The Hit List (Joan Jett album)

The Hit List is the seventh studio album, and the first cover album by Joan Jett. The album was released in 1990. All of the tracks are covers of famous songs.

"Dirty Deeds" was released as the first single, backed with the non-LP track "Let It Bleed", a cover of The Rolling Stones song. It peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Love Hurts" was released as the second single, backed with "Handyman" from Jett's 1983 album Album, but it failed to chart in the US. In foreign markets, the song was paired with "Up From the Skies"; in the UK, it was issued by Chrysalis Records with "Pretty Vacant" as its B-side.

Track listing

Personnel

The Blackhearts

• Joan Jett – rhythm guitar, lead vocals, co-producer
• Ricky Byrd – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Kasim Sulton – bass, backing vocals
• Thommy Price – drums

Additional musicians

• Sandy Gennaro – drums
• Ray Davies, Peppy Castro – guitar, vocals
• Ronnie Lawson – keyboards
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion
• Darlene Love, Chuck Kentis – backing vocals

The Uptown Horns

• Crispin Cioe – baritone saxophone
• Robert Funk – trombone
• Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
• Paul Litteral – trumpet
• Kenny Laguna – various instruments and backing vocals

Production

• Kenny Laguna – production
• Thom Panunzio – co-producer, engineer, mixing
• Jay Healy – engineering, mixing of "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
• Tom Cadley, John Aiosa, Paul Logas – engineering
• Tom Fritze, Rick Travali, Robert Smith, Michael Gilbert, Andrew Grassi – assistant engineers
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

References