And even as “Pink” delves into a new groove, “Falling In Love (Is Hard On the Knees)” reiterates everything we love about the old Aerosmith. The album was originally titled Vindaloo and featured Hindu-derived cover art, but the Indian theme survives mostly in the form of the hard rock raga of “Taste of India.” Despite the band’s newfound alt-rock riff mongering, “Ain’t That a Bitch,” “Hole In My Soul” and “Kiss Your Past Good-bye” are three of the band’s gutsiest ballads to date. Well well well I feel just like Im fallin in love Theres a new cool Some kind of verbooty That fits me like a velvet glove And its cool Ooh babu dooby Shes talkin to me Juba to Jive Yeah, the girls in love No doubt about it The moment of truth has arrived And in a wink The funk was all around me And I think I. “Nine Lives,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” “The Farm,” and “Crash” bear the influence of Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots more than the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds, Aerosmith’s old standbys. After Get A Grip this Album Nine Lives would prove to be the last of their great albums this is Aerosmith using up their nineth life but as with Get A Grip. David Shirley assumes the producer’s chair formerly occupied by Bruce Fairbairn, and he, along with songwriters Glen Ballard (Alanis Morrissette, Goo Goo Dolls, No Doubt) and Marti Frederiksen (Sheryl Crow, P!nk), helps guide the album towards the hard and heavy sounds of modern alternative rock. Marking Aerosmith’s return to Columbia after a phenomenal three-album run for Geffen, Nine Lives again proves the band’s taste for reinvention.
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