''Joe Perry'' is the first solo album by

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guitarist Joe Perry, released on May 3, 2005, on

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. ''Joe Perry'' is his first solo album without The Joe Perry Project. The album peaked at No. 110 at the

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. ''Joe Perry'' was released as a regular CD and a

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. Joe Perry performed all guitars, bass, keyboards and vocals on the record leaving only the drums and percussion to the album's co-producer, Paul Caruso. This album contains a cover of "

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Track listing

# "Shakin' My Cage" # "Hold on Me" # "Pray for Me" # "Can't Compare" # "Lonely" # " Crystal Ship" # "Talk Talkin'" # "Push Comes to Shove" # "Twilight" # "Ten Years" # "

Vigilante Man "Vigilante Man" is a song by Woody Guthrie, recorded and released in 1940 as one of his ''Dust Bowl Ballads''. The song is about the hired thugs ("vigilantes") who would violently chase away migrants to California trying to escape the Dust Bowl, a ...

" # "Dying to Be Free" # "Mercy"

DVD (DualDisc only)

*Entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound *Exclusive in-the-studio, behind-the-scenes and interview footage *Exclusive UMixIt tracks for a unique interactive computer experience

Personnel

* Joe Perry - Guitars, bass guitar, synth guitar, keys, lead and backing vocals (except in "Talk Talkin'") * Paul Caruso - Drums, hand percussion, drum programming *The Bonaires - Backing vocals on "Talk Talkin' (The Bonaires are Billie Paulette Montgomery Perry (Joe's wife), Roman Perry (Joe's younger son), Paul Caruso and Jim Survis) *Chris Noyes - Analog synth on "Ten Years" *All lyrics by Joe Perry except " Crystal Ship" (

) and "Vigilante Man" (

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) *Produced by Joe Perry *Co-Produced by Paul Caruso *Recorded and engineered at The Boneyard by Paul Caruso *Cover picture by Ross Halfin Three of the songs from the album ("Mercy", "Shakin' My Cage" and "Talk Talkin'") are included as playable bonus tracks in '' Guitar Hero: Aerosmith''.

Charts

References

External links

Official Websitewww.joeperrysrockyourworld.com
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