Runaways - Queens of Noise
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Free Music Review: I didn't know what I was missing...
Hit: 5 Stars
...for all of these years. You know when you hear about something, in this case a band, and always mean to give it a listen? I finally did. I love this band. Joan Jett has a sharper edge on her Runaways stuff (which I love) then on her solo records. The drummer (Sandy West) is amazing - her playing actually blew me away just a little more than Lita's 17 year old guitaring. Singing of teen angst among great, strong drums and rhythm guitar. Mysterious ballads from Cherie Currie, with smoky, sexy vocals (MUCH better than her awful solo stuff), and a wild album cover to boot. The opening track is amazing, Joan singing the title track. My other favorites are "Neon Angels on the Road to Ruin", "Hollywood" (Joan is TOTALLY punk rock on it), and Take it or Leave it (wild, screeching back-up vocals---great!)Free Music Review: The best album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the best The Runaways album. I bought the album when it was first released, but that vinyl edition has long been living in lost record world. The tracks on the "Queens of Noise" are powerful, played with impressive talent, and have a unique nastiness. The mood is definitely punk, but also feminine, in the bad girl sense. A typical all-male or minority-female rock band can't even come close to what The Runaways created. Bottom line: This is real rock that you can blast in your car as you drive to the job you never imagined yourself having when you first heard "Queens of Noise."Free Music Review: Great follow-up to The Runaways.
Hit: 5 Stars
This second effort by these five women Rocks every bit as hard as their first. If you liked that one, you'll love this one.
RIP Sandy...
Free Music Review: Neon Angels
Hit: 5 Stars
Glam, punk, metal and 60s girl-group music all at once. The original Teen Queens of the Glitterati. Too bad they never had a movie.Free Music Review: Rockin' sophomore release from legendary all-girl `70s group
Hit: 4 Stars
The Runaways second album is a more solid rock album than their self-titled debut, but it also has a more rushed and thrown-together feeling. The Runaways' erstwhile lead singer, Cherie Currie, was already sharing microphone time with the group's musical leader, Joan Jett. The album's title track went to Jett, and with her songwriting adding muscle to the song list, her fingerprints were all over the album. Currie was a compelling vocalist, able to sing both ballads and up-tempo numbers, but she was more theater than rock, and placing tunes like "I Like Playin' With Fire" and "California Paradise" back-to-back made the band sound schizophrenic. Currie would exit the band after a tour of Japan, and the seeds of her solo career can be heard in the highly produced vocal pop of "Midnight Music." It's a good track, but at odds with its segue from Joan Jett's "Take It or Leave It."
Earle Mankey's produced the album at Brothers' Studio, but any delicacy the Beach Boys achieved within those walls was quickly discarded. The CD transfer retains the original album's muddiness, which is how it sounded on vinyl in 1978. This is a sledgehammer recording, with Jett and Ford's guitars growling alongside the meaty, propulsive drumming of Sandy West. Though Jett later proved herself best suited for pop stardom, West's time-keeping (which lead guitarist Lita Ford occasionally seemed unable to keep pace with) has always been overlooked as the band's rock-steady core. The title track continued to capture the milieu of the mid-70s Los Angeles, but "Hollywood" seems forced and only a year into the band's tenure, their teenage spark was clearly being doused by the poor treatment from the band's minders.
The album's only real misstep is the 7-minute blues guitar showcase, "Johnny Guitar," which was filler then, and remains filler today. Cherry Red's CD reissue rounds up the original ten tracks without bonuses. The insert unfolds into a poster that includes a fan essay, liner notes by Michael Heatley, a note from label founder Iain McNay, photos and song lyrics. It took Cherry Red many years to gain license to reissue these albums, and they're just the sort of thing to drop from print without notice, only to turn up on eBay for $50. So if you think you want them, get them while you can! [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]