Queens of Noise is the second studio album by the American rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band The Runaways

The Runaways

The Runaways were an American all-girl rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s. The band released four studio albums and one live set during its run. Among its best known songs: "Cherry Bomb", "Queens of Noise", "Neon Angels On the Road to Ruin", "California Paradise"...

, released in 1977. The album has been called "a pop-metal pinnacle" and the band's "outstanding sophomore effort".

In 2008, Raven Records released a "2-For-1" CD with both The Runaways

The Runaways (album)

The Runaways is the debut album by the American all-female rock band The Runaways, released in 1976.Website Allmusic has praised the record , comparing the band's music to material by Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses.According to multiple sources including Cherie Currie , the...

and Queens of Noise albums along with two selections from Waitin' for the Night

Waitin' for the Night

Waitin' for the Night is the third studio album from The Runaways released in 1977. This is the first album to feature the group as a quartet, as rhythm guitarist Joan Jett took over lead vocals in the wake of the departure of Cherie Currie for a solo career and Vicki Blue replaced Jackie Fox on...

.

"Hollywood" is featured in the 2010 film about the band

The Runaways (film)

The Runaways is a 2010 American biographical film about the 1970s all-girl rock band of the same name. The film was written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, who based the screenplay on the book Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway by the band's original lead vocalist Cherie Currie...

. Also, Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning , better known as Dakota Fanning, is an American actress. Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte's Web...

 covers "California Paradise" as well as "Queens of Noise" with Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films including Panic Room , Zathura , In the Land of Women , The Messengers , Adventureland and The Runaways .- Early life :Stewart was born and raised in Los...

 and Kristen Stewart also covers "I Love Playin' With Fire" as they portray Cherie Currie

Cherie Currie

Cherie Currie is an American singer, actress and chainsaw artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a hard rock band from Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Life and career:...

 and Joan Jett

Joan Jett

Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...

 respectively.

Track listing

1. "Queens of Noise" (Billy Bizeau) - 3:26
2. "Take It or Leave It" (Joan Jett
   Joan Jett
   Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...
   
   ) - 3:23
3. "Midnight Music" (Cherie Currie
   Cherie Currie
   Cherie Currie is an American singer, actress and chainsaw artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a hard rock band from Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Life and career:...
   
   , Kim Fowley
   Kim Fowley
   Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
   
   , Steven Tetsch) - 2:47
4. "Born to Be Bad" (K. Fowley, Michael Steele
   Michael Steele (musician)
   Michael Steele is an American bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and singer. She performed with The Bangles and numerous other bands.-Career:Steele began her professional career as Micki Steele in the teen-girl band The Runaways, among the first all-female rock groups.Steele's stay in the Runaways was...
   
   , Sandy West
   Sandy West
   Sandy West was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and drummer. She was hailed by fans and critics alike to be a groundbreaking musician, as a drummer. She was one of the founding members of The Runaways, the very first teenage, all-girl hard rock band in the 1970s.-Early life:Sandy was...
   
   ) - 4:28
5. "Neon Angels on the Road to Ruin" (Lita Ford
   Lita Ford
   Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
   
   , K. Fowley, Jackie Fox
   Jackie Fox
   Jacqueline Louise Fuchs is an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles, CA. Under her former stage name of Jackie Fox, she was best known as bassist for the teenage, American all-girl rock band, The Runaways...
   
   ) - 3:23
6. "I Love Playin' with Fire
   I Love Playin' with Fire (song)
   "I Love Playin' With Fire" is a hard rock song recorded and performed by the all-girl rock band The Runaways off their 1977 album Queens of Noise. It is considered one of the band's biggest hits, written by the band's rhythm guitarist Joan Jett herself...
   
   " (J. Jett) - 3:18
7. "California Paradise" (K. Fowley, J. Jett, Kari Krome, S. West) - 2:52
8. "Hollywood" (K. Fowley, J. Fox, J. Jett) - 2:56
9. "Heartbeat" (C. Currie, L. Ford, K. Fowley, J. Fox, Earle Mankey
   Earle Mankey
   Earle Mankey was a guitarist for the seminal band Halfnelson, later called Sparks...
   
   ) - 2:49
10. "Johnny Guitar" (K. Fowley, L. Ford) - 7:15

Band members

• Cherie Currie
  Cherie Currie
  Cherie Currie is an American singer, actress and chainsaw artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a hard rock band from Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Life and career:...
  
   - lead vocals
• Joan Jett
  Joan Jett
  Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...
  
   - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Lita Ford
  Lita Ford
  Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
  
   - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jackie Fox
  Jackie Fox
  Jacqueline Louise Fuchs is an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles, CA. Under her former stage name of Jackie Fox, she was best known as bassist for the teenage, American all-girl rock band, The Runaways...
  
   - bass, backing vocals
• Sandy West
  Sandy West
  Sandy West was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and drummer. She was hailed by fans and critics alike to be a groundbreaking musician, as a drummer. She was one of the founding members of The Runaways, the very first teenage, all-girl hard rock band in the 1970s.-Early life:Sandy was...
  
  - drums, backing vocals