Night In The Ruts [Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

My biggest disappointment with this CD is that the band left "Chip Away the Stone" off the final version. The song was recorded at the same time as the rest of "Right in the Nuts". "CAATS" is one of my all time favorite Aerosmith tunes. For my regularly listening, I've burned a copy of "Right in the Nuts" with "Chip Away the Stone" sequenced between "Reefer Headed Woman" and "Bone to Bone". It really rounds out the disc, and improves the overall experience.

My first concert ever was "Monsters of Rock" in Oakland, CA, on July 21st, 1979. Aerosmith was on the bill with Mahogany Rush, AC/DC (on the "Highway to Hell" tour with Bon Scott) and Ted Nugent. Not a bad way to start one's concert-going career, eh? Aerosmith had not yet released "Right in the Nuts", but played "Think About It", "Bone to Bone" and "Chip Away the Stone". The band was ragged and strung-out and barely standing upright. In the context of this burn-out, it's a wonder that "Right in the Nuts" came out as well as it did. In retrospect, it is the final product of Aerosmith's "classic" period, and well worth your hard-earned cash.

I'm going to rate this album track by track.

No Surprize: This song is the autobiography of Aerosmith and this one of the best lyrics I've ever heard and Steven Tyler can write a good tune weather he's sober or not, this is one of the album's classic songs. 10/10

Chiquita: This is one of Aerosmith's heaviest songs and it's a really good one, this is one of Aerosmith's underrated songs from the 70's and it deserves more attention, there is a rare video for this song. 10/10

Remember (Walking in the Sand) A Shangrila's remake and people come down hard on this one, I find this one enjoyable but not great and I wouldn't consider it the worst song off of the album. 7/10

Cheese Cake: At first I didn't like this song but now I actually like it, it sounds like that it came off of the Get Your Wings/Toys in the Attic era and surprisingly, this song was done in one take with no overdubs according to Joe Perry, this is a really good song that makes you laugh a little. 10/10

Three Mile Smile: Not one of my favorite songs although Brad Whitford once claimed that Steven Tyler liked the uncredited guitarist Jimmy Crespo's riff better than his and Brad wasn't very happy about it. 7/10

Reefer Head Woman: This is one of Aerosmith's weirdest songs of all time and I hear that it's a remake from a 1940's blues song and this song reminds me of Steven Tyler's ex wife Cyrinda Foxe (RIP), it's a little bizarre but it's enjoyable. 8/10

Bone to Bone (Coney Island Whitefish Boy): A decent effort and I hear that it was one of the last songs that Joe Perry played when he left the band. 8/10

Think About It: A remake of the Yardbird's and this is much better than the original version and the solo is totally mindblowing, this song should be on par with Dream On and Sweet Emotion. 10/10

Mia: Steven Tyler wrote this song about his newborn daughter and this is the weakest song off of the album, and one of the saddest songs that Aerosmith has ever recorded. 4/10