Album
Honkin’ on Bobo
Honkin' on Bobo is Aerosmith's fourteenth studio album, released on Columbia in 2004. It is a blues record at heart: eleven covers of songs from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, plus one new original, "The Grind". Rather than chasing another polished radio hit, the band look back at the music that first shaped them.
The sound is rawer than on their more recent, commercially minded albums, and that is much of the appeal. Jack Douglas, who produced most of their 1970s work, is back in the chair, which helps give it a looser, more immediate feel. It reached number five on the Billboard 200 and went gold in the US. Between Just Push Play and Music From Another Dimension!, it is the one where Aerosmith go back to their roots.
Honkin’ on Bobo: tracklist, credits and charts
12 tracks · 43:48Tracklist
- 1Road RunnerBo Diddley3:44
- 2Shame, Shame, ShameRuby Fisher and Ken Hopkins2:15
- 3Eyesight to the BlindSonny Boy Williamson3:10
- 4Baby, Please Don’t Go[traditional]3:24
- 5Never Loved a GirlRonnie Shannon3:12
- 6Back Back TrainMississippi Fred McDowell4:23
- 7You Gotta MoveReverend Gary Davis and Mississippi Fred McDowell5:31
- 8The GrindFrederiksen, Perry, Tyler3:47
- 9I’m ReadyWillie Dixon4:14
- 10TemperatureJoel Cohen and Little Walter2:51
- 11Stop Messin’ AroundClifford Davis and Peter Green4:30
- 12Jesus Is on the Main Line[traditional]2:48
- Produced by
- Jack Douglas, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Marti Frederiksen
- Recorded at
- The Boneyard, The Bryer Patch, Pandora’s Box
- Recorded
- 2003
- Mixed by
- Marti Frederiksen
- Mixed at
- Pandora’s Box
- Engineered by
- Paul Caruso, Jay Messina, Paul Santo, Marti Frederiksen
- Label
- Columbia
- Length
- 43:48
Line-up
- Joe Perry · background vocals, hurdy gurdy, resonator guitar, lead vocals, slide guitar
- Johnnie Johnson · piano · guest
- Paul Santo · piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, reed organ
- The Memphis Horns · brass · guest
- Steven Tyler · piano · guest
- Tracy Bonham · vocals · guest
- Tom Hamilton · acoustic guitar, background vocals · guest
- Leila El-Amine · background vocals · guest
- Joey Kramer · background vocals · guest
- Chelsea Tyler · background vocals · guest
Singles
- “Baby, Please Don't Go” · 2004
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 2004 | 5 |
| UK Albums Chart · 2004 | 28 |
| US Blues · 2004 | 1 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2004 | 3 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 2004 | 5 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2004 | 6 |
| Swiss Albums · 2004 | 17 |
| Italian Albums · 2004 | 21 |
| Scottish Albums · 2004 | 21 |
| Austrian Albums · 2004 | 22 |
All 19 charts
| German Albums · 2004 | 32 |
| Finnish Albums · 2004 | 35 |
| Swedish Albums · 2004 | 38 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2004 | 44 |
| Spanish Albums (AFYVE) · 2004 | 48 |
| French Albums · 2004 | 52 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 2004 | 59 |
| Ireland 2 · 2004 | 60 |
| Dutch Albums · 2004 | 64 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Japan · 2004 | Gold |
| United States · 2004 | Gold |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (2003, 2004)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 25 March 2003 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 30 March 2004 | |
| Wikidata | 30 March 2004 | |
| US release | 30 March 2004 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 2004 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March 2003 | XW | Columbia | 0696998702523 | original |
| 2004 | CA | Columbia | 696998702523 | other |
| 2004 | US | Columbia Records | 696998702516 | other |
| 2004 | XE | Columbia | 5099751544722 | other |
| 30 March 2004 | MX | Sony Music | 7509951544722 | other |
| 30 March 2004 | US | Columbia | 696998702523 | other |
| 31 March 2004 | JP | Sony Records International | 4547366014945 | other |
| 2 November 2012 | US | Columbia | 886443698246 | other |
| 7 December 2022 | XW | Aerosmith P&D – Sony | 00696998702523 | other |
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| coverartarchive ✓ | 1439×1424 | upscaled: minor: best source 1439x1424, upscaled to 1500 (x1.05) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |