I Love Rock n' Roll (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = I Love Rock N' Roll
Type = Album
Artist = Joan Jett & the Blackhearts


Released = December 1981
Recorded = Kingdom Sound Studio
Genre = Hard rock
Length =
Label = Boardwalk
Producer = Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:go220roal48z link] |
Last album = "Bad Reputation" (1981)
This album = "I Love Rock n' Roll" (1981)
Next album = "Album" (1983)

"I Love Rock N' Roll" is the second album by Joan Jett and the first to feature her backing band The Blackhearts. To date, it is Jett's most successful album with over ten million copies sold, largely due to the success of the title track (which was released as a single soon after the album was released).

Early copies of the album released during December 1981 ended with the track "Little Drummer Boy". However, after the holiday season passed, the track was replaced by "Oh Woe Is Me" on most pressings.

On CD (with 11-13 pointed as bonus tracks) was released in 1992 on CBS associated the band's own label, Blackheart Records.

The album was digitally remastered in 1998 and featured various bonus tracks.

Track listing

#"I Love Rock n' Roll" (Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker)
#"(I'm Gonna) Run Away" (Jett, Kenny Laguna)
#"Love Is Pain" (Jett)
#"Nag" (Arthur Crier)
#"Crimson and Clover" (Tommy James, Peter Lucia)
#"Victim of Circumstance" (Jett, Kenny Laguna)
#"Bits and Pieces" (Dave Clark Five)
#"Be Straight" (Jett, Greg Kihn, Kenny Laguna)
#"You're Too Possessive" (Jett)
#"Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone)
#"Oh Woe Is Me"
# "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry)
# "You Don't Know What You've Got" (Live)
# "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran)
# "Nag"

Tracks 12-15 are bonus tracks on the 1998 CD reissue. Vinyl versions of the album contain only tracks 1-9 and either 10 or 11.

The album contains several cover songs, including: "I Love Rock n' Roll" (originally by The Arrows), "Nag" (The Halos), "Crimson And Clover" (Tommy James & The Shondells), "Bits And Pieces" (The Dave Clark Five), "You're Too Possessive" (The Runaways), "Little Drummer Boy" (The Harry Simeone Chorale), and bonus tracks "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry, later performed by The Kingsmen) and "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran).

Personnel

The Blackhearts:
*Joan Jett - vocals, guitar
*Gary Ryan - bass, vocals
*Ricky Byrd - guitar, vocals
*Lee Crystal - drums
*Eric Ambel - guitar (during record sessions was replaced by Byrd, so not credited)

Additional musicians:
*Lea Hart on "You Don't Know What You've Got," the b-side of the "I Love Rock n' Roll" single

External links

* [http://joanjett.com/Lyrics/jjlr.htm "I Love Rock n' Roll"] at JoanJett.com