Can you think of another artist who quit a band and releases two brilliant solo albums and a third solo album which is a turd(we won’t go there) than rejoining there main bread and butter earner until a few years later?
Well, if your Joe Perry than that is the case! I reviewed Joe’s excellent second solo album I’ve Got The Rock N Rolls Again(1981) Actually I have reviewed it twice. One of the first albums I tackled when I started this blog and when I reacquired that album on vinyl it hit me as an Impact Album in my world!
Recently I came across Joe’s debut Let The Music Do The Talking on vinyl and it was a quick addition to the collection!
Give Joe credit man as back in the early 80’s he splits from one of the biggest arena stadium bands in the world in Aerosmith and goes solo!
I’m sure the Suits at the record company were not pleased but what can you do when 5 stoned guys in a band basically break up over spilled milk!
So here’s Joe taking his guitar and putting together a new rock combo and bam here’s the debut!
Joe assembled for this debut an ass kicker of a band consisting of Lead Singer Ralph Morman. Drummer Ronnie Stewart and Bassist David Hull.
Let The Music Do The Talking ( redone by Aerosmith(Done With Mirrors) in 1985 when Joe returned to the band with Steven Tyler changing the lyrics!) leads off the charge and Joe slip n slides all over the neck of the guitar and Joe and the Boys just let it rip right out of the gate! Basically, this album is just that. Live and fun! Rock N Raw!
Joe handles 4 of the lead vocals on this album and as well enlisted Aerosmith Producer Jack Douglas to produce as well.
Basically, Joe summed up this album best in his autobiography Rocks from a few months back
“Let the Music Do the Talking” – the title track – spoke for itself. It was just how I was feeling. I didn’t need to talk. Didn’t need to explain how much I wanted to be on my own timetable, free to work at my own speed, which was pretty fast. “Conflict of Interest” was inspired by my feelings about the shady side of the record business. I was going straight back to my roots, as demonstrated by the R&B-heavy “Rockin’ Train.” Songs like “Life at a Glance” and “Ready on the Firing Line” were constructed around riffs that had been bouncing around my brain for months
Joe doesn’t fool about amongst the albums 9 tracks. If guitar driven riff rock is up your alley then you might as well spend 36 minutes of your time listening to how it’s supposed to be done!
Nice! Guitar driven riff rock pretty much sums it up. One day i will add it to the collection.
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Right up your alley John!
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Still need this one – CD not LP.
I actually don’t know if I have ever heard Joe’s version of the title track.
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Well,Tyler redid the lyrics and when Aero cut it. Its a great debut from Joe. You cannot really go wrong with the first two Perry solo albums.
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And look at me, I own the third and fourth!
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Ha…your a star!
I got the third one when I suubsribed to Classic Rock Magazine! The fourth one I nver heard..
I’m too stuck on the first 2 man…my problem haha
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The fourth one I rarely listen to…hell I may have given it away! It was a dual disc with a 5.1 mix on the other side. But I didn’t have a 5.1 system back then.
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Excellent that you own this and I’ve Got the Rock ‘n’ Rolls Again on vinyl. I dig both of these and their on my list to pick up should I ever spot them in the wild.
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Joe put out quality no frills riff rock! It’s amazing that he came out of Aerosmith released two brilliant albums as in who quits a band and can blast out tow real good solo album??
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I can’t say it happens too often. Especially not guitarists!
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Exactly…especailly when back than Joe was higher than a kite!
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Yes! Love this album and Got The Rock And Rolls again
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Two fantastic albums! I’m with ya on that for sure! The sound of Joe’s guitar on the second album is oof the hook man…so good
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Nice post. JP is a great guitarist, no doubt.
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If you come across these Jeff grab em! Youtube has em as well…
You will not be disappointed
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Cool write up and Joe Perry was in his element here. Pisses me off how Spotify in the land of Oz doesn’t have those two 80’s albums.
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They are very good albums..once again Youtube has em..
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Yep that’s where I’m at
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Spotify has them! (At least in Canada). They’re under “The Joe Perry Project” instead of Joe Perry. Dumb, I know.
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The main thing is they got em. Spin em. This one and I’ve Got The Rock N Rolls Again which I think is even better!
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Yep found one of the albums but not the other.
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This and I’ve Got The Rock N Rolls Again are both on my want list. Just haven’t come across them yet.
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see previous answer haha
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