Just Push Play

Infobox Album |
Name = Just Push Play
Type = Album
Artist = Aerosmith


Released = March 6, 2001
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 48:56
Label = Columbia
Producer = Marti Frederiksen, Mark Hudson, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:47jlear54x87 link]
* Drowned in Sound (4/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/2518 link] A
*Review-Christgau|cut|album=11110
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aerosmith/albums/album/312279/review/6067737/just_push_play link]
Last album = "Nine Lives"
(1997)
This album = "Just Push Play"
(2001)
Next album = "Honkin' on Bobo"
(2004)
Misc = Singles
Name = Just Push Play
Type = studio
Single 1 = Jaded
Single 1 date = March 13, 2001
Single 2 = Fly Away from Here
Single 2 date = September 18, 2001
Single 3 = Sunshine
Single 3 date = 2001 (promo only)
Single 4 = Just Push Play
Single 4 date = 2001 (promo only)

"Just Push Play" is the thirteenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). Helping Aerosmith in the studio were coproducers and song collaborators Marti Frederiksen and Mark Hudson.

"Just Push Play" features the same slick pop production that Aerosmith had been using in recent albums, though this time there was more of a vintage-era edge to most of the tracks.

The album's first single, "Jaded", became a major Top 10 hit in the U.S. and around the world. As a result, "Just Push Play" was certified platinum within a month of its release. Subsequent singles "Fly Away from Here", "Sunshine", and "Just Push Play", though garnering some airplay, failed to impact the Hot 100 much, although the latter two charted on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and the former charted on the Adult Top 40.

The eight-month long Just Push Play Tour, which ran from June 2001 to January 2002 was launched to support the album.

The album's cover features a gynoid resembling Marilyn Monroe and was designed by Hajime Sorayama. As a pun of the album name, uses the album's cover on the start screen and states over it "Just push any button to play".

Track listing

#"Beyond Beautiful" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Marti Frederiksen, Mark Hudson) – 4:45
#"Just Push Play" (Tyler, Hudson, Steve Dudas) – 3:51
#"Jaded" (Tyler, Frederiksen) – 3:34
#"Fly Away from Here" (Frederiksen, Todd Chapman) – 5:01
#"Trip Hoppin'" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen, Hudson) – 4:27
#"Sunshine" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen) – 3:37
#"Under My Skin" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen, Hudson) – 3:45
#"Luv Lies" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen, Hudson) – 4:26
#"Outta Your Head" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen) – 3:22
#"Drop Dead Gorgeous" (Tyler, Perry, Hudson) – 3:42
#"Light Inside" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen) – 3:34
#"Avant Garden" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen, Hudson) – 4:52
#*Roughly 45 seconds after "Avant Garden" a hidden track entitled "Under My Skin Reprise" plays for about one minute.

Bonus track and video (International version)

A bonus track and video was included on limited edition North American releases exclusive to Best Buy.
#

"Face" (Tyler, Perry, Frederiksen) - 4:25
#

"Jaded" [video] – 3:47

Bonus tracks (Japanese version)

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"Won't Let You Down"
#

"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

Disc 2 (Japanese limited edition)

*"Just Push Play" [Radio Remix] - 3:17
*"Same Old Song and Dance" [Live from California Jam II '78] - 5:14
*"Draw the Line" [Live from California Jam II '78] - 4:32
*"Chip Away the Stone" [Live from California Jam II '78] - 4:24
*"Big Ten Inch Record" [Live from Texxas Jam '78] - 3:59
*"Lord of the Thighs" [Live from Texxas Jam '78] - 7:14

Personnel

*Tom Hamilton - bass
*Joey Kramer - drums
*Joe Perry - guitar, vocals
*Steven Tyler - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, piano, squeezebox, additional guitar, drums
*Brad Whitford - guitar

Additional personnel

*Paul Caruso - loop programming
*Jim Cox - piano
*Dan Higgins - clarinet, saxophone
*Tony Perry - guitar, scratching, pedal steel, vocals, background vocals, hurdygurdy, slide guitar
*Paul Santo - Hammond organ, Kurzweil synthesizer
*Tower of Power - horn
*Liv Tyler - whisper

Production

*Producers: Marti Frederiksen, Mark Hudson, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler
*Engineers: Brian Carrigan, Paul Caruso, Richard Chycki, Marti Frederiksen, Scott Gordon, Jesse Henderson, Paul Santo, Allen Sides
*Assistant engineer: Fran Flannery
*Mixing: Mike Shipley
*Mastering: George Marino
*Recording: Richard Chycki, Marti Frederiksen
*Instrument technician: Jim Survis
*Loop programming: Paul Caruso
*Horn arrangements: Jim Cox
*String arrangements: David Campbell, Jim Cox
*Special projects coordinator: Keith Garde
*Author: Stephen Saper
*Art direction: Kevin Reagan
*Design: Kevin Reagan
*Make-up: Melissa Rogers

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Trivia

*A promotional Just Push Play poster can be seen in Drake and Josh's room in the Teen Nick show "Drake and Josh".
*Joe Perry provides lead vocals on the track "Drop Dead Gorgeous".
*"Beyond Beautiful" is a playable song in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

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