The Runaways - Queens of Noise
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Free Music Review: Runaways - 'Queens Of Noise' (Cherry Red)
Hit: 4 Stars
Originally released in 1977,this was THE '70's all-female band's third effort.Melodic,yet hard edged rock,with that 'girl's night out' vibe to it.Choice cuts are the title track "Queens Of Noise","Neon Angels(On The Road To Ruin)","California Paradise" and the in-your-face "Johnny Guitar".Line-up:Lita Ford-guitar&vocals,Joan Jett-guitar&vocals,Cherie Currie-lead vocals,Jackie Fox-bass and Sandy West-drums.Should appeal to fans of Girlschool,L7,The Donnas and Hole.Semi-recommended.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: 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: Much better overall than their first
Hit: 4 Stars
This is the 2nd (and last)LP by the original Runaways. It has much better production than the 1st album and the songs are not as repititive as on the first. The sound has a bit more pop sheen to it, but you get the feeling Joan and Lita (and svengali Kim Fowley, a guy for those not in the know)weren't just writing around riffs they were capable of playing, that more was going into these songs (even if they were from outside writers). All members seemed to have improved on their instruments quite a lot since the 1st LP. The title track is a great piece of pop bliss and I love toward the end where the background singers do call and response with Cherie, they sound great. Take It Or Leave It is their typical tough girl song and it rocks. Midnight Music sounds like a dead ripoff of Make Your Own Kind Of Music, an early seventies piece of pop drivel by Mama Cass Elliot, and it doesn't improve here. Born To Be Bad, another tough girl anthem is really great, it starts off as a ballad and slams into the chrous as a hard rock/metal power chord fest. Other great songs are I Love Playin' With Fire which is a metallic rocker (and should have been a hit single),Heartbeat, an early power ballad & Johnny Guitar shows off Lita's improving guitar skills as a pseudo-bluesy number. All in all its a much more listenable affair with every song being listenable and much more enjoyable than their first album.Free Music Review: Slicker than the first--but with less inspiration
Hit: 3 Stars
2nd effort by the distaff hard rock unit is not the Runaways' best album--but the one that sold the most (I believe it peaked at #192 on the Billboard charts). Critics were silenced after calling the first album a joke; it proved that the girls could really play (and not only that, but get their personalities across in the group-written songs, with occasional help from Kim Fowley and early co-founder Kari Krome). The production is cleaner(probably due to Earle Mankey's help) and there are some great, expressive moments: Joan Jett's "I Love Playin' With Fire" is a classic rocker, Cherie Currie's "Heartbeat" is full of backstage pomp, "Hollywood" is a punky ball of fire, and Lita Ford's closer, "Johnny Guitar", ends with a wicked guitar solo. A few shrieky spots here and there, and less good-natured fun overall than their first outing, but still disarming.