ARTIST: Joe Perry
TITLE: Joe Perry
LABEL: Columbia Records
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 235kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 53min total
RELEASE DATE: 03 May 2005
RIP DATE: 02 April 2005

01. Shakin' My Cage                 4:16
02. Hold On Me                      4:41
03. Pray For Me                     4:07
04. Can't Compare                   3:52
05. Lonely                          4:50
06. Crystal Ship                    2:42
07. Talk Talkin'                    3:33
08. Push Comes To Shove             3:39
09. Twilight                        3:36
10. Ten Years                       4:35
11. Vigilante Man                   3:32
12. Dying To Be Free                3:40
13. Mercy                           4:24

Release Notes:

Columbia Records is set to release Joe Perry, the eagerly-awaited new solo album
from rock icon Joe Perry, whose incendiary guitar work and songwriting for
Aerosmith helped earn the group its ongoing multi-platinum status, four Grammy
Awards, and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2001). Joe Perry is in
stores on Tuesday, May 3.

Recorded at the Boneyard--Perry's basement home studio in Boston--Joe Perry
achieves a smoldering intensity via Perry's signature guitar riffs and
unmistakable deep vocals. The album's 13 tracks include 11 new Joe Perry
original compositions as well as covers of the Doors' "The Crystal Ship" and
Woody Guthrie's "Vigilante Man."

"It didn't occur to me to put this record out until Aerosmith decided to take a
year off," says Joe about his new album, which opens with the album's first
focus track, "Shakin' My Cage." Joe Perry showcases Joe's vocals on songs like
"Push Comes To Shove" and "Dying To Be Free" and his musical chops on
instrumentals like "Mercy" and "Twilight."

"It's as honest a record as you're gonna get," says Joe Perry, revealing the
nature of this true solo work. In fact, Joe sings all the vocals and plays all
the guitars, bass and keyboard parts on Joe Perry. Perry also produced the
album, which was co-produced by Paul Caruso, who recorded and engineered the
disc and played drums throughout. Don't look for a who's who list of guest
players here, except for a friend who teaches at the Berklee School of
Music--"an old-school analog synth guy, Chris Noise, who plays the string part
on one ballad, 'Ten Years,'" says Joe Perry.

"Seems like these days that when people go off and do a solo record, it's more
the norm to bring in a bunch of all-star friends, but I already have the amazing
fortune to play with one of the best singers in the world and the hardest
rocking band on the planet," Joe offers, "but also, the way these songs
developed from the demos, they already had the sound I was looking for. And it
was a refreshing challenge to work this way."

Joe Perry is the fourth solo album from the multi-talented Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame inductee. His previous works--as the "Joe Perry Project"--include the
self-produced Let The Music Do The Talking (1980) and Once A Rocker, Always A
Rocker (1984), along with I've Got The Rock 'N' Rolls Again (1981), all of which
were recorded at a time when Joe was on hiatus from Aerosmith. The new album
differs from those discs in several key aspects.

"This one didn't come from anywhere near the same space as those albums," Joe
explains. "I mean, I had fun doing them and they certainly fulfilled a creative
need, but this record reflects the experience of 20 more years of writing and
recording and making my way on this planet."

With his home studio located just downstairs from the living quarters, the music
on Joe Perry was created organically and recorded under no deadlines or
pressure. In fact, the genesis of the album goes back 10 years--the song "Ten
Years" was written by Joe as a tenth anniversary gift to his wife, Billie
Paulette, with no intention of it ever being heard by the public. The rest of
the album was written by Joe as he worked on Aerosmith's Nine Lives, Just Push
Play and 2004's acclaimed blues-fest Honkin' On Bobo, the "four star" (Rolling
Stone) album on which Joe sang lead vocals on two tracks.

"One day I was complaining about a lack of inspiration and my wife, Billie, in
her role as muse, said, 'Get down and sing where you belong,'" says Joe. "I felt
I busted loose and started singing where my voice was more natural as you can
hear on the song 'Back Back Train' (from Honkin' On Bobo). I discovered a whole
new place and it was a whole new vehicle for me. I found I was writing music
better suited for my vocal range."

What about Joe Perry's lyrical inspiration for these tunes? "Well, most of the
songs are love songs," he confesses. "Some of them are fast and some of them are
slow, that's about it. You sing wh