Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place

This shit borders on unlistenable. And "shit" is the best way to put it. Nothing is memorable on here after it plays. Steven Tyler's voice is a nasty mess. He tries to hit the high notes on the first section of "Joanie's Butterfly" and misses. I will give them points, though - "Joanie's Butterfly" ranks somewhere given that it's one of the few Aerosmith songs that has multiple sections "Cry Me a River" tries to stomp but kind of slogs. The whole mix sounds muddy, and Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay (replacing Brad Whitford and Joe Perry) don't have the kind of chemistry that makes Aerosmith great.

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