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Revision as of 22:08, 13 January 2020

This article is about the album by Aerosmith. For the subsequent tour, see Honkin' on Bobo Tour.
Honkin' on Bobo
Studio album by
Aerosmith
ReleasedMarch 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)
Recorded2003 at the Boneyard, the Bryer Patch, Pandora's Box
Genre
Length43:57
LabelColumbia
ProducerSteven Tyler
Joe Perry
Jack Douglas
Marti Frederiksen
Aerosmith chronology
Just Push Play
(2001) 		Honkin' on Bobo
(2004) 		Music from Another Dimension!
(2012)
Singles from Honkin' on Bobo
  1. "Baby, Please Don't Go"
    Released: 2004

Honkin' on Bobo is the 14th studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on March 30, 2004 by Columbia Records.[1]

The album includes 11 covers of blues songs from the 1950s and 1960s, with one new song, "The Grind". The album pays tribute to Aerosmith's earliest influences and showcases a rawer sound, reminiscent of their 1970s work, when compared to their more recent commercial efforts. Honkin' on Bobo was produced by Jack Douglas, who was Aerosmith's producer on a vast majority of their 1970s output.

The album sold over 160,000 copies in its first week, reaching number five on the Billboard 200.[2] Honkin' on Bobo was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 11, 2004.[3]

Production

Honkin' On Bobo was recorded in Joe Perry's ranch near Boston, with the band playing only when they were in a good mood, as according to Perry, "We wanted to do something we haven't done before and that excites us. That's what makes us want to do another record. Otherwise, we'd say, 'OK, we've done everything we can do, so why bother even going in again?’." The album title was suggested by Steven Tyler, who heard the phrase somewhere and the band found it funny.[4] Perry also stated during a radio interview that "We just know that it's a phrase that sounds... jazzish, nastyish, so it works for us."[5] It may also be a reference to the early 90s single, "Honk On Bobo", by Canadian country/bluegrass/folk music group, The Good Brothers.

Many tracks on the album feature harmonica work by Tyler, including Little Walter's "Temperature" which was played on an episode of the House of Blues Radio Hour which was about the harmonica.[6] A harmonica keychain was included with the limited edition version.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Blender[9]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
USA Today[12]

Metacritic gave the album a score of 69 out of 100 based on 12 generally favorable reviews.[7] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said that the album is the best the band has done since Pump in 1989, and that it cannot be called a "blues" album because it is a rock album. He called the album a "surprise" in that, even though the album's artwork and title are bad, it marks a return to Aerosmith.[8] In his Blender magazine review of the album, Jon Pareles said that the band did their blues album different than most others because, instead of making "respectable" cover versions, they make quite unrespectable cover versions like "You Gotta Move". The album, to him, proves that Aerosmith can still rock.[9] Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly felt that the album didn't live up to what it should be because it is too loud, but some songs on the album are good.[10]

David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine wrote an article for the magazine comparing and contrasting Aerosmith's Honkin' on Bobo and Eric Clapton's Me and Mr. Johnson which also explored blues influences. He said that Clapton's album was mostly about pain, while Aerosmith's album was about sex and running away from lovers. He also considers Bobo to be a double-tribute album – one tribute to the original musicians and one tribute for 1960s blues-rock bands – and considers the album to be overdone, which is what Aerosmith is good at.[11]

Track listing

[13]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Road Runner" (Bo Diddley cover)Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley3:46
2."Shame, Shame, Shame" (Originally sung by Smiley Lewis)Ruby Fisher, Kenyon Hopkins2:15
3."Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson II cover)Sonny Boy Williamson II3:09
4."Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams cover)Joe Williams3:24
5."Never Loved a Girl" (Aretha Franklin cover)Ronny Shannon3:12
6."Back Back Train" (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover)Fred McDowell4:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."You Gotta Move" (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover)Rev. Gary Davis, Fred McDowell5:30
8."The Grind"Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Marti Frederiksen3:46
9."I'm Ready" (Muddy Waters cover)Willie Dixon4:13
10."Temperature" (Little Walter cover)Joel Michael Cohen, Walter Jacobs2:52
11."Stop Messin' Around" (Fleetwood Mac cover)Clifford Adams, Peter Green4:29
12."Jesus is on the Main Line" (Mississippi Fred McDowell cover)(Traditional, arr. by F. McDowell)2:51
Japanese Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Jaded"Tyler, Marti Frederiksen3:34

Personnel

Per liner notes[13]

  • Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, piano on "Never Loved a Girl", backing vocals on "Stop Messin' Around", percussion, production
  • Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Back Back Train" and "Stop Messin' Around", production
  • Brad Whitford – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Tom Hamilton – bass guitar
  • Joey Kramer – drums

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Top 100 Albums[14] 59
Austrian Top 75 Albums[15] 22
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[16] 44
Canadian Albums Chart[17] 5
Finnish Top 40 Albums[18] 35
French Top 200 Albums[19] 52
German Albums Chart[20] 32
Irish Top 75 Albums[21] 60
Japanese Top 30 Albums[22] 6
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[23] 64
Spain (AFYVE)[24] 48
Swedish Top 60 Albums[25] 38
Swiss Top 100 Albums[26] 17
UK Albums Chart[27] 28
US Billboard 200[28] 5
US Blues Albums[29] 1

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions
U.S.
[30] 		U.S. Rock
[30] 		U.S. Main
[30] 		AUS
[31] 		AUT
[32] 		CAN
[33] 		GER
[34] 		NLD
[35] 		SWI
[36] 		UK
[37]
2004 "Baby, Please Don't Go" — 7 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAJ - Japan Gold[38] April 10, 2004
RIAA - USA Gold May 11, 2004

Release history

Region Date Format Tracks Label Catalog # Barcode Edition Series Notes
USA Mar 30, 2004 LP 12 Columbia/SMEI C 87025 696998702516 — — 180 Gram[39]
USA Mar 30, 2004 ECD 12 Columbia/SMEI CK 87025 696998702523 — — [40]
USA Mar 30, 2004 ECD 12 Columbia/SMEI CK 92079 827969207925 Limited Edition Harmonica Keychain — [41]
USA Apr 29, 2008 MP3 256k 12 Columbia/SBME CK 87025 696998702523 — — indiv. tracks; approx. date; issued between Apr 20 - May 13, 2008[42][43][44][45]
USA Jan 6, 2009 AAC 256k 12 Columbia/SME CK 87025 696998702523 — — indiv. tracks; approx. date; issued between Jan 6 - Mar 2009[46][47][48]
USA Jul 1, 2009 MP3 192k 12 Columbia/SME CK 87025 696998702523 — — indiv. tracks[49][50]
USA Oct 6, 2009 MP3 320k 12 Columbia/SME CK 87025 696998702523 — — indiv. tracks; approx. date; issued between Oct 6 - Nov 28, 2009[51][52]
USA May 10, 2011 ECD 12 Columbia/SMEI CK 87025 886979165724 — — [53]
USA Jun 7, 2011 ECD 12 Columbia/SMEI CK 87025 886979165625 — — [54]
USA Nov 6, 2012 AAC 256k 12 Columbia/SME 88644 36982 4 886443698246 — Mastered for iTunes 2012 Remaster; indiv. tracks[55][56]
USA Apr 23, 2014 FLAC 96/24 12 Columbia/SME 88644 36982 4 886443698246 — — 2012 Remaster; album only[57][58]
USA Dec 2014 MP3 320k + AAC 320k 12 Columbia/SME CK 87025 696998702523 — — indiv. tracks; approx. date; issued between Dec 11 - 17, 2014[59][60][61]
USA Dec 2014 FLAC 44.1/16 12 Columbia/SME CK 87025 696998702523 — — indiv. tracks; approx. date; issued between Dec 11 - 17, 2014[59][60][61]
USA Jun 17, 2016 AIFF 96/24 12 Columbia/SME 88644 36982 4 886443698246 — — 2012 Remaster; album only[62][63]
USA Jun 17, 2016 ALAC 96/24 12 Columbia/SME 88644 36982 4 886443698246 — — 2012 Remaster; album only[62][63]
USA Jun 17, 2016 WAV 96/24 12 Columbia/SME 88644 36982 4 886443698246 — — 2012 Remaster; album only[62][63]
USA Aug 7, 2019 AAC 256k 12 Columbia/SME 88644 36982 4 886443698246 — Apple Digital Master 2012 Remaster; indiv. tracks[64]
USA Sep 27, 2019 FLAC 96/24 12 Columbia/SME 88644 36982 4 886443698246 — — 2012 Remaster; album only[65]

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