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Just Push Play is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, co-produced by song collaborators Marti Frederiksen and Mark Hudson and was released in March 6, 2001. The album's first single, "Jaded", became a Top 10 hit in the US and around the world. As a result, Just Push Play was certified Platinum within a month of its release.

Just Push Play
Studio album by Aerosmith
Released	March 6, 2001[1]
Recorded	April–December 2000[2]
Genre	Hard rock pop metal[3]
Length	48:56 (US) 53:34 (International)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Steven Tyler Joe Perry Mark Hudson Marti Frederiksen[2]
Aerosmith chronology
Nine Lives (1997) Just Push Play (2001) Honkin' on Bobo (2004)
Singles from Just Push Play
"Jaded" Released: December 21, 2000 "Just Push Play" Released: April 17, 2001 "Fly Away from Here" Released: June 2, 2001 "Sunshine" Released: 2001

Subsequent singles "Fly Away from Here", "Sunshine", and "Just Push Play", though garnering some airplay, failed to impact the Hot 100, although the latter two reached the US Mainstream Rock chart and the former appeared within the Adult Top 40.

Background

The album's cover, which was designed by Hajime Sorayama, features a gynoid resembling Marilyn Monroe.[4] The illustration had already been used for the cover of a compilation album of various artists hits called Video Sound, released in 1985, and which did not include any Aerosmith songs.[5]

Several songs were recorded for the album that went unused. "Ain't It True", "Easy", "Innocent Man", "I Love You Down", and "Sweet Due" can be linked as originating from these sessions. "Angel's Eye" was used for the soundtrack to the 2000 film Charlie's Angels. "Face" and "Won't Let You Down" were issued as bonus tracks on later pressings of the album; these songs are listed in copyright repertories. The track "Do You Wonder" was supposedly recorded for this album, as well.

In 2010, guitarist Joe Perry criticized the album:

I don't think we've made a decent album in years. Just Push Play is my least favorite. When we recorded it there was never a point where all five members were in the room at the same time and Aerosmith's major strength is playing together. It was a learning experience for me: it showed me how not to make an Aerosmith record.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Blender	[9]
Entertainment Weekly	B[10]
Jam!	unfavorable[11]
NME	[12]
Robert Christgau	[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]

Metacritic gave the album 65 out of 100 based on 14 generally favorable reviews.[7]

For his review of Just Push Play for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that it was their best-sounding album in the past decade, as well as "tighter, savvier, and better" than anything since their 1989 album Pump, but it was not much compared to Pump and its 1987 predecessor, Permanent Vacation. He felt it lacked anything memorable, and the band's "refusal to act their age results in a couple of embarrassing slips into stodginess".[8]

Ben Mitchell of Blender magazine said the album was somewhat better than their 1997 effort Nine Lives, but was not with the times and was rather poor.[9]

Darryl Stredan strongly disliked the album, to the point that he considered it proof that Aerosmith should stop making new music.[11] Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly called the album 'good but not great'.[10]

NME said that most of the album is not new, but the album was Aerosmith's first album to feature rap metal with songs like "Just Push Play" and "Outta Your Head".[12]

David Fricke of Rolling Stone said that Just Push Play was the closest Aerosmith had come to a 'great album' since 1976's Rocks, despite the 'weak spots' of the album's power ballads.[14] Robert Christgau picked out the album's lead single, "Jaded", as a choice cut.[13]

The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 2001, including Best Rock Album (Just Push Play), Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group ("Jaded"), and Best Short Form Music Video ("Fly Away from Here").[15]

Just Push Play debuted at No. 2 within the Billboard 200, selling over 240,000 copies in its first week.[16]

Track listing

NB: On the original version, roughly 45 seconds after "Avant Garden" a hidden track entitled "Under My Skin Reprise" plays for about one minute. On the international version, the track is roughly 40 seconds after "Face" and on the Japanese version after "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".^{[citation needed]}

Personnel

Aerosmith

• Steven Tyler – lead vocals, piano, squeezebox, harmonica, percussion, additional guitar and drums, conga, backing vocals on "Drop Dead Gorgeous", mixing, production
• Joe Perry – guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, hurdy-gurdy, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Drop Dead Gorgeous," mixing, production
• Brad Whitford – guitar
• Tom Hamilton – bass guitar, fretless bass
• Joey Kramer – drums

Additional musicians

• Jim Cox – piano on "Fly Away From Here"
• Paul Santo – keyboards Kurzweil on "Fly Away from Here", Hammond organ on "Avant Garden", engineering at the Bryer Patch
• Tower of Power – horns on "Trip Hoppin'"
• Dan Higgins – clarinet, saxophone on "Trip Hoppin'"
• Chelsea Tyler – backing vocals on "Under My Skin"
• Paul Caruso – loop programming on "Drop Dead Gorgeous", engineering at the Boneyard
• Liv Tyler – whispers on "Avant Garden"
• Tony Perry – scratching on "Just Push Play"

Production

• Marti Frederiksen – production, mixing, recording
• Mark Hudson – production, mixing
• Mike Shipley – mixing
• Richard Chycki – recording
• Bryan Carrigan – additional engineering
• David Campbell – strings arrangements, except on "Sunshine", "Luv Lies", and "Avant Garden"
• Jim Cox – string arrangements on "Sunshine", "Luv Lies", and "Avant Garden", horns arrangements
• Alan Sides – engineering on strings
• Scott Gordon – engineering on horns and strings
• George Marino – mastering
• John Kalodner – John Kalodner
• Lesie Langlo – artist and repertoire coordination
• Kevin Reagan – art direction, design
• Matthew Lindauer – design
• Mark Seliger – photography
• Hajime Sorayama – illustrations

Studios

Aerosmith recorded Just Push Play from April to December 2000 at:[2]

• The Boneyard & The Bryer Patch
• Long View Farms Studio, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
• Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
• Sound Techniques
• Village Recorders, Los Angeles
• Pearl White Studios
• Whatinthewhatthe? Studios
• The Studio in the Sunset Marquis, West Hollywood, California

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Just Push Play"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[42]	Gold	20,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[43]	Gold	50,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[44]	2× Platinum	400,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[45]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)[47]	Platinum	1,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Sources

• Furniss, Matters (2012). Aerosmith: Uncensored on the Record. Warwickshire, UK: Coda Books. ISBN 978-1781580141.

На других языках

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[de] Just Push Play

Just Push Play ist das dreizehnte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Hard-Rock-Band Aerosmith. Es erschien im März 2001 bei Columbia Records. Es erreichte Platin-Status in den USA, konnte jedoch erneut nicht die Erfolge der Vorgängeralben wiederholen.

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- [en] Just Push Play

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[es] Just Push Play

Just Push Play es el decimotercer álbum de estudio de Aerosmith, lanzado el 6 de marzo de 2001[1] por el sello Columbia Records. Hasta el momento es el único disco de la banda influenciado por el pop rock de la época. El arte de portada es un trabajo de Hajime Sorayama[9] que ya había sido utilizado para la tapa del compilado de éxitos de artistas varios Video Sound editado en 1985, y que no contenía ninguna canción de Aerosmith.[10]

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[ru] Just Push Play

Just Push Play — тринадцатый студийный альбом американской рок-группы Aerosmith, выпущенный 6 марта 2001 года на лейбле Columbia Records.

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