Pure and Simple (album)
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Pure And Simple is the eighth studio album
by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released in 1994.
"Hostility" and "World Of Denial" are added on the Japanese pressings. The Japanese cover differs from regular cover. "Get Off The Cross" was also recorded during these sessions. Concurrently released in the US on vinyl LP, CD, and cassette, all versions varying slightly. The record album came with a hype sticker that read "All Rock. No Ballads" and features the track "Here to Stay" co-written by Jett and Kat Bjelland. A few seconds of the song are also heard on the cassette at the very end of Side One before fading out. Jett independently put out "Spinster" as a 7-inch blue vinyl single in the US with a picture sleeve. The B-sides were "Go Home" and "Hostility". The track "World Of Denial" was eventually released in the U.S. on Jett's greatest hits album Fit To Be Tied
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Pure and Simple was the first album to feature a new line up of Blackheart band members since the departure of long time guitarist Ricky Byrd and bassist Kasim Sulton after the release of Jett's last album, Notorious
. This new line up consisted of legendary bassist Kenny Aaronson
and lead guitarist Tony "Bruno" Rey. Pure and Simple would be the last Joan Jett & the Blackhearts release until 2006's Sinner
. In 1995, both Aaronson and Rey went on to other projects. Aaronson would eventually become a member of the reunited New York Dolls
- coincidentally taking over for bassist Sami Yaffa
, his replacement in the Blackhearts and Rey became the musical director for Enrique Iglesias
and pop sensation Rihanna
.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released in 1994.
Track listing
- "Go Home" (Jett, Kathleen HannaKathleen HannaKathleen Hanna is an American musician, feminist activist, and punk zine writer. In the early- to mid-1990s she was the lead singer and songwriter of Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
) – 2:42 - "Eye To Eye" (Jett, Kenny Laguna, Jim VallanceJim VallanceJames Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...
) – 3:30 - "Spinster" (Jett, Kathleen Hanna) - 2:44
- "Torture" (Jett, Kenny Laguna, Jim Vallance) – 3:35
- "Rubber & Glue" (Jett, Kathleen Hanna) – 3:19
- "As I Am" (Jett, Desmond ChildDesmond ChildDesmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
) – 4:35 - "Activity Grrrl" (Jett, Kathleen Hanna) – 3:45
- "Insecure" (Jett, Kenny Laguna, Jim Vallance) - 3:11
- "Wonderin'" (Jett, Kenny Laguna, Jim Vallance) - 4:53
- "Consumed" (Jett, Thommy Price) – 4:40
- "You Got A Problem" (Jett, Hanna, Desmond Child) – 3:57
- "Brighter Day" (Jett, Desmond Child) – 6:06
- "World Of Denial" (Jett, K. Aaronson) - 4:14 (Japanese Pressing, VICP-5396)
- "Hostility" (Jett, D. Sparks) - 3:37 (Japanese Pressing, VICP-5396)
"Hostility" and "World Of Denial" are added on the Japanese pressings. The Japanese cover differs from regular cover. "Get Off The Cross" was also recorded during these sessions. Concurrently released in the US on vinyl LP, CD, and cassette, all versions varying slightly. The record album came with a hype sticker that read "All Rock. No Ballads" and features the track "Here to Stay" co-written by Jett and Kat Bjelland. A few seconds of the song are also heard on the cassette at the very end of Side One before fading out. Jett independently put out "Spinster" as a 7-inch blue vinyl single in the US with a picture sleeve. The B-sides were "Go Home" and "Hostility". The track "World Of Denial" was eventually released in the U.S. on Jett's greatest hits album Fit To Be Tied
Fit to Be Tied
Fit to Be Tied may refer to:*Fit to Be Tied , a Joan Jett and the Blackhearts albums*Fit to Be Tied , a Tom and Jerry short*"Fit to Be Tied", a song by Quiet Riot from their self-titled album...
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Pure and Simple was the first album to feature a new line up of Blackheart band members since the departure of long time guitarist Ricky Byrd and bassist Kasim Sulton after the release of Jett's last album, Notorious
Notorious
Notorious is a 1946 American thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains as three people whose lives become intimately entangled during an espionage operation...
. This new line up consisted of legendary bassist Kenny Aaronson
Kenny Aaronson
Kenny Aaronson is an American bass guitar player.- Early life and career :He started playing drums at the age of eleven, following in his older brother's footsteps. Kenny switched to electric bass at the age 14 after becoming enamored by the bass on Motown records and was strongly influenced by...
and lead guitarist Tony "Bruno" Rey. Pure and Simple would be the last Joan Jett & the Blackhearts release until 2006's Sinner
Sinner (Joan Jett album)
Sinner is the ninth studio album by the American hard rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released June 13, 2006, by Blackheart Records Group. While most of the contents previously appeared on the Japan-only release Naked , some in different mixes, it is her first record of new material...
. In 1995, both Aaronson and Rey went on to other projects. Aaronson would eventually become a member of the reunited New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
- coincidentally taking over for bassist Sami Yaffa
Sami Yaffa
Sami Yaffa is a bass guitarist best known for his time in Hanoi Rocks during the 1980s. He is currently the bassist for the New York Dolls and the Michael Monroe band. He also plays guitar in his own band "Mad Juana".-Biography:Yaffa first began playing music when only fourteen years old in 1977...
, his replacement in the Blackhearts and Rey became the musical director for Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
and pop sensation Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
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