AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford spoke with Robert Cavuoto from Guitarinternational.com recently about a number of topics including their new album, Music From Another Dimension!. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Robert: At what point did you realize that Music From Another Dimension was going to be the ultimate Aerosmith CD that fans had been waiting for?

Brad Whitford: "That’s a good question. We had an initial writing session for this CD about a year and half ago, where we worked up seven or eight songs with Marti Frederiksen in LA. We had a good vibe right from that start and were having a lot of fun doing it. From there we went into the studio with Jack Douglas (producer) a few months later. We had a tremendous amount of ideas to work with I think even the band was surprised at the result."

Robert: Is it true that you went back to some left over riffs and unreleased demos for Music From Another Dimension?

Brad Whitford: "There were some things that we were sitting on for a long time but never got around to finishing until now. Ideas that we knew they were good, yet didn’t throw them aside. We took them out of the box and said, 'Hmm, this one’s good' and 'I like this one.'"

Robert: Where does this MFAD rate for you personality compared to all your other CDs?

Brad Whitford: "I think it might be one of the better CDs that we have ever done. Lots of times you make a CD and end up with one or two tracks that you’re not totally happy with. And that typically that has to do with how much materials you have to work with. We had enormous amount of material. I think if we stayed in the studio any longer we would have enough for another two or three CDs. The creativity was really flowing. When I listen back to the CD, I hear all these great songs. I don’t feel that I would have done anything different. I’m really proud of each individual note. These are all nice finished ideas. CDs like this don’t always happen."

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Music From Another Dimension! is due out on November 6th via Columbia Records. It marks the band’s 15th studio album and their first studio album of all-new material in 11 years.

Check out the new video - Making Of Music From Another Dimension! Episode 5, here.

Check out the previous making-of videos below:

Episode 4

Episode 3

Episode 2

Episode 1

Music From Another Dimension! was recorded in Los Angeles and at the band’s studio in Massachusetts; it was produced by Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, with the exception of three tracks produced by Tyler and Marti Frederiksen.

“It’s not that it took ten years,” Steven Tyler says, “but that we were busy getting ready!”

"This is the album we wanted to make since the band got back together in 1984,” Joe Perry says. “Can't complain about number one singles or album-driven sold-out world tours, as we blaze the Aerosmith trail with our fans. But this is the record that when the five of us are in a room yelling turn up the volume, that room could be 1325 Commonwealth Avenue (a reference to the band’s first apartment where they lived and wrote their first song).”

A deluxe version of Music From Another Dimension! will include:

- Four live performance videos: 'Rats In The Cellar', 'Train Kept A Rollin'', 'Oh Yeah' and 'Same Old Song and Dance'
- Exclusive interviews with the members of Aerosmith band members
- Three exclusive new bonus tracks: 'Up On A Mountain', 'Oasis' and 'Sunny Side of Love'

Music From Another Dimension! tracklisting is as follows:

'LUV XXX'

'Oh Yeah'

'Beautiful'

'Tell Me'

'Out Go The Lights'

'Legendary Child'

'What Could Have Been Love'

'Street Jesus'

'Can’t Stop Loving You' (with CARRIE UNDERWOOD)

'Lover A Lot'

'We All Fall Down'

'Freedom Fighter' (with JOHNNY DEPP)

'Closer'

'Something'

'Another Last Goodbye'

Three new tracks - 'Lover A Lot', 'What Could Have Been Love' and 'Street Jesus' - can be heard below:

Aerosmith recently announced the second leg of The Global Warming Tour, which will include support act CHEAP TRICK. Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com. For VIP ticket packages, including opportunities to meet band members, backstage tours, great tickets and more, visit Aeroforceone.com.

Dates:

November

8 - Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Energy Arena
11 - Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena
14 - Kansas City, MO - Spring Center
16 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
20 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
23 - Atlantic City, NJ - Revel Resorts – Ovation Hall
25 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
27 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre

December

1 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
3 - Los Angeles, CA - STAPLES Center
6 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
9 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - BB&T; Center
11 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum
13 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena