Taking the production helm for the first time in the band's nearly 30-year career, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry have come up with a lucky 13th album that fuses the band's rock & roll punch with more contemporary nuances. The chugging title track is a sassy shuffle featuring Tyler scatting over stuttering beats, meaty guitar riffs and snatches of "Walk This Way" while the clattering "Outta Your Head" features a perfect marriage of loops, scratching, and Perry's chunky chords.
Elsewhere, the leadoff single, "Jaded," lays it on heavy with sitar-sounding wah-wah guitar and string arrangements that toughen the song's impact. Periodically the band's Beatles influence pops up, from Tyler's "Magical Mystery Tour"-flavored phrasing and background harmonies on the swaggering "Trip Hoppin'" and the mid-tempo "Luv Lies," to the George Martin-influenced trumpet fanfare sprinkled throughout the hard hitting "Under My Skin." Despite three decades of hard living, Aerosmith's train keeps a rollin' on.
 Recorded at The Boneyard and The Bryer Patch, South Shore, Massachussetts;
Long View Farms Studio, North Brookfield, Massachussetts. | Aerosmith:
Steven Tyler (vocals);
Joe Perry (vocals, guitar);
Brad Whitford (guitar);
Tom Hamilton (bass);
Joey Kramer (drums)
Producers:
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson, Engineers:
Richard Chycki, Marti Frederiksen. Additional personnel includes:
Liv Tyler (spoken vocals);
Dan Higgins (clarinet, saxophone);
Tower Of Power (horns);
Jim Cox (piano);
Paul Santo (Hammond organ);
Paul Caruso (programming);
Tony Perry (scratches);
Chelsea "C.A.T." Tyler (background vocals) |
Album - Billboard (North America) | Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | The Billboard 200 | 2 | | 2001 | Top Canadian Albums | 2 | | 2001 | Top Internet Albums | 2 |
Singles - Billboard (North America) | Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | "Fly Away from Here" | Adult Top 40 | 36 | | 2001 | "Fly Away from Here" | Top 40 Mainstream | 24 | | 2001 | "Fly Away from Here" | Top 40 Tracks | 34 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Adult Top 40 | 6 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Canadian Singles Chart | 6 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Latin Pop Airplay | 30 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay | 21 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 7 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 6 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Top 40 Mainstream | 6 | | 2001 | "Jaded" | Top 40 Tracks | 8 | | 2001 | "Just Push Play" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 | | 2001 | "Sunshine" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 23 | | 2002 | "Just Push Play" | Top 40 Mainstream | 38 |
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