AEROSMITH – MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION
I hear much about the amount of ballads on this album, but nobody says it also has 15 songs on the standard edition, 20 on the deluxe. So even if you take out 4 ballads it’s still 11 rocking tunes. It is not a perfect album, but it is damn good. The production is warm and not over compressed. You hear everything. All the band members (still original) write and contribute. Many different sides and stuff that hints at classic Aerosmith. “Street Jesus”, “Luv XXX”, “Beautiful”, “Out Go The Lights”, “Oh Yeah”, all just vintage sounding Aerosmith. Joe Perry on vocals for two tracks “Freedom Fighter” and “Something” which also features Tyler on drums. The Zeppelin-ish Legendary Child features Tyler in top form, spitting out the story of the band in a way only he can. Monster riffing and the ageless Joey Kramer laying down the signature pocket like only he can. Having seen three live shows so far on the tour, the band STILL gets it done on stage too. Great accomplishment for a band at this stage in their career and after waiting so long for it they delivered. For me the best Aerosmith album since Pump. Also check out the band drawing in the CDs booklet, it was done by Slash when he was a kid. Pretty cool!
Really??? Huge fan, but old school Aero is what we thought we were getting – maybe I just live in the past, but this is awful. Listen to Rocks first and then put this on – you will cringe. Maybe two decent songs on this – Aerosmith is long off their creative peak – I would rather listen to Dream On for the millionth time than listen to this garbage. If you are an Aero fan, go back and listen to the old stuff up thru- Rock in a Hard Place – even pick up copies of the first two JPP and Whitford St-Holmes albums if you need a fix – don’t waste your money here – this is disposable music and will be forgotten about in a month. Doesn’t hold a candle to the new VH or Rush.
Strongly disagree and what new music ISN’T forgotten about in a month from ANY band in the world we are in today??
RUSH – Clockwork Angels
Totally agree. Got sucker-punched on this download too. Trunk is smokin’ silly bud to give out 4 horns on this one.
Classic Rock magazine printed my letter re MFAD. See if this works…
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This is a really strong album, it definitely grows on you after hearing it a couple of times. I agree that a couple of the ballads feel a bit contrived (Tyler can write those in his sleep), Another Last Goodbye is one of the best songs on the album. Luv XXX, Beautiful, Lover Alot, Street jesus are killer tunes. Really good album, but for the year I have to say Rush and Van Halen had the best two albums.
ZZ Top had a killer one too. I like the three songs on the bonus disc too from this album. Good raw feel
You MUST be kidding or trying to impress, cuz this album is hands down the worst album by a major artist in decades. Worse than Music From The Elder, worse than St. Anger, worse than Just Push Play. I am a fan from way back and have bought every single album they released on day one since 1980 and this is the last A-Smith album I will ever purchase. What was once America’s Greatest Band is now an embarrassment.
I would give this album three out of five. Some of the rockers are good (Lover Alot, Street Jesus, Luv XXX, etc) but the rockers sound really stripped down production wise. Yet, the ballads (too many on this album) have top-of-the-line production. It creates a weird flow to this album. And then there are the fillers which round out the latter part of the album (Freedom Fighter, Something). The ballad with Carrie Underwood should never have seen the light of day, but that gives you an indication how fractured Aerosmith is, where Steven Tyler can unilaterally make decisions. This album cannot touch their 70’s stuff nor their late 80’s stuff. This album falls between being a bit better than ‘Nine Lives’ and a bit worse than ‘Get a Grip’. Any way you slice it, it’s the last album Aerosmith will ever put out. That’s a good thing because they haven’t put out a solid front to back album since ‘Pump.
Saw them live at Madison Square Garden, they can still blow the roof off the joint, even though they are five separate guys now as opposed to being a band.