Album Vs. Bad Reputation, FITE!

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I've always found Joan Jett's second album (I Love Rock and Roll) slightly murky, turgid, and un-glam for my taste. Her first has the title track, scads of GRATE covers, and the magic of Gary Glitter. Her third has crunchy guitars, Star Star, The French Song, and Everyday People, nto to mention Handyman which is her adopting how Gary Glitter-style for her own songs. Additonally, Album presages the sleater-kinney sound on All Hands On The Bad One.

Which do you pick?

― Sterling Clover, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

agree about I Love R&R STOP all 3 still essential STOP bad rep maybe best STOP "glorious results of a misspent youth" also under-rated STOP

― fritz, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I guess I'd vote for "Bad Reputation", but I really love "Album", too. Let's not forget about "Fake Friends", another great track. My Joan Jett concert t-shirt with image of her from "Album"'s cover was stolen from the dryer of my apartment's laundry room, and I'm still pissed.

― Sean, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I actually had a piece about Album on my own vanity domain, which is is stasis right now. I resurrected it though, for the purposes of this question. There's nothing wrong with Joan Jett, and Album is probably the best of the bunch.

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

album has the best collection of songs but isn't it really a bit under-oomphed production-wise? i can never get it to sound LOUD enough

i've always really REALLY *REALLY* loved the first side of Good Music (second side is meh)

― mark s, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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