Unvarnished

Unvarnished
Studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Released	September 30, 2013
Recorded	2011–2013
Studio	Germano (New York City) Cloud 9 Recording (Central Islip, New York) Jett House (Long Beach, New York) 606 (Los Angeles) SIR (New York City)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:46
Label	Blackheart
Producer	Carianne Brinkman Dave Grohl Joan Jett Kenny Laguna Thom Panunzio
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts chronology
Greatest Hits (2010) Unvarnished (2013) Changeup (2022)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay	[2]
Digital Journal	[3]
Paste	7.4/10 [4]

Unvarnished is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released on September 30, 2013. ^{[5] [6] [7]} It reached number 47 on the US Billboard 200, becoming Jett's first album to chart since The Hit List (1990).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Any Weather" (606 Version)	Joan Jett, Dave Grohl	3:24
2.	"TMI"	Jett, Thommy Price, Dougie Needles, Kenny Laguna	3:49
3.	"Soulmates to Strangers"	Jett, Laura Jane Grace, Laguna	3:12
4.	"Make It Back"	Jett, Needles, Laguna	3:17
5.	"Hard to Grow Up"	Jett, Laguna, Needles	4:21
6.	"Fragile"	Jett	3:39
7.	"Reality Mentality"	Jett	3:05
8.	"Bad as We Can Be"	Jett, Needles, Laguna	3:53
9.	"Different"	Jett, Needles	3:36
10.	"Everybody Needs a Hero"	Laguna, Peter Anders	2:34

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"I Know What I Know"	Jett, Laguna	3:18
11.	"Seriously"	Jett, Laguna	3:47
12.	"Different" (Demo version)		1:42
13.	"Any Weather" (Blackhearts)		3:32

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"I Know What I Know"	Jett, Laguna	3:18
12.	"Any Weather" (Blackhearts)		3:32
13.	"Seriously"	Jett, Laguna	3:47
14.	"Any Weather" (SIR version)
15.	"Crimson and Clover" (live)	Tommy James, Peter Lucia Jr.

Best Buy exclusive edition bonus tracks ^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Bad Reputation" (live)	Jett, Ritchie Cordell, Laguna, Marty Joe Kupersmith	2:15
12.	"Cherry Bomb" (live)	Jett, Kim Fowley	2:31
13.	"TMI" (live)		3:46
14.	"I Hate Myself for Loving You" (live)	Jett, Desmond Child	6:00

Personnel

The Blackhearts

• Joan Jett - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Dougie Needles - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Acey Slade - bass, backing vocals
• Thommy Price - drums
• Kenny Laguna - keyboards, percussion, melodica, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Joey Vasta - bass
• Dave Grohl - 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
• Thom Panunzio - additional production, engineer, mixing
• Ken Dahlinger - mixing
• John Lousteau - engineer on track 1
• Kenta Yonasaka, Peter Kuperschmid - additional engineers
• Carianne Brinkman - executive producer

Charts

Chart performance for Unvarnished

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9]	102
US Billboard 200 [10]	47
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11]	5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [12]	15

References

1. Sendra, Tim. "Joan Jett / Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Unvarnished". AllMusic . Retrieved July 21, 2015.
2. Echazabal, Gabe (October 3, 2013). "Review: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Unvarnished". Creative Loafing Tampa Bay . Retrieved January 12, 2022.
3. Papadatos, Markos (September 29, 2013). "Review: Joan Jett rocks on new studio album 'Unvarnished'". Digital Journal. Archived from the original on March 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
4. Lore, Mark (October 1, 2013). "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Unvarnished". Paste . Retrieved July 21, 2015.
5. "iTunes - Music - Unvarnished (Deluxe Edition) by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
6. "Unvarnished: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
7. Bergman, Jeremy (August 1, 2013). "Joan Jett Announces First Album in 7 Years". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
8. "Unvarnished Best Buy Exclusive - CD - Best Buy". BestBuy.com. 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
9. "Joan Jett's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved December 3, 2023– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
10. "Joan Jett the Blackhearts Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
11. "Joan Jett the Blackhearts Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
12. "Joan Jett the Blackhearts Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.