''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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. 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" # "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 (Billie Paulette Montgomery Perry (Joe's wife), Roman Perry (Joe's younger son), Paul Caruso and Jim Survis) - backing vocals on "Talk Talkin' *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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