The Runaways - Queens of Noise (1977)

The Runaways - Queens of Noise (1977)

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The Runaways - Queens of Noise

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Side One / Side A

1. "Queens of Noise"   3:26

2. "Take It or Leave It"   3:23

3. "Midnight Music"   2:47

4. "Born to Be Bad"   4:28

5. "Neon Angels on the Road to Ruin"   3:23

Side Two / Side B

6. "I Love Playin' with Fire"   3:18

7. "California Paradise"   2:52

8. "Hollywood"   2:56

9. "Heartbeat"   2:49

10. "Johnny Guitar"   7:15

The Runaways Band Members / Musicians

Cherie Currie – lead and backing vocals, tambourine and snare (on "Midnight Music")

Joan Jett – rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals, lead guitar (on "California Paradise")

Lita Ford – lead guitar, backing vocals

Jackie Fox – bass guitar, backing vocals

Sandy West – drums and percussion, backing vocals

Kim Fowley – producer

Earle Mankey – producer, engineer, mixer

Queens of Noise is the 2nd studio album by the American rock band The Runaways. Released in January 1977 on Mercury Records, it is fundamentally a hard rock album, although it also exhibits influences from punk rock, heavy metal, glam rock, and blues rock. While the album features a range of different tempos, most of it consists of the "heavy" guitar-driven tracks that have come to be seen as The Runaways' signature sound, although it also features two noticeably softer songs that have sometimes been described as early power ballads. While stylistically similar to the band's self-titled debut album The Runaways, Queens of Noise features greater emphases on volume and musical sophistication. The album has received generally positive reviews and has remained the band's best-selling record in the United States.