Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-94441
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Time: 35:46
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 279 Mb
On
November 4, 1985, Aerosmith attempted a comeback with the first album
for Geffen Records (overall eighth studio album) but met with a mixed
bag of rocks. The plus side the return of guitarists of Joe Perry and
Brad Whitford who both respectively left in 1979 and 1981. Don’t get me
wrong I really like the band but it’s tough as I must deliver a fair
review – no favorites.
The lead off song “Let the Music Do the
Talking” was originally from Joe Perry Project band’s first album; but
was reworked for Aerosmith with changes to the lyrics and tone. I have
heard both versions and it really depends on your taste which one is
preferred. “The Reason a Dog” has been harshly judged over time, it is a
playful dirty minded track, folks just need to stop with the thin skin
attitudes. It does have teasing rock-blues melody that feels it should
come from more of bar band than the eighth album of Aerosmith. “Shela”
doesn’t do a thing for me it feels it belongs on someone’s else album,
the tone is off-beat, hence and easy to skip it. Now, “Gypsy Boots”
starts a bit slow, but quickly ratchets into gear it has that classic
AC/DC feel, that pulls the listener back to the reason why I really like
the band. At 2:20 it returns to slow pace of the opening riffs and does
it a few more times though in between the songs rips well. Gotta say
the early vinyl edition included the bluesy track called “She’s on Fire”
and fast groove song that sounds a bit like The Rolling Stones
influence for “The Hop”, with more blues layering. The CD version of
then concluded with the song “Darkness”.
For the purest the original
artwork was all backwards and only readable if held to a mirror, the
remastered version reverses this experimental design which served as a
suggestion of laying out lines of coke to sort off a mirror in the
classic style of then.
(thehorrortimes.com/2025/08/09/aerosmith-done-with-mirrors-1985-by-vincent-mento/)
01. Let The Music Do The Talking (03:48)
02. My Fist Your Face (04:23)
03. Shame On You (03:22)
04. The Reason A dog (04:13)
05. Shela (04:25)
06. Gypsy Boots (04:16)
07. She's On Fire (03:47)
08. The Hop (03:45)
09. Darkness (03:43)
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