And Now... The Runaways

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = And Now... The Runaways | type = studio | artist = The Runaways | cover = RunawaysNightAlbum.jpg | alt = | released = November 1978<ref>Dutch rock magazine OOR nr. 23, 15 november 1978 - Review of the album</ref> | recorded = September 1978 | studio = Rusk Sound (Hollywood) | genre = Glam punk | length = 35:37 | label = Mercury (Europe) Cherry Red (UK) | producer = John Alcock | prev_title = Waitin' for the Night | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Flaming Schoolgirls | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = And Now... The Runaways | type = studio | single1 = Right Now" / "Black Leather | single1date = 1979 }} {{Extra album cover | header = ''Little Lost Girls'' cover | type = Studio album | cover = Runaways little lost girls.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/and-now-the-runaways-r48433/review| title = The Runaways And Now... The Runaways review| access-date = 2011-08-28| last = Henderson| first = Alex | work = AllMusic| publisher = Rovi Corporation}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}

''''' And Now... The Runaways''''' is the fourth and final studio album by American rock band The Runaways, released in Europe in November 1978,<ref>Review of the album in Dutch rock magazine OOR (muziektijdschrift) nr. 23, 15 November 1978</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Runaways, The interviews, articles and reviews from Rock's Backpages|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Artist/runaways-the|access-date=2022-02-11|website=www.rocksbackpages.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=McDonnell |first1=Evelyn |title=Queens of Noise, The Real Story of The Runaways |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2013 |page=322 |isbn=978-0-306-82039-7}}</ref> and in Japan and the UK in 1979.<ref>{{cite book |last=McDonnell |first1=Evelyn |title=Queens of Noise, The Real Story of The Runaways |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2013 |pages=254, 322 |isbn=978-0-306-82039-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=And Now... The Runaways |others=The Runaways |year=1993 |first=Alex |last=Ogg |type=CD Booklet |publisher=Cherry Red Records |id=CDM GRAM 63 |location=London, UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kensternation.tripod.com/runawaysstory.html |title=Runaway's Story |last=Stern |first=Ken |publisher=Tripod.com |accessdate=2014-06-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.att.net/~Dusters100/RUNAWAYS.html |title=The Runaways |publisher=att.net |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011207091400/http://home.att.net/~Dusters100/RUNAWAYS.html |archivedate=2001-12-07 |accessdate=2014-06-09 }}</ref>

== Background == This was The Runaways' last album before disbanding. The album was issued by Cherry Red Records in the UK. Mercury Records handled European distribution. It was not released in the United States until 1981 when Rhino Records re-issued it as a picture disc and a cassette tape under the title '''''Little Lost Girls''''', with a different cover photo and a different sequence of the songs.

At the beginning of the recording sessions, Vicki Blue left the band and the bass lines on the tracks are actually played by Lita Ford.<ref>{{cite video | people = Victory Tischler-Blue | date = 2005 | title = Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways | medium = Documentary | publisher = Sacred Dogs Entertainment Group | location = Hollywood, California | time = 89:30}}</ref> During the tumultuous recording of the album, manager Toby B. Mamis observed producer John Alcock's attempts to ultimately phase Joan Jett out of the proceedings, hence Sandy West and Lita Ford's individual solo spots (Sandy's with "Right Now", which she wrote and sang lead on, and Lita's "I'm a Million", featuring Ford's very first lead vocal on record). Joan later quipped, "I had a funny feeling I was about to get fired from a band that I helped create." Duane Hitchings is thanked in the credits for his work on keyboards.

"Black Leather" is a song originally written by ex-Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook for their former band.

Soon after hiring new bassist Laurie McAllister, Jett and Ford jointly dissolved the Runaways, citing musical differences within the group. Ford and West then attempted to start a new, harder band with Alcock producing, but nothing became of these sessions.

==Track listing== ===''And Now... The Runaways''=== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Saturday Night Special | length1 = 3:39 | writer1 = Earl Slick, Tonio K | title2 = Eight Days a Week | length2 = 3:33 | writer2 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney | title3 = Mama Weer All Crazee Now | length3 = 3:26 | writer3 = Noddy Holder, Jim Lea | title4 = I'm a Million | length4 = 6:02 | writer4 = Lita Ford }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title5 = Right Now | length5 = 3:35 | writer5 = Sandy West | title6 = Takeover | length6 = 3:11 | writer6 = Joan Jett | title7 = My Buddy and Me | length7 = 3:39 | writer7 = Joan Jett | title8 = Little Lost Girls | length8 = 4:45 | writer8 = Lita Ford | title9 = Black Leather | length9 = 3:47 | writer9 = Steve Jones, Paul Cook }}

===''Little Lost Girls''=== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Right Now | length1 = 3:35 | title2 = Mama Weer All Crazee Now | length2 = 3:26 | title3 = Saturday Night Special | length3 = 3:39 | title4 = Eight Days a Week | length4 = 3:33 | title5 = Takeover | length5 = 3:11 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title6 = Black Leather | length6 = 3:47 | title7 = My Buddy and Me | length7 = 3:39 | title8 = Little Lost Girls | length8 = 4:45 | title9 = I'm a Million | length9 = 6:02 }}

== Personnel == ;The Runaways * Joan Jett - rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals * Lita Ford - lead guitar, all bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I'm a Million" * Sandy West - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Right Now" * Vicki Blue - bass, backing vocals (credit only, did not perform on the record)

;Production * John Alcock - producer * Will Reid Dick - engineer * A. Wally - assistant engineer * Ken Perry - mastering at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California * David Larkham - sleeve design and direction * Barry Levine - photography

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Category:The Runaways albums Category:1978 albums Category:Cherry Red Records albums Category:Mercury Records albums