''Unvarnished'' is the twelfth studio album by American
rock
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band
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979 as a conjunction of lead musician, singer and songwriter Joan Jett and the backup band. It has undergone many lineup changes since its inception, ...
, released on September 30, 2013.
It reached number 47 on the US
''Billboard'' 200, becoming Jett's first album to chart since ''
The Hit List'' (1990).
Track listing
Personnel
The Blackhearts
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Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress. Often referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music#J, Godmother of Punk", she is regarded as a Pop icon, rock icon and ...
- lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*Dougie Needles - lead guitar, backing vocals
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Acey Slade
Emil John Schmidt IV, known professionally as Acey Slade, is an American musician. He is the bassist and one of the guitarists in the industrial metal band Dope and a former guitarist of the horror punk and glam metal act Murderdolls. He is als ...
- bass, backing vocals
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Thommy Price
Thommy Price (born December 9, 1956) is an American musician. He has played drums in a number of bands, including Scandal, Billy Idol, Blue Öyster Cult, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and is an in-demand session drummer.
History
Price was ...
- drums
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Kenny Laguna
Kenneth Benjamin Laguna is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician, best known for his work with Joan Jett.
Biography
Laguna was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, United States, and started playing piano at high school da ...
- keyboards, percussion, melodica, backing vocals
Additional musicians
*Joey Vasta - bass
*
Dave Grohl
David Eric Grohl (; born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, and only consistent member. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of th ...
- all instruments on track 1, additional production on track 1
*Jesse Levy - cello on tracks 6 and 10, orchestral arrangements, conductor
*Regis Iandiorio, Michael Roth - violins on tracks 6 and 10
*Olivia Koppell - viola on tracks 6 and 10
*Gerard Reuter - oboe and French horn on track 10
Production
*Joan Jett - production
*Kenny Laguna - production
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Thom Panunzio
Thom Panunzio is a music producer and engineer.
His career began in 1974 at the Record Plant Studios NYC, working with John Lennon. Later, he became a staff engineer at the Record Plant, and later at The Hit Factory.
Panunzio worked often with ...
- additional production, engineer, mixing
*Ken Dahlinger - mixing
*John Lousteau - engineer on track 1
*Kenta Yonasaka, Peter Kuperschmid - additional engineers
*Carianne Brinkman - executive producer
Charts
References
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2013 albums
Blackheart Records albums
Joan Jett albums