Reviews (page 6 of 10)
Decent rock album, but Rocks impressed me more.
Very solid rock album: energetic stuff, beautiful ballad at the end, nothing over the top.
Absolutely unique album with a lot of energy.
Classic rock still remains firmly not my thing, but as far as it goes these guys aren't too bad. Lots of catchy melodies and the lyrics are humorous enough to actually be interesting.
It was good, melancholic yet very upbeat, the lyrics are a bit ‘eeky’? But overall the theme is constant and pretty there, sweet emotion is the one that stands out from the album. Even if it’s a pretty short album, it feels very long. 6.2/10.
nah 3/10
Aerosmith es una banda que nunca he podido entender. Su música siempre me ha parecido la antítesis de lo cool. Walk this way is super fucking weird.
Having already listened to an Aerosmith album and really loved it, I was very excited to listen to this album. It did not disappoint. More led zeppelin-like than I anticipated.
Not an Aerosmith fan, but it was solid. As far as 70’s rock goes, I tend to look elsewhere.
I feel 15 years old again! Some of Aerosmith's songs are immortalized in my life and it was a pleasant surprise to re-listen to Toys in The Attic. Classics like Walk The Line and Sweet Emotion were part of the soundtrack of my adolescence and I still get goosebumps listening to them today. Easy 5 Stars!
Aerosmith was one of my brother's favored groups so I got to know this album through him. I've always been kind of neutral on Aerosmith and while this album was decent, it doesn't rise to a 4 for me. Sweet Emotion is a banger though.
I think this album is not very groundbreaking in terms of rock as whole, but given the fact it was 1975 when this came out it sounds very modern. Walk This Way is a great track. I'm just not a biggest fan of Aerosmith.
This wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Like other people on here, I was mostly familiar with 90s Aerosmith. But this is basically pretty low-stakes garage rock/bar band stuff. That doesn't mean it's good, it's just not terrible.
solid record with huge songs. Me personally am not a huge aerosmith fan but i still enjoy bunch of these records. 3.0/5.0
Lekker
Highly enjoyable with a few hits sprinkled in. Fantastic Aerosmith album.
It’s a solid 3 but Sweet Emotion takes it to easy 3.5 and gotta round up.
Stevie's still giving me the creeps man
Best Aerosmith album. Although I do like Rocks too. But this s the classic one.
I love this album!!!
The original Walk This Way really has no juice compared to the Run-DMC version, huh. Why is this here?
I'm a simple man; I see Aerosmith, I shit talk Aerosmith.
Boy I loved Aerosmith back in high school, and Toys… was one of my favorite albums, the title song especially. My love has dwindled over the decades, especially since they took a much softer turn a few albums into their reemergence from obscurity thanks to Rick Rubin, Run DMC, and a track of this album. It’s still a solid album, though. Just not as great as I once thought it. I guess I’ve (fortunately) matured out of some of the double entendres and innuendos.
Great album. Awesome riffs. I really like this forgotten gem
How could it not be a 5-star album.
Strange mix of blues and rock. Gets a bit beefy and sabbath-esque towards the end. Walk this Way without Run DMC is just abysmal.
I was intrigued to listen to this given I know nothing pre-late 80s from them. TBH I was left feeling a bit nonplussed by it. So it’s got some average blues rock that was the staple of the day, meh. There was a some individuality on Walk this way and Sweet Emotion which was much more funky and you can see how that may have influenced some 80s hair metal (fair play). My favourite was Round and Round, which was much heavier, but I suspect that’s a bit of an outlier for them. But overall I just didn’t get much personality from it, what sets them apart from other 70s rock. I should probably listen to further albums to find out, but off this showing I think it can remain a mystery unless this list forces me…..
Enjoyed this more than I thought. Clearly a filthy bunch of coked up egotists but solid riffs and good tunes.
classic rock album, some of the best rock guitar ever
Huh. Who knew that this band was ever this good? This album is just flat-out fun, and holy shit, the bass work throughout it is outstanding. The last track is awful, though.
Favourite tracks: toys in the attic; walk this way; sweet emotion; big ten inch record
Classic rock. A couple of really good songs here like Sweet Emotion. I felt like the production needed a little work, especially with the vocalist. I felt like in half of the songs, everything was muddy and difficult to listen to. Wanted to like this more than I did.
Yet another album better than I'd expected. Quire Bluesy. Rocks along nicely
Nothing special. Obviously Sweet Emotion and Walk This Way elevate the rating I would have given to a 3 instead of a 2. You See Me Cryin' is a beautiful ballad and I feel like this is where the band and Steve Tyler's vocal strengths lie (I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing another gorgeous ballad not on here) - maybe they should have stuck to that style instead of generic rock songs about looking up some schoolgirl's skirt or something.
Inoffensive, but this is the third album I've been served from them, and that's really just too many Aerosmith albums.
CLASSIC ROCK CLASSIC ROCK CLASSIC ROCK. What a fantastic album.
Toys In The Attic Walk This Way Sweet Emotion Round And Round You See Me Crying
Not the greatest rock album by a long shot, but still quite enjoyable. It definitely encompasses the feeling of its time well. Favorite tracks: "Walk This Way," "Sweet Emotion" and the title track.
Three-and-a-half stars album, Aerosmith really recorded some iconic songs on this one.
Probably Aerosmith’s best album with some of their best songs. But while I think Aerosmith wrote some catchy tunes, they definitely walked (this way… heh) so that others could run, including Run-D.M.C. with their re-interpretation “Walk This Way” or Shania Twain whose “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” sounds suspiciously like Aerosmith’s “Uncle Salty” (but in a good way, Twain’s song is so much better.
Good album, not my favorite but they showcased a few styles.
Meh. It's Aerosmith. It's okay.
imagine releasing this entire album when you could have just dropped sweet emotion
felt like a real girl dad when i was blasting this while doing an arts and crafts project tbh. sweet emotion SLAPS, like that must've been in the guitar hero game for SURE
it started off strong but i feel like it drifted away, but wasn't too bad. just classic aerosmith
obligatory fuck steven tyler though
this was pretty good but getting walk this way and it not being the run dmc version is like if someone told you they got you ice cream and then they come home and it was just vanilla with nothing on it
i know some songs! doesn't mean i liked it that much lmfaooo. it was okay!!
Funny how Aerosmith was nearly forgotten at one point in time, before the mid to late 80s brought them back as a legendary force. This album is loaded with great riffs on great tunes. The tracks fall flat at some spots, but an overall very enjoyable record
Aerosmith en plena forma, el gran tema del álbum es Walk this way (luego rescatada por Run-DMC 10 años más tarde), pero el resto del disco no baja el nivel. Tyler y Perry encienden su lámpara y alumbran un disco clásico y plenamente vigente hoy en día. El salto de calidad en este tercer disco es enorme. Tras girar con Kiss, Black Sabbsth o Deep Purple, hibridaron una estupenda conjunción de Rock duro, clásico y rock para disfrute de más de 8 millones de compradores del disco. Este nivel solo lo mantendrían con el siguiente Rocks, y ya no lo recuperaron jamás (si que regresaron con el majestuoso Pump en el 89, pero ya como otra cosa, igualmente disfrutable). Apertura con Toys in the attic, toda una declaración de intenciones con esta estupenda canción. Uncle Salty (temática que luego recuperarían en la magnífica Janie´s got a gun) y Adam´s apple, más rock añejo que desemboca, cómo no, en Walk this way. Imposible quedarse quieto. Big ten inch record es R&R 100% clásico, es una versión de un tema de los años 50. Sweet emotion, es el otro clásico del disco. Algo más psicodélica (suena la marimba), pero igualmente genial. No more, no more es otro temazo. Round and round, endurece el estilo con obvia influencia de Led Zepellin. Baladón final con You see me crying. 1975 es el año de discos como: Down by the Jetty de Dr. Feelgood, debut de Ac/Dc, Physical Graffiti de Led Zeppelin, Wish you were here de Pink Floyd, That's the Way of the World de Earth, Wind and Fire, Young Americans de D. Bowie, Dressed to Kill de kiss, Rubycon de Tangerine Dream, ABBA de ABBA, Diamonds & Rust de Joan Baez, Zuma y Tonight's the Night de Neil Young, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy de Elton John, Main Coruse de Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band de KC and the Sunshine Band, Born to run de B. Springsteen, Love to Love You Baby de Donna Summer, Another Green World de Brian Eno, Ommadawn de Mike Oldfield, Radio-Activity de Kraftwerk, Horses de Patti Smith, A Night at the Opera de Queen, Crisis? What Crisis? de Supertramp, el directo de Bob Marley...
I grew up owning the Best of Album for Aerosmith, and I think this was a good choice. Best of, prior to their 1980's/90's shit. So this is worthy of inclusion based on the classics, but those lesser songs I can live without.
A few classic hits. I'd probably hit a greatest hits before I'd hit this.
It’s okay
Best album of their catalog but still detest this band - lead singer.
I swear years go by without me remembering Aerosmith exists. The two big singles on here are fun, the rest goes right through my ears and out the other side. Nearly turned it off at that "ten inch" song, rock in it's worst form.
For me this is another album where the best songs are very good (Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion, You See Me Crying) to rate 4 stars or B, but the rest lower that to a B-.
Mid rock
Fín klassísk lög eins og Walk This way og Sweet emotion en þetta fer ekki í rotation hjá mér
not impressed
Classic 80s Rock!
Aerosmith had a good run in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I got to experience the hype towards the end of their heyday in the early 90s when I was a kid. I don’t want to discredit them too much, but I think their time came and went. Even going back and listening to these songs, it just doesn’t have the mojo anymore like it once did.
After my surprising love of Rocks, I was excited to listen to this in full. Turns out it just reinforced my priors. Early Aerosmith isn't great, but they aren't awful. Sweet Emotion is great though. Probably not coming back to this one.
Yeah. What? I don't even remember anything and I just finished the album. Like it's not bad, it's just not good either
Rock. Catchy at times, but mostly boring. Includes major hit Walk This Way.
Talented musicians and Steven Tyler making the dullest butt-rock imaginable. The best song on the album sounds like their A&R man demanded a Zeppelin Lite tune for radio. And the lyrics probably dropped my IQ by a whole standard deviation, which I unfortunately no longer understand.
Rock at it's best
Dope record. Some iconic hits and beautiful sounds.
Als nicht allzu großer Hardrock Fan kann man das Album doch ganz gut anhören und teilweise mitnicken.
4/5
Can’t even
Toys In The Attic does nothing for me. I had never listened to the full album. I have always and will always think of Aerosmith as a 80/90s band. The 70s version is so weird to me, Steve Tyler’s voice changed so much 4.7/10
A very lame album. If it weren't for Walk This Way it wouldn't be on this list.
I'm not a great Aerosmith fan. Did listen. Didnt think it was heavy rock. Meh
The Rolling Stones for people from Boston (complimentary)
I'm torn. Sweet Emotion, Toys in the Attic, and Walk this Way are Aerosmith classics. But I am not sure if this is really good, or just really familiar to me so I think it's good. The rest is pretty good too. I think this classic Aerosmith is better than the rebirth in the 90's Aerosmith. It is definitely not a 5, but I'll go 4 stars. +1 for real guitars and drums.
Day130 - walk this way and sweet emotion are classic rock staples for a reason they’re awesome
Oh god, not another Aerosmith album. Despite the band's energetic enthusiasm, I found this a dull album that doesn't interest me.
Find it really hard to care about this music. I guess I just don't like American rock music that's sold like a cynical product, or something. Not bad, just a chore to get through.
3+ sweet emotion
Walk this way and Sweet emotion are worth it but the rest is not.
Yea fine cool
Aerosmith is very much a "big hits" artist for me, and this album reinforces that for me. Besides Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion, which are probably the two biggest hits here, nothing caught my ear. It's not dad rock I grew up with so it has a high wall to clear.
Tolles Album mit eingängigen Melodien und Texten.
I used to love Aerosmith when I was like in middle school, and now it does feel a bit purile.
Cool, nothing special
Not my style but I like it, very cokey
i'll tell ya what, aerosmith made some great bops together! toys in the attic has aerosmith in their prime--i don't think that can be argued. each of these songs individually are so good and stand on their own, even the non-singles. that has to be because of the backing instrumentation--steven tyler's vocals are unique though incomprehesible, but the band's work is so evident because it's so tight. the guitar intro to "walk this way"? iconic because it is genuinely good. i was indoctrinated as an aerosmith fan in my youth, but i had no clue that "big ten inch record" was actually a cover. to compare it to the original was fascinating. it's r&b but has a blues feel, which might seem out of place for aerosmith but isn't! "uncle salty" as the second song on the album is even more blues rock, so it all comes full circle. (aerosmith fans will see what i did there.) but, of course, they really are most at home with their hard rock.
Aerosmith enjoyed some relative success in the two albums prior to this, but it really feels like this is the album where they landed on their distinctive sound. Finding that sound on this album brought about two of the band's biggest hits, period: "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion". There's a reason why both of these are regarded as quintessential Aerosmith songs; sure there are other, earlier, Aerosmith songs that are popular, but these became synonymous with that Aerosmith sound. Aside from that big, notable step for the band, most of this album didn't really stand out to me, but it and the songs were baseline enjoyable!
non mi convince, suono troppo anni 80 rock classico al quale non si può dire moltissimo ma non trovo quella cosa in piu che mi fa dire wow. avrò ascotato troppo del futuro? bisogna contestualizzare credo
Definitely wins the “worst song so far” award for ten inch record. I even thought the title track was kind of cute but that song just took a big shit on the rest of the bad album. Hatred
anche questo classico
bel gruppo, capisco perché sono noti, sanno giocare coi generi e hanno un bel sound canzoni che ho apprezzato particolarmente: big ten inch record you see me crying any way you want it
non il mio preferito degli Aerosmith, ma sempre bravi. e Walk this way è sempre una mega hit.
Ok, ci sta.
Né infamia né lode, tende un pizzico in più verso la lode ma non deve montarsi la testa
Liked it a lot!
Great stuff
Guess I'm a sucker for that cock rock 4.5/5
Great energy
I like this album. I guess I like Steven Tyler when he isn't screeching or yelling in a higher pitch. The guitar was on point for most of the album, the songs felt complete, and the album kept my attention throughout. Even through the singles like Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion. The length was great as well. Very digestible.
I should have listened to this sooner, it was better than I expected and I had a fun workout with this playing
Really good album. Solid until the last 2 songs whoch changes the tone and the song sound like a filler. Otherwise one of their best albums ever.
Outside of Sweet Emotions and Walk This Way, like most of Aerosmith's 70s stuff, I just feel like it is too hit or miss for me
This shits almost 50 years old lol wow. Steve Tyler sounds so young but obviously a couple of these tracks at least have become iconic. The title track is the best of the non iconic hits. Feel like I'm watching a Richard Linklater movie.
my favorite Aerosmith album! Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler music videos are cool and all but this is their best era.
True confession - I always assumed that Aerosmith were an 80s metal band and I had no idea that they started in 1970! Anyhoo, this album is a gloriously swaggering 70s classic with nods to the Who, the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath and the Beatles. They even channel George Formby on one song about whipping out his 10 inch … record. The original version of Walk This Way also shows them to be ahead of their time, anticipating quirky hip hop rhythms.
Pretty decent '70s rock album, it has everything you could expect from an album from this time. Good listen overall.
I was not aware that it is that old, but it aged really well.
Okay, so is this the album these guys have been singing “Sweet Emotion” and “Walk This Way” from for over 50 years now?!?!?! For this one, I’m going to have to use a formula: (5 for “Walk This Way” + 5 for “Sweet Emotion”) / 9 tracks * 1 = 1.1 I also think 1 is unfair; let’s do it this way then—2 for “Walk This Way” + 2 for “Sweet Emotion” and forget about the others—all things considered, nine out of ten, that’s a 4 Sorry, phew, that was a tough one :-(
I’ve definitely listened to this album in full before, but it’s been a very long time. I remember as a teen expecting the original Walk This Way to be better than the collaboration with Run D.M.C and being very wrong. Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: all to some degree Favourites: Sweet Emotion, Round and Round, Walk This Way It’s hard to imagine a time when Aerosmith weren’t an already very well-known classic rock band. I’m sure there are some people these days that only know Steven Tyler from judging on American Idol and that makes me sad. This is hard rock at its finest with fantastic vocals and catchy riffs throughout. Round and Round bangs harder than I remembered and I loved it.
American tosswads trying and failing to emulate the Stones and/or the Zep. Just one half decent hook on the whole album of overproduced questionable cock rock. So many better options, even a couple of them are actually American - Skynyrd or CCR The last track is all you need to listen to - rock as a show tune with strings. Mick and Keef would never have stooped so low
Born in late 1980, I had always seen Aerosmith as a caricature of a rock band, which they basically had become by their late 80's comeback. I'll always have an ironic nostalgia for "Get a Grip" with some great soapy pop classics. Their first four records however, encompassing the mid70s is a 5 album tear of solid hard rock. This may be the best of the bunch with two hits in Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion
Next...
Oh sorry I thought yesterday was the peak of Dad Rock.
Despite Walk This Way, this album didn't grip me.
When someone says “70s classic rock” this will be what I think of.
“Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion” are great. But the rest of this album is disjointed and, in parts, completely unlistenable. Stick with the two hits and ditch the rest. 2/5
Exciting
I will never understand how this band is so highly rated, or even remembered. They should have been forgotten and left in the 70s. They had a couple hits but the rest of their music is just not good. A one bit wonder band that somehow clung to relevance.
Meh. Subpar generic Hard Rock from the 70s.
i enjoyed it cooooool funky music very much my vibes
3.5 i actually enjoyed this one good dad rock
The buttiest of butt rock. Glad I don't have to listen to that again.
One of the best
This is sort of boring. It reminds me of the rock music from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. "Walk This Way" is a great song but the version with Run DMC is better. The Aerosmith parts seem more energetic. Here it seems rather lethargic by comparison. Generally this seemed rather pedestrian, rather average, rock music to me. I do like Aeros though and respect any maker or smith of them.
Struggled to engage with this beyond the hits, did have a different sound to what I was expected, more varied.
Muy bueno.
Meh
Urgh, this was fairly repellant. On the plus side I can see how this could be considered building on the stones in terms of guitar sound. But this is so puerile and vacuous. Walk this way is much better with RUN DMC and the other supposed stand out track wasn't great.
This shit rocks!! Hell yeah
Sista sången daskade o solot gick hårt. Resten? Eh
BIG TEN INCH IS HILARIOUS AND HAS RISEN THE RATING
This album is a little unique in that there are two great songs on it in "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way", both unique and great sounding, while the rest of the album kind of sounds amateurish? It was a good listen but I wanted more. 7/10.
Najbolje pjesme: 1. Walk This Way 2. Sweet Emotion 3. Big Ten Inch Record 4. Uncle Salty
Was never big on Aerosmith but find them alright. Get reminded of the Rock n Roll rollercoaster at Disneyland haha. I recognise a few of the songs on this album (Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion). Generally a good vibe and added them to library so maybe a low 4.
if they had made this album at 15 all the problems would’ve been excusable… the pubescent attempt at rock music, his 16 year old victim, the “10 inch” double entendre. alas, they were grown men and this is terrible.
Good
I didn't know this was the album that has walk this way on it. It's an interesting choice in artwork, that's for sure. I don't think I've listened to any Aerosmith album all the way through before. Don't have high hopes to be honest. There's some weird blues stuff going on here and it's not all that interesting or original, it's almost like someone said they couldn't play blues and they just copied an old song to show they could. This feels like a band that can't figure out which way they want to go with their music. Not a huge fan. 1/5
Has some decent songs on here. Enjoyed some of the more bluesy numbers. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Damn! I did not know Aerosmith ran this deep! This album is incredible. Fun, dark at times, every song is pulling its weight. Absolutely no fat to be trimmed on Toys In The Attic
I'd always heard 70s Aerosmith described as "a hornier, American version of the Rolling Stones". Imagine my shock when, opening cut "Toys In The Attic" aside, this album was extremely tepid and boring. It made for fine background, but I can't fathom listening to this outside of the hits for fun.
3.5/5
Some iconic songs. A lot of meh, including a “my big dick” joke that goes on way too long. Steven Tyler is a shitbird, but I’m not going to kill the whole review for that.
No one compares to the bad boys from Boston!! Only time I’ve listened to the album multiple times in one day
Steven Tyler and his big 10 inch came through! I like the blues inspired hard rock, and the slower songs felt like a play
this album and i go way back, in a sense. my mom bought me a used copy of this on CD when i was in elementary school and starting to really get into music. i listened to it back then and was only interested in the two big songs on this one (walk this way, sweet emotion). growing up in massachusetts, this album and band is unavoidable, and i'm not sure if my relative ambivalence is because i have been inundated with these songs for years or if i just simply do not really care for this stuff. it's not /bad/, like i think most of these songs are fine enough. but this album just really comes off as a big meh for me, even with the big songs included. it's just one i do not care for. i don't hate it, it's just whatever to me. there are a million other rock bands putting out stuff in the same time period that is more interesting, more thought out, more worth listening to, in my opinion.
I'm a little impressed that this came out in the mid-70s and not the mid-80s. Other than that, it's generic blues rock with a few dated sections and some okay bits. Overall a pretty dull 3 stars.
I own Aerosmith records and have listened to them many times over the decades, but I had never sat down and listened to Toys in the Attic all the way through uninterrupted. I learned that I still love the hits "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" but I was also pleased to discover an enjoyment for "Round and Round" as well. The only track that truly seemed out of place was "Big 10 Inch Record". My 10 year old self would have giggled and loved it, but the middle-aged me cannot help but roll my eyes. While the album is of cultural importance with its inclusion of "Walk this Way", thereby setting up the creation of the Rap Rock genre ten years later with Run DMC, and I enjoy the record, I'm not sure THIS album in particular belongs on this list.
Couple of classics in here, but not an album where every cut is a gem.
Outside of Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion, there's not much to really see here. It's decent at what it does, but there were so many other records (in 1975 alone) that did what this does but much better.
Otherwise seems like a nice classic rock record, but Big ten inch record is a disgusting and awful song. 2/5
I haven't heard that whole album since I was a teenager. It totally holds up!
Always a great listen.
American accesible rock
Did not enjoy this at all
Enjoyed this more than I was expecting, catchy riffs a lot of which I wasn't aware originated here.
Edit: From 5 to a 4. Iconic, yes, but I bumped this early in my project simply due to name recognition.
I think the world would be a better place if Aerosmith never left the Boston bars.
Nah pretty boring overall. Just the hits.
I felt like I should be breakdancing on a sheet of cardboard and starting a neighborhood dance while we dance down the street. So chaotic
"Big Ten Inch Record" has got to be the absolute worst attempt to hide what it's really about. But this is OK, otherwise, it's easy to forget that Aerosmith started small as a pioneering rock/blues band, and a lot of the tracks here ("Sweet Emotion," especially) could fit in with late-80s/early-90s alt-rock.
An overall solid album, just doesn't move me really
Classic. Feels like I’ve heard it a million times because we all have.
Not bad; classic Dad rock album. I think they should've included Aerosmith debut instead.
Released in 1975, Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic marked a turning point for the band. It solidified their hard rock sound, established their signature songwriting style, and propelled them into mainstream success. This review delves into the album's lyrics, music, production, themes, and influence, while highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. Lyrics: Themes: The album explores a range of themes, with a heavy focus on sexuality and rebellion. Tracks like "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" depict raw teenage lust and desire, while "No Surprize" criticizes conformity and societal expectations. "Adam's Apple" delves into the complexities of religious faith, while "Spaced" explores psychedelic experiences. Style: Steven Tyler's lyrics are witty, playful, and often laced with double entendres. He utilizes strong imagery and storytelling, drawing listeners into the narratives with characters and scenarios. However, some might find the constant focus on sex somewhat juvenile and repetitive. Music: Genre: Toys in the Attic blends elements of blues rock, hard rock, and heavy metal. Joe Perry's distinctive guitar riffs are a highlight, driving the energy and creating an instantly recognizable sound. The rhythm section, anchored by Tom Hamilton's bass and Joey Kramer's drums, provides a solid and dynamic foundation. Songwriting: The album showcases a significant leap in songwriting maturity compared to their previous work. Songs like "Toys in the Attic" and "No Surprize" demonstrate a strong grasp of melody, structure, and dynamics. However, some tracks like "Uncle Salty" veer towards meandering instrumentals, potentially losing listener engagement. Production: Produced by Jack Douglas, the album boasts a raw, energetic, and unpolished sound. This rawness is a defining characteristic of Aerosmith's early sound, reflecting their live energy and capturing their raw talent. While the production might sound dated compared to modern standards, it contributes to the album's overall charm and authenticity. Themes: Adolescence and Rebellion: The album heavily explores themes associated with adolescence, focusing on teenage rebellion, sexual awakening, and the struggle against societal norms. This resonates deeply with young listeners, establishing a strong connection with the band. Duality: Tracks like "Sweet Emotion" grapple with the contrasting nature of love and desire, showcasing a duality that adds depth to the album's emotional landscape. Influence: Hard Rock Pioneers: Toys in the Attic played a pivotal role in shaping the sound of hard rock in the 1970s. Aerosmith's influence is evident in countless bands that followed, including Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, and Bon Jovi. Crossover Appeal: The album's blend of blues rock and hard rock, along with catchy hooks and relatable themes, helped Aerosmith achieve mainstream success. Their unique sound paved the way for other hard rock bands to cross over into commercial popularity. Pros: Groundbreaking sound: The album's innovative blend of genres and raw energy solidified Aerosmith's place as pioneers of hard rock. Memorable songwriting: Catchy melodies, strong hooks, and engaging lyrics contribute to the album's lasting appeal. Cultural impact: The album's influence on both hard rock and popular music is undeniable, leaving a lasting legacy on the genre. Cons: Repetitive lyrical themes: The album's constant focus on sex can become monotonous for some listeners, reducing its thematic depth. Uneven pacing: While some tracks deliver high-octane energy, others can feel meandering, potentially impacting the album's overall flow. Dated production: The raw production style, while charming, might not resonate with listeners accustomed to modern audio quality. Conclusion: Toys in the Attic is a landmark album in hard rock history. Its raw energy, innovative sound, and catchy songwriting propelled Aerosmith to superstardom. While some might find the lyrical themes and production value dated, the album's influence and undeniable musical power solidify its place as a classic. With its blend of rebellious spirit, bluesy swagger, and rock and roll energy, Toys in the Attic remains a captivating listen for fans of hard rock and classic rock alike.
The instrumentation in this is awesome and I really enjoyed the sound of it if when i was a little zoned out, but if I started tuning into the lyrics I liked it a lot less.
It's fine - the songs are stronger on PV (Rag Doll, Dude)
In music, I find there are often two types of horny. Good, positive, love horny, and bad, gross, pervy horny. Unsurprisingly, this band is always putting out the latter. Genuinely middle school level, just not a fan of the vibe.
Just seems like the perfect definition of average
This is as generic as you can get for what many would call "classic rock," and while usually that would stand to mean inoffensive, I do find this album grates on you as time goes on. To be fair, I have a negative Aerosmith bias, so I already wasn't looking forward to it, but so many lyrics here are that creepy, cheesy, and sleazy suaveness that makes my skin crawl, and while vocally the album is competent, it still isn't anything groundbreaking. The only saving grace for me is the instrumentation, which is extremely solid, and leaves to some really catchy moments, were Steven Tyler not squealing over them. It isn't a bad album, but it feels just safe enough to be disingenuous, and songs like Big Ten Inch Record don't help that claim. Oh well, its fine, I guess.
Blech!
Aerosmith is a school of good music and Toys in the attic is an instant classic
My first concert’s first song was Sweet Emotion and to this day I can still see Joe Perry with that crazy Peter Frampton mouth thing playing the opening and whipping it away when the rest of the band kicks in. Great moment and this album is full of them. Classic for a reason.
Great album. The Aerosmith albums produced by Jack Douglas were pure rockers This was the best of them. A front to back play through always growing up. Unfortunately Aerosmith like J Geils and ZzTop got sucked into the MTV video money grab and became very formulaic and lost the raw rocking that the earlier albums had
Walk This Way & Sweet Emotion are 70s anthems. Rest of the album can stay in the attic
Catchy riffs. Cool solos. This was a fun album to listen to. Sweet Emotion is one of the best songs ever
Great in general. Final songs are pure fire
Could be a 4 but downgrading it because of steven tyler
Solid album that I would recommend to friends that are a fan of classic rock.
Maybe it’s because I’ve heard lots of classic rock before, but this didn’t particularly stand out to me
Not a bad listen. At least 3 classic songs that most people are familiar with but I dug ‘Round and Round’. It was a midtempo rocker that I can hear in other bands that came after them. Worlds apart from the Aerosmith that got their 2nd wind after the Run-DMC version of ‘Walk This Way’ that I was more familiar with.
Classic album with Aerosmith defining their sound. had some tough years ahead, and then made a ridiculous major come back. Great music for this Boston blues band!
The singles range from good to magnificent. The rest is filler or just better.
Like Junk Food, all heavy glam rock is occasionally fun in small doses, a guilty pleasure. When browsing, I tend to skip these guys and the whole Bogan Music pile (its musical junk food or the bourbon of dark drinks, along with Motley Crue etc.) To quote another reviewer here; (if I am judging an album by its cover) I'd agree with the following. " If it's 1975 and you want a rock album but you're too much of a fuckin' JOCK to listen to Physical Graffiti, Blood on the Tracks, Wish You Were Here, Born To Run, Horses, Young Americans, Fleetwood Mac, Another Green World, Mothership Connection, or Face the Music, this is the album for you and the boys as you cruise around town in a less interesting version of Dazed and Confused." This is commercial, catchy, showman music. "walk this way" being proof they made a deal with the devil to get the recipe for catchy. yes its fun. I hate them for that. Some ok singles for when I am in the mood for Massive Glamourous Hollywood Soundtrack Rock. Its still mostly Junk food. and for thta ACDC is better
In 1976, I purchased a discounted copy of Rocks, the album that followed Toys In The Attic, as a member of the Australian Record Club. Except for the track Back In The Saddle, I found Rocks to be hugely disappointing. It was the only Aerosmith I’d ever heard. I’d read plenty about them, but had never actually heard them before & took very little notice of them again until Run DMC co-opted them in their cover of Walk This Way (1986) & their great 1989 singles, Love In An Elevator & Janie’s Got A Gun. What a pity I’d not purchased Toys In The Attic rather than Rocks. This is a great album. The title track kicks it off at speed & the band kick major arse - no duds here. Uncle Salty & Adam’s Apple are terrific - I feel like I’ve known them in a past life. Walk This Way is one of the great 70’s songs - that drum intro is so good & the track is just relentless. Big Ten Inch Record is exactly what it sounds like, courtesy of Bullmoose Jackson (1952). The intro to Sweet Emotion recalls The Stones‘ We Love You, I think. It’s an absolute killer track. Round & Round is as close to metal ( & Led Zeppelin) as the album gets. I can’t believe I’ve missed this record for almost 50 years. Unreal.
I was 16 when the Run DMC cover of Walk This Way came out, and I thought it was the hot shit. It was one of the first 12" singles I bought with my own money, and I played it until it turned gray. I have subsequently become familiar with the original version; my DJ partner, Grandpa Smurf, spins the original pretty regularly, and it's a real floor filler. This is the third Aerosmith album I have reviewed for this project, and I confess I was expecting to be disappointed. Rocks was a stodgy and uninspiring mess, and Pump was a lumpen turd of late 80s corporate rock bloat. I'd never really understood the appeal and influence of Aerosmith. Slash from Guns 'n Roses would often cite Aerosmith as a key influence, but I certainly couldn't hear it in Rocks, although Guns 'n Roses went on to take 80s corporate rock bloat to even greater heights than Pump with Use Your Illusion. So, while I knew there was at least one good single, my expectations for this record were not high. But when I put it on, when the title track came roaring out of the speakers and pinned my ears right back. This is a whole different thing to the relatively lethargic and rote Rocks. "Let's hope they can keep this up", I thought. Next few tracks were pretty good, then Walk This Way comes blasting out, also a terrific track. Sweet Emotion and Round and Round are strong rock tracks in their ways, and even the filler tracks are pretty exciting. Their cover of Big Ten Inch Record is fun (although the Bullmoose Jackson version is still preferable). I could live without the schmaltzy orchestrations on the final track, but at least the overproduction is confined to the one sappy ballad. I think I finally hear what a template this was for the first Guns 'n Roses album. It has that same frantic energy. It sounds a bit wild, a bit dangerous. A really fine hard rock album. The rest of their discography (a few singles excepted) I can live without, but this is the real deal. Colour me pleasantly surprised.
Two good songs, everything else is meh at best.
Sounds like I expected, nice to know where ‘Walk this way’ comes from and still catchy song and melody
B- Toys In The Attic 3 Uncle Salty 3 Adam's Apple 3 Walk This Way 3 Big Ten Inch Record 3 Sweet Emotion 3 No More No More 3 Round And Round 3 You See Me Crying 5 Pretty nice listen, great new song to add.
Good but too american
Excellent classic blues rock album. With songs like Sweet Emotion and Walk this Way, it's easy to see why this one was a big deal, but the deep cuts that lean heavy into hard rock with the focus on blues riffs really make this album complete. Steven Tyler sounds amazing on this album as well.
Classic rock. Doesn’t sound much like the later Aerosmith.
Outside of Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion this album is pretty generic. Sounds like utility Aerosmith. Not bad.
Not bad, but I'd probably enjoy this more if Steven Tyler wasn't a pedo. Alas, he is and the sleazy lyrics do not come off well.
Awesome album! Collection worthy.
My wife is a massive Aerosmith fan, so I know this album well. There are some absolute rock classics. Sweet Emotion, in particular, is just a great record. The original version of Walk this Way is a bit flat compared to the Run DMC collab. The whole “Suck on my big 10 inch” thing is a bit mad, but overall it’s a great rock album.
Felt like the album didn't flow well. Some songs sounded like a different band and couldn't get into it. There are some known hits but just didn't enjoy listening straight through.
Classic. 4
not bad, aber kein aerosmith fan
yeah, this is 70’s rock all right
Hadn’t heard all of these before, but I’ve always been fascinated by Tyler’s ability to place a perfectly timed, emotion-packed scream at just the right moment and then transition to a satisfying rhythm so seamlessly!
Weer een aangename verrassing, rock zoals ik dat kan waarderen, met hier en daar prettige rock&roll invloeden, en natuurlijk walk this way.
Overall a pretty average rock record. Most of it is pretty meh but there are some interesting bits, some surprises, and a couple of classics on there.
Kind of great, kind of awful. Kind of cringey, kind of lovely. This is the root of garbage rock. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. 10 Inch Record is disgusting, but Sweet Emotion is amazing. Walk this Way is fun and definitely a classic.
Good old 70s rock
Excellent funky rock. A solid album going beyond the fun and into some serious arrangements in songwriting. This is Aerosmith at their peak
Great album, great memories. Fun to listen to the whole thing instead of the "best of" for a change!
The title track might be one of the most underrated Aerosmith songs.
I thought it would have more known songs on it. Still good, but very short album!
Fine
Even the none hits are great, and the hits are iconic. 3.9
Dad rock
Walk This Way - Big Ten Inch Record - Sweet Emotion is one pretty sweet 3-song run. Rest of the album is pretty good too but those 3 had me groovin
Really liked the album. Very good rock album
young men peacocking displaying colors, strength, charm raw energy throbs
I have heard of Aerosmith and listened to Walk this Way which is off this album. Though the rest of it didn’t really impress me much which I was sad about since the songs I do know from Aerosmith are really good. I did like: You see me crying though. I will listen again and maybe other Aerosmith albums will be better.
Lots of classics here. Already a fan of Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion but there is more to like and overall a solid selection.
Aerosmith rocking the house and being a force of 70's rock. Their best album
No
blegh
Classic Aerosmith
I liked it more than I thought I would. I agree with Creep Factor, but Uncle Salty: where did that come from?! Liked it. Man, that dude is old. But that's a good band.
Aerosmith has such a great blues-rock sound. Steven Tyler has an outstanding and versatile voice, every song has an excellent guitar riff for a catchy hook, and the blues-y, swinging chords that make up the backdrop are layered, interesting, and above all, fun. This is a great album that one can hear the influence of in much later rock and roll. Some of the lyrics are a little creepy, though. My favorite songs were Walk This Way, Sweet Emotion, and Uncle Salty.
My parents really liked Aerosmith, I did not. The guitar on this album is pretty cool. Steven Tyler is a fucked dude.
Yeah, not for me. Even the songs which were singles sounded boring blended with this album
I feel like I should of learned something but didn’t
Couple of decent riffs but not much more
I've listened to this album a bunch of times. Aerosmith was my favorite band for a long time when I was a kid, until I got to high school probably. This album is an absolute banger. Top notch instrumentation, great vocals, decent production. Two all time classic songs - the guitar work on Walk This Way is undeniably brilliant but I think as I've grown up it's probably one of my least favorite songs on the album. I've always loved some of the less well known songs on this record - Uncle Salty, Adam's Apple, Round and Round, You See Me Crying. Personal issues with various band members aside, it's hard not to love this. I'll always have a soft spot for this band, they were instrumental in building my love of music as a kid. So this album gets a 5/5 from me.
Fun romp
It was alright
Rating: 5.5/10 This album is composed of two amazing songs and seven incredibly mid/mediocre songs. Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion are so good that it warrants this album getting three stars, very disappointed with pretty much the rest of it though. Favorite songs: Walk This Way, Sweet Emotion. Worst songs: Toys In The Attic, Big Ten Inch Record.
Classic rock & roll
As a casual non-listener, I've always found Aerosmith a little hard to categorise: a bit too late to be "classic rock" with my favourite veterans, but a bit too early to fall under the hard-rock or metal stylings that would simmer over the next few years, before exploding into ludicrous hair-metal. In 1975, Aerosmith's brand of hyper-macho riffage feels a little out-of-step: disco and punk are right around the corner, and artsier, trendier subgenres are on the rise. So while lauded by fans of the band, "Toys in the Attic" has never been on my radar as a 70's rock classic and almost every track has evaded me until now. I've been really missing out with "Sweet Emotion", which is my clear standout: it's a fantastic song, with a great balance of hard-edged verse and enigmatic chorus. I also enjoyed the extra instrumentation laced throughout (a bass marimba, a breaking vibraslap, a lecherous talk box). "Walk This Way", too, is a lot of fun, though it feels strange to hear it with the Run-DMC makeover stripped away. And the title track is a frenetic opener which sells the album well: a rhythm section diving headfirst into fury; meaty, ringing guitar chords; layered backing vocals repeating the title phrase with glee. The last stretch of the album either collapses under its own weight or floats away from a lack of it: I can't decide. "No More No More" and "Round and Round" both feel like repetitive, empty jam sessions to me, failing to capture the same excitement as the hits. I also can't resist pointing out that what "Toys in the Attic" brings in bluesy riffs and sample-ready choruses, it severely lacks in progressive sexual politics. I don't have a total aversion to innuendos in rock, but these are pretty woeful: "you ain't seen nothing 'till you're down on a muffin"; "she ate it, lordy it was love at first bite"; "suck on my big ten inch record". That said, who really listens to Aerosmith for insightful sexual politics?
Don’t listen to Aerosmith often.
Classic Aerosmith. This kind of music is exactly what you want it to be for specific times/places. Made a good workout album.
Some albums on this list have just made me want to listen to the bands who do it better. Slayer made me want to listen to Metallica. This makes me want to listen to Led Zepp.
Sweet emotion is great
Great American Rock and Roll but many are better
Sehr variantenreich, hätte ich von Aerosmith nicht erwartet.
Grew up with this album gotta love it
How very 70s
Masterpiece!
probably would have rated this a 3 if i didn’t have the misfortune of hearing steven tyler sing about his big ten inch “record” also, funny that i should get this album today since i watched the new run dmc docuseries last night. Walk This Way doesn’t sound them same without them.
Solid album with a couple nice hits.
Not my vibe.
Couple of good songs - and a lot better than their new stuff. But not something I'd seek out to listen to.
'Sweet Emotion' is solid and 'Round and Round' was surprisingly good. The rest of this was bordeline garbage. 'Big Ten Inch Record' is awful, and 'Walk This Way' was cool when I was 12 and knew perhaps 5 songs in existence.
What can I say? It’s an Aerosmith record. It has its ups: The title track is fun and “Sweet Emotion” is brilliant. It has its downs: The infuriating “Big Ten Inch Record” and a lot of Steven Tyler. It’s not good, it’s not bad. It’s just Aerosmith. I think Toys In The Attic is my 3rd record by the band on this list so far. Here’s to hoping that it’s the last.
Good background rock album. I wanted to like it more than i did, just found it a bit soft? Listened to it all day, still not convinced!
Aside from the music being bland my rating and review is based on Steve Tyler being a pedo c*nt. I listened to the full album, but its just forgettable generic rock. The music is whatever, but Steve Tyler can go choke on his big ten inch record. From Wikipedia "Tyler claimed their relationship was consensual and that he had immunity because he was her legal guardian at the time" speaking about a 16 year old girl he groomed, adopted and abused - what the actual fuck.
Situated in the genre of 'music boomers can have sex to' with ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin and Kiss, there's Aerosmith. As someone only really familiar with their 90's - 00s revival pumping out truly heinous ballads, video games, and rollercoasters, this album is OK. Walk this Way is a lot less annoying it the context of the album.
Aerosmith in not a favorite but this older one is ok.
This album is good. Part way through it seemed like it was dependent on it's singles a bit, however You See Me Crying was a great closer and wrapped up the experience well. 3/5
Great album!
Eh, like Aerosmith. I thought I would like this album more. Maybe I was not in the mood for a lot of double entendre yesterday. Favorite track is Sweet Emotion.
Good 70s rock. I really liked Toy in the Attic. Solid music.
This may not be a perfect album, suffering from a few tonal inconsistencies, but it stands forever as an artifact of scuzzy 70's rock idealism. The tonal inconsistencies could be perhaps a metaphor for the resulting career Aerosmith & frontman Steven Tyler had in the decades to follow, with many hills and valleys artistically and otherwise, but that all said, when you talk about Aerosmith in the 1975, you put some respect on the name. It's through the context of this entire album that you hear the true brilliance of overplayed classic rock radio staples "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" for the sonically-creative juggernauts that they are. While the Stonesy blues-rock of "Big Ten Inch Record" and orchestral Beatles-spawned ballad of "You See Me Crying" don't quite land as thunderously as their influences, they are satisfying in their earnest approach, only amplifying tracks like the title track and "Round And Round". This is because as always when it comes to Aerosmith, they are at their best when they are being themselves to the maximum.
Not really my thing. It's like Spinal Tap with better music, but just as shitty lyrics.
Classic rock is just not for me. There are a few good hits on here though.
Toys in the Attic - 8/10 Uncle Salty - 8.5/10 Adam’s Apple - 8/10 Walk This Way - 10/10 Big Ten Inch Record - 7.5/10 Sweet Emotion - 10/10 No More No More - 7.5/10 Round and Round - 7.5/10 You See Me Crying - 8/10 TOTAL - 75/90
I thought I would like it more than I did
det her album er nok det tætteste Aerosmith er kommet på at være amerikanske rolling stones. Der er nogle ret gode numre og noget filler. Walk this way er så meget bedre med run-dmc
Gik ikke ind med vildt høje forventninger, synes faktisk det var fed!
Fin nok! Ikke noget der stikker ud, men bare en helt fin plade generelt.
A rocking album, "Toys In The Attic," definitely earned its spot on this list. Steven Tyler is an iconic frontman and an incredible vocalist. Joe Perry shreds on the guitar. Aerosmith's collaboration with Run-DMC on "Walk This Way" created a new fusion of music and broke color barriers. Jennifer Aniston's dance to "Sweet Emotion" in "We're the Millers" is enchanting. Bonus points for having a Big Ten Inch (record).
Peak Aerosmith. With an almost punk intensity at times.
Didn’t listen lol
Le rock le plus moyen ever, pis j’ai même pas passé un mauvais moment
boring, monotonous, flaccid cock rock. every time boomers try to tell me something is the hardest most badass epic rock music ever made i put it on and it sounds like my dishwasher.
a few great tracks, great guitar licks. Solid album. People seem hung up on the "steven Tyler being a pedo" thing but at the end of the day back then you could probably get away with murder if you were famous. Be grateful you have the internet people. Everyone's a cunt. That ain't news.
Not my cup of tea.
Great rock album
This album was alright, and carried by two of my favorite songs from Aerosmith (Walk This Way/Sweet Emotion). Besides that, the album has a very heavy blues rock sound amd contains some catchy riffs. I recommend at least a single listen of the album in its entirety. Favorite Song(s): "Walk This Way", "Sweet Emotion", "No More No More"
My patience is really being tested this week with mediocre music. We’re all lucky I’m almost halfway through and can’t give up now! Nope, never needed to listen to an entire Aerosmith album.
It kinda good. One could say this album rocks - 8/10
Some good songs, like Sweet Emotion and Walk this Way. Memorable vocals. Apart from that, everything was alright. The beginning of Uncle Salty sounded a bit like Man I Feel Like a Woman.
feel like a bunch of the recent albums have felt like this to me; there's nothing bad ab it but I also would rather be listening to something else and it doesn't do anything great. fine for background music because id be happy to talk over this, not that that's a negative thing but not sure if thi 5.5/10
Pretty good. I kind of have to hype myself up to enjoy rock and roll albums, but if I’m in the mood I really like them. 6.5/10
6/10 - There are some good songs and some I do not really care for
Walk this way 8/10
Just kinda boring, but not too bad. 5/10
Gratis album. Has some of my favorite teams ever
Meh
Everyone knows Aerosmith as a classic rock band with the standout electric guitar sound. But I never realized how much of a blues album this is. Which is not bad by any means. I'd let Steven Tyler wail into my ears all day long.
Walk this way.
Vraiment bon. C'est fou.
Not bad. Not my favourite.
This is a no-brainer, 5-star album for me. It's arguably Aerosmith's best album (or Rocks from 1976). A perfect mix of Stones and Zeppelin, and so much feel to it. Awesome stuff! Extremely surprised by how many people don't like this, but oh well....to each their own! Favorite tracks: ALL of them.
Good One! Always on the turntable to get the party started!
Great old music! It was great listening again.
Leur 3ème album. Leur plus grand succès commercial. Sweet emotion et Walk this way!! 4 parce que walk this way c'est un huuuuuge classqiue pour 1975 et car jh,ai mis un 4 à pump alors que j'aurais dû mettre 3.
Not Aerosmiths best album. Was okay
Aeroshit
Very repetitive album that hasn't quite got enough catchy tunes. However, from Walk This Way to Sweet Emotion is a pretty good 3 song run. I had no idea they had a cover of 10inch Record of the band.
Some good songs for a band still trying to find their feet. Unfortunately not for me.
I prefer 90’s Aerosmith to 70’s Aerosmith. It was a decent rock album worthy of three stars but it didn’t fully engage me. Sweet Emotion is the standout track.
Some stellar standout singles, 10 inch is kinda creepy track. Enjoyed like 1/3 of the album.
Meh
Classic Rock. Classics: Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion, Big Ten Inch Record, You See Me Crying Standouts: Toys in the Attic, Uncle Salty. 4.5
Came out when I was senior in High School. Loved it then and still do now!