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Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts Audio CD

A fair review of the Aerosmith "Night in the Ruts" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Aerosmith reviews here, or go back to the Aerosmith tabs.

Aerosmith Band: Aerosmith
Title: Night in the Ruts
Rating:
Release Date: 1993-09-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: No Surprize 2: Chiquita 3: Remember (Walking in the Sand) 4: Cheese Cake 5: Three Mile Smile 6: Reefer Head Woman 7: Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy) 8: Think About It 9: Mia

Nuts is right
I don't know why it took so long, but I glad it is now available. I've been waiting for ages for this Aerosmith release to come out in the MP3 format. I think this is one of the band's most underrated releases, which is a shame, as it is solid and lots of fun to listen to.

It was Nuts for this to take so long to be released in the MP3/Digital Download format.


Surprisingly strong


The state of the band is evident in the cover, but the music is second to none. Considering the band was falling apart and as Joe Perry put it, they were drug addicts dabbling as musicians rather than musicians dabbling in drugs, this album is a class act. It starts off with the classic No Surprize, one of Aerosmith's best tracks. There is a tired, ragged, but rich version of Remember Walking In The Sand.


The highlight has to be Cheese Cake, with fantastic steel guitar from Joe Perry who left the band during the making of it. Other very strong songs are Bone To Bone, Reefer Headed Woman and a beautiful song called Mia, written by Steven Tyler about his newborn daughter.

Tom Hamilton and Joey Krammer are as ever the backbone of Aerosmith and are probably responsible for holding them together during the dark times.

Night In The Ruts is highly recommended. .


Rebound !

I like the song selection. You know the only problem that I have with this album is the production.
I think that it was a good return to the roots of Aerosmiths first album which I happen to think is the bands best.
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Last of the classics
Not really memorable though. Not a bad album at all. A few great tracks with "No Surprise" and the cover of a rare Yardbirds b-side "Think About It". The rest is ok but it is clear that the ship was running out of steam at this point.


It's not as bad as portrayed
However, it does have it's moments, and the first 3 songs were probably the best material to come out since "Rocks". This album got alot of flak as it was the album that caused the band to break up. The album kicks off with autobiographical "No Surprize", then it goes into one of the best rockers the band ever pulled off "Chiquita", and finally a rather good version of: "Remember(Walking In The Sand)" it has a dark sinister side to it, but so did the Shangri-La's version. Songs 4-7 to me were rather forgettable; about as forgettable as the recording sessions probably were for this album. It does pick up with thier cover of the Yardbird's song "Think About It", but I found it a little bit too long, finally the band's darkest song ever, and I do mean ever: "Mia". This showed the group at it's lowest, and probably it's least inspired. The drugs weren't doing the magic anymore, and it would tear the group apart as Joe Perry would leave, and form his own band, Brad Whitford would leave 6 months later, and then Steven Tyler would get the double whammy as he would experience a heart attack onstage, and then a motorcycle accident. The 70's ended with a whimper, and that would bring in the uptight 80's. .


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