“DEVIL’S GOT A NEW DISGUISE, THE VERY BEST OF AEROSMITH”

Aerosmith

“DEVIL’S GOT A NEW DISGUISE, THE VERY BEST OF AEROSMITH”

RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS

The Boston rock band’s latest greatest-hits venture is not unlike a road trip with an old friend you haven’t seen in years. When you lay out the band’s music chronologically, the music does all the talking. It’s impossible not to hear the influential, sweeping tones of “Mama Kin” and “Dream On.” It’s equally impossible to miss the silly, saccharine inanity of “Livin’ On The Edge” and “I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing.” Everything in between is a slippery slide down the road of self-parody.