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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
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Release Date: 2008-02-01
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

Switch the "N" and the "R" for the real album title.
Part of the whole "the drugs were ruining 'em in the late '70s" campaign. Like Draw The Line, this is another Aerosmith gem that often gets overlooked. But really this is a solid slab of straight-up rocking (with a few funky moments per usual). People also think of this as the first album without Joe Perry. But he's actually on most of the tracks and a driving force of the album's best moments ("No Suprize", "Chiquita", "Cheese Cake" and "Three Mile Smile"). Hell, even the few cuts without him are decent. I like their staggering, weary version of "Remember (Walking In The Sand)". Overall, the album has a smoky, dark and majestic quality I really dig. These late '70s albums of Aerosmith are exactly the kind the Stones should have been recording after Exile. .


RIGHT IN THE {.....}..... HEY! THIS ALBUM F@%&#N RULES!!!
Whats up? Draw The Line is pretty flat and mainly B-grade Aerosmith. People overlook this bit like crazy, and then go and carve Draw The Line into their desks at school. RUTS is a trashy rock and roll sleaze party from its rip rawkin open to its boozed out finish. The rock songs KICK with a sleazy groove that defines who they are (theres no metal songs, but they ain't a metal band, they are sleaze blues, and thats what they are puttin down here. . . ) The ballads are dark and foggy but they still groove, and they still maintain an equal amount of sleaze.

I've praised this album before and got slammed by other reviewers for it. Hear me cry people! With every passing year, I realize more and more how cool the music on this disc is. SO they weren't riting hits, and a third of the songs are cover songs. . . so what? THINK ABOUT IT, the Yardbirds cover, is absolutely bone chilling at first, then it slams on the gas and partys down! REEFER HEAD WOMAN is blues at its finest. . . one of A-smiths BEST stoned send ups. The originals are anything but lackluster either. . . THREE MILE SMILE makes my floorboards shake. . . Aerosmith delivered one more true booze rock album with RUTS. Don't forget it. Aerosmiths gig in Summer 2009 is to play full albums in the concert mix. I already know they are doing Toys in my town. . . but I've decided that live RUTS would be hella sweet. HELLA SWEET! This album always gets better! .


My Favorite Aerosmith Album
This was the last album they recorded before Joe Perry allegedly physically fought with Steven Tyler over Tyler's drug addiction and left the band. If you like the newer, more pop-rock Aerosmith you may not like this. There's no Rag Doll, no Dude Looks Like A Lady, and especially no sappy Don't Wanna Miss A Thing movie song here. Just good old-fashioned American hard-driving rock & roll, powerful and true. Even their cover of Remember (Walking In The Sand) on this disc had a good edge to it. I love every song, my personal favorites are the first two, No Surprize and Chiquita. Chiquita features a tough, gritty Joe Perry guitar riff, and Joey Kramer hits 'em so hard it sounds like he'll put the sticks thru 'em. If you want to hear the REAL Aerosmith, before they went Hollywood, give this one a listen.


Aerosmith's last album, before breaking up
The fight apparently had something to do with their drug-abuse. The band got in a fist-fight & broke up, after releasing this album. This is their last album that has a true garage-door band nitty-gritty sound. A few years later, when the band reconciled their differences & got back together, their music had changed & had become main-stream classic-rock. What can I say? Fame & fortune always spoils a good thing? .


surprising good
In fact, the scheduled concert in my hometown was cancelled. The band was pretty much on the verge of collapsing at this point. Something to do with drug issues in the band(duh). The album in general was very good. The guitar playing was excellent and seemed to be energetic. I never did understand why they would do a cover of "Walking in the Sand". That would have fit GnR's The Spaghetti Incident" that you find in the $2 cd pile at Walmart.


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