The Runaways never got the studio production they deserved. That’s one thing that’s made evident by Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways. Hearing such artists as Peaches, David Johansen, and Care Bears on Fire interpret the Runaways songs made me hear these familiar tunes in whole new ways. Glad the album came out, despite the threatened lawsuit. Here’s my LA Times review.