Big riffs, glam hooks and a hefty dose of swagger and attitude...all the things you'd expect to find on a Joan Jett album are here in abundance. Despite the fact that it's been more than a decade since Jett has released an album of all-new material in this country, her absence hasn't dulled her ability for penning the kind of ear candy that'll be rattling around your head long after the music has stopped playing. The Long Beach resident tosses in plenty of sexual innuendo, be it covers of The Sweet (the glitter-rock nugget "A.C. D.C.") and The Replacements (a loping version of longtime concert favorite "Androgynous") or slinky originals like "Naked" and "Fetish." And while songs
like the Bush-swiping "Riddles" and idealistic "Change the World" are a nod to the rocker's socially conscious side, Jett keeps the amps cranked and snarl intact, making Sinner a long overdue and excellently executed return. -Dave Gil de Rubio