Joan Jett’s four favourite albums

Joan Jett shared four favourite albums in a biography for her fan club, offering a glimpse of the music that shaped her tastes. Her choices reflect the guitar-driven rock and punk that also runs through her own career, from The Runaways to her work with the Blackhearts.

The albums are The Rolling Stones’ *Let It Bleed* (1969), Social Distortion’s self-titled 1990 album, The Replacements’ *Let It Be* (1984), and the Sex Pistols’ *Never Mind the Bollocks*. The article connects Jett’s choice of the Sex Pistols to her collaboration with band members Steve Jones and Paul Cook on “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll”, and recalls her view that The Runaways found a more receptive music scene in the UK than in the US.