STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - JOAN JETT -BAD REPUTATION

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully wish Pennsylvania born rock singer, songwriter, composer, musician, record producer, and occasional actress Joan Jett, a very happy 62nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Joan ! With her in mind, we spotlight her first solo LP after leaving the Runaways, Bad Reputation. Bad Reputation was released January 23, 1981 on the Boardwalk label and produced by Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell, Mark Dodson, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook. It peaked at #76 in Canada, #51 on the Billboard 200, and #45 in Australia. Five of the album's 12 tracks were released as singles, as noted (*) below :

 1. "Bad Reputation"  (*) (#48 Mainstream Rock)
Joan Jett, Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell, Marty Joe Kupersmith
2:49

2. "Make Believe" (*) (failed to chart)
Bo Gentry, Joey Levine
3:11

3. "You Don't Know What You've Got" (*) (failed to chart)
Jett, Laguna, Cordell
3:44

4. "You Don't Own Me"  (*) (failed to chart)
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)" (*) (#31 Germany, #21 Mainstream Rock, #20 Hot 100, #19 Austria, #18 Australia, #12 in New Zealand and Switzerland, #8 Canada)
Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
3:48

Side two

7. "Let Me Go"
Jett, Laguna, Cordell
2:42

8. "Doing Alright 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" Domingo Samudio 2:20

Joan Jett – lead and backing vocals; rhythm guitar

Lea Hart – lead guitar; backing vocals
Jeff Peters – bass; backing vocals

Kenny Laguna – keyboards; backing vocals
Paul Simmons – drums; backing vocals

With :

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 – twelve-string acoustic guitar on track 10
Steve Jones – bass guitar; lead and rhythm guitars on track 4; bass guitar and lead guitar on track 11
Eric Ambel – guitar

Jeff Bannister – piano on tracks 4 and 11
Richard D'Andrea – bass guitar on tracks 3 
Micky Groome – bass guitar on track 12
Clem Burke – drums on track 12 

Paul Cook – drums on tracks 4 and 11
Joel Turrisi – drums on tracks 3 
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 – backing vocals
Rainbow Smith – backing vocals

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