Just Push Play
Occupation
- Vocals: Steven Tyler
- Guitar, backing vocals: Joe Perry
- Guitar: Brad Whitford
- Bass: Tom Hamilton
- Drums, Percussion: Joey Kramer
Just Push Play is the thirteenth studio album by the American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in March 2001 on Columbia Records. It reached platinum status in the U.S., but could not repeat the success of previous albums again.
Formation
The album was mainly recorded in Massachusetts South Shore. The drums were recorded in Longview Farms Studio in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, played, the strings in the Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, California, more sound effects in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Village Recorder in Los Angeles. Additional recordings of the piece Fly Away From Here found in the Pearl White Studios, instead of the Whatinthewhatthe Studios and the "Studio in the Sunset Marquis ."
After the relative failure of Nine Lives guitarist Joe Perry and singer Steven Tyler had this time even took control and worked with the assistance of Mark Hudson and Marti Frederiksen. Nevertheless, Perry expressed in hindsight skeptical to Just Push Play and said it was the least of his favorite album. There had never been a time in the recordings, in which all five band members were in the same room. The album showed him how not to make an Aerosmith record:
" I do not think we've made a decent album in years. Just Push Play is my least favorite. When we recorded it there what never a point where all five members were in the room at the sametime and Aerosmith 's major strength is playing together. It was a learning experience for me: it Showed me how not to make an Aerosmith record. "
Reception
In Germany the album reached number six on the charts in the U.S. in second place. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote, even if it had not acted in Just Push Play for a band affair, but the result was better than anything since pumping. He missed three out of five stars.