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Aerosmith - Rock In A Hard Place



6.4 | 67 votes |
Release date: 1 August 1982
Style: Hard rock, Blues rock

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01. Jailbait
02. Lightning Strikes
03. Bitch's Brew
04. Bolivian Ragamuffin
05. Cry Me A River [Arthur Hamilton cover]
06. Prelude To Joanie
07. Joanie's Butterfly
08. Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)
09. Jig Is Up
10. Push Comes To Shove

Additional info
Labels: Columbia, CBS / CBS/Sony

Produced by Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler and Tony Bongiovi.
Engineered by Jack Douglas, Tony Bongiovi, Bruce Hersal, Garry Rindfuss, Jim Sessody, John Agnello, Josh Abbey, Malcolm Pollack, Zoe Yanakis and Godfrey Diamond.
Mastered by George Marino.

Staff review by
omne metallum
Rating:
6.4
Probably the most apt title in the band's career next to Rocks, Rock In A Hard Place sees Aerosmith do as the title suggests, rock out while strung out.

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published 14.09.2020 | Comments (1)

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03.09.2013 - 19:48
Rating: 5
musicalkaratekid

I think it's safe to say that this is the first bad Aerosmith album. It's the band's first release of the 80s, but it can't be helped that the instrumentation just sounds bland for the most part, and Tyler's vocal chords were not working to his advantage at all. A lot of songs here just don't click, most notably 'Lightning strikes', which seems to adopt a BOC-esque structure, and the couplet that is the absolutely pointless 'Prelude to Joanie' and it's much better albeit generally so-so successor 'Joanie's butterfly', which is two minutes too long. There are a few nice songs to be found here though. 'Jailbait', although not the best opener to an Aerosmith album, does kick into gear eventually, and the title track makes for fun listening with its constant harmonica/saxohpone interludes entwined with perry's excitable guitar work. At least the band would go on to make better albums (Call them 'sell-outs', if you will) after this.
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20.09.2022 - 16:59
Timelord

Written by musicalkaratekid on 03.09.2013 at 19:48

I think it's safe to say that this is the first bad Aerosmith album. It's the band's first release of the 80s, but it can't be helped that the instrumentation just sounds bland for the most part, and Tyler's vocal chords were not working to his advantage at all. A lot of songs here just don't click, most notably 'Lightning strikes', which seems to adopt a BOC-esque structure, and the couplet that is the absolutely pointless 'Prelude to Joanie' and it's much better albeit generally so-so successor 'Joanie's butterfly', which is two minutes too long. There are a few nice songs to be found here though. 'Jailbait', although not the best opener to an Aerosmith album, does kick into gear eventually, and the title track makes for fun listening with its constant harmonica/saxohpone interludes entwined with perry's excitable guitar work. At least the band would go on to make better albums (Call them 'sell-outs', if you will) after this.


Joe Perry wasn't in the band for this record.and it shows big time. Jimmy Crespo took Perry's place from 1979-1984.
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