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The Runaways - And Now... The Runaways Audio CD

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The Runaways Band: The Runaways
Title: And Now... The Runaways
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Release Date: 1996-01-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Saturday Night Special 2: Eight Days a Week 3: Mama Weer All Crazee Now 4: I'm a Million 5: Right Now 6: Takeover 7: My Buddy and Me 8: Little Lost Girls 9: Black Leather 10: Saturday Night Special

Runaways
Good music, several covers, but not the same as they were with Cherie Curry as lead singer. This is the final Runaways album, also known as "Little lost girls". Still a must for any Runaways fan.


A polished gem
And now. . The Ruanways is the crowning jewel in The Runaways catalog. They were almost at the end of their career when this was recorded and it has a meloncholy feel to it. Its nowhere as in your face as their earlier albums. And now. . . . The Runaways is somber, and like another reviewer stated, its relaxing. Saturday Night Special and Right Now should have been top ten hits for the band as they are extremely catchy with a hook you cant get out of your head. The guitar solo in Little Lost Girls is cool because it sounds like a cross between a synthisizer and a guiter. It reminds me a little of and old television shows theme song. Remember The Rockford Files???? Little Lost Girls reminds me of that opening theme song. When this album was first released it came out on vinyl as a picture disk and i still have it today and now i have the CD. And now. . . almost 30 years later i'm still listening to it. .


A New Look For The Ladies.
If your a fan it's a must have. New look, same hard edged music. If your new to The Runaways I suggest their first self titled album.
RIP Sandy.


Relaxing - Not So Heavy
After making three great studio albums and a live album The Runaways made an album that isn't even nowadays appreciated. . it was a flop. Although it didn't manage to chart well in Europe or America, it has some great songs that I would count as classics. I myself like this album although at first it sounded quite soft and lazy. It isn't their heaviest work. . . not even near. . . but it own kind of speciality. . . it is quite relaxing album. If you aren't relaxed by the songs "Eight Days a Week" and "Little Lost Girls" then try Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". . . it is your only help. So, this is kind of a soft rock album. . . near pop music. Some song still represent the rock world. . . "Saturday Nite Special", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", and "Black Leather". "Black Leather" is like their old material. The line-up in this album is the same as it was in The Runaways album "Waitin' for the Night". . . so Joan Jett in rhythm guitar and vocals, Lita Ford in lead guitar, backing vocals and lead vocal on "I'm a Million", Sandy West in drums, backing vocals and lead vocal on "Right Now", and Vicki Blue in bass guitar and backing vocals. I miss Cherie Currie on vocals but I think Joan Jett and the girls cover her quite well.
Stars: Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Saturday Night Special.


The Queens of Noise's swan song
Starting with "Queens of Noise" the band had a formula for types of songs. After the personnel changes that occured at the conclusion of the girls' 1977 Japan tour this record shows the Runaways at the end of their existance. For example, at least one track could be considered an anthem (Queens of Noise: title track, Waitin' for the Night: Little Sister), one track showcased Lita Ford's talents on lead guitar (Queens of Noise: Johnny Guitar, Waitin' for the Night: Fantasies). The only break in this pattern is Waitin' for the Night's title track, which is the Runaways' only (albeit hard-rock) ballad. For "And Now. . the Runaways!!" the anthem is Saturday Night Special and Lita Ford's guitar exhibit is on I'm a Million. This album is not the best of the bands work, that goes to the Live In Japan LP, but this is a historically significant work considering the later solo successes of both Ford and Joan Jett.


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