Devil's Got a New Disguise – The Very Best of Aerosmith

Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith
Greatest hits album by Aerosmith
Released	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)
Recorded	1972-2006
Genre	Hard rock
Length	79:22
Label	Columbia/Sony Music
Producer	Varies from song to song
Aerosmith chronology
Rockin' the Joint (2005) Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith (2006) Tough Love: Best Of The Ballads (2011)
Singles from Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith
"Devil's Got a New Disguise" Released: 2006 (promo only)
The Very Best of Aerosmith
Special Tour Edition

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
NeuFutur	(6.7/10)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C[3]

Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith (known in the UK as The Very Best of Aerosmith) is a compilation album by American hard rock band Aerosmith released on October 17, 2006. It has sold more than 265,048 copies to date in the U.S. as of May 2008.

The album was intended to fulfill Aerosmith's contract with Sony Music/Columbia Records until a release of a new studio album, the first since 2001's Just Push Play, but the new studio album has still not been released as of December 2011. However, Jack Douglas, who produced much of the band's 70s output and 2004's cover album Honkin' On Bobo, has said in various Facebook updates that the new studio album will be released in mid-2012. Since the release of Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith, another compilation, even without any new material has been released in 2011.

Aerosmith had hoped to spend much of 2006 recording material for a new album, but the band had been hit with a number of setbacks during the year, including lead singer Steven Tyler requiring throat surgery in March 2006, bassist Tom Hamilton recovering from treatment for throat cancer, and conflict with their record company. Thus, as the band had been robbed of adequate time to create a quality album, they opted to release a best-of compilation instead.

The album features 18 Aerosmith hits in their single-remix versions, spanning their entire career, as well as two new songs: the title track, "Devil's Got a New Disguise", and "Sedona Sunrise." "Devil's Got a New Disguise" was culled from outtakes from the Pump sessions, during which it was called "Susie Q" and had unfinished lyrics; later, during 1992's Get a Grip sessions, its title changed to "Devil's Got a New Disguise", it was co-written by Diane Warren and for the 2006 version few lines of the lyrics were changed. "Sedona Sunrise" was also culled from the Pump sessions co-written by Jim Vallance (The Other Side, Young Lust, etc.). "Devil's Got A New Disguise" is a straightforward rocker, while "Sedona Sunrise" is a very laidback, somewhat romantic blues-rock tune.

The European edition of the album was released on 30 October 2006 and it features 5 tracks different from the American version. These tracks are: "Amazing", "Angel", "Falling In Love (Is Hard on the Knees)", "Pink", and "The Other Side". The tracks that were on the American edition of the album but are not on the European edition of the album are: "Back in the Saddle", "Last Child", "Mama Kin", "Rag Doll" and "What It Takes".

In North America, the album debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200, with 23,000 units sold,^[4] and had sold 75,000 copies by December 6, 2006.^[5]

Contents 1 American Track listing (Devil's Got a New Disguise) 2 United Kingdom Track listing (The Very Best of Aerosmith) 3 Personnel 4 Charts and certifications 5 References

American Track listing (Devil's Got a New Disguise)

1. "Dream On" - from Aerosmith – 4:26
2. "Mama Kin" - from Aerosmith – 4:26
3. "Sweet Emotion" - from Toys In The Attic – 4:35
4. "Back in the Saddle" - from Rocks – 4:40
5. "Last Child" - from Rocks – 3:26
6. "Walk This Way (Run-DMC Version)" from Raising Hell – 3:45
7. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" - from Permanent Vacation – 4:22
8. "Rag Doll" - from Permanent Vacation – 4:25
9. "Love in an Elevator" - from Pump – 5:22
10. "Janie's Got a Gun" - from Pump – 5:30
11. "What It Takes" - from Pump – 4:08 [edited]
12. "Crazy" - from Get a Grip - 4:05 [edited]
13. "Livin' on the Edge" - from Get a Grip – 4:21 [edited]
14. "Cryin'" - from Get a Grip – 5:09
15. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - from the Armageddon soundtrack – 4:28 [edited]
16. "Jaded" - from Just Push Play – 3:35
17. "Sedona Sunrise" – 4:18
18. "Devil's Got a New Disguise" – 4:27

United Kingdom Track listing (The Very Best of Aerosmith)

1. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" - from Permanent Vacation – 4:22
2. "Love in an Elevator" - from Pump – 5:22
3. "Livin' on the Edge" - from Get a Grip – 5:06 [edited]
4. "Walk This Way (Run-DMC Version)" from Raising Hell – 3:45
5. "Cryin'" - from Get a Grip – 5:09
6. "Jaded" - from Just Push Play – 3:35
7. "Crazy" - from "Get a Grip" - 4:05 [edited]
8. "Angel - from "Permanent Vacation" - 5:06
9. "Janie's Got a Gun" - from Pump – 5:30
10. "Amazing - from "Get A Grip" - 5:57
11. "The Other Side - from "Pump" - 4:07
12. "Dream On" - from Aerosmith – 4:26
13. "Sweet Emotion" - from Toys In The Attic – 4:35
14. "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" - from Nine Lives
15. "Pink - from Nine Lives
16. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - from the Armageddon soundtrack – 4:28
17. "Sedona Sunrise" – 4:18
18. "Devil's Got a New Disguise" – 4:27

Personnel

• Steven Tyler - lead vocals, harmonica
• Joe Perry - lead guitar, background vocals
• Brad Whitford - rhythm guitar
• Tom Hamilton - bass
• Joey Kramer - drums, percussion

Charts and certifications

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Top 50 Albums[6]	31
Austrian Top 75 Albums[7]	75
French Compilations[8]	14
German Albums[9]	80
New Zealand Top 40 Albums[10]	2
Swiss Top 100 Albums[11]	30
UK Albums Chart[12]	19
US Billboard 200[13]	33
US Rock Albums[13]	11

Country	Provider	Certification (sales thresholds)
Ireland[14]	IRMA	Platinum
New Zealand[15]	RIANZ	Platinum

References

Aerosmith Steven Tyler Tom Hamilton Joey Kramer Joe Perry Brad Whitford 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 Greatest Hits Gems Pandora's Box Big Ones Box of Fire Made in America Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith Tough Love: Best of the Ballads Videos and DVDs Video Scrapbook Permanent Vacation 3x5 Live Texxas Jam '78 Things That Go Pump in the Night The Making of Pump Big Ones You Can Look At You Gotta Move Concert tours Rocks Tour Back in the Saddle Tour Done with Mirrors Tour Permanent Vacation Tour Pump Tour Get a Grip Tour Nine Lives Tour Roar of the Dragon 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 World Tour 2007 Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Tour Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour Back On the Road Tour Personnel Jack Douglas Bruce Fairbairn Desmond Child John Kalodner Mark Hudson Jim Vallance Richie Supa Tim Collins Marti Frederiksen Taylor Rhodes Glen Ballard Kevin Shirley Brendan O'Brien Marty Callner Steve Leber David Krebs Related articles Discography Singles discography Videography Band members Concert tours Awards Outtakes Toxic Twins The Strangeurs/Chain Reaction Whitford/St. Holmes The Joe Perry Project Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith Wherehouse Aero Force One Blue Army Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith Armageddon: The Album "Wayne's World" sketch Wayne's World 2 (soundtrack) "Flaming Moe's" Quest for Fame Revolution X Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (list of songs featured) Toxic Twin Towers Ball Categories Members Albums Songs Videos Concert tours Book Category Portal WikiProject