20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Aerosmith

by Aerosmith

Overview

Those who do not pay much attention to record company affiliations should be warned that this discount-priced album, billed as the "best of Aerosmith," represents only their most popular recordings made for Geffen Records between 1987 and 1994. That said, it represents them well, including all 11 of Aerosmith's Top 40 hits from the period ("Angel," "Janie's Got a Gun," "Love in an Elevator," etc.), plus the track "Deuces Are Wild" from the album The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience. This, of course, was the period when the bandmembers were collaborating with such songwriting hacks as Desmond Child, Holly Knight, and Jim Vallance to considerable commercial effect, maintaining the comeback they had launched with Run-D.M.C.'s remake of "Walk This Way." Those who do not pay much attention to sonic trends in the record industry should be warned that while the album was "96k/24-bit mastered from the original master tapes by Erick Labson," Labson's mastering approach responds to the tendency toward preparing music for its compression into MP3 files for digital downloading more than for old-fashioned CD audiophile listening; Labson has adopted a "push up all the faders" sound that is overly loud and poorly detailed; the late Bruce Fairbairn, original producer of these recordings, must be turning over in his grave. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	07/07/2010
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0602527460482
Rank:	4712

Tracks

1. Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
2. Angel
3. Rag Doll
4. Love in an Elevator
5. Janie's Got a Gun
6. What It Takes
7. The Other Side
8. Livin' on the Edge
9. Cryin'
10. Crazy
11. Deuces Are Wild
12. Amazing

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Aerosmith   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Lamont Dozier   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Erick Labson   Mastering
Mark Hudson   Composer
Desmond Child   Composer
Jim Vallance   Composer
Richie Supa   Composer
Mike Fraser   Mixing
Mike Ragogna   Compilation Producer
Brendan O'Brien   Mixing
Brian Holland   Composer
Taylor Rhodes   Composer
Steven Tyler   Composer
Tom Hamilton   Composer
William Hames   Cover Art
Bruce Fairbairn   Producer
Holly Knight   Composer
Barry Korkin   Editorial Assistant
Joe Perry   Composer
Jaime Thiel   Music Clearance
Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Norman Seeff   Photography
Thomas Hamilton   Composer
Beth Stempel   Production Manager
Scott Ravine   Music Clearance
Adam Abrams   Product Manager