A DOUBLE SHOT OF
JOAN JETT
&
THE BLACKHEARTS
" IT ALWAYS FEELS GOOD TO HEAR GOOD MUSIC"
is the fifth
studio album by
released in 1986.
The album's
working title was
Contact,
after the final song
off the album
hence the contact sheet
of photographs on the cover
but it was changed to
Good Music
in its final stages.
"Fantasy"
was also recorded
for this album
but was instead
featured as the
non-LP B-side
to the
"Good Music" single,
which peaked at #83
on the
Billboard Hot 100.
It also appeared on
Jett's
odds-and-sods album,
Flashback.
A video was shot for
the shortened single mix of
"Good Music",
following Joan Jett
around New York City.
Jett is seen in
her limo throwing
'bad music' tapes
out the window,
as well as playing guitar
in her loft
and even washing her hair
in the shower.
It climaxed with an
in-concert appearance
with her band at CBGB,
however the video
was rarely played
on MTV.
is the sixth
studio album
by American
rock band
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,
released in May,1988
by Blackheart Records
and CBS Records
in the United States,
and by Polydor Records
in Europe and Japan,
a year and a half after
their previous album
Good Music
(1986).
This album contains
the single
"I Hate Myself for Loving You",
which peaked at No. 8
on the
Billboard Hot 100,
and had been used as
the theme song for
Sunday Night Football
NFL games
in America
(with altered lyrics, by two singers)
during the
2006 and 2007 seasons.
The follow-up single
"Little Liar"
continued Jett's chart success,
peaking at No. 19
on the Hot 100
in late 1988/early 1989.
Up Your Alley
peaked at No. 19
on the
Billboard 200
albums chart
and has since
been certified Platinum.
Former
Rolling Stones guitarist
Mick Taylor
played the guitar solo on
"I Hate Myself for Loving You".
"I Hate Myself for Loving You"
was released as
the first single,
backed with a
live version
of the Jett composition
"Love Is Pain"
the original version
of which appears
on the 1981 album
I Love Rock 'n Roll
"Little Liar"
was the second single,
backed with an obscure
Jett–Laguna composition
"What Can I Do for You",
which had been recorded
for a movie
Jett was set to
make in 1979
that was never completed.
The song eventually
turned up again on
the Jett
fan-club only CD 1979.
For Record Store Day
in 2015,
the track was included on
the limited edition
(4000 split color vinyl)
LP The First Sessions
documenting the
first several songs
Jett wrote with
Kenny Laguna,
her newly
acquired producer.
Two music videos were shot for
"Little Liar",
the first, a concept video,
feature a slightly
confusing storyline
with two Jetts
(one in white, one in black)
interacting.
After seeing the result
of the first
"Little Liar" video,
Jett was unhappy
with the silliness
and visual translation
so immediately
shot a new live video
(synced with the studio version of the song)
for this track.
The new video
captured a more authentic feel
with raw live shots
combined with cutaways
and studio shot closeups
of Jett.
It was a more
stylized live video with
Ziggy Stardust-like
artistic flourishes.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
were nominated for a
Grammy Award
in 1988
for Best Rock Performance
by a Duo or Group
with Vocal for
"I Hate Myself for Loving You".
TRACKLIST
Good Music
This Means War
Roadrunner
If Ya Want My Luv
Fun, Fun, Fun
Black Leather
Outlaw
Just Lust
You Got Me Floating
Contact
I Hate Myself For Loving You
Ridin' With James Dean
Little Liar
Tulane
I Wanna Be Your Dog
I Still Dream About You
You Want In, I Want Out
Just Like In The Movies
Desire
Back It Up
Play That Song Again
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