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Released in conjunction with the silver screen dramatization of the Runaways’ saga, Hip-O Select’s The Mercury Albums Anthology rounds up the group’s four albums - 1976’s The Runaways, plus Live in Japan, Queens of Noise, and Waitin’ for the Night, all released in 1977-- in a slick two-disc set. Anybody won over to the Runaways via the charms or Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning will find this to be much too much -- really, they’ll be satiated by a quick download of “Cherry Bomb” -- as this is intended for connoisseurs of sleaze and those under the impression that the female foursome were pioneers not at all under the skeevy thumb of Kim Fowley. Both groups may find what’s contained on Mercury Albums Anthology somewhat underwhelming: the Runaways plodded as much as the plundered, hammering out three-chord riffs that had more to do with frizzy-haired metal than any kind of proto-punk. Live, they had a modicum of energy, as evidenced by Live in Japan, but they wound up being highly polished and packaged in the studio, with Fowley steering them ever so slightly toward sticky, disposable bubblegum. Joan Jett eventually wound up digging in her heels, asserting control on Waitin’ for the Night, but by then, the band was straining under Fowley’s direction, and the end was near. All this is, of course, apparent on this de facto complete recordings -- they knocked out another record after leaving Mercury -- but the lasting impression of this double-disc set is that the Runaways’ myth is always better than their music.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Joan Jett, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Lita Ford, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cherie Currie, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy West, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Fox, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, Producer - Mark Anthony, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Kari Krome, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, Producer - The Runaways, MainArtist - Lou Reed, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, ComposerLyricist - Mark Anthony, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Kari Krome, ComposerLyricist - Cherie Currie, ComposerLyricist - Sandy West, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Anderson, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Cherie Currie, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Billy Bizeau, ComposerLyricist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Kari Krome, ComposerLyricist - Sandy West, ComposerLyricist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group
The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Danielle Faye, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wellingham, ComposerLyricist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - CHIP TAYLOR, ComposerLyricist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Lita Ford, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Fox, ComposerLyricist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
The Runaways, MainArtist - Lou Reed, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Lita Ford, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Fox, ComposerLyricist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Roni Lee, ComposerLyricist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, ComposerLyricist - Mark Anthony, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer, MainArtist - Kent J. Smythe, Producer
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
DISC 2
Kim Fowley, Producer - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer - Billy Bizeau, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer - Steven Tetsch, ComposerLyricist - Cherie Currie, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
S. West, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer - M. Steel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer - Lita Ford, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Fox, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer - Kari Krome, ComposerLyricist - Sandy West, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer - Jackie Fox, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lita Ford, ComposerLyricist - Cherie Currie, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Fox, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Earle Mankey, Producer - Lita Ford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Eric Verwilgen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group A Universal Company
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Runaways, MainArtist - Lita Ford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Runaways, MainArtist - Lita Ford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - Kim Fowley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist - Kari Krome, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joan Jett, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, MainArtist
℗ 1977 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Albumbeschreibung
Released in conjunction with the silver screen dramatization of the Runaways’ saga, Hip-O Select’s The Mercury Albums Anthology rounds up the group’s four albums - 1976’s The Runaways, plus Live in Japan, Queens of Noise, and Waitin’ for the Night, all released in 1977-- in a slick two-disc set. Anybody won over to the Runaways via the charms or Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning will find this to be much too much -- really, they’ll be satiated by a quick download of “Cherry Bomb” -- as this is intended for connoisseurs of sleaze and those under the impression that the female foursome were pioneers not at all under the skeevy thumb of Kim Fowley. Both groups may find what’s contained on Mercury Albums Anthology somewhat underwhelming: the Runaways plodded as much as the plundered, hammering out three-chord riffs that had more to do with frizzy-haired metal than any kind of proto-punk. Live, they had a modicum of energy, as evidenced by Live in Japan, but they wound up being highly polished and packaged in the studio, with Fowley steering them ever so slightly toward sticky, disposable bubblegum. Joan Jett eventually wound up digging in her heels, asserting control on Waitin’ for the Night, but by then, the band was straining under Fowley’s direction, and the end was near. All this is, of course, apparent on this de facto complete recordings -- they knocked out another record after leaving Mercury -- but the lasting impression of this double-disc set is that the Runaways’ myth is always better than their music.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 02:29:18
- Main artists: The Runaways
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O Select
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2010 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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