Up Your Alley (album)

Up Your Alley
Studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Released May 23, 1988 (1988-05-23)
Studio
Genre
Length 41:20
Label Blackheart/CBS-Sony (US)
Polydor (Europe and Japan)
Producer
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts chronology
Good Music
(1986)		 Up Your Alley
(1988)		 The Hit List
(1990)
Singles from Up Your Alley
  1. "I Hate Myself for Loving You"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Little Liar"
    Released: 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
The Village VoiceB+[3]

Up Your Alley is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. It was originally released in May 1988, on the labels Blackheart and CBS-Sony in the U.S., and Polydor in (Europe and Japan), a year and a half after their previous album Good Music. This album contains the single "I Hate Myself for Loving You", which peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100,[4] and had been used as the theme song for Sunday Night Football NFL games in America (with altered lyrics, by two singers) during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. The follow-up single "Little Liar" continued Jett's chart success, peaking at No. 19 on the Hot 100 in late 1988/early 1989.[4]

Up Your Alley peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 albums chart[5] and has since been certified Platinum.[6]

Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor played the guitar solo on "I Hate Myself for Loving You".[7]

"I Hate Myself for Loving You" was released as the first single, backed with a live version of the Jett composition "Love Is Pain" (the original version of which appears on 1981's I Love Rock 'n Roll). "Little Liar" was the second single, backed with an obscure Jett/Laguna composition "What Can I Do for You", which had been recorded for a movie Jett was set to make in 1979 that was never completed. The song eventually turned up again on the Jett fan-club only CD 1979.

Two videos were shot for "Little Liar", the first of which told the dramatic story of twin Joan Jetts (one in white, one in black) fighting over a man they were both dating. It received heavy rotation on MTV, but was quickly replaced with a highly stylized in-concert video with Ziggy Stardust-like artistic flourishes.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Hate Myself for Loving You"  
4:07
2."Ridin' with James Dean"  
3:17
3."Little Liar"  
  • Jett
  • Child
4:01
4."Tulane"  Chuck Berry2:54
5."I Wanna Be Your Dog"  
5:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."I Still Dream About You"  
  • Jett
  • Byrd
  • Gary Rottger
3:23
7."You Want In, I Want Out"  
  • Jett
  • Child
4:15
8."Just Like in the Movies"  
3:05
9."Desire"  
3:53
10."Back It Up"  
  • Jett
  • Byrd
  • Browde
3:31
11."Play That Song Again"  
3:42
Total length:41:20

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Additional musicians
Production team
  • Kenny Laguna – producer on all tracks
  • Ric Browde – producer on tracks 2, 4-6, 8-11
  • Desmond Child – producer on tracks 1 and 3
  • Thom Panunzio – associate producer; engineer; mixer
  • Jay Healy – engineer; mixer on track 5
  • Arthur Payson – engineer
  • James A. Ball – engineer
  • John Aiosa – engineer
  • Andrew Spigleman – assistant engineer
  • David Cook – assistant engineer
  • Rich Travali – assistant engineer
  • Roger Talkov – assistant engineer
  • Scott Forman – assistant engineer
  • Teddy Trewhella – assistant engineer
  • Thom Cadley – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Chart performance

Album

Year Chart Position
1988 Swedish Albums Chart[9] 16
Billboard 200 (USA)[5] 19
New Zealand Album Charts[10] 31
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[11] 48

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1988 "I Hate Myself for Loving You" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[4] 8
New Zealand Singles Charts[12] 8
Swedish Singles Chart[13] 12
Mainstream Rock (USA)[4] 20
RPM100 Singles (Canada) 21
Dutch MegaCharts[14] 28
UK Singles Chart[15] 46
"Little Liar" Mainstream Rock (USA)[4] 13
Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[4] 19
1989 New Zealand Singles Charts[16] 35

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1989 Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[6]
Canada CRIA 1988 Gold (+ 50,000)[17]

References

  1. ↑ Huey, Steve. Up Your Alley at AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ Tennenbaum, Rob (August 11, 1988). "Joan Jett / Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Up Yor Alley". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (May 24, 1988). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Up Your Alley Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Up Your Alley Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "RIAA Searchable Database: search for Jett". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ Wissmuller, Christian (Oct/Nov 2007) "Mick Taylor: Soul Survivor". Jazzed Magazine.
  8. ↑ Up Your Alley liner notes. Blackheart/CBS-Sony/Polydor. 1988.
  9. ↑ "Joan Jett – Up Your Alley (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Joan Jett – Up Your Alley (Album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 48, No. 24, October 01 1988". Library and Archives Canada. October 1, 1988. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Joan Jett – I Hate Myself for Loving You (Song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Joan Jett – I Hate Myself for Loving You (Song)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Hate Myself for Loving You". Dutch Charts.nl (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Joan Jett – Little Liar (Song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Up Your Alley". Music Canada. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
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