A Little South of Sanity

A Little South of Sanity
Live album by Aerosmith
Released	October 20, 1998
Recorded	1993–1994 and 1997–1998
Genre	Hard rock
Length	112:06
Label	Geffen
Producer	Jack Douglas
Aerosmith chronology
Classics Live I and II (1987) A Little South of Sanity (1998) Rockin' the Joint (2005)

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A Little South of Sanity is a live album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1998. This album was the only Aerosmith album to receive the Parental Advisory sticker, primarily due to lead singer Steven Tyler shouting profanities in between songs and modifying some song lyrics to racier ones, although some other song lyrics had profanity in their original studio versions as well (even their next studio album, Just Push Play contained profanity).

On the seal, the album title is misnamed as "A Little South of Insanity."

There are no listings to support where or when each performance was culled from. Only the listing that all tracks are from either the Get A Grip or Nine Lives World Tours. However, during the track Sweet Emotion (On disc 2) , Tyler shouts out "Seattle", and in Falling in Love (is hard on the knees) (On disc 1) he says "Ohhhh, West Palm Beach!".

At the beginning of disc 2, before starting Back in the Saddle, Steven Tyler shouts, "I've got blisters on my sisters!", referencing a similar thing Ringo Starr shouted at the end of The Beatles song Helter Skelter.

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Eat the Rich"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance	5:14
2.	"Love in an Elevator"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry	5:55
3.	"Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Glen Ballard	3:20
4.	"Same Old Song and Dance"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry	5:57
5.	"Hole in My Soul"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child	5:40
6.	"Monkey on My Back"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry	4:08
7.	"Livin' on the Edge"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson	5:24
8.	"Cryin'"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson	5:10
9.	"Rag Doll"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance, Holly Knight	4:13
10.	"Angel"	Steven Tyler, Desmond Child	5:35
11.	"Janie's Got a Gun"	Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton	5:07
12.	"Amazing"	Steven Tyler, Richard Supa	5:23

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back in the Saddle"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry	6:10
2.	"Last Child"	Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford	5:04
3.	"The Other Side"	Steven Tyler, Jim Vallance, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier	4:40
4.	"Walk on Down"	Joe Perry	3:40
5.	"Dream On"	Steven Tyler	4:50
6.	"Crazy"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child	5:44
7.	"Mama Kin"	Steven Tyler	4:12
8.	"Walk This Way"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry	4:08
9.	"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child	4:21
10.	"What it Takes"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child	5:15
11.	"Sweet Emotion"	Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton	5:57

Personnel

• Tom Hamilton – bass
• Joey Kramer – drums, percussion
• Joe Perry – guitar, backing vocals, talkbox on "Sweet Emotion", pedal steel guitar on "Rag Doll"
• Steven Tyler – lead vocals, percussion
• Brad Whitford – guitar
• Thom Gimbel – keyboard, backing vocals (CD2)
• Russ Irwin – keyboard, background vocals (CD1)

Production

• Engineer: Jay Messina
• Assistant engineers: Lawrence Manchester, John Wydrycs
• Mixing: Jack Douglas
• Mastering: Greg Calbi
• Monitor engineer: Mike Sprague
• Director: Jim Chapman
• Photography: Moshe Brakha
• Lighting design: Jim Chapman
• Clothing/wardrobe: Sherry Willshire

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1998	The Billboard 200	12
	Top Canadian Albums	6

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	December 3, 1998
	Platinum
CIA – Canada	Gold	Oct 20, 1998
	Platinum	Oct 20, 1998

External links

• A Little South of Sanity (disc 2) at MusicBrainz