Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Fit to Be Tied (album)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
November 18, 1997

Length
  
47:40

Release date
  
18 November 1997

Recorded
  
1980-1995

Fit to Be Tied (1997)
  
Fetish (1999)

Label
  
Blackheart Records

Fit to Be Tied (album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen556Joa

Artist
  
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Genres
  
Rock music, Punk rock, Power pop

Producers
  
Kenny Laguna, Ritchie Cordell, Thom Panunzio, Jimmy Iovine, Desmond Child, Joan Jett

Similar
  
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts albums, Rock music albums

Fit to Be Tied is a compilation CD released by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The collection was released in the United States in 1997. It was remastered and reissued in 2001 with slightly different artwork. Rather than secure the rights to the original versions of "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and "Little Liar" from CBS, Jett's label included a demo version and live recording of those songs, respectively.

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic's Steve Huey gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars and said that, although the alternate versions of "Hate Myself" and "Little Liar" "may bother fans", the album "nearly succeeds" as "the definitive Joan Jett hits package". Citing it as Jett's best album, Robert Christgau felt that the songs "only dip as semiretirement approaches" and gave Fit to be Tied an "A", indicating "a record that rarely flags for more than two or three tracks." However, David Grad of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "B" and called it "a sadly incomplete career retrospective" marred by "extraneous studio outtakes and a live track". Carla Spartos in The Rolling Stone Album Guide gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars.

Track listing

  1. "Bad Reputation" - 2:48
  2. "Light of Day" - 3:30
  3. "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" - 3:44
  4. "Roadrunner" (Previously unreleased version) - 3:18
  5. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" - 2:55
  6. "Victim of Circumstance" - 2:54
  7. "Everyday People" - 2:40
  8. "I Hate Myself for Loving You" (Alternate version) - 4:07
  9. "Crimson and Clover" - 3:17
  10. "Fake Friends" - 3:17
  11. "Make Believe" (Alternate intro) - 3:08
  12. "Cherry Bomb" - 2:34
  13. "Little Liar" (live) - 4:08
  14. "World of Denial" - 4:20
  15. "Love Is All Around" - 1:00

Songs

1Bad Reputation2:48
2Light of Day3:32
3Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)3:44

References

Fit to Be Tied (album) Wikipedia
(Text) CC BY-SA