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Like Mick Jagger before him, Steven Tyler itched to launch a solo career, but where Mick struck while the iron was relatively hot -- 20 years after "Satisfaction," true, yet the Rolling Stones still packed arenas -- the Aerosmith singer took the better part of a decade to figure out what he wanted to do on his own. Stumbling through a starring gig on American Idol and an accompanying flop single that led to an awkward 2012 reunion with Aerosmith, Tyler finally resurfaced as a country singer -- a surprise, because the closest he ever came to country was the Desmond Child co-write "What It Takes," a power ballad that provides a good touchstone for 2016's We're All Somebody from Somewhere. Nominally a country album, We're All Somebody from Somewhere doesn't belong to any country: laden with power ballads and pulsating polished rockers, it's commercial music for nonexistent formats. Tyler has a laugh with the lighter moments -- he skips through "I Make My Own Sunshine," a number so effervescent it should never have crossed his lascivious lips, and glides into the glistening groove of "Sweet Louisiana" -- but a good chunk of We're All Somebody from Somewhere moves a good deal slower, pulsating along with minor keys and deliberate marches. Pro that he is, Tyler never seems out of sorts. He lays into the crawling schmaltz of "My Own Worst Enemy" and "It Ain't Easy" with as much gusto as he slings the corn of "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly & Me," "Red, White & You," and "We're All Somebody from Somewhere," songs where signifiers substitute for significance and it really doesn't matter at all, partially because Tyler never figured out what he wanted this album to be. By the time he closes the record with superfluous renditions of "Piece of My Heart" and "Janie's Got a Gun" -- certainly leaner than the Pump original, yet still overblown -- it's clear that nobody involved with We're All Somebody from Somewhere had a conception for the music: they just wanted to cut a record that would be everything for everyone in the hopes it'd appeal to somebody from somewhere. They wound up with a record that tries hard to please but never does because the labor is always too evident.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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David Leonard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Warren, ComposerLyricist - Brett Warren, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Taylor, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miller, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Dorn, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ethan Pilzer, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris Utley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kris Donegan, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Gartenbaum, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Centenaro, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Wes Little, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kylie Kempster, Producer - Gabe Burch, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Lizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - William Dyson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Jeff Coffin, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Haynes, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jaren Johnston, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Roy Agee, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Tyler, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Gore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Joseph Paul Murphy, Sousaphone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Poo Bear, Producer, Co-Producer - Jared Gutstadt, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Gartenbaum, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Centenaro, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kylie Kempster, Producer - Gabe Burch, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Lizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Jeudy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Silas, Producer, Additional Producer - William Dyson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Peters, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Hillary Lindsey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Warren, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Cary Barlowe, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Wilkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Russ Pahl, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Barlowe, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Zack DeWall, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Owen Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kylie Kempster, Producer
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Marti Frederiksen, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Duncan, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - DANN HUFF, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Chamberlain, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Neff, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Eric Paslay, ComposerLyricist - Suzie McNeil, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lindsey Lee, ComposerLyricist - Alicia Mathews, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Rebecca Lyn Howard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (Dot Records)
Marti Frederiksen, Producer - Dennis Crouch, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist - Willie K, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alyssa Bonagura, ComposerLyricist - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kari Smith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kyle Richards, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dot Records
David Leonard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lindsey Buckingham, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ross Copperman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Bellerose, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Warren, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Hodges, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Hall Hodges, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Gartenbaum, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Centenaro, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kylie Kempster, Producer - Gabe Burch, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Lizzo, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - William Dyson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Brett James, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Troy Verges, ComposerLyricist - Hillary Lindsey, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Warren, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Wilkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rebecca Lovell, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Megan Lovell, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zack DeWall, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Owen Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kylie Kempster, Producer
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Rhett Akins, ComposerLyricist - Chris DeStefano, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lars Fox, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Lucido, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - JUstin Niebank, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Bollman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Unknown, Other - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dot Records
David Leonard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Nichols, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Warren, ComposerLyricist - Brett Warren, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MIKE POOLE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miller, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Dorn, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ethan Pilzer, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris Utley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kris Donegan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kam Luchterhand, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Gartenbaum, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Centenaro, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zack DeWall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Wes Little, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kylie Kempster, Producer - Gabe Burch, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Williams Dyson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Lizzio, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Jimmie Lee Sloas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, Tambourine, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Neff, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jon Vella, ComposerLyricist - Suzie McNeil, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Barlowe, ComposerLyricist - Levi Hummon, ComposerLyricist - Alicia Mathews, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Rebecca Lyn Howard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - IIya Toshinskiy, Bouzouki, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (Dot Records)
Hillary Lindsey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Taylor, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Warren, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Cary Barlowe, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Wilkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Russ Pahl, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Eltringham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Barlowe, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Rebecca Lovell, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Zack DeWall, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Owen Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kylie Kempster, Producer
℗ 2016 Dot Records
David Leonard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Nichols, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Warren, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Taylor, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MIKE POOLE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miller, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Cohen, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Skoff, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris Utley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Labruyere, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Gartenbaum, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Ostrander, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Evan Hutchings, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Centenaro, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Gabe Burch, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Williams Dyson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Lizzio, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Marti Frederiksen, Producer - Eric Kretz, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dean DeLeo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Deleo, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ryan Williams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Owens, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Bacigalupi, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Irina Chirkova, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Alena Moran, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kari Smith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlene Huang, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Marti Frederiksen, Producer - BERT BERNS, ComposerLyricist - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JERRY RAGOVOY, ComposerLyricist - Elisha Hoffman, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Rebecca Lynn Howard, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steven Tyler, Producer, MainArtist - Suzie McNeil, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Tomek, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Gartenbaum, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Cohen, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Centenaro, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laurel Kittleson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Gabe Burch, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kari Smith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Kyle Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Williams Dyson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Lizzio, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Loving Mary Band, FeaturedArtist - Andrew Mactaggart, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Dot Records
Album review
Like Mick Jagger before him, Steven Tyler itched to launch a solo career, but where Mick struck while the iron was relatively hot -- 20 years after "Satisfaction," true, yet the Rolling Stones still packed arenas -- the Aerosmith singer took the better part of a decade to figure out what he wanted to do on his own. Stumbling through a starring gig on American Idol and an accompanying flop single that led to an awkward 2012 reunion with Aerosmith, Tyler finally resurfaced as a country singer -- a surprise, because the closest he ever came to country was the Desmond Child co-write "What It Takes," a power ballad that provides a good touchstone for 2016's We're All Somebody from Somewhere. Nominally a country album, We're All Somebody from Somewhere doesn't belong to any country: laden with power ballads and pulsating polished rockers, it's commercial music for nonexistent formats. Tyler has a laugh with the lighter moments -- he skips through "I Make My Own Sunshine," a number so effervescent it should never have crossed his lascivious lips, and glides into the glistening groove of "Sweet Louisiana" -- but a good chunk of We're All Somebody from Somewhere moves a good deal slower, pulsating along with minor keys and deliberate marches. Pro that he is, Tyler never seems out of sorts. He lays into the crawling schmaltz of "My Own Worst Enemy" and "It Ain't Easy" with as much gusto as he slings the corn of "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly & Me," "Red, White & You," and "We're All Somebody from Somewhere," songs where signifiers substitute for significance and it really doesn't matter at all, partially because Tyler never figured out what he wanted this album to be. By the time he closes the record with superfluous renditions of "Piece of My Heart" and "Janie's Got a Gun" -- certainly leaner than the Pump original, yet still overblown -- it's clear that nobody involved with We're All Somebody from Somewhere had a conception for the music: they just wanted to cut a record that would be everything for everyone in the hopes it'd appeal to somebody from somewhere. They wound up with a record that tries hard to please but never does because the labor is always too evident.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:29
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Steven Tyler
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Dot Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2016 Dot Records ℗ 2016 Dot Records
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