Here we go America's overrated Aerosmith are back again and the man with the worst guitar tone in rock n' roll along with longtime writing partner the duo of Tyler and Perry are attempting to be relevant in 2012 some eleven years since their last debacle of music know collectively as Just Push Play and wow what a stinker that album was but not unexpected for sure. This band hasn't truly released an album worth listening to since their second coming Permanent Vacation.Sure Pump was ok but it didn't come close to PV and that's not hard to figure out after listening to both records. So now we get the perma-stoned American Idol judge "beautiful" the pissed of ex-drunk and the other guys who need to work and their new album. The opening song is "Luv XXX" which sounds like "Love In An Elevator" in an odd way and probably comes from that era's writing sessions so the entire throwback classic Aerosmith album they've been promising sounds like comeback era Aerosmith instead as far as track one is concerned. The song is passable and I didn't want to slit my wrists while it played.
"Oh Yeah" is a much better song still nothing classic era sounding here still then we get "Beautiful" that is actually a pretty song again so far this album is better than Play by a large margin. But as soon as I heard track four start I was instantly ready to hit the skip button. "Crying", "Crazy", "Amazing", "What It Takes" and "Angel" is repeated once again this time titled "Tell Me" which is a little better than most of those throwaway chick ballads because of the production of Jack Douglas and the very Beatles-esq sheen all over the song. So I kinda enjoyed bits and pieces of the song. The sad part is that Perry still has such a shitty guitar sound and the solo could have just been a nice Telecaster and an old school Fender tube amp with no effects and it would have sounded amazing (
Rock N' A Hard Place era makes an appearance but is that a good thing? No it's not really but that is what I hear on "Out Go The Lights" a weak attempt to sound cool and funky but it comes off sounding like the theme song for Brotus Clay a WWE wrestler. One of the leaked tracks or singles I can't remember now it's been around so long "Legendary Child" makes its appearance to no fan fare because the song was weak ass wanna be Aerosmith sounding Aerosmith in the first place. A very cartoonish version of themselves is what they sound like on the song.
One of those pathetic power ballads and then another but with Carrie Underwood that is fucking ridiculously bad to another to another with some really badly composed uptempo filler adding play time to the album but not value for the listener at all. A "Dream On" rip off ends another disappointing Aerosmith album from guys that are way past their prime and at this point are just ruining their credibility by forcing this non working partnership between the two main players. Really the rest of the band don't matter specifically Joey Kramer who is told how to play which parts by Tyler because Tyler was the drummer first before stepping up front. The other guys are sidemen that get to always participate. If you really want to listen to new Aerosmith then this is what you have to concede to liking and supporting and I'm sure there are many with no taste who will be happy to eat it up and be sheep. I refuse to accept drivel and forgettable material and lie to myself and others who might read my reviews. This album starts off nearly acceptable but quickly turns into sucky garbage and terrible uptempo numbers.
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