#92
Jon Rosenberg
March 1 1980
The Joe Perry Project
Let the Music Do the Talking
Genre: 70’s Rawk
Allen’s Rating: 4 out of 5
Jon’s Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Allen’s Highlights:
Let the Music Do the Talking
Jon’s Highlights:
Let the Music Do the Talking
Discount Dogs
Rockin’ Train (more cowbell!)
Ready on the Firing Line
By Jon Rosenberg
As I mentioned to Captain Lulu, the cool thing about albums that came out in 1980 is that they’re basically 70’s albums – before music got all synth-y and over-produced. I know some people love that 80’s sound, but I ain’t one of them! So, I was very happy to give a listen to Joe Perry’s first solo album because I knew it would rock – and it does!
Joe definitely had something to prove after he left Aerosmith in ’79 when the drugs, booze, and bullshit got out of control. And what he proved is that Aerosmith needed him much more than he needed them. Lead singer, Ralph Morman, who sounds a lot like a less-screechy Steven Tyler, acquits himself admirably, and the rest of the band pulls their weight as well. Unfortunately, as so often happens with side-projects, the listening public decided that the whole was greater than the sum of its parts and after two more solo albums (with diminishing returns) Joe was back in Aerosmith.
This is a fun record. Nothing ground-breaking or particularly innovative. It kind of feels like a lost album, a last gasp of 70’s hard rock, before New Wave and Punk took over while Rap waited in the wings. Personally, I was never a big Aerosmith fan (I do dig the hits, of course), but if you are, I can recommend this album whole-heartedly. You could do a lot worse than giving JPP a spin!
https://open.spotify.com/album/7q1JS2ahdeotbQflsP7mdS?si=EPnFbaoVSEW_PzNKPfsumg
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