AEROSMITH guitarist
Joe Perry and singer
Steven Tyler spoke to
Jed Gottlieb of
BostonHerald.com about the band's long-awaited 15th studio album,
"Music From Another Dimension", which recently had its release date pushed back from August 28 to November 6 (via
Columbia Records).
AEROSMITH began work on its first all-new album since 2001 last year, with the rest of the band working on music while singer
Steven Tyler made his
"American Idol" debut.
"Music From Another Dimension" was helmed by producer
Jack Douglas, who previously worked with
AEROSMITH on classic early albums like
"Toys In The Attic" and
"Rocks" as well as on 2004's
"Honkin' On Bobo".
"People didn't think we had it in us,"
Tyler said. "But, by the grace of God,
Jack Douglas was available. That first year I was doing
'Idol',
Jack happened to be working at a studio,
Swinghouse, here in Hollywood, we did four, maybe five months with
Jack, just like old times, and it worked."
"There's no doubt he has a vision of how things should sound,"
Perry said of
Douglas. "We fight with
Jack and with each other still. But if we didn't, the album would sound like (expletive). We were trying to prove something, we were fighting over songs, but that's how you make a great album."
The first song to be made available from
"Music From Another Dimension" is a reworked version of the band's 1991 outtake
"Legendary Child", which was originally written during the
"Get A Grip" sessions. The track, which can be streamed below, will also be included in the upcoming film
"GI Joe: Retaliation", the release of which has now been pushed back to March 2013.
AEROSMITH performed
"Legendary Child" on May 23 on the season finale of
"American Idol".
"Music From Another Dimension" track listing:
01.
What Could Have Been Love02.
Beautiful03.
Street Jesus04.
Legendary Child05.
Oh Yeah06.
We All Fall Down07.
Another Last Goodbye08.
Out Go the Lights09.
Love Three Times a Day (Hello Goodbye)10.
Closer11.
Shakey Ground12.
Lover A Lot13.
Freedom Fighter14.
Up On The Mountain
"Legendary Child" audio stream:
