Unvarnished Explained

Unvarnished
Type:	studio
Artist:	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Cover:	Joan Jett Unvarnished.jpg
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
Prev Title:	Greatest Hits
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Changeup
Next Year:	2022

Unvarnished is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, released on September 30, 2013.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] It reached number 47 on the US Billboard 200, becoming Jett's first album to chart since The Hit List (1990).

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 (2013)! scope="col"
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	102

Notes and References

Web site: iTunes - Music - Unvarnished (Deluxe Edition) by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts . Itunes.apple.com . 2013-09-10.
Web site: Unvarnished: Music . Amazon.com . 2013-09-10.
News: Joan Jett Announces First Album in 7 Years. Jeremy Bergman . The Hollywood Reporter . 1 Aug 2013 . 3 Aug 2013.
Web site: Joan Jett’s ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1. ARIA. Imgur.com. December 3, 2023. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.