[5] Along with the Arrows song, plenty of other covers populated the album: "Nag" (originally by the Halos),"Bits and Pieces" (the Dave Clark Five), "You're Too Possessive" (the Runaways), and "Crimson and Clover" (Tommy James & the Shondells).

[4] The LP saw a vinyl reissue in 2009 containing both "Little Drummer Boy", "Oh Woe Is Me", and the rehearsal version of "You Don't Know What You've Got" that was the original B-side to Boardwalk Records U.S. and Canadian issues of the "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" single.

[7] The styling played a part in Jett's overall appeal; Creem observed and asked rhetorically, "who ever said that dark bangs and well-applied mascara had nothing to do with rock 'n' roll?

"[9] Sounds described her look as the classic "tomboy rock girl",[10] and quoted her regarding the record label's initial expectations: "They wanted me to lie on a couch in leopardskin like Pat Benatar or something," she gasps, "You know I couldn't do anything like that!

"[10]Creem's Mitchell Cohen gave I Love Rock 'n Roll a generally positive review, concluding that Jett "covers more ground than you might expect, and does so with contagious enthusiasm".

[9] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice qualified his praise of the album, writing, "Covering the Dave Clark Five and 'Little Drummer Boy' on the same side is a great schlock yea-saying move, but a move is all it is—makes me want to hear the originals rather than play the side again"; he also felt that Jett's original compositions lacked "spark".

[11] While noting a relative lack of "strong songs", on the whole he found that the band's "muscular, gritty" playing makes I Love Rock 'n Roll "just as good as Bad Reputation.