JOAN JETT----***”The Hit List” Blackheart/CBSJett’s counterpart...

JOAN JETT----***

“The Hit List” Blackheart/CBS

Jett’s counterpart to David Bowie’s “Pin Ups” focuses mainly on the stiff ‘70s rather than Bowie’s swinging ‘60s, so this nod to her roots starts out at a material disadvantage. AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” and the overworked “Love Hurts” get it off to a stumbling start, ZZ Top’s “Tush” is pretty inconsequential, and Jett doesn’t bring much beyond affection to the Kinks’ “Celluloid Heroes,” which hasn’t aged as well as Ray Davies’ finest. She can’t go far wrong with the Pistols’ “Pretty Vacant,” but in the end it’s the good old ‘60s that save the day.

Jett really throws her scouring pad of a voice into the Chambers Brothers’ left-field, psychedelic chestnut “Time Has Come Today.” “Up From the Skies” is strong, simple and true to the Hendrix tune, but Jett really hits her stride on Creedence’s yearning “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” pitched so she has to stretch into a stance of vocal supplication on the chorus. A little sag on the Doors’ “Love Me Two Times” but then she wraps it up potently with an update of “Roadrunner,” Jonathan Richman’s cosmic communion with neon America.

Most of this stuff is second nature to Jett and her band the Blackhearts, and they deliver with an offhand, let’s-dig-in spirit. It’s an after-hours, blowing-off-steam set, the long, loose encore of a show she’ll give another time.