Joe Perry is the first solo album by Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

 guitarist Joe Perry

Joe Perry (musician)

Anthony Joseph "Joe" Perry is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He is influenced by many rock artists especially The Rolling Stones and The Beatles...

, released on May 3, 2005 on Sony BMG. Joe Perry is his first solo album without The Joe Perry Project

The Joe Perry Project

The Joe Perry Project is an American rock band formed by Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry. Perry started working on forming the band shortly before his departure from Aerosmith in 1979...

. The album peaked at #110 at the Billboard charts

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

. Joe Perry was released as a regular CD and a DualDisc

DualDisc

DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...

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Track listing

1. "Shakin' My Cage"
2. "Hold on Me"
3. "Pray for Me"
4. "Can't Compare"
5. "Lonely"
6. "Crystal Ship"
7. "Talk Talkin'"
8. "Push Comes to Shove"
9. "Twilight"
10. "Ten Years"
11. "Vigilante Man"
12. "Dying to Be Free"
13. "Mercy"

DVD (DualDisc only)

• Entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound
• Exclusive in-the-studio, behind-the-scenes and interview footage
• Exclusive UMixIt tracks for a unique interactive computer experience

Credits

• Joe Perry
  Joe Perry (musician)
  Anthony Joseph "Joe" Perry is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He is influenced by many rock artists especially The Rolling Stones and The Beatles...
  
  : Guitars, bass guitar, synth guitar, keys, Lead and backing vocals (except in "Talk Talkin'")
• Paul Caruso
  Paul Caruso (Drummer)
  Paul Caruso was a drummer who played for Boston band, The Atlantics.Paul joined the Atlantics in 1979, as a replacement for Ray 'Boy' Fernandes, and played on the group's best selling record Lonelyhearts....
  
  : Drums, hand percussion, drum programming
• The Bonaires: Backing vocals on "Talk Talkin' (The Bonaires are Billie Paulette Montgomery Perry (Joe's wife), Roman Perry (Joe's younger son), Paul Caruso and Jim Survis)
• Chris Noise: Analog synth on "Ten Years"

• All lyrics by Joe Perry except "Crystal Ship" (The Doors
  The Doors
  The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
  
  ) and "Vigilante Man" (Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie
  Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
  
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• Produced by Joe Perry
• Co-Produced by Paul Caruso
• Recorded and engineered at The Boneyard by Paul Caruso

• Cover picture by Ross Halfin

Three of the songs from the album ("Mercy", "Shakin' My Cage" and "Talk Talkin'") are included as playable bonus tracks in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is a music video game developed by Neversoft and distributed by Activision. It was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, with a Wii version developed by Vicarious Visions, a PlayStation 2 version by Budcat Creations and with a PC and Mac version by Aspyr Media...

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Reception

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	110

External links

• Official Website
• www.joeperrysrockyourworld.com