Bad Reputation (Joan Jett album)

Bad Reputation is the debut solo album by Joan Jett, originally self-released in 1980 as Joan Jett after her previous band The Runaways disbanded, then re-issued on Boardwalk Records in 1981 as Bad Reputation.

Background

Producer Kenny Laguna financed the album's recording using borrowed studio credits.^[2] Recorded before Joan Jett formed The Blackhearts, the majority of the album features Jett backed by members of the Roll-Ups, with Lea Hart on guitar, Jeff Peters on bass and Paul Simmons on drums. Other tracks include well known musicians, such as the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones and Paul Cook, Blondie's Clem Burke and Frank Infante.

After independently recording the album with Laguna, Jett took the record to a number of major record labels, none of which were interested in releasing the project. Rather than continue to hunt for a willing label, Laguna and Jett decided to fund the pressing of the album themselves. The original, self-released, version of the album was simply titled Joan Jett and was sold directly to concert-goers and record stores out of Laguna's trunk.^[3]

The album sold relatively well, prompting its re-release a year later as Bad Reputation on Boardwalk Records, with identical track listing. Jett said that the new title referred to the bad reputation that she had as a former member of The Runaways.^[4]

When the album's European rights were secured through Ariola Records, "Hanky Panky" replaced "Wooly Bully" as the final song on Side 2. When the record was issued through Boardwalk Records in the US under the title Bad Reputation, the label stuck with "Wooly Bully" as the final track, making the "Hanky Panky" import version a real collector's item. However, the song was later included as a bonus track on CD re-releases.

The original Australian release featured a completely different cover, and "Hanky Panky" replaced "Shout" as track 9. "Do You Wanna Touch Me" was also a huge hit in Australia when it was released hot on the heels of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and "Crimson and Clover" from Jett's 1982 album.

In 1999, the album was again re-issued, this time on CD with several bonus tracks and a remastered version of the original album.

Singles

"You Don't Own Me" was released as a single prior to the album in 1979, and features the same version of that track that appears on this album. The b-side was an early version of "I Love Rock 'n Roll", which was successfully re-recorded for Jett's next album, and first with the Blackhearts, I Love Rock 'n' Roll. The original b-side version was later released on the rarities album Flashback.
"Make Believe" was released as a 7-inch single on the Ariola label. The record was accompanied by a fold-out mini-poster sleeve featuring the album cover photo. The record's B-side was a cover version of "Call Me Lightning" which eventually turned up the rarities album Flashback as well as CD versions of Bad Reputation
"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" was released as a Boardwalk single following the success of Jett's versions of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and "Crimson and Clover". The B-side was "Victim of Circumstance" which was culled from the later album.
Boardwalk also released "Jezebel" as a single (which had been successful overseas), but the song was ignored by US rock radio.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
The Village Voice	A–^[6]

"Joan Jett's debut album is an infectious romp through her influences, ranging from classic '50s and '60s rock & roll through glam rock, three-chord loud'n'fast Ramones punk, and poppier new wave guitar rock." (Steve Huey, Allmusic)^[1]
"Unfortunately, Bad Reputation is flawed by its literal-mindedness – the arrangements pump along gamely yet rarely swing or soar – and by some unresourceful material. But in its mood and feel, Joan Jett's first solo album is a determined retelling of what sometimes seems like the truest rock story there is." (Tom Carson, Rolling Stone)^[5]
"Producers Kenny Laguna and Ritchie Cordell make the old glitter formula of readymade riffs 'n' blare sound suitable for albums, and they get plenty of help from reformed Runaway Jett, who has writing credit on four of these twelve tunes and comes on tuffer than any gurl in history." (Robert Christgau, The Village Voice)^[6]

Rolling Stone magazine named the album No. 36 on their '50 Coolest Albums of all Time' List in 2005.^[7]

Track listings

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Reputation"	Joan Jett, Ritchie Cordell, Kenny Laguna, Marty Joe Kupersmith	2:49
2.	"Make Believe"	Joey Levine, Bo Gentry	3:11
3.	"You Don't Know What You've Got"	Jett, Cordell, Laguna	3:44
4.	"You Don't Own Me"	John Madara, David White	3:27
5.	"Too Bad on Your Birthday"	Charlie Karp, Arthur Resnick	2:58
6.	"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)^{[note 1]}"	Gary Glitter, Mike Leander	3:48

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Let Me Go"	Jett, Cordell, Laguna	2:42
8.	"Doing All Right with the Boys"	Glitter, Leander	3:38
9.	"Shout"	O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley	2:48
10.	"Jezebel"	Jett, Laguna	3:28
11.	"Don't Abuse Me"	Jett	3:38
12.	"Wooly Bully^{[note 2]}"	Domingo Samudio	2:20

↑ "Do You Wanna Touch Me" listed on the 1st edition cover as "Touch Me"
↑ "Wooly Bully" was misspelled on the 1st edition cover as "Wully Bully"

1992 CD edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Call Me Lightning"	Pete Townshend	2:25
14.	"Hanky Panky"	Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry	3:32
15.	"Summertime Blues"	Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart	2:23
16.	"What Can I Do for You?"	Laguna	2:12

2006 CD edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Call Me Lightning"	Townshend	2:25
14.	"Hanky Panky"	Greenwich, Barry	3:32
15.	"What Can I Do for You?"	Laguna	2:12
16.	"You Don't Own Me" (previously unreleased version)	Madara, White	2:41
17.	"Bad Reputation" (live with "The Remains" of the Ramones)	Jett, Cordell, Laguna, Kupersmith	2:57

Personnel

Musicians

Joan Jett – lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals
Lea Hart – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Buzz Chandler – lead guitar on track 2
Frank Infante – guitar on tracks 2, 12, 13
Lou Maxfield – lead guitar on track 3 and 15
Sean Tyla – 12-string acoustic guitar on track 10
Steve Jones – bass, lead and rhythm guitars on track 4, bass and lead guitar on track 11
Eric Ambel – guitar on track 16 (2006)
Kenny Laguna – piano, organ, clavinet, tambourine, backing vocals
Jeff Bannister – piano on tracks 4 and 11
Jeff Peters – bass, backing vocals
Richard D'Andrea – bass on tracks 3 and 15
Micky Groome – bass on track 12 and 13
Paul Simmons – drums, backing vocals
Clem Burke – drums on track 12 and 13
Paul Cook – drums on tracks 4 and 11
Joel Turrisi – drums on tracks 3 and 15
Johnny Earle – saxophone on tracks 6 and 9
Mick Eve – saxophone on tracks 4 and 11
Commander Goonwaddle – tubular bells on track 7
Ritchie Cordell – sound effects, backing vocals
Martyn Watson, Rainbow Smith – backing vocals

Production

Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell – producers
Mark Dodson – engineer, associate producer
Steve Jones, Paul Cook - producers of tracks 4 and 11
Joe Latimer, Stuart Panes – engineers
Butch Yates – assistant engineer
Malcolm Davis - mastering

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	French Albums Chart^[8]	17
	Australian Albums Chart^[9]	45
	Billboard 200 (USA)^[10]	51
	RPM100 Albums (Canada)^[11]	76

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"Bad Reputation"	Mainstream Rock (USA)^[12]	48
1982	"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)"	RPM100 Singles (Canada)^[13]	8
		Swiss Singles Top 75^[14]	12
		Australian Singles Chart^[9]	18
		Austrian Top 40 Singles^[15]	19
		Billboard Hot 100 (USA)^[16]	20
		Mainstream Rock (USA)^[12]	21
		German Singles Chart^[17]	31
		New Zealand Albums Chart^[18]	36

References

1 2 3 Huey, Steve. Bad Reputation – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
↑ Gross, Jonathan (June 1983). "Joan Jett: The Road Goes On Forever". Record 2 (8): 1, 10–11, 30.
↑ Siwek, Daniel. "Joan Jett". Music Connection Magazine. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
↑ "She Loves Rock And Roll". Philadelphia Inquirer. August 20, 1983. Retrieved April 7, 2011. "That's where the title of the album came from – from the bad reputation I had at that point, for no reason other than my association with the Runaways".
1 2 Carson, Tom (April 30, 1981). "Bad Reputation". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
1 2 Christgau, Robert (June 8, 1981). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved March 30, 2013.
↑ Rolling Stone – 50 all-time Coolest albume
↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Joan Jett & The Blackhearts". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
1 2 David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ "Bad Reputation Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 37, No. 9, October 16, 1982". Library and Archives Canada. October 16, 1982. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
1 2 "Bad Reputation Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
↑ "Top Singles - Volume 37, No. 7, October 2, 1982". Library and Archives Canada. October 2, 1982. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
↑ "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
↑ "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
↑ "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Awards: Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
↑ "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Single)". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
↑ "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 7, 2015.

External links

Bad Reputation at AllMusic
Bad Reputation at Discogs (list of releases)
Joan Jett (album) at JoanJett.com (archive link)
Bad Reputation at JoanJett.com (archive link)

Joan Jett / Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Studio albums	Joan Jett / Bad Reputation I Love Rock 'n' Roll Album Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth Good Music Up Your Alley The Hit List Notorious Pure and Simple Evil Stig Naked Sinner Unvarnished

Compilation albums	Do You Wanna Touch Me Flashback Great Hits Fit to Be Tied Fetish Jett Rock Greatest Hits

EPs	I Love Rock 'n' Roll 92 1979 Cherry Bomb Unfinished Business

Singles	"Bad Reputation" "Do You Wanna Touch Me" "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" "Crimson and Clover" "Everyday People" "Roadrunner" "Light of Day" "I Hate Myself for Loving You" "Dirty Deeds" "Love Hurts" "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"

Related articles	Discography The Runaways

Book:Joan Jett

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