Done with Mirrors

Done with Mirrors is the eighth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released November 9, 1985. The release marked the return to the band of Joe Perry, who'd left the group in 1979, and Brad Whitford, who'd left the band in 1981. It was also the band's first album released by Geffen Records. It was intended as their "comeback" album, but it didn't live up to commercial expectations.

In keeping with the title, all the text on the album (except for the catalog number and UPC) was written back-to-front and could be read normally by holding it up to a mirror. All but the original CD pressing flip the artwork, so it can be read without a mirror, and replaced the photo of an illusionist bending forks with one of the band, the band's logo also being prominent on the new cover. As a result, the original CD (which came housed in a longbox) is considered desirable by fans. All text inside the booklet of the first CD-pressing is also back-to-front.

The title is a double entendre, referring both to illusions that are "done with mirrors," as well as members of the band quitting their drug use (such as cocaine, which is traditionally snorted off of a mirror).

"Let The Music Do the Talking" was a new recording of the title track of the first album by The Joe Perry Project, with altered lyric and melody.

Joey Kramer, who was a guest on VH1 Classic's That Metal Show, expressed his dislikes of the album, claiming that the band "never really finished it."[1]

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Contents
[hide]*1 Track listing
 * 2 Personnel
 * 3 Production
 * 4 Charts
 * 4.1 Album
 * 4.2 Singles
 * 5 Certifications
 * 6 See also
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links
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All songs by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer, except where noted "Darkness" does not appear on the vinyl LP.

edit] Personnel

 * Steven Tyler - Lead vocals, Percussion
 * Joe Perry - Guitar, Backing vocals
 * Brad Whitford - Guitar
 * Tom Hamilton - Bass
 * Joey Kramer - Drums

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 * Producer: Ted Templeman
 * Engineer: Jeff Hendrickson
 * 1st Assistant Engineer: Tom Size
 * 2nd Assistant Engineer: Gary Rindfuss
 * 3rd Assistant Engineer: Stan Katayama
 * Analog Mastering Engineer: Howie Weinberg
 * Digital Mastering Engineer: Ken Caillat
 * Production Coordinator: Joan Parker
 * Band Equipment installation assembler #1: Jay Fortune
 * Band Equipment installation assembler #2: Toby Francis
 * Band Equipment installation assembler #3: Patrick O'Neil
 * Album Cover Concept: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
 * Art Direction and Design: Norman Moore
 * Photography: Jim Shea

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Billboard (North America)

edit] Singles
Billboard (North America)