Álbum Done With Mirrors (Aerosmith)

Álbum: Done With Mirrors

Artista: Aerosmith

1985
★★★★☆
Basado en 8 votos
  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 4 de Noviembre de 1985
  • Sello Discográfico: Geffen Records
  • Compositores: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Brad Whitford, Jim Vallance
  • Productores: Ted Templeman

Valora este álbum

Lanzado en 1985, Done with Mirrors es el octavo álbum de estudio de Aerosmith. Este disco es un hito fundamental en su historia, ya que marca el regreso de la formación original con la vuelta de los guitarristas Joe Perry y Brad Whitford. El título, "Done with Mirrors" (Basta de espejos), es una referencia a dejar atrás el pasado de drogas y conflictos internos. Musicalmente, el álbum es un regreso intencionado al sonido de hard rock crudo y bluesero de sus inicios en los 70. Aunque fue un fracaso comercial en comparación con sus trabajos posteriores, "Done with Mirrors" es un álbum de regreso enérgico y subestimado, el primer y necesario paso en el camino hacia la espectacular resurrección que experimentarían en la segunda mitad de los 80.

Contexto y Grabación

A principios de los 80, Aerosmith estaba en su punto más bajo, con Perry y Whitford fuera de la banda. En 1984, tras una serie de encuentros casuales y la insistencia de sus mánagers, la formación original se reunió para una exitosa gira de regreso. Este éxito los llevó a firmar un nuevo contrato discográfico con Geffen Records. Para su álbum de regreso, reclutaron al productor Ted Templeman, conocido por su trabajo con Van Halen. La grabación, en los Fantasy Studios de California, buscó capturar la energía cruda de la banda reunida, con un sonido de directo en el estudio y sin los sintetizadores que dominaban el rock de la época.

Análisis Musical y Estilo

El sonido de "Done with Mirrors" es un hard rock sucio y con un fuerte sabor a blues. Es el sonido de una banda redescubriendo su química. La producción de Templeman es deliberadamente cruda, con un sonido de guitarra afilado y una sensación de "banda de bar". Es un álbum que se aleja del glam metal de la época para volver a las raíces del rock and roll. Líricamente, el álbum está lleno de la arrogancia y las insinuaciones sexuales que caracterizan a la banda.

Análisis de las canciones

El sencillo principal, "Let the Music Do the Talking", es una regrabación de una canción del proyecto en solitario de Joe Perry, y funciona como una declaración de principios. "My Fist Your Face" y "Shela" son dos de los temas de hard rock más potentes del disco. "Shame on You" es un blues-rock crudo. Aunque el álbum carece de un gran éxito, es una colección de rock and roll sólida y coherente.

Lanzamiento y Rendimiento en Listas

A pesar de la expectación por la reunión, el álbum fue una decepción comercial y el disco de estudio menos vendido de su carrera hasta la fecha.

Recepción Crítica

La crítica recibió el álbum con críticas mixtas. Muchos elogiaron el regreso a sus raíces, pero criticaron la falta de una canción de éxito memorable. Sin embargo, con el tiempo, "Done with Mirrors" ha sido revalorizado como un álbum de regreso honesto y necesario. Fue el disco que les permitió volver a ser una banda, el primer paso que los llevaría al tratamiento de rehabilitación y a la espectacular resurrección comercial de "Permanent Vacation".

Listado de Canciones

  1. Let The Music Do The Talking3:48
  2. My Fist Your Face4:23

    Letra

    Wake up baby, what you in for start the day upon your knees what you pissin' in the wind for you musta snorted too much bleas east house pinball wizard full tilt bozo plague second floor trekkie makin warp speed out the door julio afrokeluchie he the only one who stayed counting up the days please no more my fist your face that's for sure hey betty boop you got me droolin i'm buzzing round your hive tonight you play the hooky stead of schoolin son of a bitch put out the light thirteen year old hookers take a sack right through the bars you wonder why the man's outside your door junior acheivers, got the old bull by the horns back in the saddle gets yous sore my fist your face that's for sure east house pinball wizard full tilt bozo plague second floor trekkie makin' warp speed out the door julio afrokeluchie he the only one that stayed counting up the days please no more ah my fist your face that's for sure ohhoo yeah my fist your face that's for sure ohhooo my fist your face that's for sure ohhoo my fist your face that's for sure
  3. Shame On You3:22
  4. The Reason A Dog4:13

    Letra

    You keep knockin but you can't come in the way you love i adore you always come never know where you been but a now i'm here baby to even the score you're up you're down your'e always running in place triatatholon if you please?) your'e always begging me for a taste but i ain't up to snuff if you sneeze yak yak yak lord you give me the bends heads and tails your'e all out of love like the reason a dog has so many friends he wags his tail instead of his tongue you're older sister she's a lot like you she likes to grab my microphone now there ain't too much she won't do especially when we're all alone you're up you're down you're always running in place triathalon if you please her minds on rewind and erase you might get shot babe when you're shooting the breeze yak yak yak lord you give me the bends you're heads and tails are calling for love like the reason a dog has so many friends he wags his tail instead of his tongue like the reason a dog has so many friends he wags his tail insted of his tongue ooh ooh ooh whoo ooh ooh ooh whoo your'e older sister she's alot like you and there ani't too much that she won't do ooh ooh ooh whoo ooh ooh ooh whoo there's always something that you got to say i lose my mind and then i surely fade away yeah yak yak yak lord you give me the bends your'e heads and tails now look what you done like the reason a dog ) has so many friends ) he wags his tail ) instead of his tongue ) repeat repeat owooo (howl)
  5. Shela4:25

    Letra

    Shela, Shela, she like a hurricane Shela, Shela, she like a ball and chain Shela, Shela, she like a hurricane Got myself a lady I get down on my knees, yeah... Hotter than Hades Heaven if you please, yeah... Shela, Shela, she like a hurricane Shela, Shela, she like a ball and chain Shela, Shela, she like a hurricane Some girls put it to you Make you scream in pain, yeah... Some will say they knew you And then forget your name, yeah... Shela, real tight Shela, that's right Shela She said she could do it Love she could fulfill, yeah... There ain't noting to it Backbone gets a chill, yeah...
  6. Gypsy Boots4:16

    Letra

    Chorus: gypsy, gypsy, dancing feet gypsy, gypsy, bittersweet screamer, dreamer, disarray gypsy, gypsy, why don't you fly away? No good, papa's no good, sister's no good and that's a drag sometimes you feel like your heads on the ceiling when you scream your mama rag when your daddy come home with an old soup bone and take all your money away and your mama's in the kitchen on the phone she be bitchin and your girlfriend who called to say Chorus high school lover with ya cops undercover and gettin high, drank lebanese (next lines questionable) hey mama choose that you been through and it (?) right between your knees hair case, shotgun, rock on, chewing gum, take it to the dance tonight... your love child with wild child smile and don't care wrong from right Chorus Nobody but nobody baby knockin' my socks off rock, rockin' baby i'll be gettin' my rocks off nobody but nobody shootin never get a shot off yeah, yeah, yeah
  7. She's On Fire3:47
  8. The Hop3:45

    Letra

    Thinkin 'bout the night life in the ladies powder room brother's like a howlin' wolf in the light of the silvery moon joey's like a pavlos dog when he starts to salivate a hardly man himself is hard to shake his rattle snake Chorus: me, i got a brand new babe you know something just ain't right i say yeah, yeah can't stop rockin' tonight Hangin' at the shopping mall with a watchman full of sash leave your smile outside the door cause the kids be kicking ass my old boot heels be smokin' you really got to understand we're burning down the town tonight when the new shit hits the fan Chorus Yeah, yeah, can't stop rockin' tonight lyin' on your back tonight watch the moon eclipse maybe eatin out tonight but ya just ain't leavin' tips so you best watch out what you do and who you do it with 'cause you'll be kickin' ass tonight with the boys in aerosmith
  9. Darkness3:43

    Letra

    Darkness, darkness, hungry to the bone darkness, darkness, take my body home god i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love she like a pooka she holy roller, love me like a song she like a lightning she roller coaster, 'till the break of dawn she like a shadow she all around me, nasty hearted dream she got the sexy she do it to me, wake me when i dream god i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love (yakakakaw) now i lay me down to sleep, goodnight pray the lord my soul will keep tonight if i die before i wake, in your arms my love can't break away darkness (she like a shadow) darkness (she all around me) nasty hearted dream darkness (she got the sexy) darkness (she do it to me) wake me when i scream god i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love