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The Runaways - Flaming Schoolgirls Audio CD

A fair review of the The Runaways "Flaming Schoolgirls" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Runaways reviews here, or go back to the The Runaways tabs.

The Runaways Band: The Runaways
Title: Flaming Schoolgirls
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Release Date: 2004-05-24
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Intro 2: Strawberry Fields 3: C'mon 4: Hollywood Cruisin' 5: Blackmail 6: Is It Day or Night? 7: Here Comes the Sun 8: Hollywood Dream 9: Don't Abuse Me 10: I Love Playin' With Fire 11: Secrets

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I found them from listening to Joan Jett. The Runaways are my "closet" band. Are they great no, but for thier time they were ground breakers and they must be recognized for it. Cherie Currie does some nice solo piano work the Strawberry Fields and here comes the sun.
If your a Runaways fan, just take the plunge and dive in no regrets.
If your new to the band Go Live in Japan first.


Runaways - 'Flaming School Girls' (Cherry Red)
Good old school 'girl's night out' style hard rock. Nicely assembled Runaways compilation,that was originally released in 1980. About every cut here rocks out,like "Hollywood Cruisin'","Secrets",a couple of Joan Jett penned compositions "C'mon" and "I Love Playing With Fire" as well as their two covers,George Harrison's "Here Comes The Sun" and the Beatle's "Strawberry Fields"(well done). A definite should-have.


Nice Girls Don't Play Rock 'n Roll
I have their four studio album and the live album "Live in Japan". The Runaways was without doubts the best female girl group in 70's and I think it is still. They all have been great and so is this. The intro is very short. The next song "Strawberry Fields" has been written by Lennon and McCartney. This is a very peaceful song and I think it is great. Cherie Currie sings very beautifully. "C'mon" is the one that was in "Live in Japan". This version is studio. The live version is even better, you can find it in "Live in Japan". "Hollywood Cruisn'" is a joke version of the classic song "Hollywood" which was released in their second album "Queens of Noise". In this version there's talking and laughing. "Blackmail" and "Is It Day or Night?" are great live recordings. You can feel the female rock power!!! "Here Comes the Sun" (written by G Harrison) and "Hollywood Dream" are quite peaceful but very good songs. Those songs could have been in "Queens of Noise" album. "Don't Abuse Me" is a great song. . . it is much tougher than the two earlier songs. "I Love Playin' with Fire" and "Secrets" are great live version. The quality is perefect and Cherie's voice can be well heard.

Hollywood, it feels so good. . .

If you have The Runaways s/t, Queens of Noise, and Live in Japan, your next target should be this one.

Stars: C'mon, Is It Day Or Night?, I Love Playin' With Fire.


i know the girls
if you love the inside of rock you need to see this

chuck skull. totaly honest view of what they went through.


Captures a wild, crazy time quite vividly
This album(prev. It must've been a crazy, hectic time for the all-girl hard rock band: 16 and 17-year olds, traveling around the world, trying to get famous. unreleased gems, live tracks, studio hijinks)really captures The Runaways' world perfectly, with laughter and madness and mayhem mixed with great music. Probably the biggest find was Cherie Currie's pseudo-lament "Hollywood Dream"(actually a better song than "Midnight Music" from 'Queens of Noise')and of course the fabulous "Hollywood Cruisin'" with Lita Ford & Jackie Fox 'doing the Boulevard'. Sounds like they were having a blast--too bad it didn't last.


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