有着非常可爱酷似童声的嗓音，Susanna Hoffs在1989年The Bangles解散后就筹备着自己的Solo事业，终于在1991年，专辑《When You're A Boy》发行，这张专辑游走于摇滚和流行之间，整体风格非常欢快，也带有浓厚的80年代末90年代初音乐的时代感。参与创作的包括Juliana Hatfield，Cyndi Lauper和Diane Warren，她还翻唱了David Bowie的“Boy Keeps Swinging”，专辑名正取自这首歌的歌词。
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
After the Bangles disbanded in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Susanna Hoffs began her own solo career. Two years after the bands demise, she released When Youre A Boy, which featured songs written by Cyndi Lauper, Juliana Hatfield and Diane Warren. As the wide array of songwriters suggest, the album was a little unfocused — alternating between jangling guitar-pop and synth-laden mainstream pop — but it did generate the Top 40 hit, My Side of the Bed.

Following the release of When Youre A Boy, Hoffs took several years off to concentrate on domestic life. She returned to recording in 1996 with Susanna Hoffs, her first release for London Records. While the album failed to launch a hit single, it received stronger reviews than her debut.