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Medieval Death LP and free DVD + Mordicus “Rights ‘n Trials” LP. Official videos, audio, info.
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Up Your Alley, is the sixth studio album from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. The Grammy nominated album, originally released in 1988, features “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” “Little Liar,” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
“I Hate Myself for Loving You” is super cool! The cover of The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” is also impressive.
1988年リリースの直球ド真ん中のRock’n’Rollアルバムです。中でも1曲目の”I Hate Myself for Loving You”は超絶カッコいい！The Stoogesのカバー”I Wanna Be Your Dog” の選曲センスもさすがです。
Band-members, Musicians and Performers:
Joan Jett
Ricky Byrd
Kasim Sulton
Thommy Price
Label: London Records – LONLP 67
Format: Vinyl , LP, Album with inner paper bag with info
Country: UK
Date: 1988
Rock, Hard Rock
Track Listing of: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Up Your Alley
Side One:
I Hate Myself for Loving You
Ridin’ with James Dean
Little Liar
Tulane
I Wanna be Your Dog
Side Two:
I Still Dream About You
You Want In, I Want Out
Just Like in the Movies
Desire
Back It Up
Play That Song Again
In many respects she never escaped the extremely long and suffocating shadow of her one monster hit, I Love Rock and Roll, a heavy rotation radio staple of the early 1980s. Unfortunately, while her mega-watt star turn was fleeting her early body of work has more than guaranteed her legacy – specifically Bad Reputation – a balls-to-the-wall rock record that is still incinerating iPods even today.
However, Jett remains the ultimate guilty pleasure. And, if the rock Illuminati who all talk a good game about Joplin (my bet is that they have not voluntarily played her records for twenty years) were truthful, any party is a much better affair with Jetts snarling, erotic swagger on soundtrack.
All of which brings me around to her late 1980s comeback recording, Up Your Alley. While many performers facing a make-or-break career crossroads would slip into another guise to broaden their appeal (Rod Stewart, anyone?) Jett stayed true to herself and unleashed what I believe is her best and most satisfying work – forty minutes of decibel shredding power-chord rock that is relentless and life affirming. From the opening of the one prominent single, I Hate Myself For Loving You through Riding With James Dean, Little Liar and a blistering cover of Chuck Berrys Tulane, Jett delivers the booming pyrotechnics in leather and bass-line spades!
Up Your Alley was… is… the welcome return of an authentic rock original – and one of the best driving records around. Five Stars!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Underplayed and under-appreciated.
Though most famous for their early 80s hit “I Love Rock’n Roll”, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts received too little acclaim for this effort. The only tract to gain exposure, “I Hate Myself for Loving You”, is good and somewhat reminiscent of their afore mentioned hit, but its arguably one of the least impressive selections from a great album. Even after many years, I regularly play this CD for songs like “Desire”, “Tulane”, “Little Liar”, and “Just Like in the Movies”. I truly can’t imagine how anyone can listen to “Desire” more than once without pronouncing it a great tune, and then wondering how in the world it never got more play years ago. The more you listen, the better this one gets.
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5.0 out of 5 stars JOAN JETT MAKES HER MARK
Want to know what Joan Jett is all about? This is the place to find out. On “Up Your Alley” Joan shows us what its like to really love rock and roll by doing what she does best: creating those three-chord rock songs so vibrant they make you dance and so memorably written and performed that you can’t stop singing them after the first listen. No better hook can be heard in any chorus in rock history than on “I Hate Myself For Loving You”, a spitefully irreverent dedication to one of THOSE people….and she more than makes up for this bitterness in “Play That Song Again”, a tune which then makes us believe, truly believe, that this is where Joans heart really is….in the music. Will you believe the cold brutal honesty of “You Want In, I Want Out” or the more homey and endearing sentiment in “Desire”? Well, I’ll bet even money that Joan Jett makes you believe both…and makes you ask yourself if there is really anything more to it than being enraptured by the music she is making.
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5.0 out of 5 stars HER BEST ALBUM!
This is my all time favorite Joan Jett album! I own Bad Repuation, I Love Rock n Roll and Good Music, and this album just tops them all. The albums sounds like pop/rock where as the others had a punk feel to it. This album is full of catchy tunes to have your toe tapping for days.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jett rocks
The trouble with you lot and Miss Jett is very simple, you take one look and go “Sex Bomb” and don’t go any further. This may be a fair gut reaction. However, stop, take a smell of the music because it rocks. Released in 1988 and produced by long term mentor Kenny Laguna, “Up Your Alley” has been far more influential on the rock world than most would admit. All of the big hair poodle rock boys should give a doff of the hat to Joan Jett and her merry cohorts “The Blackhearts”. From “Bon Jovi” to “Motley Crue”, they’ve all obviously lent an ear, copping a few hints here and hear. Everybody whos been to a bar in Thailand knows the opening song, “I Hate Myself For Loving You”. Whether it is the original version by Joan or a Thai cover version the music is undeniably Joan Jetts. The song opens with Thommy Prices big drum sound before the guitars come crashing in. Joan gives one of her sexy little yelps and the chorus drags you dancing along. As with two other songs on this album, “Little Liar” and the love rejection song “You Want In, I Want Out”, it was co-written with Desmond Child. This does not diminish anything from the songs that Joan wrote with the rest of the band. There is not a `filler’ on the album. “I Still Dream About You” is an all time classic, with Joan throwing herself at you with some of the most Vulgar Lyrics ever recorded. The two cover songs are well chosen. First you have Chuck Berrys free way madness anthem “Tulane” which just rocks, with Thommy Prices drums again excelling. The high point of the album though is Joan’s interpretation of the Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, which Joan makes her own. I want to be your dog Joan? Joan Jett & the Blackhearts have always been in your face Rock `n’ Roll. What the band play is what you get – the original garage punk
“Up Your Alley” was the 1988 Joan Jett CD best known for the song “I Hate Myself For Loving You”. The follow-up single, “Little Liar” only verified the legacy of Joan Jett. A power ballad co-written with Desmond Child (famous for his work with KISS, Cher, and even Michael Bolton). Two videos were released, a live version and a story driven video about a cheating guy that Joan’s calling out on stage.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ sixth studio album, Up Your Alley, was responsible for once again solidifying the determination of one of rock’s most resilient bands.
Jett’s rise out of the Runaways‘ ashes and celebrated come-up, despite doubts by major record labels, showcased her intent to persevere and thrive. Similarly, after the critical and commercial appeal of 1981’s Bad Reputation and I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll, and 1983’s Album, Jett and the Blackhearts’ hits suddenly stopped. This departure from the upper reaches of the charts would become an additional hurdle within the band’s adamant stride toward success.
In typical Blackhearts fashion, Up Your Alley featured an array of Jett originals, as well as a couple of choice covers: Chuck Berry’s “Tulane” and the Stooges‘ “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
The album’s hit single, “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” featured guitarist Mick Taylor and was co-written by Desmond Child, the songwriter who helped bring hard rock into the Top 40 in the late ’80s, thanks to radio staples from Bon Jovi and Aerosmith.
Reaching No. 8, “I Hate Myself for Loving You” became Jett’s first hit single since her cover of Tommy James and the Shondells’ “Crimson and Clover” made it to the Top 10 in 1982. The song is also notable for being Jett’s only Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal.
The song was later included in the Guitar Hero video game, in the Rock of Ages Broadway musical and then reworked for the opening theme for NBC’s Football Night in America. It’s also showed up in several movies over the years, including an appearance years later in 2018’s Ready Player One.
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