When Joan Jett's first album BAD REPUTATION was released in 1980 it became one of the Top Ten most-added albums in the trade magazine airplay charts and re-established the ex-Runaway as a cult figure. Through talent, energy and sheer determination, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have overcome every obstacle strewn in their path on the way to becoming a phenomenon. We're a rock and roll band and that's how I wanted it to sound."īut to say The Blackhearts are just a rock and roll band is a bit of an understatement. I wanted the record to be very basic sounding. Says Jett of the group's third LP, "You won't hear a lot of echoes and overdubs on the LP. Late in December 1982, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts finally came off the road after a solid 2 1/2 years of worldwide touring, with plans to take a well-deserved rest and to record their new MCA LP ALBUM. "Jett has become a symbol of whatever optimism is left in this country's youth." - The Record
"A fiery ball of fighting energy, exploding atoms all over the stage and recording 's unrelenting rock, pedal to the metal from first note to last." - Memphis Press Scimitar Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Bad Reputation NationĪlbum Press Kit, 1983 The following is the original text and photos from Blackheart Record's Press Kit for "Album" sent to media outlets in 1983:
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