Music from Another Dimension!

Music from Another Dimension! is a fulfilling work on which Aerosmith lines up bluesy rock and roll, catchy arena rock and emotional ballads broadly, building it as if surveying its own long career. A culmination-like record of this period, released after a long production. Steven Tyler’s singing and Joe Perry’s guitar freely and powerfully move between roughness and splendor. From the opener “Luv XXX” and “Legendary Child,” evoking the early years, to the catchy “Oh Yeah,” every song is engaging, while the moving ballad “What Could Have Been Love” and cuts like “Beautiful” and “Tell Me” convey the work’s fullness. Every appeal cultivated over a long career is richly packed in. A record on which, while having truly varied moods, the band’s own tenacious groove and melody are always firmly placed at the center. You can savor both the early dangerous blues feel and catchy hooks for large venues at once. An engaging record that showed sure ability even as veterans — a record where the band’s maturity shines.