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A Little South of Sanity

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A Little South of Sanity
Live album and compilation album by
Aerosmith
ReleasedOctober 20, 1998
Recorded1993–1994 (Get a Grip Tour)
1997–1998 (Nine Lives Tour)
Genres
Length115:17
LabelGeffen
ProducersAerosmith, Jack Douglas
Aerosmith live chronology
Classics Live I and II
(1987)		 A Little South of Sanity
(1998)		 Rockin' the Joint
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
The IndependentStarStarStar[5]
NME4/10[6]
QStarStarStarStar[7]
Rolling StoneStarStar[8]

A Little South of Sanity is a live and compilation album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released on October 20, 1998, by Geffen Records. The two-disc album features recordings taken while the band was on the Nine Lives Tour, which began in 1997 and was still ongoing at the time of the live album release, and the Get a Grip Tour, which the band was on tour with from 1993 to 1994.

This release 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.

Production

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Shortly after the band reunited in 1984, they signed a contract to generate six albums for Geffen. Three of these, the studio releases Done With Mirrors, Permanent Vacation, and Pump, were finished before Aerosmith agreed to a contract with Columbia Records in 1991. The contract was not due to take effect until after Aerosmith's obligations to Geffen were fulfilled, but after the 1993 album Get a Grip was released, the band did not record another studio album for the label. Instead, a compilation of their hits from the Geffen era, titled Big Ones, was put together and plans for a live album were conceived as Aerosmith went to Columbia.

Artwork

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Filmmaker Patrick Connolly claims that he inspired, and is depicted on, the album cover.[9] As a teenager, Connolly was the gas station attendant for Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer when Kramer's Ferrari caught fire while refueling.[10] At the time of the incident and for a time after, Joey Kramer was convinced that the fire was Patrick Connolly's fault.[11] Connolly maintains that the album's cover, released in October 1998, features an image of a gas attendant who bears a resemblance to a teenage Connolly. He is convinced that the album cover artwork was intended to mockingly blame him for the July 15, 1998 incident.[12] The fire was later found to be caused by a defective fuel line in the vehicle's gas tank.

Live sources

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There are no official listings to support where or when each performance was culled from; the CD booklet only mentions they were recorded during the Get a Grip and Nine Lives world tours. However, the recordings of "Love in an Elevator", "Same Old Song and Dance", and "Sweet Emotion" each have Tyler calling out to the live crowd, revealing where they were recorded. The first song has him mentioning the crowd in State College, Pennsylvania, the second a crowd in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the third a crowd in Seattle, Washington.

Track listing

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Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Eat the Rich" (San Jose, Costa Rica, 10 November 1994)Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance5:14
2."Love in an Elevator" (University Park, PA, January 19, 1998)Tyler, Perry5:56
3."Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (West Palm Beach, FL, October 5, 1997)Tyler, Perry, Glen Ballard3:20
4."Same Old Song and Dance" (West Palm Beach, FL, October 5, 1997)Tyler, Perry5:58
5."Hole in My Soul" (West Palm Beach, FL, October 5, 1997)Tyler, Perry, Desmond Child5:40
6."Monkey on My Back" (Seattle, WA, October 20, 1997)Tyler, Perry4:08
7."Livin' on the Edge" (Vancouver, Canada, October 25, 1997)Tyler, Perry, Mark Hudson5:24
8."Cryin'" (Helsinki, Finland, May 25. 1997)Tyler, Perry, Taylor Rhodes5:11
9."Rag Doll" (Anaheim, CA, December 16. 1997)Tyler, Perry, Vallance, Holly Knight4:14
10."Angel" (Tokyo, Japan, March 8, 1998)Tyler, Desmond Child5:35
11."Janie's Got a Gun" (Las Vegas, NV, December 7. 1997)Tyler, Tom Hamilton5:07
12."Amazing" (Castle Donington, UK, June 4, 1994)Tyler, Richard Supa5:23
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Back in the Saddle" (West Palm Beach, FL, October 5, 1997)Tyler, Perry6:11
2."Last Child" (Yokohama, Japan, March 12, 1998)Tyler, Brad Whitford5:05
3."The Other Side" (Las Vegas, NV, December 7, 1997)Tyler, Vallance, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier4:40
4."Walk on Down" (Mansfield, MA, August 20, 1994)Perry3:41
5."Dream On" (Las Vegas, NV, December 7, 1997)Tyler4:51
6."Crazy" (San Jose, Costa Rica, November 10, 1994)Tyler, Perry, Child5:45
7."Mama Kin" (Boston, MA, December 30, 1997)Tyler4:12
8."Walk This Way" (Albany, NY, January 13, 1998)Tyler, Perry4:08
9."Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (Albany, NY, January 13, 1998)Tyler, Perry, Child4:22
10."What It Takes" (Albany, NY, January 13, 1998 and Columbia, SC, January 29)Tyler, Perry, Child5:15
11."Sweet Emotion" (Seattle, WA, October 22, 1997)Tyler, Hamilton5:57

Personnel

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Additional musicians
Production

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for A Little South of Sanity
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 141
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]34
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]10
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17]6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18]34
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19]24
French Albums (SNEP)[20]39
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21]21
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 8
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23]3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24]47
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[25]45
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[26] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27]24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28]16
UK Albums (Official Charts)[29]36
UK Rock & Metal Albums (Official Charts)[30]1
US Billboard 200[31]12

Certifications

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Certifications and sales for A Little South of Sanity
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[32] Platinum 100,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[33] Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] Gold 100,000‡
United States (RIAA)[35] Platinum 1,000,000^
Summaries
Latin America — 450,000[36]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format Tracks Label Catalog # Barcode Edition Series Notes
USA Oct 20, 1998 CD x 2 23 Geffen/Universal GEFD2-25221 720642522127 Explicit Version — [37]
USA Oct 20, 1998 Cassette x 2 23 Geffen/Universal GEFC2-25221 720642522141 Explicit Version — [38]
USA Oct 20, 1998 CD x 2 23 Geffen/Universal GEFD2-25308 720642530825 Clean Version — [39]
USA Oct 20, 1998 Cassette x 2 23 Geffen/Universal GEFC2-25308 720642530849 Clean Version — [40]
USA Nov 24, 1998 CD x 2 23 Geffen/Universal GEFD2-25314 720642531426 Special Collector's Edition — embroidered cloth digipak[41]

References

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  1. ↑ "A Little South of Sanity - Aerosmith | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). United Kingdom: Omnibus Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
  4. ↑ Browne, David (November 27, 1998). "A Little South of Sanity Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ Perry, Tim (October 17, 1998). "Album reviews". The Independent. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  6. ↑ "NME Album Reviews - A Little South Of Sanity". NME. September 14, 1998. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  7. ↑ Elliott, Paul. "Reviews - Over 18,000 music reviews from the world's greatest music magazine". Q. Archived from the original on September 21, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Aerosmith: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ "It's All Bad: South of Sanity with Patrick Connolly and Willis Stork auf Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts (in Swiss High German). Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ Buchanan, Brett (August 28, 2019). "Aerosmith Heartbreaking Car Accident Photos Revealed". AlternativeNation.net. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  11. ↑ "It's All Bad: South of Sanity with Patrick Connolly and Willis Stork on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  12. ↑ Giles, Jeff (July 15, 2015). "When Joey Kramer Barely Escaped a Burning Ferrari". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Aerosmith ARIA chart history (1988 to 2025)". ARIA. Retrieved April 18, 2026 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  14. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Aerosmith Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Aerosmith: A Little South of Sanity" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  22. ↑ "History" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved June 2, 2022. With "Ricerca per" set on "Titolo", search "A Little South of Sanity" and then click "Classifiche".
  23. ↑ "Oricon Top 50 Albums". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Charts.nz – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 25/10/1998 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  26. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  27. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  28. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  29. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 31/10/1998 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  30. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart on 31/10/1998 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  31. ↑ "Aerosmith Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  32. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity". Music Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  33. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – エアロスミス – ア・リトル・サウス・オブ・サニティ" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1998年10月 on the drop-down menu
  34. ↑ "British album certifications – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 15, 2021. Select albums in the Formats field. Type A Little South of Sanity Aerosmith in the "Search:" field.
  35. ↑ "American album certifications – Aerosmith – A Little South of Sanity". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  36. ↑ John Lannert (December 25, 1999). "The Year in Latin Music: A South Bound Roller Coaster". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  37. ↑ "Little South Of Sanity (Live) Explicit Version". Zia Records.
  38. ↑ "Little South Of Sanity (Live) Explicit Version". Zia Records.
  39. ↑ "Little South Of Sanity (Live) Clean Version". Zia Records.
  40. ↑ "Little South Of Sanity (Live) Clean Version". Zia Records.
  41. ↑ "Little South Of Sanity". Zia Records.
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