Joe – legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of AEROSMITH – is readying his new solo album, ‘Sweetzerland Manifesto’, for release on January 19.
Due out on his own
Roman Records imprint (distributed worldwide by Amped Distribution),
‘Sweetzerland Manifesto’ marks
Joe’s sixth solo album and is comprised of 10 new tracks. They were all written or co-written by
Joe (many with the album’s guest vocalists), except for a cover of
‘Eve Of Destruction’ with
Joe on lead vocals and
Johnny Depp on drums.
The album features guest appearances from a long list of Joe’s friends, colleagues and rock and roll icons. Highlights include ‘Aye, Aye, Aye’, which Joe co-wrote with the track’s vocalist Robin Zander, and three collaborations with David Johansen, who sings ‘I Wanna Roll’, ‘Haberdasher Blues’ and ‘I’m Going Crazy’, plus as many co-writes with Terry Reid whose lead vocals light up ‘I’ll Do Happiness’ (with Zak Starkey on drums), ‘Sick & Tired’ and ‘Won’t Let Me Go’.
‘Sweetzerland Manifesto’ was recorded at
Studio 1480 in Los Angeles and produced by
Joe Perry and
Bruce Witkin, with
Johnny Depp serving as executive producer and additional help from
Jack Douglas, who co-wrote and co-produced a number of tracks. It was engineered by
Witkin and
Tony Perry. The album was mixed by
Tony Perry with
Ari Blitz serving as assistant mix engineer at
After Master in Los Angeles.
On the album, Joe also teams up with sons Tony and Roman on ‘Spanish Sushi’, which was produced and arranged by The Perry Boys with Joe on guitars and bass, Roman adding synthesizer programming and Tony handling drum programming.
“It’s going to be interesting to see what songs people gravitate to because there’s such a wide variety of tunes,” Joe notes.
‘Sweetzerland Manifesto’ track listing:
01. Rumble In The Jungle (instrumental)
02. I’ll Do Happiness (featuring Terry Reid)
03. Aye, Aye, Aye (featuring Robin Zander)
04. I Wanna Roll (featuring David Johansen)
05. Sick & Tired (featuring Terry Reid)
06. Haberdasher Blues (featuring David Johansen)
07. Spanish Sushi (instrumental)
08. Eve Of Destruction (featuring Joe Perry)
09. I’m Going Crazy (featuring David Johansen)
10. Won’t Let Me Go (featuring Terry Reid)
