Joan Jett: I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll
Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, March 1982
JOAN JETT'S first solo album, Bad Reputation, suffered from a number of flaws, I pointed out in my review of the time; listening to it now, I must admit I might have been somewhat curmudgeonly about it.
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