hey Ladies Hot Rap Singles No. 10
1989 Hey Ladies Modern Rock Tracks No. 18