Just Push Play

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Field	Value
name	Just Push Play
type	studio
artist	Aerosmith
cover	Aerosmith - Just Push Play.JPG
released	March 5, 2001
recorded	April–December 2000
genre	*Hard rock
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label	Columbia
*Marti Frederiksen<ref name	"notes"/
prev_title	Nine Lives
prev_year	1997
next_title	Honkin' on Bobo
next_year	2004
misc	{{Singles
name	Just Push Play
type	studio
single1	Jaded
single1date	February 20, 2001
single2	Just Push Play
single2date	April 17, 2001
single3	Fly Away from Here
single3date	June 2, 2001
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::callout[type=note] the Aerosmith album ::

| name = Just Push Play | type = studio | artist = Aerosmith | cover = Aerosmith - Just Push Play.JPG | alt = | released = March 5, 2001 | recorded = April–December 2000 | studio = | genre = *Hard rock

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• 48:56 (US)
• 53:34 (International)}} | label = Columbia | producer =
• Steven Tyler
• Joe Perry
• Mark Hudson
• Marti Frederiksen | prev_title = Nine Lives | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Honkin' on Bobo | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = Just Push Play | type = studio | single1 = Jaded | single1date = February 20, 2001 | single2 = Just Push Play | single2date = April 17, 2001 | single3 = Fly Away from Here | single3date = June 2, 2001

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 on March 5, 2001. Just Push Play debuted at No. 2 within the Billboard 200, selling over 240,000 copies in its first week, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America within a month of its release.

The album's first single, "Jaded", became a Top 10 hit in the US and around the world. 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. 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.

Several songs were recorded for the album that went unused. "Ain't It True", "Easy", "Innocent Man", "I Love You Down", "We Love To Say This", "Sweet Due" and "Zorro" 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. The track "Do You Wonder" was supposedly recorded for this album, as well.

In 2010, guitarist Joe Perry criticized the album:

Critical reception

| MC = 65/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Blender | rev2score = | rev3 = Christgau’s Consumer Guide | rev3score = | rev4 = Dotmusic | rev4score = | rev5 = Entertainment Weekly | rev5score = B | rev6 = The Guardian | rev6score = | rev7 = NME | rev7score = 6/10 | rev8 = Q | rev8score = | rev9 = Rolling Stone | rev9score = Metacritic gave the album 65 out of 100 based on 14 generally favorable reviews.

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".

Darryl Stredan strongly disliked the album, to the point that he considered it proof that Aerosmith should stop making new music. Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly called the album "good but not great". NME said that while most of the album is not new, it was their first to feature rap metal with songs like "Just Push Play" and "Outta Your Head".

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. Robert Christgau picked out the album's lead single, "Jaded", as a choice cut.

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").

Track listing

| headline = Just Push Play track listing | title1 = Beyond Beautiful | writer1 = | length1 = 4:45 | title2 = Just Push Play | writer2 = | length2 = 3:51 | title3 = Jaded | writer3 = | length3 = 3:34 | title4 = Fly Away from Here | writer4 = | length4 = 5:01 | title5 = Trip Hoppin' | writer5 = | length5 = 4:27 | title6 = Sunshine | writer6 = | length6 = 3:37 | title7 = Under My Skin | writer7 = | length7 = 3:45 | title8 = Luv Lies | writer8 = | length8 = 4:26 | title9 = Outta Your Head | writer9 = | length9 = 3:22 | title10 = Drop Dead Gorgeous | writer10 = | length10 = 3:42 | title11 = Light Inside | writer11 = | length11 = 3:34 | title12 = Avant Garden | writer12 = | length12 = 4:52 | total_length = 48:56

| headline = International version | total_length = 53:34 | title13 = Face"/"Under My Skin | note13 = reprise; starts at 3:38 | writer13 = | length13 = 4:38 | title14 = Jaded | note14 = video | writer14 = | length14 = 3:47

| headline = Japanese version | total_length = 57:35 | title13 = Won't Let You Down | writer13 = | length13 = 3:38 | title14 = I Don't Want to Miss a Thing | writer14 = Diane Warren | length14 = 4:58

| headline = Japanese limited edition – disc two | title1 = Just Push Play | note1 = radio remix | writer1 = | length1 = 3:16 | title2 = Same Old Song and Dance | note2 = live from California Jam II, 1978 | writer2 = | length2 = 5:13 | title3 = Draw the Line | note3 = live from California Jam II, 1978 | writer3 = | length3 = 4:32 | title4 = Chip Away the Stone | note4 = live from California Jam II, 1978 | writer4 = Richard Supa | length4 = 4:24 | title5 = Big Ten Inch Record | note5 = live from Texxas Jam, 1978 | writer5 = Fred Weismantel | length5 = 3:58 | title6 = Lord of the Thighs | note6 = live from Texxas Jam, 1978 | writer6 = Tyler | length6 = 7:13 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".

Personnel

Aerosmith

• Steven Tylerlead vocals, piano, squeezebox, harmonica, percussion, additional guitar and drums, conga, backing vocals on "Drop Dead Gorgeous", mixing, production
• Joe Perryguitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, hurdy-gurdy, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Drop Dead Gorgeous", mixing, production
• Brad Whitfordguitar
• Tom Hamiltonbass guitar, fretless bass
• Joey Kramerdrums Additional musicians
• Jim Coxpiano on "Fly Away From Here"
• Paul Santokeyboards Kurzweil on "Fly Away from Here", Hammond organ on "Avant Garden", engineering at the Bryer Patch
• Tower of Powerhorns on "Trip Hoppin'"
• Dan Higginsclarinet, saxophone on "Trip Hoppin'"
• Chelsea Tylerbacking vocals on "Under My Skin"
• Paul Carusoloop programming on "Drop Dead Gorgeous", engineering at the Boneyard
• Liv Tylerwhispers on "Avant Garden"
• Tony Perryscratching 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:

• 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

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2001) | Peak position | Japanese Albums (Oricon) | Polish Albums (ZPAV) | Spanish Albums (AFYVE) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 4 | | | | | | 24 | | | | | | 20 | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2001)	Position	Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)	Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	US Billboard 200	Worldwide Albums (IFPI)
101
68
89
33
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Sales and certifications

References

Sources

• {{cite book | last = Furniss | first = Matters | year = 2012 | title = Aerosmith: Uncensored on the Record | location = Warwickshire, UK | publisher = Coda Books | isbn = 978-1781580141

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