10 Massive Albums That Never Lived Up To The Hype

10. Done With Mirrors - Aerosmith

When Joe Perry returned to Aerosmith, it really did feel like the impossible had happened. The Toxic Twins partnership between him and Steven Tyler fell out hard and the band was not going to be half the band they were without Joe pumping out the riffs in the back of everything. Just because everyone’s buddy buddy again doesn’t necessarily mean that the album holds up though.

While half of this record is the next logical step for where the band should have gone after Joe’s last album Draw the Line, you can tell that the band are still not at full capacity yet, still being strung out on drugs and letting the jammy part of their sound get in the way on tracks like She’s on Fire. Old habits also die hard for some of the songs on here, having a much darker slant that works wonders in some spots but tend to feel too left of field for what Aerosmith is all about as the record goes on.

That’s not to say that there’s all dogs on this record, especially considering the opener Let the Music Do the Talking, which might be one of the best comeback singles the band could have asked for, complete with the rapid fire delivery from Tyler and an almost punkish energy behind it. The label knew they needed to switch things up on the project, but if the guys could have just kept their sh*t together, we may have been able to avoid some of the more glossy production that was to come.