Fit to Be Tied (album)

Fit to Be Tied
Compilation album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Released November 18, 1997
Recorded 1980-1995
Genre Rock
Length 47:40
Label Blackheart/Mercury
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts chronology

Great Hits
(1996)		 Fit to Be Tied
(1997)		 Fetish
(1999)

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.

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".[1] 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",[2] indicating "a record that rarely flags for more than two or three tracks."[3] 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".[4] Carla Spartos in The Rolling Stone Album Guide gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars.[5]

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 & 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

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.

References

  1. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts". Allmusic. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Album: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts". Robert Christgau. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Key to Icons". Robert Christgau. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ Grad, David (December 12, 1997). "Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Review". Entertainment Weekly (New York) (409): 90. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ Spartos, Carla et al. (November 2, 2004). Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 431. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved March 30, 2013.

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