Devil's Got A New Disguise, The Very Best Of Aerosmith

Aerosmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B000HEZF2M
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • #29 in Music > Classic Rock > Arena Rock
  • #68 in Music > Classic Rock > Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)

Editorial Reviews

18 tracks on one CD featuring 16 classic tracks plus the TWO NEW TRACKS "Sedonna Sunrise" & "Devils Got A New Disguise."

Customer Reviews

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61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Contractual Obligation's Got an Old Disguise, November 28, 2006

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doomsdayer520 (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil's Got A New Disguise, The Very Best Of Aerosmith (Audio CD)

Let's do a little math. Over the course of their career, Aerosmith have released fourteen "proper" albums. There are also five official live albums (1. Live Bootleg, 2. Classics Live I, 3. Classics Live II, 4. A Little South of Sanity, 5. Rockin' the Joint.) Meanwhile, not including various repackaging schemes, re-releases, and international items, there are currently nine Aerosmith compilation albums on the market. (1. Greatest Hits, 2. Gems, 3. Pandora's Box, 4. Big Ones, 5. Box of Fire, 6. Young Lust, 7. O Yeah, 8. Gold, 9. Devil's Got a New Disguise.) Add those compilations to the live albums and you get fourteen "retrospective" releases. So Aerosmith and their record companies have managed to squeeze fourteen retrospectives out of fourteen original albums. A pretty impressive feat, if you think about it. But it's obvious what the true fan should really spend his or her money on, if you disdain market saturation and contractual fulfillments.

The recent compilations favor the overblown blues/soul orchestrations of the latter phase of the band's career (late 80s to present), while giving short shrift to the well-toned heavy rock of the classic years (up to the late 70s) and completely ignoring the lost years (late 70s to mid 80s). If you're partial to the hard rockin' classic years, then for a useful overview you still can't do any better than the short and snappy Greatest Hits from 1980. Or just buy all the proper albums from that period, which would be infinitely more rewarding than these useless modern compilations. As for this new Devil's Got a New Disguise release, the song selection is nearly identical to the O Yeah collection from just four years ago, with the obligatory so-called bonus tracks to supposedly make the purchase worthwhile. Here, "Sedona Sunrise" is actually rather unique for the band's recent history, but there's a reason the two bonus tracks were previously unreleased. One could certainly blame the record companies for regurgitating all these quickie compilations, but some fault also lies with the band, who have diluted their legacy by allowing these repetitive retrospectives to be released, as easy ways to fulfill contracts. If you're really into Aerosmith, just commit some money to all of those fourteen original albums. After all, there's as many of those as there are retrospectives, and the originals are where the action really is. [~doomsdayer520~]

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this like the plague!!!, October 24, 2006

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Erick Bertin (Santo Domingo, Heredia Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil's Got A New Disguise, The Very Best Of Aerosmith (Audio CD)

No, I don't have any problems with Aerosmith, and no, I don't have any problems with compilations either, when they are done right and at the right time. Unfortunately, this one is yet another sign of how out of synch the big record companies have become: instead of offering an interesting product, featuring some of the myriad of "lost songs" in the band's catalog (and there were MANY leftovers from their recording sessions for "Get a Grip" and "Nine Lives", to mention but 2 examples...), Columbia/Sony decides to throw ANOTHER dull, pointless greatest hits compilation of material that we, Aerosmith fans, ALREADY HAVE!!!

The catch? Two unreleased songs dating as far back as "Pump" and "Get a Grip". In the age of digital downloading, trying to trick fans into buying a lousy compilation with such a nasty trick is low, very low, even for record industry standards. Don't waste your money on this: if you're a fan, you already have the tunes, and if you're looking for an introduction, go get "O, Yeah Ultimate Hits", which is far better than this.

By all means, support the artist: (LEGALLY!!!!) download the "new" tunes, but skip this CD. And what's the deal with the cover??? C'mon, been there, done that!!! It's a sad remake of Def Leppard's "Retroactive" cover, only 13 years late!! Talk about being a day late, a dollar short...anyway... There is nothing wrong with the band, or the music included here for that matter, but simply put: you don't need this. No one does...

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The reason this exists., October 18, 2006

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John "MovieAddict" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil's Got A New Disguise, The Very Best Of Aerosmith (Audio CD)

Aerosmith is contractually obligated to Sony Music to deliver another record this year. They had begun recording one, but Steven Tyler had to have throat surgery - taking him away from singing for months - and another bandmember was diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, preventing him from playing with the band also.

In order to fulfill their contract they put out a Greatest Hits, and because it contains two new songs (one an old demo from the Pump days, actually) it is technically a "new album."

So there you go.