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Apart from the Japanese-only Naked in 2004, Joan Jett hadn't released an album of all-new material in over a decade when she released Sinner in summer 2006, an amazing gap of time considering how vital and flat-out rocking she sounds on the album. Many rockers of her age and stature might have been content to just throw out a safe and innocuous record to help fill up the merch stalls on the state fair circuit. Not Jett. Her honesty and unyielding toughness has given her enough cred to headline a major alt-rock festival in 2006, and Sinner has both those qualities and then some. Her last album, Pure and Simple, was a step away from the glossy pop/rock her career had devolved into; Sinner is a huge leap toward total honesty, earnestness, and hard rock. The record contains a couple of good-time rockers reminiscent of her glory days ("Tube Talkin'," "Turn It Around"), but even the requisite glam cover, Sweet's "A.C.D.C.," deals with sexual confusion, albeit playfully. Elsewhere Jett delves into heavy or quite personal subjects; she hits on politics on the Bush-sampling "Riddles," raw sexuality on "Fetish," but mostly seems to be wrestling with issues of privacy, self-image, and sexual orientation on tracks like "Naked" and "Five." Luckily for the listener who just wants to rock, she wraps these introspective lyrics up in a tough and punchy style very similar to the classic Joan Jett sound. Even the ballads, like the achingly romantic "Watersign," have gloriously loud and gritty guitars and Jett's voice hasn't lost an ounce of power. There are a few slight stumbles like the catchy but overly earnest and simplistic "Change the World" and the cringe-inducing "Fetish," which seems to have snuck in from a totally different album. Actually it did, since the song first appeared on a 1999 collection called Fetish. In fact, ten of the songs on Sinner first appeared on Naked; only four appear here for the first time. No matter, really, as the album is new to most people, and it hangs together well, resonating both with those listeners who can relate to Jett's struggles and issues, as well as kids of any age who just dig good old hard rock & roll. Hopefully it won't be another decade before the next Joan Jett record, for with Sinner she's restaked a claim as an important artist and it'd be a real shame if she disappeared again. ~ Tim Sendra
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: Joan Jett (vocals, guitar); Dougie Needles (guitar); Kenny Laguna (keyboards); Enzo Pennizzotto (bass guitar); Thommy Price (drums).Rolling Stone (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's a vitality here that her slicker discs sometimes lack. With the help of Linda Perry and Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna, Jett takes on subject matter both personal and political."
Alternative Press (p.218) - 3 out of 5 -- "[With] gigantic choruses and hell-bent-for-leather riffs..."
The Word (magazine) (p.100) - "[T]he rowdy former Runaway is as unreconstructed as ever, her poppy hard rock sounding at times like the work of a female Billy Idol, at others the offerings of Courtney Love and Peaches' evil godmother. Some of it is brilliant..."
Jett, Joan & The Blackhearts - Sinner Songs
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Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)    List All 6 Reviews Joan Jett is rock & roll
I got the advance of this, and enjoy it very much. It's good she finally has an affordable (and new) stateside release. She is just a fun rocker, and doesn't disappoint.
Submitted by Pete (Iowa, USA)
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 Rock on, Joan Jett!
WOW, when I heard Joan Jett was coming out with a new album, I jumped at buying it. Not that many rocking women out there.
Of which most aren't mature. Or dead from overdoses.
Anyway. The album is strange. It varies from slightly ballad-feeling of "Bad Time" and sad song of "Baby Blue" that tells the story of a promiscuous woman, to kinky and fun "Fetish" which made me blush and "ACDC" a song NOT about the famous australian band, but about bisexuality.
A great album. Not too light and not too broody, and great to rock out to and play drinking games with.
Submitted by regalista (Toronto, Canada)
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fresh new album, i cant stop playing it .if you like joan jett youll love this album.
Submitted by desertmouse72 (denali,ak usa) 
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Jett released a damn fine studio record seven years ago called Fetish. Sinner is right up there, but probably not superior to its predecessor.
Submitted by gladstoneblues (New York, NY)
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JOAN'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN!
After ten years with a new CD, Joan Jett triumphantly returns to rock and roll with SINNER. (Ten years if you do not count her Japan-only release NAKED. Several of the songs on NAKED can be found here.) Joan not only looks great but sounds fantastic! This one's a rocker and you need to get it!
The first track is RIDDLES. It is a war protest song about war and our loss of freedoms. At one point, Ms. Jett shouts WAKE UP PEOPLE! This is something I have been shouting for some time now. (Sadly, as long as Americans have their gas-guzzling SUV's and their cell phones, nothing else seems to matter.)
The best song by far is A.C.D.C. This one kicks. Have you seen the video with Carmen Electra? Hot!
Joan seems more and more comfortable with her sexuality here. I am sure you can guess what that sexuality is. She is not preachy - she just asks why do people care?
Finally, her remake of A 100 FEET AWAY (from ALBUM) is a nice inclusion. And it's always great to hear FETISH!
Submitted by DON (TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN)
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