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Just Push Play (2001)

Where the lyrics of Just Push Play take you, and where it was really made.

The cover image had already appeared in 1985 on a compilation that included no Aerosmith songs.

Key places

Drums at Long View Farm (2001)

Recording site Long View Farm Studios — Drums for the album were recorded at Long View Farm Studios in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. The map point is approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Strings at Ocean Way (2001)

Recording site Ocean Way Recording — Strings for the album were recorded at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles. The map point is approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Strings at The Village Recorder (2001)

Recording site Village Recorders — The album was recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, which is listed among the studios used for the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A studio in the Sunset Marquis (2001)

Recording site NightBird (West Hollywood) — The album was also recorded at The Studio in the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, California. The point is set at city level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Just Push Play: thirteenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith
• Co-produced by song collaborators Marti Frederiksen and Mark Hudson
• Released March 5, 2001
• Recorded April to December 2000 at several studios

Background

• Several songs were recorded for the album but went unused
• "Angel's Eye" was used for the soundtrack of the 2000 film Charlie's Angels instead
• Joe Perry is quoted in later years criticizing the album

Recording

• Drums recorded at Long View Farm Studios in North Brookfield, Massachusetts
• Strings recorded at Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles), Sound Techniques (Boston), and Village Recorders (Los Angeles)
• Other listed studios include The Boneyard & The Bryer Patch, and The Studio in the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, California

Cover

• Cover designed by Hajime Sorayama, a gynoid resembling Marilyn Monroe
• The illustration had earlier been used for Video Sound, a 1985 compilation of various artists' hits with no Aerosmith songs

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Boston in 1970 by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, and Brad Whitford after the Jam Band and Chain Reaction merged.
• The name was suggested by Joey Kramer, who had seen the word "aerosmith" in his school notebooks.
• Their first gig was at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, Massachusetts, on November 6, 1970.

Members

• Current lineup: Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry and Brad Whitford (guitars), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums).
• Perry and Whitford left in 1979 and 1981 and returned in 1984; the original five were reunited from 1984 onward.
• Tyler and Perry are the main songwriting team, nicknamed the "Toxic Twins".

Career

• Debut album in 1973 and Toys in the Attic (1975) and Rocks (1976) established their blues-based hard rock sound.
• The 1986 Run-D.M.C. collaboration on "Walk This Way" revived their career, followed by Permanent Vacation (1987), Pump (1989), and Get a Grip (1993).
• "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1998) was their only Billboard Hot 100 number one.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001; sold more than 150 million records worldwide.
• Retired from touring in 2024 after Tyler's vocal injury; released the EP One More Time with Yungblud in 2025.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard 200 debut at No. 2
• Sold over 240,000 copies in the first week
• Metacritic: generally favorable reviews, weighted average score of 65 out of 100 from 14 critic scores
• AllMusic: Stephen Thomas Erlewine said it was the band's best-sounding album in the past decade
• Entertainment Weekly: Chris Willman called the album "good but not great"
• Rolling Stone: David Fricke said it was the closest Aerosmith had come to a "great album" since 1976's Rocks

Records

• Certified Platinum by the RIAA within a month of release
• Three Grammy nominations in 2001, including Best Rock Album
• Nominated also for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group ("Jaded") and Best Short Form Music Video ("Fly Away from Here")

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The first single "Jaded" became a Top 10 hit in the US and around the world.
• Several songs were recorded for the album that went unused, and the album's later pressings added bonus tracks.
• "Angel's Eye" was used for the soundtrack to the 2000 film Charlie's Angels.
• In 2010, guitarist Joe Perry criticized the album, saying the band never had all five members in the room at the same time while recording it.
• Perry called it his least favorite Aerosmith album and said it showed him how not to make an Aerosmith record.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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