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I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT MY BAD REPUTATION
LIVING IN THE PAST
IT'S THE NEW GENERATION
Bad Reputation
is the debut
solo studio album
by American
recording artist
It was
originally released
independently in
May 1980
as a
self-titled album
after her previous band
The Runaways
disbanded.
After Jett signed with
Boardwalk Records,
he album was
re-released worldwide
with the new title
on
January 23, 1981.
The album was
positively received
by critics
and reached
number 51
on the Billboard 200.
Background
Record producer
Kenny Laguna
financed the
album's recording sessions
using borrowed studio credits.
Recorded before
Joan Jett formed
The Blackhearts,
the majority of the album
featured 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,
and 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.
The album sold
relatively well,
prompting its
re-release
a year later as
Bad Reputation
on Boardwalk Records,
with rearranged
but otherwise
identical track listing.
Jett said that the new title
referred to the
bad reputation
that she had
as a
former member of
The Runaways.
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 album was issued
through
Boardwalk Records
in the U.S.
under the title
Bad Reputation,
the label stuck with
"Wooly Bully"
as the final track,
making the
"Hanky Panky"
import version
a 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 (Oh Yeah)"
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 1981 album,
I Love Rock 'n Roll.
TRACKLIST
Bad Reputation
Make Believe
You Don't Know What You've Got
You Don't Own Me
(with Steve Jones and Paul Cook From The Sex Pistols)
Too Bad On Your Birthday
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
Shout
Let Me Go
Doing Alright With The Boys
Jezebel
Don't Abuse Me
(with Steve Jones and Paul Cook From The Sex Pistols)
Wooly Bully
Call Me Lightning
Hanky Panky
Summertime Blues
What Can I Do for You?
Victim Of Circumstance
I Love Rock 'N Roll
(1979 Version)
(with Steve Jones and Paul Cook From The Sex Pistols)
You Don't Own Me
(Unreleased Version)
(with Steve Jones and Paul Cook From The Sex Pistols)
Bad Reputation
(Live with "the Remains" of The Ramones)
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