September 1983
The Joe Perry Project
Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker
2.25 out of 5
The Joe Perry Project
Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker
2.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Crossfire
Adrianna
Crossfire
Adrianna
If you couldn’t get enough of Paul Stanley’s solo album and wondered how it would sound if he was a bit more obsessed with blues guitar stylings, this is the record for you.
There’s no doubt that Perry can play. There is a question about his singing ability. And about his charisma. And songwriting prowess. None of those are in full regalia here. He’s bad at all of it. I actually didn’t mind his previous two solo records but this one doesn’t even reach the 1st floor apartment balcony heights of the previous or the higher aspirations of his first without his glimmer twin, “Let the Music Do the Talking”, which was actually a very good record.
Only when we get to the end of the first side, “Crossfire” and the beginning of Side Two, “Adrianna” do we get some signs that maybe this project can add up to something more interesting than just a Joe Perry vanity show. But whatever good credit he’s amassed during this stretch is undone by the overtly sleazy cover of “Bang a Gong”. T-Rex didn’t deserve this, Joe. Leave that shit to Crue.
The Aerosmith reunion is now overdue.
There’s no doubt that Perry can play. There is a question about his singing ability. And about his charisma. And songwriting prowess. None of those are in full regalia here. He’s bad at all of it. I actually didn’t mind his previous two solo records but this one doesn’t even reach the 1st floor apartment balcony heights of the previous or the higher aspirations of his first without his glimmer twin, “Let the Music Do the Talking”, which was actually a very good record.
Only when we get to the end of the first side, “Crossfire” and the beginning of Side Two, “Adrianna” do we get some signs that maybe this project can add up to something more interesting than just a Joe Perry vanity show. But whatever good credit he’s amassed during this stretch is undone by the overtly sleazy cover of “Bang a Gong”. T-Rex didn’t deserve this, Joe. Leave that shit to Crue.
The Aerosmith reunion is now overdue.
No comments:
Post a Comment