Tyler? “I’m Not Talkin'” is also quite good, being a rockabilly experiment. With full-on horns, sax and female backing vocals at the ready, Aerosmith finally really turn up the funk again! I want to know who’s playing clavinet, but the credits don’t say. Just nuts - “Shakey Ground” is the most authentic thing Aerosmith have done in decades. “Shakey Ground” is so good, it’s insane that it wasn’t included on the album proper. They got some equally interesting stuff instead. The Japanese fans did not get the same bonus tracks that we got on our North American deluxe edition (“Sunny Side of Love”, “Oasis in the Night”, “Up on the Mountain”). “Another Last Goodbye” is the only one still memorable today. The ballads, as before, are largely crud. More cowbell! Probably the best tune on the album, and certainly the most vintage. Given a few years to absorb the album, “Out Go the Lights” is one of the few tracks that really does harken back to better days. “Oh Yeah” is still pretty good, as is “Street Jesus” and the funky “Out Go the Lights”. Aerosmith simply do not record things basic and live like that anymore. I think that’s why nobody believes Aerosmith when they say “it sounds like Rocks“. The production is unnecessary and that’s true of most of the album. I praised it as “really good” before I’m not willing to go that far this time. The modern production and layers and layers of overdubs do it no favours. The core weakness is that the album sounds like a collection of soundalike outtakes from Get A Grip. Unfortunately for me, Music From Another Dimension has become more irritating, and I am less willing to overlook its flaws. It can be interesting to document how music does or doesn’t grow on you over the years. Having recently acquired a Japanese import of Music From Another Dimension, with two exclusive bonus cuts, now is the time to revisit the album for yet another review. With the benefit of hindsight, Tommy’s review (2/5 stars) is more in line with how I feel now, compared to the 4/5 stars I rated it in 2012. When this album came out in 2012, Tommy Morais and I both took a shot at reviewing it, and you can find both those reviews here. AEROSMITH – Music From Another Dimension! (2012 Sony Music Japan)