Up Your Alley [Import]

Product Description
Japanese reissue of 1988 album features 13 tracks including 2 bonus videos, 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' & 'Little Liar' (Live). JVC. 2004.

Up Your Alley,Joan Jett & the Blackhearts,Jvc Victor,Album Rock,Hard Rock,Rock,Rock & Roll,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Joan Jett drives a comeback up your alley Sounds better than I remember The Woman Can Rock Better Than Most Men! SWEEEEEET!!!!!!!! More cheesy rock music from Joan Jett.

Up Your Alley Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Hit List Bad Reputation I Love Rock N' Roll Pure and Simple Sinner ASIN: B0000026IJ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. I Hate Myself For Loving You
2. Ridin' With James Dean
3. Little Liar
4. Tulane
5. I Wanna Be Your Dog
6. I Still Dream About You
7. You Want In, I Want Out
8. Just Like In The Movies
9. Desire
10. Back It Up
11. Play That Song Again

Amazon.com

Though Up Your Alley isn't her best album, it did garner Joan Jett considerable attention, mostly due to the hit single "I Hate Myself for Loving You". Though most of the material on this album isn't as good, there are a few high points, including the cover of Chuck Berry's "Tulane", the original songs "Desire" and "Ridin' With James Dean", and "Little Liar", which was co-written with hit-making songwriter Desmond Child. While not as energetic as her earlier material, Up Your Alley contains plenty of Jett's crunching guitars, gravel-throated voice, and defiant sneer. -- Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Joan Jett drives a comeback up your alley.......2007-06-03

Joan Jett's career had hit something of a speed bump. Her album "Good Music" had not matched her prior successes and the film that was to be her Hollywood break ("Light of Day" with Michael J. Fox) wasn't the smash it was supposed to be. What was left to do? Return to her roots. Teaming up with mega-producer/songwriter Desmond Child, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts made a solid rocking record with "Up Your Alley" that reminded us exactly why we all loved Rock and Roll.

The lead track and top ten single "I Hate Myself For Loving You" was perfect for Jett. Co-written with Child, the big beat drum opening is quickly followed by Gary Glitter guitar wallop, a yelp from Jett and charges straight into a mega-catchy handclap chorus. It couldn't have missed short of being shot from a water pistol. That single brought focus back to Joan Jett's forte of plain and simple rock with few frills tarted up with expert cover choices. (In this case, Chuck Berry's "Tulane" and Iggy Pop/The Stooges' "Now I Wanna Be Your Dog.")

Like most of Jett's albums, there is still filler ("Back It Up" and "Desire" - which sounds desperate to be a hit - are "Up Your Alley's" culprits). The difference is that the ace material smothers the slack, and Child was on a red-hot streak at the time. He got Jett and company at a moment when both parties were hungry to prove that they were worthy of attention, and the resultant "Up Your Alley" remains a high water mark for both of them. Jett is still best served, however, by her landmark "I Love Rock N' Roll" and "Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts."

Sounds better than I remember.......2007-01-10

One of Joan Jett's better albums. It's great to trade in my old cassette for a CD that I can actually play in the car.

The Woman Can Rock Better Than Most Men!.......2006-11-09

Anything else said about this album would be redundant. I just can't imagine, for the life of me, why no one has mentioned (are you listening, Amazon?) the fact that Rolling Stone Mick Taylor plays those instantly-recognizable riffs on "I Hate Myself For Loving You."

SWEEEEEET!!!!!!!!.......2005-08-05

First of all, I have to say that JOAN JETT rocks!!!!!!!!!!!! She's the girl to top, the finish line, the very best. She's a kind of a softpunk-hard rock-crazygirl-greatmusician.

Having said that, Up Your Alley is probably her best work to date, although she has done a lot of great recordings. This one stands out for it's own.

This time she teams up with "hitmaker" Desmond Child which she co-wrote and co-produce a few songs. But to clear this up, this is like a 3 part album. 1) Music with D.C.: *I Hate Myself For Loving You *Little Liar *You Want In, I Want Out * 2) Music with his old-partners Kenny Laguna and Ricky Bird: *Ridin' With James Dean *I Still Dream About You *Just Like In The Movies *Desire *Back It Up *Play That Song Again 3) And the usual Joan Jett covers: *Tulane *I Wanna Be Your Dog.

It's pretty easy to think that the best songs are the ones with Child, and probably they are, at least they are the catchy-radio friendly ones. But, in a whole, like an entire picture, all the songs match perfectly. And that is only because of Jett. To explain this a little bit better, at the second part of the 80's, if you wanted to have a song played on the radio you needed to hire Desmond Child to produce your album or at least to cowrite a few tunes. If you still don't know who am I talking about let's see if this songs don't ring your ear: *I Was Made For Loving You *Heaven's On Fire *Reason To Live (KISS) *Poison *Trash (And the rest of the album from ALICE COOPER) *Angel *Dude (Looks like a Lady) *What It Takes (AEROSMITH) *Livin' On a Prayer *Born to be my Baby (BON JOVI). So, as you can see, he was the hitmaster, until....................................he went to the dark side of the force and start producing for plastic musicians like Ricky Martin (How gay can you get????????????????????????).

Enogh about Child and all my respect to him.................................back to Jett. Her team with Ricky Bird was doing what they usually did, exploded everytime they got together, and probably that was one of the reasons she and the band kept playing cover tunes constantly, because they could played any songs from any band, and they could make it sound perfectly and like if they were from there own. At least, on this album, Tulane sound perfectly.

As I said before, the D.C. songs are very catchy, but Ridin' With James Dean, I Still Dream About You, Desire and Play That Song Again are perfect for the moment and they make them sound so smooth .

If you are in the 80's and don't have this one, GO HANG YOURSELF RIGHT NOW!!!!! This is a jewel.

Highlight: All the songs, maybe except for I Wanna Be Your Dog. And, of course, the cover.
Lowlight: I Wanna Be Your Dog.

More cheesy rock music from Joan Jett........2005-06-21

Up Your Alley is another in a long line of Joan Jett Albums.
She's one of those musicians who knows a sucessful formula and doesn't stray from it. But that also means the
old adadge "You have one you have them all". True, but this one has her "hit" I hate myself for loving you! A classic cheesy pop song from one of the last rock n' rollers. Kudos for her for not selling out to the blah, blah synth-pop of the 80's. Just straight forward rock (aided and abeted by producer Desmond Child). Guitars and drums, what else do you need? CD comes with lyrics and band photos.

Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau recorded a version of I hate myself.. and it was a huge hit in Asia!

Recommended for Joan Jett fans.

Average customer rating: Great for home and classroom

Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin, 1915 - 1918 Benjamin Sears , and Bradford Connor Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000004CRG Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

1. The Circus Is Coming to Town
2. Araby
3. I've Got a Sweet Tooth Bothering Me
4. Until I Fell in Love With You
5. Cohen Owes Me Ninety Seven Dollars
6. When I Leave The World Behind
7. Down Where The Jack O'Lanterns Grow
8. Polly Pretty Polly (Polly With A Past)
9. The Eyes Of Youth See The Truth
10. The Sterling Silver Moon
11. While The Band Played An American Rag
12. The Voice Of Belgium
13. The Devil Has Bought Up All The Coal
14. They Were All Out Of Step But Jim
15. Smile And Show Your Dimple
16. Dream On Little Soldier Boy
17. When I Get Back To The U.S.A.
18. I'm Gonna Pin My Medal On The Girl I Left Behind
19. Yip-Yip-Yaphank Medley: Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning/Kitchen Police (Poor Little Me)...
20. We're On Our Way To France

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Great for home and classroom.......1999-03-21

No other composer so closely kept his fingers on the pulse of American thinking and gave the country so much of what it thought it wanted. "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" tells us more of the second-generation immigrants' desire to become Americanized than all the history and sociology books can ever do. So it is a double pleasure to announce the appearance of "Come on and Hear!: Early Songs by Irving Berlin, 1909-1915" and "Keep on Smiling: Songs by Irving Berlin, 1915-1918," two fantastic CDs or tapes on Oaktown label and released through a friendly little Connecticut company calling itself Original Cast Records. Between the two sets, you have 41 tracks of the Berlin output from "Everybody's Doing It Now" to "We're on Our Way to France." The soloist is Benjamin Sears, who with pianist Bradford Conner has something of a reputation around the Boston area. Now some of this material is duplicated by the more widely known Joan Morrison on two RCA Victor releases, possibly out of print by now; and like those discs could use another voice now and then. (Conner does join in where a duet is called for, but my point remains.) Sears is a capable if not an outstanding baritone, who does justice to these historic expressions of Americana. So not only do I recommend both of these sets for their enjoyment value, but I wish to continue to point out to Social Studies teachers how valuable sets like this would be to classes who have no concept of how people really felt (as opposed to what they merely said and did) "way back when." And I might even stick out my neck so far as to offer to come to any school (in reasonable distance of where I live) to give a sample lesson on how these sets can be used.

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Blind Date Blind Date Manufacturer: Perris Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Berzerk Rough Cutt/Rough Cutt Wants You! Too Hot/Rhythm Passion Risk The Love Drag Years ASIN: B0009J2SJ8 Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

1. Don't Wait Up
2. Can You Feel It
3. She's Walking
4. Daddy's Little Girl
5. Broken Promises
6. Everybody's Baby
7. We Keep Falling in Love
8. Dreaming
9. Without You're Love
10. When I'm Alone

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S 5 Inch Manufacturer: Alley Cat Habitat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA729U Release Date: 2005-01-11

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E 5 Inch Manufacturer: Alley Cat Habitat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAAOT0 Release Date: 2004-03-16

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Up Your Alley Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Manufacturer: Jvc Victor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001N1NV6 Release Date: 2004-04-26

Tracks:

1. I Hate Myself For Loving You
2. Ridin' With James Dean
3. Little Liar
4. Tulane
5. I Wanna Be Your Dog
6. I Still Dream About You
7. You Want In, I Want Out
8. Just Like In The Movies
9. Desire
10. Back It Up
11. Play That Song Again

Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1988 album features 13 tracks including 2 bonus videos, 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' & 'Little Liar' (Live). JVC. 2004.

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Ea 5 Inch Manufacturer: Alley Cat Habitat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA48HY Release Date: 2004-08-10

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Up Your Alley Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Manufacturer: Jvc Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002NRRCE Release Date: 2004-08-17

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R 5 Inch Manufacturer: Alley Cat Habitat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8DMA Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Meet The Repeats
2. Three Minutes More
3. Bulimic

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T 5 Inch Manufacturer: Alley Cat Habitat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA6WZK Release Date: 2005-01-11

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