Runaways & Queens of Noise (2-For-1)

The Runaways | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B00187PNCO
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,738 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cherry Bomb

2. You Drive Me Wild

3. Is It Day or Night

4. Thunder

5. Rock and Roll

6. Lovers

7. American Nights

8. Blackmail

9. Secerets

10. Dead End Justice

11. Queens of Noise

12. Take or Leave It

13. Midnight Music

14. Born To Be Bad

15. Neon Angels On the Road To Ruin

16. I Love Playing With Fire

17. California Paradise

18. Hollywood

19. Heartbeat

20. Johnny Guitar

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This is the double CD set of albums produced by Kim Fowley of the teenage American all-girl rock band The Runaways from So. California. These girls know how to rock and roll all night. From 1975-1979 this evolving five member band was the formative years for Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Sandy West , Micki Steele, Jackie Fox, Vicki Blue and Laurie McAllister. Their 1976 self titled debut album features the song 'Cherry Bomb' which is featured in the music video game Rock Band as a downloadable single track. Queens Of Noise was their 1977 album. The band's signature tunes are 'Rock & Roll' and 'Cherry Bomb'. 20 tracks.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated band, impressive sound quality, October 4, 2008

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G. Richards "econ1955" (Overland Park, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Runaways & Queens of Noise (2-For-1) (Audio CD)

This compilation CD on an Australian label consists of the first two albums by the Runaways in their entirety, along with two tracks from their third. The Runaways were of course the first all-girl metal band, and enjoyed a short-lived, turbulent career in the mid-1970s. Two members, Lita Ford and Joan Jett, later went on to become successful solo artists. In their time, they achieved only limited success. With the advantage of hindsight, they were underrated. The main reason to buy this edition, however, is the sound engineering, which is impressive by any standard. On the original albums, the sound was poor, with too much compression and bass distortion. On this edition, the engineers chose to emphasize the highs, with the result that all the instruments, as well as the vocals, are crystal clear. Running 74 minutes, this CD is an outstanding value for the price.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Original BAD Girls of Rock, December 2, 2011

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Hoby Bonnelli - See all my reviews

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I've always been a fan of the Runaways. Back in 1978 I stumbled upon their debut album in my local record store (remember those?) and I bought it on a whim... Okay, I'm lying, I saw Cheri Currie on the cover and started drooling on my shoes, but the gamble paid off and I went onto buy their next 3 albums wearing them out before the Band's break-up. Then, sadly, it became near impossible to find one of their albums unless you could forkout a small fortune for an import vinyl. Thank God for Hollywood and a film that Dakota Fanning and Kristin Stewart agreed to do, otherwise we may have never again been blessed with the sound of thee ultimate Bad Girls of Rock & Roll. For anyone out there who believe that men and women are equal, then one listen to, "Cherry Bomb" will convince you that there is no other song more fitting as the greatest of independant women anthems. This double CD of the Runaways first 2 albums is a must own for the lover of the bad girl in all of us...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Totaly Awesome!, September 13, 2011

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Sam Strait - See all my reviews

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I haven't heard these Runaway song's since I was about 13, they was in my older sisters record collection and when she moved away, I couldn't find them in the store's. The thing that I really liked about these two albums was that all the song's were uniqe in their own way, (I liked all of them).