Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Album: «Fetish»

- Customers rating: (3.2 of 5)
- Title:Fetish
- Release date:1999-06-08
- Type:Audio CD
- Label:Blackheart / Pgd
- UPC:748337182029
- 1 Fetish Joan Jettimg 3:24
- 2 Handyman Joan Jett and Joan Jett & the Blackheartsimg 3:25
- 3 The French Song Joan Jett and Joan Jett & the Blackheartsimg 3:36
- 4 Baby Blue Joan Jettimg 4:07
- 5 Star Star Joan Jett and Joan Jett & the Blackheartsimg 4:02
- 6 Love Is Pain Joan Jettimg 3:01
- 7 Secret Loveimg 4:04
- 8 Cherry Bomb Joan Jett and Dakota Fanningimg 2:55
- 9Hanky Panky Joan Jett
- 10 Coney Island Whitefish Joan Jett and Joan Jett & the Blackheartsimg 3:37
- 11 Wooly Bully Joan Jettimg 2:41
- 12 Do You Wanna Touch Meimg 4:50
- 13 Black Leather Joan Jettimg 3:52
- 14Fetish (XXX)
I'm a longtime fan and admirer of Joan and her music but her new album is way overdue. This is just like throwing her fans a bone with a couple of new songs and unreleased live tracks......and speaking of bones......Where is I wanna be your dog???......that is one of the most sexual songs Joan ever recorded.....guess Up Your Alley is still selling well enough to leave it off.
I have all of Joan Jett's albums, including her stuff with The Runaways. I've seen her live five times and she is, without a doubt, an exceptional performer. That being said, this is her worst effort. Even her live performances on this CD fall flat. A waste of money. A waste of time. A major disappointment.
This is a very good CD. I saw Joan & co. last year in Tuzla, where they played a lot of the songs ont his CD. (I agree with the earlier review, too, that WANNA BE YOUR DOG should be here!) Joan rocks like no one else. Some long time Blackheart fans appear to have been disappointed based on above reviews, but I hadn't heard her for a while, and this was enough to bring me back.
I already have this CD with 1 less songs from the Joan Jett Fan Club. This re-release adds "Black Leather" (live). While "Fetish" & "Baby Blue" (not the Badfinger song) are fine new tracks, Joan needs to get an full album of totally new material out. She has an album "in the can". All the fans know this. She just needs to find a distributer who will promote and distribute her. She has a new look and an even harder edge, but is still a great songwriter and performer. She has a very strong fan base but radio seems to like more feminine women with acoustic guitars. Joan was a pioneer for the female rocker. Fetish is a nice collection of tracks dealing with the subject of sex. She has never avoided this subject before and doesn't here. This collection ROCKS. But it could have benefited from the songs "Just Lust" and "Torture" also. why leave those off? Only "Wooly Bully" bores me. It's not needed. I can't wait to hear Black Leather (Live).
The last few cds from Joan have been nothing more than compilations of previous hits with perhaps a new song or two. Fetish is no different. The difference with Fetish is that Joan chose a few of the more obscure earlier works perhaps trying to pass them off to a younger generation as new. Jett fans of old may be disappointed with Fetish's tired old tracks and lack luster new ones. As a long time Jett fan I certainly am. Jett has a voice and style meant for anthem tunes. Come on Joan! You must have a few more original songs left in you.

