Rock in a Hard Place

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Rock in a Hard Place

Studio album by Aerosmith
Released	August, 1982
Recorded	1981-1982
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	40:16
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler
All Music Guide (1.5/5) link
Aerosmith chronology
Night in the Ruts (1979)	Rock in a Hard Place (1982)	Done with Mirrors (1985)

Rock in a Hard Place is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith and was released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). This is the only Aerosmith album to not feature Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. Perry had left in 1979 while Whitford left in 1981, during the recording of this album. However, he is billed as an "additional musician" as he can be heard playing rhythm guitar on "Lightning Strikes."

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Jailbait" (Crespo, Tyler) – 4:38
"Lightning Strikes" (Richard Supa) – 4:26
"Bitch's Brew" (Crespo, Tyler) – 4:14
"Bolivian Ragamuffin" (Crespo, Tyler) – 3:32
"Cry Me a River" (Hamilton) – 4:06
"Prelude to Joanie" (Tyler) – 1:21
"Joanie's Butterfly" (Crespo, Jack Douglas, Tyler) – 5:35
"Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)" (Crespo, Douglas, Tyler) – 4:46
"Jig Is Up" (Crespo, Tyler) – 3:10
"Push Comes to Shove" (Tyler) – 4:28

[edit] Personnel

Jimmy Crespo - guitar
Tom Hamilton - bass, guitar
Joey Kramer - drums, vocals
Steven Tyler - bass, harmonica, percussion, piano, keyboard, vocals
Rick Dufay - guitar, rhythm guitar

Additional personnel

Jack Douglas - percussion
Paul Harris - piano
John Lievano - guitar
Reinhard Straub - violin
John Turi - saxophone

[edit] Production

Producers: Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler
Engineers: Josh Abbey, John Agnello, Tony Bongiovi, Godfrey Diamond, Jack Douglas, Malcolm Pollack, Garry Rindfuss, Jim Sessody, Zoe Yanakis
Mixing: Godfrey Diamond

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Pop Albums	32

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"Lightning Strikes"	Mainstream Rock	21

[edit] External links

Rock in a Hard Place at MusicBrainz

Discography
Aerosmith
Steven Tyler \| Joe Perry \| Brad Whitford \| Tom Hamilton \| Joey Kramer
Ray Tabano \| Jimmy Crespo \| Rick Dufay
Studio albums: Aerosmith \| Get Your Wings \| Toys in the Attic \| Rocks \| Draw the Line \| Night in the Ruts \| Rock in a Hard Place \| Done with Mirrors Permanent Vacation \| Pump \| Get a Grip \| Nine Lives \| Just Push Play \| Honkin' on Bobo
Live albums: Live! Bootleg \| Classics Live I and II \| A Little South of Sanity \| Rockin' the Joint
Compilations: Aerosmith's Greatest Hits \| Gems \| Pandora's Box \| Big Ones \| Box of Fire \| Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits \| Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith
Singles: "Mama Kin" \| "Dream On" \| "Same Old Song and Dance" \| "Train Kept A-Rollin'" \| "Sweet Emotion" \| "Last Child" \| "Home Tonight" \| "Walk This Way" "Back in the Saddle" \| "Draw the Line" \| "Kings and Queens" \| "Come Together" \| "Chip Away the Stone" \| "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" \| "Lightning Strikes" "Let the Music Do the Talking" \| "Shela" \| "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" \| "Hangman Jury" \| "Angel" \| "Rag Doll" \| "Love in an Elevator" \| "Janie's Got a Gun" "What it Takes" \| "The Other Side" \| "F.I.N.E." \| "Monkey on My Back" \| "Eat the Rich" \| "Livin' on the Edge" \| "Fever" \| "Cryin'" \| "Amazing" \| "Shut Up and Dance" "Deuces are Wild" \| "Crazy" \| "Blind Man" \| "Walk on Water" \| "Nine Lives" \| "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" \| "Hole in My Soul" \| "Pink" \| "Taste of India" "Full Circle" \| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" \| "What Kind of Love Are You On" \| "Angel's Eye" \| "Jaded" \| "Fly Away from Here" \| "Sunshine" \| "Just Push Play" "Girls Of Summer" \| "Baby, Please Don't Go" \| "Devil's Got a New Disguise"
Videography
Videos: Live Texxas Jam '78 \| 3 x 5 \| Aerosmith Scrapbook \| Things That Go Pump in the Night \| The Making of Pump \| Big Ones You Can Look At \| You Gotta Move
Concert tours
Early Days \| Toys in the Attic Tour \| Rocks Tour \| Draw the Line Tour \| Night in the Ruts Tour \| Rock in a Hard Place Tour \| Back in the Saddle Tour Permanent Vacation Tour \| Pump Tour \| Get a Grip Tour \| Nine Lives Tour \| Just Push Play Tour \| Girls of Summer Tour \| Rocksimus Maximus Tour Honkin' on Bobo Tour \| Rockin' the Joint Tour \| Route of All Evil Tour
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