Joan Jett - Jett Rock: Greatest Hits Of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (2003) [Japan only Release] RESTORED

Japan only compilation of the Queen of Rock & Roll, released for Joan Jett's 2003s Japanese Tour. Includes some rarities and more interesting offers..

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Jett Rock: Greatest Hits of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts is the strongest collection of Jett's work to date. The fact that it was released only in Japan (and seems to be the only hits collection in print in 2003) is a real shame. Jett recorded some of the best hard rock of the '80s, and people should be able to get a hold of it easily. If you want to pay the money, there is (almost) nothing but excellent Rock & Roll on Jett Rock. The collection draws on her entire career starting with two tracks from the rare fan club-only release 1979 ("You Can't Get Me [Acoustic Version]") and ending with 1999's Fetish. In between it takes the best tracks from each of her albums (oddly only picking two from her best record, I Love Rock n' Roll, while picking three from the still good but inferior Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth) and throws in a couple of rarities like her rollicking cover of the Mary Tyler Moore theme "Love Is All Around", the previously unreleased "Watersign" (from an album she recorded in 1999 and is still on the shelf), a duet with Greg Graffin of Bad Religion on Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" from the Tank Girl soundtrack, and 2001's tribute to science fiction movies called "Science Fiction", which is easily the worst song on the record and should have been replaced by Jett Rock's most glaring omission: "Victim of Circumstance" from I Love Rock n' Roll. The rest of the disc rounds up all the hits ("I Love Rock N' Roll", "Bad Reputation", "Light Of Day", "This Means War," "I Hate Myself For Loving You") as well as solid album cuts like her collaboration with Paul Westerberg ("Backlash"), her cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" from her otherwise ill-advised covers album, the stomping "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" from Bad Reputation, and the tough "Spinster", which was co-written by Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna. Unlike most of the other Jett collections, all the songs are taken from the original albums. In other words, no live versions. The main problem with the disc is the track sequence, which seems to be entirely random and causes some unfortunate moments of whiplash like when the modern hostile sounding tracks "Fetish" and "Spinster" segue into her innocent cover of "Crimson and Clover". A simple chronological progression would have been much more logical and enjoyable. Despite this flaw, Jett Rock is a good document of a true Rock & Roller and is chock-full of classic Rock & Roll.

~ Tim Sendra, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Cherry Bomb
02. Backlash [Special appearance by Paul Westerberg]
03. I Hate Myself For Loving You
04. Love Is All Around [Full version]
05. Have You Ever Seen The Rain
06. I Love Rock N' Roll
07. You Can't Get Me [Acoustic Version]
08. Bad Reputation
09. Everyday People
10. I Want You
11. Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
12. Let's Do It [Special appearance by Greg Graffin of Bad Religion]
13. Light Of Day [Special appearance by Michael J. Fox on lead guitar & Benmont Tench]
14. Watersign
15. Talkin' Bout My Baby
16. Good Music [Special appearance by The Beach Boys & Darlene Love]
17. I Need Someone
18. Fetish
19. Spinster [Special appearance by Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill]
20. Crimson And Clover
21. This Means War [Special appearance by Michael J. Fox & Michael McKean]
22. Science Fiction


Compiled by Serji (of Guitar Wolf) and Joan Jett
More information read inside the booklet
Official DR value = 8.

Release Date: September 27, 2003
Label: Victor Entertainment, Japan
Catalog No.: VICP-62434

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