Get A Grip by Aerosmith which includes songs like Eat The Rich and Livin' On The Edge

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Get a Grip

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Artist: Aerosmith
Publisher: Geffen Records
Release Date: November 2001
UPC: 606949309527
List Price: ~~$13.98~~

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While Aerosmith were busy capitalizing on the successes spawned by its improbable, career-reviving Permanent Vacation and Pump albums, the rock world was undergoing a Nirvana-inspired seismic shift. And although the Boston boogie-rockers had long worn the "dinosaur" tag as a badge of honor, this 1993 album is evidence that they took the twin challenges posed by the upsurge of alternative and hip-hop as something more than mere inconvenience. Unfortunately, the sometimes painfully forced, something-for-everyone results only argued that musicians should stick to their guns, come hell, high water--or ominous fashion trends. Or maybe they should have heeded the old adage about too many cooks. Indeed, Aerosmith is supplemented--and sometimes seemingly supplanted--here by no less than six outside writers (including previous vets Desmond Child and Jim Vallance, as well as Hudson brother Mark and retro soul-rocker Lenny Kravitz), and the schizoid production of Vacation and Pump helmsman Bruce Fairbairn, who seems as comfortable with alt rock's less-is-more ethos as Stone Cold Steve Austin would be in a tutu. The band should've known better, too. The social consciousness of "Livin' on the Edge" seems contrived, with Steven Tyler's intermittent rapping utterly disconnected from that on his pioneering "Walk This Way," while "Eat the Rich" inexplicably promotes auto-cannibalism. It's an album that goes all over the map to get uncomfortably close to nowhere. --Jerry McCulley

Tracks:
Intro
Eat The Rich
Get A Grip
Fever
Livin' On The Edge
Flesh
Walk On Down
Shut Up And Dance
Cryin'
Gotta Love It
Crazy
Line Up
Amazing
Boogie Man

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great rock that leaves you scratchin' for more

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Aerosmith enjoys popularity these days decades after they formed their band. Their rock sounds are classic and catchy at the same time; and their rock ballads move me very much. This CD, entitled Get A Grip, gives us Aerosmith at their very best.

"Eat The Rich" gets some of its power by switching back and forth rapidly from major and minor keys; the electric guitars also make this number special. Love that percussion--Steve Tyler and Joe Perry sing like no other duo! The underlying beat from the drums and percussion work to make this a song that rocks hard; and Aerosmith lets people rail against the rich to express their anger that some people are "more equal that other" simply because they are wealthy. Great! "Get A Grip" also uses drums and percussion for the underlying main beat of this number; and the use of major and minor chords in "Get A Grip" proves to be a strong tactic to make this "Get A Grip" rock hard! You will like "Get A Grip" very much!

"Livin' On The Edge" gives us a beautiful rock ballad by this stellar band; Aerosmith cries out against everything bad in this world. The electric guitars work to bolster this number; and Steven Tyler sings this flawlessly with Joe Perry helping him well. Great! Good chorus, too. "Cryin'" rocks hard but remains squarely in the realm of rock ballad; Steven Tyler sings of how he was sad without a true love before he met his girlfriend; but now that she's gone he's equally sad once again. "Cryin'" uses the drums and percussion very well; and those classic chord and tempo changes make this a beautiful rock ballad. "Cryin'" is worth the price of admission all on its own!

"Amazing" recalls Steven Tyler's true story of how he used drugs that didn't help him at all even though at the time he thought they were making his life less painful. This passionate ballad moves me with its beauty; and Steven sings with without a superfluous note! The band back him up flawlessly; "Amazing" is easily a highlight of this album; and I believe that it's one of their best songs ever as well. I especially like the way Aerosmith uses the strings to lift this number even higher; and the band jams like they never did before on "Amazing."

The CD track set ends with the instrumental "Boogie Night." The electric guitars start playing softly and then as they get louder "Boogie Man" takes off like a jet! Good bass from Tom Hamilton, too.

The liner notes include great artwork and we also get the lyrics to all the songs on this CD. Awesome!

Aerosmith scored a major coup with Get A Grip; and if we're lucky they'll never stop!

Rock on, Aerosmith!

Rockin' It Soft

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There's some really good music on this album, though it's not nearly as hard rocking as fans of the older Aerosmith would expect (or perhaps want). The three singles "Amazing," "Cryin'," and "Crazy" in particular seem like commercialized pop-rock. That isn't to say that I don't like them. As much as I generally hate rock that sounds like it was especially made for radio/MTV, those three songs are just too good to dislike. Then there are the other songs like "Livin' On the Edge" and "Eat the Rich," which also got some attention and aren't too bad. Overall, while it's not nearly as rocking as the classic Aerosmith stuff, it's perhaps just as good.

Three in a row for the Bad Boys from Boston!

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This is the third in an incredibly tasty trio of albums from the Bad Boys from Boston ("Permanent Vacation", "Pump", and "Get a Grip"). Many (most?) fans from the early days don't appreciate these releases from the band's days with Geffen Records, but I'm just as blown away by them as "Get Your Wings", "Toys in the Attic" and "Rocks" from their Columbia Records era.
Again, many current concert staples, like "Eat the Rich", "Livin' on the Edge", and "Cryin'". But, also, some other great rockers like the title cut, "Fever", "Flesh", "Shut Up and Dance", "Crazy", "Line Up" and "Amazing". This was Aerosmith at their MTV best. Now approaching 40 years together, and truly better than ever in concert. Rock on dudes!

yes,that's right a 5 star review

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those familiar to my reviews know that I don't hand out a 5 star review very easily and yet here is one and the follow up to this 'nine lives' also gets a 5 star review...it's really that good

Aerosmith needs to be given a lot of credit,in a world dominated by humongous egos,they realized that they needed some help in the songwriting department...those that sing the praises of old era aerosmith seem to forget that alongside of amazing anthems like 'walk this way' and 'sweet emotion' and 'dream on' they also penned the songs on 'rock in a hard place' and 'night in the ruts' and 'draw the line'
nobody can hit a home run every time and they were able to push their ego to the side (after the commercial bomb that was called 'done with mirrors') to realize that having outside songwriters would allow them to do what they do best and that is rock and roll like there's no tomorrow...the music is catchy from the first song to the last on this great CD and Steven has a chance to write some extremely cleaver lyrics...
to those that wish to dismiss this release because of the trio of ballads I challenge you to find any band that could release so many beautiful ballads and STILL hold street credibility,which Aerosmith has done for a long,long time
this CD and the follow up is a true work of art from a songwriting standpoint and the musicianship never suffers
this band is still as tight as ever and Steven's vocals are spot on perfect

the CD starts with a very weird intro and goes into Eat The Rich...okay the lyrics are intentionally tongue in cheek,it's meant to be taken as funny (come on people,grow a sense of humor) put aside the comical lyrics about eating wealthy people and you are left with one heck of a catchy rock song,perfect way to open this album...from there it goes to the title track 'get a grip' more hooks that'll stick with you and more cleaver lyrics...I won't go through each and every song but what I will say is this,the lyrical topics are varied,the songs are very catchy (both rockers and ballads alike) the production is perfect (Bruce Fairbairn had producing great commercial rock albums down to a science..simply put in 3 words 'slippery when wet')
of course the highlight of the album is the 3 monster hits (which all featured Alicia Silverstone in the videos which would HAVE to score points to any man with a heartbeat)'cryin', 'crazy' and 'amazing'
all are absolutely beautiful and in 20 years I believe will be classics nearly on level with 'dream on' ...those that want to bust on Aerosmith for "selling out" by writing ballads obviously are forgetting "Dream On","Cry Me A River","You See Me Crying" and others from their past...
every song on this CD is great and each has a different emotion and is worthy

the upside - great songs throughout,top notch performances,and a great polished production...this is rock and roll...commercial and yet with an attitude

the downside - some of the songs were overplayed (certainly not Aerosmith's fault for doing songs that good that people wanted to hear 'em over and over

the bottom line - If you are a fan of good melodic music,with some cleaver lyrics worth really listening carefully to,this is definitely one to have...it also includes one of my favorite quotes,at the end of 'Amazing' they say 'the light at the end of the tunnel may be you' think about it,it inspires me,simple yet brilliant...Get A Grip is a must fan for all rock fans everywhere,run out and buy it now,donutman says so!!!

Another Strong One

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Another decent one from the boys. The album opens with a rap from Steven Tyler followed by several samples from this and previous albums then kicks straight into "Eat The Rich". It is a great opening sequence and sets the tone for the rest of the album. After that though things get a bit more average. The rest of the album is pretty much by numbers Aerosmith which is not necessarily a bad thing, but there is not a lot to distinguish this album from many of their other works. There are several huge hits represented here including "Fever", and three big ballads "Crying", "Amazing", and "Crazy" none of which rank up with their best ballads IMO. Overall this is a pretty typical Aerosmith album, but for the most part I like it.