Reviews (page 8 of 10)
This ain't too bad, restrains itself from typical cock-rock indulgence and awful solo's for the most part. I didn't love any of the tracks, but for the perhaps the first time on this list with a hard rock album, I didn't actively hate any of the tracks. Solid 3/5 Fav Track: Sweet emotion
The best thing to be said about it is its nowhere near as heinous as Pump. Some genuinely fun riffs to be found and most songs are mercifully short. Still gross and mostly sucks though. Fave track: Round and Round
Certainly an improvement on 'Pump', this one I found myself getting into a bit more. Still quite a fair bit of style I don't fully gel with, and there's some fairly cringeworthy lyricism, but there were some good catchy moments in here and I found myself pleasantly surprised by most of the album. A two and a half. Fave track: Sweet Emotion
Good album. Walk this way and sweet emotions are best. Adam's Apple is a solid track. I wish you could give half stars on this site.
Never gets old
Not my jam. There are some good songs that have endured so that is something. 3 stars
Nope
It’s ok
I will give it 4 stars for 2 iconic 70s songs. The rest is a 3 star album.
Sweet Emotion belongs on my “best songs ever” list, and the whole album rocks heartily.
Prima muziek hier en daar, maar wel wat over the top. Niet echt essentieel bovendien. Hits zijn goed.
Really nice. Ive heard some Aerosmith before but there was some very zeppelin like songs in there that i enjoy even more, and then of course that joe petty guitar😍
Aerosmith is lame.
wholly uninteresting. only a 2 because it’s not bad enough for a 1, which is honestly worse than a 1
I like this more than the other dad rock on the list, but generally wouldn't listen to on my own. Best Tracks are the singles + Adam's Apple
I'm going in with a bad taste in my mouth cause I truely hate Steven Tyler's voice. Just loathe it. I was truly hoping to find some enjoyment in the instrumentals but even in that front Aerosmith totally drops thr ball. Everything is so simple and that hurts this record. Mixed with the overproduction it's just a recipe for some of the worst music I've heard in a while. Even with some all time classics like sweet emotion, and walk this way I still have zero interest in ever revisiting anything off this record. I hate it 1*
Only like 2 songs were really good, the rest were nothing special.
A couple of real bangers and the rest is pretty solid.
It should be a 3.5 star rating, because there’s some seriously filler shit on here, but I’ll err on the side of generosity due to the stone-legend bangers on this record.
It is absolutely wild that people like this band and this album and that it can be considered anywhere near essential. What a boring pandering sound. Anything more than zero would be too many Aerosmith albums on this list, and this is the third one I've received so far, please make it stop.
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
Solid classic rock album, maybe their best. 4 stars.
A couple of dad rocky things, some glam rocky inspired things, and a couple of great tracks. As a playlist it feels a bit weak, but the parts are good.
Not a fan
This definitely reminds me of playing guitar hero with my brother as a kid. Only really care for a few of the songs though.
I get the glam influence. I didn’t find this to be essential or especially great. The hits are good, but the rest feels like filler. I’ll go 3 due to the hits, but this is really a 2.
Walk This Way is such a classic but I think my fave from this album is Sweet Emotion. Round And Round certainly borrows it's style from some of my favourite bands so that was an interesting twist on this album.
Huh, think I like this more than "Pump", which is the only Aerosmith album I had much familiarity with before this project. Almost tempted to dock it a star for the awfulness of "Big Ten Inch Record"... 🙄 Fave tracks - "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" are the tracks I'd heard the most before, and are obviously iconic. Also really liked "Round and Round" - they were sounding a bit Sabbathy on that one!
Feels more boogy woogy rock n roll than rock.
In the 1001 book, the reviewer points out that this is "cock rock" which I didn't realize was an actual genre. I think that sums up what I don't like about this - it's aggressive, in your face, showy. I like "Walk This Way" (though I prefer the Run DMC version) and "Sweet Emotion", the rest of it I will pass on.
"Walk This Way" isn't quite as fun without Run DMC. Being more familiar with their 80s/90s material, I didn't realize how influenced by Led Zeppelin they were.
Meh. Fine but meh. That's my general feelings of Aerosmith though.
Has some iconic songs, it’s a fun album. Needs more Run DMC, though. 4/5
I actually bumped it up to a 4, subjectively, because of the two iconic songs on this album that are actually very good
I've always thought that I like hard rock, but as this journey goes on, I'm realizing that I just like Led Zeppelin and thought I would like any generic version of their sound. "Walk This Way" is a gem, though.
Its ok. fairly standard hair rock
who the fuck was singing half of that album? we all know what aerosmith sound like and well over half this album wasn't them. that has really thrown me. i can't decide if i liked it or not because i was just desperately trying to picture it being sung by the aerosmiths.
It was a bit like a tribal penis inversion
Aerosmith was the first rock band I had the pleasure of getting to know. Being a young lad and being primarily exposed to the great Guitar Hero series of games, it was like a gateway drug to rock music. Of course, this led to me learning more than a 6th grader ought to about Aerosmith. This band is akin to the Rolling Stones in that they're 1. rooted in blues rock, and 2. relying heavily on singles. Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion are bonafide classic tracks, and even the title track is worth a listen, but everything else is run-of-the-mill blues-inspired hard rock. Aerosmith knew how to rock, there was no doubting that, but their capacity to write great songs was inconsistent. This is especially true for ballads, which all but sucked.
Een beetje kitscherig en fout, maar aan de andere kant ook nog best prima. Track 2 vond Shania Twain ook mooi denk ik. Dieptepunt vond ik Big Ten Inch Record, hoogtepunt No More No More. Verder valt me op dat Steven Tyler af en toe een beetje klinkt als Freddy Mercury, dat was me nog nooit opgevallen. Weer een 3,5 eigenlijk. Als ik moet kiezen neig ik naar een 4, omdat het me meeviel.
Pretty mediocre album in my opinion. Definitely better then Pump though. The guitar sounds where definitely the highlight of this album for me, especially the solo on "No More No More", but the whole album is still not something i would listen to again.
This is strange after growing up on Aerosmith post-Pump. Obvi some top shelf classic rock cuts from this album, such as walk this way and sweet emotion. However, Toys in the Attic is one of the worst opening tracks I have ever heard. 3.8/5.
If someone was to ask me "show me a song that shows exactly what you don't like in music", I would play them the opening riff in Toys in the Attic. By the time 'Big Ten Inch Record' played i was hoping it was possible to give the album a zero. However, it does pick up with Sweet Emotion, which is maybe my favourite Aerosmith song. No More No More & Round and Round are decent too. Before listening to this I would have said i liked Aeromsith, but if this is supposed to be one of their better albums, maybe i don't. Between a high 1 and scrapping a 2. Sweet Emotion takes it up a notch to a 2
I do not like Aerosmith. This album was meh.
Not my fav band but some truly sick riffs in this. I have to respect
I've never been a big Aerosmithhead but this album is very solid. It's just that good time rock n roll. Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion are classics. Big Ten Inch Record is a hilarious cover - love that dick innuendos found their way into songs (original Bull Jackson version is from 1952) over 70 years ago.
It wasn’t as bad as I expected but I was still saying No More No More by the end of it. Aerosmith isn’t my jam. Their hits are overplayed on the radio and their non-hits aren’t good. Maybe I’m just a little (Uncle) Salty
Not the biggest fan of Aerosmith. Talented guys but their music is lame. Adam's Apple seems like it was made exclusively to deliver a handful of Bible puns someone came up with, and it sucks. This would get a 2 except that Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion are absolutely fantastic songs.
Meh
Dig it
It's very solid across the whole album. Nice guitar work, nice singing, nice tunes in general. There's some standouts of course - Sweet Emotion is always going to be up there. Walk This Way is a classic. I really like 'No More No More', there's some great guitar and keys on that. I'm glad I gave this a second listen, because I didn't give it enough focus first time around. It holds up well with the second play-through, and I'll listen to it more from here for sure.
This is a fairly unremarkable experience. American middle of the road rock.
Not bad for this type of straight-forward rock, though it's just really not my style. Probably wouldn't ever choose to listen to it either.
Another decent Aerosmith album. Color me surprised. I enjoyed this one pretty well. It's got enough variety to keep me interested. I still don't like Aerosmith overall, but I was happy not to hate this. 3.25/5
I can’t believe Aerosmith made the Great American Rock Album twice in a row. Well, almost. I think Rocks is tighter and heavier. Most of the songs here are nearly as good, although “Big Ten Inch Record” adds nothing, and if I never hear “Walk This Way” again, I won’t shed a tear, but it has the bones for a perfect rock song. So yeah, a good time, might be a masterpiece if their following album wasn’t even better. A-
Incredibly interesting and very catchy Wow
Some pretty solid 70s riff rock. The guitar lines are catchy and satisfying, sounds like they would be a lot of fun to play. The standout tracks are the big singles, (sweet emotion and walk this way) as well as the heaviest track "round and round." I cannot stand these horny-ass lyrics. Especially knowing Steven Tyler's underage groupie story, some of these songs really leave a bad taste in my mouth. "Big ten inch record" is a garbage fire song. Overall, a few really good tracks but also lots of filler imo.
Quality and very fun. Great production: this album SOUNDS great 3.5
This album was underwhelming across the board. Personally, I just find Steven Tyler’s voice, and Aerosmith as a whole, to be grating. The only standout moment I found was the harmony on Sweet Emotion’s chorus. I didn’t find a single song I could look back on and say, “Hey, that’s a good song.” 1.5/10
Not my vibe.
I often forget, and with quite frequency, how greasy Aerosmith actually is. Like don't they have that rollercoaster at Disney? Did I like hallucinate that? I guess this kind of music is for some people, but not really for me. It has edge, sure, but not edge that comes across as meaningful or interesting in a way. Edge like cardboard grease stains leftover from a pizza, I guess. The only thing saving this from the dreaded single star is that I do like the arrangements when divorced from the lyrics and that Walk This Way is regrettably a banger (even if it is the inferior version)
"Sweet Emotion" is undeniably excellent, but the rest of the album's just okay. Aerosmith's one of those rare groups that actually got better over the decades. I definitely prefer their stuff from the '80s and '90s.
Good classic Aerosmith
Eh. Wouldn't listen again - mostly filler, kinda samey?
Like 2 decent songs the rest is filler. Not necessarily crap just not that engaging.
Dad rock (Derogatory). Pretty boring, but fine. Would not put on again
Timeless! Really great music
Stadionsuureellista hittimatskua joka biisi. Ehkä liian ooperallista, tavallaan kuin olisi haukattu liian iso pala. Mutta ei kuitenkaan, koska missään ei epäonnistuta. Monessa biisissä on niin hyvä intro, että se ansaitsee levylle yhden tähden ekstraa.
Osittain ihmeellistä paahtoa, osittain perinteisempää renkutusta. Walk This Way jää soimaan päähän, ei siinä mitään, mutta osa materiaalista kuulostaa siltä, kuin se olisi sävelletty juuri siksi, ETTEI se jäisi. Tylerin vokaalit myös ns. "acquired taste".
Virtuoso playing and singing with weirdly inconsistent song writing.
decent dad rock but nothing spectacular for me. the best songs on the album IMO I already knew. favorites: walk this way, toys in the attic
Textbook “classic rock” right here. Nothing really stood out to me honestly.
Some very good/notable songs. Album overall not great.
Big Ten Inch Record is a song so dumb I'd be disappointed if it WASN'T on this record. Sweet Emotion is still a great song. Walk This Way is a pretty okay song, if a little weak sounding. This is pretty good Aerosmith. This sounds like what Aerosmith always wanted to sound like, ya know? They did it here. So good on them.
Three half-decent songs, a lot of bog standard 70s rawk filler and an embarrassment in 'Big Ten Inch Record'. Why is it that there's a bunch of guys who consider themselves Good Sex Men who feel they need to whack a hokey jazz number on their albums? David Lee Roth, I'm looking at you here... Underwhelming, but listenable. Just about scrapes to three stars.
Same score, but for opposite reasons as Craig. I really quite like most everything about this record EXCEPT "Big Ten Inch Record." Get rid of it! Go on! Get! How good of a closer is "You See Me Crying"? Sure, that's a song that maybe predicted the overwrought ballad days ahead for Aerosmith, but between it and "Dream On," there was all the reason in the world to think that they knew how to do that type of song better than most. And then Michael Bay came calling.
A música da banda é capaz de ser fortemente cativante, e este álbum exemplifica a sua energia com seus impressionantes riffs de guitarra e vocais poderosos. O álbum é repleto de riffs que são memoráveis e habilmente compostos. Os hits atemporais tornam este álbum uma experiência inesquecível.
holy shit. this is awsome. ive always loved walk this way but never listened to the album for fear it wouldn't be as good. boy was i wrong
This all seems a bit limited and expressionless.
Didnt expect much but actually enjoyed it a lot.
Great classic album with some notable hit tracks.
J'aime toujours autant Walk This Way, qui demeure un classique. Bon album, valeur sûre, même si Steven Tyler me semble plus retenu que dans ses albums ultérieurs. Je donne 3 étoiles, parce que je sais que je préfère d'autres de leurs albums. Peut-être que j'aurais donné plus si je ne connaissais pas les autres...
ROCKS
Si te gusta el rock en todas sus vertientes, es complicado que no te guste este disco.
This is an amazing bit of the 70s. The song "Toys in the Attic" alone makes it worthwhile. Really, Aerosmith v1 at its height
I knew it would eventually come that someone who's personal life makes it difficult to truly enjoy their work - your Kanyes and Eric Claptons. Unfortunately Steven Tyler falls right into that category; if you don't know, he had an underage groupie right around the time of this album whose parents he convinced to allow him to adopt so he could take her on the road and fuck her - it's really gross. A lot of the lyrical content of this album feels extra icky with that knowledge. That being said, I did my best to listen as objectively as I could, so here's what my review would be with no preconceived notions: I'm a child of New England, so of course I grew up with Aerosmith. In my "classic rock is the only real music" phase I would have loved this, but my tastes have drifted and it just doesn't do it for me anymore. I still love Sweet Emotion, though.
Classic Aerosmith album, it still rocks nowadays. Arguably, Aerosmith at it´s best. Full of awesome riffs, and honestely, I had a lot of fun listening this. Really enjoyed Fav Tracks: "Uncle Salty" "Sweet Emotion" "Round and Round" "You see me crying" (A great ballad btw)
I liked it when he was singing about his toys. I didn’t like it when he was singing about his 10-inch whatever….or really anything else. This was not good.
Very generic 70s rock. Sweet Emotion is fantastic but the final track on the album was one of the worst things my ears have ever experienced.
Ok
Too American for me
classic Aerosmith.
Noise In The Attic. Warum, wofür und weswegen sollte man ausgerechnet diese Platte vor seinem Ableben gehört haben? Für Walk This Way? Oh bitte…
Impressively boring. Shouldn't really be on this list. Even "Walk This Way", the best track, has a better version elsewhere.
For me Aerosmith are not quite up there with the true rock greats, this album didn't convince me otherwise
2 classics (Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion), but didn't really care for anything else. Big Ten Inch Record is actually awful.
J'avais vraiment peur de m'ennuyer, mais c'était un bon album divertissant. Je m'attendais pas à cette lourdeur ; la première chanson on dirait preque du Judas Priest. Pas mindblown, mais on un bon album rock qui a bien vieilli. Me fait un peu plus respecter Aerosmith. 7/10
It was OK - Walk this way is a great song (though Run DMC made it better)
4/10
Dece
I get that this is a classic album, but I'm just not an Aerosmith fan.
I can see how this would've been a fun album when it first came out. Unfortunately, it hasn't aged very well.
Steven Tyler’s vocal inflections are way to over the top for me, and I don’t think there’s anything else redeeming about this record. The instrumentals all remind me of Home Depot. Hard to ignore the sexual assault of a minor that was going on around this time when so many of they lyrics are about trying to fuck vulnerable women. Gross. Cover Art: 5/10 👍: Sweet Emotion can be cool in some contexts 👎: everything else 🤮: the verses of walk this way
Definitely better during the songs with tight grooves and riffs like walk this way. Steven Tyler’s lyrics and singing just ruins a lot of it for me. It just felt like having a boomer Rock station on the entire time and maybe it was cool to be the first to this sound but I’ve heard done by too many 40 year old cover bands in ocean city. 👍: walk this way (too bad run dmc wasn’t on it), toys in the attic, sweet emotion
Man I love cocaine. I haven’t listened to a lot of Aerosmith but walk this way is an undeniable banger. Big tench inch record 😂😂😂 it funny bc he talking about his cock 😂😂😂😂😂 Oh fuck sweet emotion is on here too?? This song is so good, I love the way some films have used it as well. This closing track is a banger too, steve Tyler can be a pretty badass dude when he’s not adopting a 16 year old girl so he can have sex with her!! 👍: sweet emotion, you see me crying 👎: no more no more, round and round
Was riding my bike to work today and had an encounter with an older man. It’s not like i whizzed by him or anything and slowed down to essentially a stop and politely asked to get by. Same thing as I do every day and no one ever has a problem. “You’re have to get off walk the bike on the bridge there’s signs”. I say “alright” and shrug it off start to resume pedaling… “but people like you think you’re special, think you can do whatever you want”. Now I stop, get off my bike and turn around. “ I was going very slow and was nothing but respectful. I don’t understand your issue, how did I inconvenience you in any way?” “You didn’t”, he responds “but people like you think they’re better than everyone” “No, YOU are the one who thinks they’re better than everyone. You took it upon yourself to enforce rules that are not your job to enforce. I did nothing to you and you’ve decided it’s your job to tell me what to do. What the hell is wrong with you?”. I ride off. As I’m riding away I look down to see our argument has gained the attention of fisherman below. “Fuck you, dickhead” echoes from behind as I ride into the wind. Based on our brief encounter, he seems pretty miserable. Maybe he has a lot going on. I hope things improve for him. Album was good, I’ve always liked Aerosmith. Ranking something like this is hard because I’ve known all of these songs forever. How would I feel if I had just heard it for the first time?
Nothing for me here
highly unremarkable. i really despise this genre
Eh
Good hard rock but nothing that really interests me. But I liked the good vibes.
I came of age with late 80s/early 90s Aerosmith so for me this record lacks the special sauce that makes Aerosmith fun to listen to. But I understand a lot of purists think 70s Aerosmith is best because you get actual rock without all the affected bullshit airs being put on. Call me crazy, but I prefers the airs to be put on. Here you can see the gradual build up to what they’ll ultimately become. The upward trajectory is just starting to climb towards full-blown Steven Tyler screech singing glory. The singles rule, the rest is okay.
No bubbles here. The staple for this band was in abundance but there are signs of being conflicted with the closers on each side. Very much out of step with the rest.
It should be illegal how horny some albums are
Not a bad album. Of course know the band and some off of this album, have never been the biggest Aerosmith fan but not a bad listen through!
Didn't really enjoy or dislike it. "Generic" rock imo, didn't stir any emotions or anything, but then there wasn't anything that I didn't like about it, so I guess it is a weak 3 for me, just in the middle.
The albums breath surprised me. From "toys in the attic" which felt like classic rock, to "Big ten inch record" which was old school Rock N Roll, to "Round and Round" which has taken inspiration from heavy metal and "When the levee breaks". Most of these tracks felt like they weren't as good as some the ones they had taken inspiration from. All in all an I liked the album where Sweet emotion is a highlight.
Maybe I'm just uncomfortable with the recent news around Steven Tyler, but I didn't think this was a particularly great album. Sweet Emotion is the only very strong song in my opinion.
1. Adam’s Apple 2. Walk This Way 3. No More No More
Buen disco de rock con canciones melódicas, abundancia de guitarras y voz característica. Cierto toque blues en algunas canciones
The official album of Nascar tailgate parties. This might be a hot take, but I think this is almost as trashy as kid rock.
It’s ok but nothing more Prefer the REM cover of the title track and the RUN DMC version of Walk This Way There’s a lot that hasn’t stood the test of time particularly well, but equally nothing that’s terrible
I was highly anticipating this album as I haven’t listened to Aerosmith in ages nor even a full album of theirs. Walk this way and sweet emotion are classic rock songs. The rest of the album was decent.
It's Aerosmith.
Some classic rock, love it
Okay, this actually had better blues and rock moments than I remember, and is overall much preferable to the Aerosmith I remember from the 80s.
With righteous riffage and a surprising impeccable taste for groove, Toys in the Attic is Aerosmith taking that first big leap into becoming the mammoth rock and roll band they were meant to be. With hidden gems masquerading alongside classic staples that would soon blossom into unlikely launchpads for different artists in different genres, this is worthwhile listening for anyone wanting to garner a glimpse into who Aerosmith were and were about to become. Favorites: Toys in the Attic, Uncle Salty, Adam's Apple, Walk This Way, Sweet Emotion, Round and Round.
Much better than anticipated. Some of the bigger hits have worn out their welcome. I like how song styles change pretty frequently to mix things up. Last track kind of soured the overall experience.
I like this album a fair bit more than Rocks. I like Sweet Emotion but it's in the Queen - We Will Rock You bucket of songs I would be content to never hear again because overexposure. Walk This Way is still excellent, great groove. No More No More is another that still gets regular radio play. The first and last tracks are my least favorite. The title track, something about it feels insistent in a really unpleasant way. The last song, I see what they were trying to do with the strings and pleasant major chord progressions but it didn't at all land for me.
Really cool album to get more into aerosmith's work since I only knew Dream On, I don't wanna miss a thing and walk this way before that. They have a really diverse sound and the album had many stand outs
I liked how all the parts actually got a chance to sing out rather than just act as a backing track like current music. Some banging bass lines too. Only thing I wanted was more interesting tunes because the songs aren’t particularly catchy on the whole.
Oh no, another Aerosmith album. But wait.... It's good? Toys in the attic is decent even if I might honestly still prefer REMs half arsed cover on Dead Letter Office. Mr Salty is... still decent, musically interesting, what's happening here? Then we get into original Walk this way territory, which just sounds weird to hear without RunDMC (also the chorus is worse) but it's still a banger (the guitar solo might be better), and Sweet Emotion, the best Aerosmith song by a significant distance. It's actually good! Big Ten Inch is obviously a massive pile of shite, but it wouldn't be an Aerosmith record without something diabolically bad, so I'm actually not going to mark it down! Worst songs, Big Ten Inch, Adams Apple - everything else was alright to very good.
Was this released before or after Steven Tyler adopted a teenage groupie so he could take her across state lines? Usually try to listen to these without taking into account gross details about personal lives but that story is so notorious I can’t help it. Musically, it’s not my jam but also not something I’d actively avoid. Meh whatever.
Decent...I don't love Aerosmith but enjoy some of the highlights on this album...Sweet Emotion, Walk this Way, absolute classics. 3/5
can't take Aerosmith
Would listen to some songs again
God nope no thank you
Nothing about this album, made me care about Aerosmith any more than I already did, which was not a lot. Just reminded me that I really liked the version of Walk This Way by Run DMC.
I haven’t done any investigation into this, but it sounded like someone besides, Steven. Tyler was singing lead on some of the songs. Besides the two hits from this record, I liked the song Uncle Salty. The rest sounded like a band finding its sound. The song big 10 inch record was a little too tongue-in-cheek.
This sets the standard for a perfect album. Fantastic songs, masterfully constructed, creative arrangements — great use of horns, strings, and a freaking triangle in addition to the expert performances by the five band members. I remember playing this for Scott years ago and him asking, "Is this a best-of album?" In a sense, I guess it is, but no... this is a band putting out a masterpiece. The guitars on this album are flawless. Amazing tones, great interplay, super cool (and timeless) riffs, phenomenal bluesy-boozy vibe, never flashy — just dead on. This album influenced me greatly as a drummer, not only for the iconic opening to "Walk This Way," but just as a template for how to write and play drum parts that fit the song and that are musical — Joey Kramer and Ringo sit high atop the list of rock drummers who do that best. Lyrically, there's some goofiness — love the sense of humor. This was a time when Steven Tyler was still capable of introspection — always interesting and often playful. And vocally, every choice is a winner. It's unfortunate that Tyler devolved into a distasteful lech (he can be really disgusting), because here, before the drugs and comeback and subsequent loss of touch, he is the quintessential bad-ass rock 'n roll frontman who sings like no one else on the planet. I love it. And the pacing and length of the album is just right. A band in its prime in every sense. Fun note: On "Sweet Emotion," there's a vibraslap (first heard at the :05 mark). The thing breaks at the :23 mark. The band (or more likely producer Jack Douglas) kept the sound on the record. Just an indication that even when things went wrong during this recording, they were just right.
I've never really cared for Aerosmith, though I recognize that "Dream On" is a legit great song, and "Sweet Emotion" is pretty cool, too. So I went into this expecting to shrug my shoulders and give it a 2. But side two of this album is actually pretty dope. I dig how weird they can get at times. I actively dislike "Walk This Way," though. In fact, I found most of side one kind of mid-to-bad. So, this is more of a 2.5, but let's round up to 3.
Genres: Hard rock, blues rock Formed: Boston in 1970 Run time: 9 songs, 37 min 7 sec This is certainly a popular album on Spotify. The least played track has over 2M plays. “Sweet Emotion” has over 300M plays and “Walk This Way” has almost 400M plays. I love Aerosmith’s music. Some of the tracks on this album are amazing, some are OK and some are just filler. They can certainly write great songs, but not everything they wrote was great. As was the case with many 70’s albums, getting it released was more important than filling it with great content. If I listen to an album I want to like every track on it and I’m very disappointed and annoyed when I don’t. Today we just hit skip and move on but back then, you either put up with the mediocre tracks or you had to get up and physically do something to get to the next track – mix-tape anyone? I like songs that tell a story. Aerosmith doesn’t shy away from a difficult tale. “Uncle Salty” is about a girl taken away from her parents and put in “care”. She is abused and subsequently follows her mother’s career as a sex worker. The material is hard to deal with and it won’t be the last such song Aerosmith releases (“Janie’s Got a Gun”). The band became infamous for drug taking and the problems that caused almost ended their career. I don’t know what catalysed their clean-up, but whatever it was, it probably saved their lives. They were down on their luck until the Hip-hop group Run-DMC sampled “Walk This Way” and invited them to record a music video together. The result was responsible for the revival of Aerosmith. There old material was brough to a new generation (me included) and allowed them to go on a make many more great recordings. I still prefer the Run-DMC version of the song. Will I listen to the album again? No. I’ll play the ‘best of’ to listen to the good tracks. My Rating: ***(*)
Not the greatest collection of songs, but they're not bad, and they're well made with lots of energy and fun. Sweet Emotion is great
A solid album. Walk this way is clearly the stand out track though.
apart from sweet emotion it's pretty shite. 2
I used to not think much of Aerosmith, but I dislike them more and more over time. This album has been in my album backlog on here for a while, so I listened to Pump first, which was just... overall not very good... I'd say Aerosmith can make decent music, as they have a lot of iconic guitar riffs and such, but as someone that kind of pays attention to lyrics, a lot of the times they're gross, which just makes me see the band and their music as sleazy. I know, I'm a prude, but I don't want to listen to song after song about how Steven Tyler fucks. I'm sure there's songs about things other than sex, but it really doesn't feel like it. That being said, Tyler's voice was better on this than on Pump, so I guess that was good. Well, maybe not so much on the higher parts of the last track, where he sounds like a dying cat, but generally it's alright. The guitar was good, and served as a highlight of the album. Some of the songs went on too long and began to bore me, which isn't uncommon for Aerosmith songs to do. The album is definitely better than Pump was, but I still don't really care. My favourite song was Adam's Apple, I guess. I don't know.
Great album with a bunch of hits on it. I had given this one a listen nearly 20 years ago because I was reading that Kurt Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven and this album was listed as one of Kurt’s favourite growing up.
Bluesy, hard rock. Heavy metal influence/ innovation. The title track has a motorhead feel but a few years earlier. Better than expected but nothing truly stand out. Adequate. Highlights: walk this way. Toys in the attic. You see me crying.
Нет времени слушать музыку которая была записана не для меня. Вок зыс вэй конечно хорошая
I can see why this would have made a splash back in 1975. Some great tunes - pretty garbage cover, though.
Got swagger, sure. I like the blues element. that "suck my 10 inch record" or whavever offended me in a fun way.
Not much to get excited about here.
Very good, very consistent, very of its time. A song like ten inch record would probably not be released nowadays!
This is some very weak tea. Especially for '74 considering some of the music being released around then. But...Walk this way is a hit and Sweet Emotion is one of my favourite songs of all time. So i dunno.
Taking care of the obvious: "Walk This Way" has an all-time rock-and-roll hook (besides being maybe the first contemporary song one ever loved – sixth grade-ish) and "Sweet Emotion" one of the all-time vibes, plus a first-rate hook. And Steven Tyler was something like a Platonic ideal of the second-tier rock-god vocalist (behind Plant and Mercury in terms of sheer pipes; and not as idiosyncratically original as Jagger or as cool/poised as Morrison). The rest of this record is just dripping with mediocrity (which is never more apparent than when they go for the big, syrupy finish with the strings on the closer, which simply does not work. And oh, look, a song about having a big d*ck – how clever, how witty. While this is fine on its own terms, their later high crimes against music – not just rock and roll – simply cannot be forgiven.
:((
I expected to be a little bored outside of Sweet Emotion and maybe Walk this way, but that was actually a lot of fun! Varied, bluesy, consistently well paced and phrased. Much better than expected. Five Stars.
Yesss I love Aerosmith The energy The harmonies The rounds The rock WALK THIS WAY A blues song?! Sweet sweet emotion 5/5
For this era of rock, it was ok. Though -1* for the abomination that is my big 10" record.
This was probably one of the best albums i got on here. Super good
Quite enjoyed it
Nice bunch of songs. Can’t beat a bit of 70s blues rock. Love the guitar tones.
Only knowing the big two singles off this one, I wasn't sure what to expect and despite loving the singles was worried I'd hate it. Far from hating it though, it's a very solid rock n' roll album. Solid semi-sleaze. "Walk This Way" is, was and always will be an absolute BEAST. And it only got better when they remade it with Run-DMC!
One of the great ones from my high school days.
Classic Aerosmith
Sounds like driving with the windows down on a perfect day. Best track: Sweet Emotion
7,5/10
I really liked this album. I knew a lot of the songs but I never listened the whole thing through and I was really loving it. Sweet emotion is so good reminds me vividly of dazed and confused the movie. High 4 basically 5.
It’s rock! I like it!
Classic Aerosmith as I remember from junior high.
Good stuff
🌞 favourite song: Walk This Way 🌜 least favourite song: Round and Round pretty good as far as classic rock goes. I knew a lot of the songs on this album already so it was a great listen :). I loved the blues influence on this album. Very different from later Aerosmith (which I don't like). ✨4/5💫
Top tier first act Aerosmith, nothing much to add over what I've said before regarding this very consistent band.
I did groan when I saw it was Aerosmith. Perhaps unfairly. Because after giving it a chance, I concede it has a few moments. The hits are good. No More No More is a rocker if you don’t listen to the lyrics. Their roller coaster at Disney World is fun.
Минус - альбом недоступен в России Плюсы - добротное звучание, довольно классический роцккк. Хз что особо добавить
Aerosmith я до этого много не слушал особо. Но мне очень нравилась Dream On, например. Ну так шикарно там Тайлер скримит... И вот чего-то такого я и ожидал от этой пластинки. С надрывом, с пронзающими эмоциями. Но не оправдались ожидания. Мне очень понравился звук альбома: однородный звук, с классным сведением (стерео не долбит в уши, я теперь всегда про это писать буду). Есть интересное решение в Walk This Way: чем-то уже рэп-кор напоминает, а не Led Zeppelin на минималках. Блюз иногда проскакивает. Переслушивать буду вряд ли, потому что не могу сказать, что запомнилось что-то, кроме главного вышеупомянутого сингла. Но звучит не отвратительно, поэтому 3/5.
Ну достаточно хороший приятный альбом, но не зацепило чет. Так что 3/5, послушать один раз в своей жизни определенно стоит
Sweet Emotion is an amazing song, but Aerosmith generally comes across very juvenile to me. In a bad way. I thought this might be the one album of theirs that I could enjoy throughout. Aside from Sweet Emotion though, this album didn't offer much to me. Walk This Way is better with RunDMC.
That was a tough old listen. And next up, some sh!te from Beastie Boys. On a poor run here....
muy buen disco
Walk this way är ju en klassiker. I övrigt var det inte särskilt bra.
Love it. Fun, saucy, riffy rockers. Two of Aerosmith's greatest tracks ever on this album in "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way." I don't think the band ever sounded tighter than they do here. Fave Songs: Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way, Uncle Salty, Round and Round, You See Me Crying, Adam's Apple
Está lindo, entré esperando un álbum de rock y recibí un álbum de rock que tiene buenos riffs de guitarra y unas vocales bastante potentes (las letras por momentos resultan curiosas cuanto menos).
Lo escuché esperando algo más genérico, más en sintonía a lo que pensaba de Aerosmith. Desde luego hay de eso pero hay una esencia, una originalidad, un espíritu de querer hacer algo novedoso e interesante. ¿Es todo hard rock? No. ¿Es pop? Tampoco. Hay variedad, hay canciones con un marcado estilo de rock & roll más de los '50 y funciona MUY bien.
Para mi sopresa me gusto más de lo que esperaba. Venía con el precepto de banda homogenica de los 70s quemada de aerosmith por sus temas más conocidos (uno de ellos justamente en este disco), pero me sorprendió para bien encontrandome temas que sobrepasan al singel hitazo por nivel de composición y producción. Es hard rock pero no tanto, es folkie pero no tanto, es balada pero no mucho y eso lo hace genial, es un buen balance además de ser un disco corto y concizo.
Nice Saved songs: Toys In The Attic, Walk This Way, Big Ten Inch Record, No More No More
čak mi je i fora album cover, ali ono ko o ni, zna se šta mislim o njima. al imaju walk this way i sweet emotion na albumu, pa ono...nije baš dvica zbog toga, ali...
Hm, this is making me decide I don't really like Aerosmith. I like Walk This Way because it's a cool fun song but the rest is so bleh, boring, inconsequential and I don't like the lyrics they're annoying even if they're tongue in cheek.
Another aerosmith so soon was a surprise! I mean it's a bit of fun really isn't it but it's not something I'll ever jump to look back on or have any particular nostalgia about (like other similar era/genre bands). Its a bit cringe but is hopefully not taking itself too seriously
meh, just another aerosmith album
Hey, have you ever wanted to hear a man with a giant mouth shout into a tin can? Well I've got good news for you!. Steve Tyler is so far back in the mix he's in the fucking car lot out the back of the studio grinding the air next to the homeless man that has soiled himself, but that's just the version I listened to. Might give it a listen again on a better format to see, Liked about half the album, but the others weren't bad just didn't grab me. Favourite tracks Walk this way, Big Ten Inch Record and Sweet Emotion.
no thank you. hate it
It rocks along quite nicely but lacks the edge of it's nearest rivals.
Totally had no idea sweet emotion was on this
The lyrics to Walk this Way didn't age well, but classic hard rock. Hard to beat Sweet Emotion.
Good album. Liked many of the songs
Brought back some good memories...
Nice, very easy to listen to and some catchy bits
Not a huge ArrowSmith fan
A couple of tracks you'd probably know as growing up somewhere in North American and sometime between the record's release and whenever they became so unfashionable that not even the dads want to hear it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The record struck me as heavier than expected although it's not really heavy once you venture outside of pop music. Sexual politics are a bit cringe, of course. Overall, not my thing but I've heard worse.
Musically it's quite good but the lyrics are just gross
Good
enjoyable. nice
'Walk This Way' and 'Sweet Emotion' are way too good of tracks to be buried under the rest of the boring, overlong, and at worst creepy shit that makes up the rest of this album.
A very proper hard rock album with 2 mega radio hits. It is raw and pure, no glam or theatrics, a defining moment in connecting the 70s to the 80s in terms of rock and metal evolution.
Great album, few big hits but even besides those, every other song "belongs" and is a great rock song
Not as much of an old school rock and roll fan as I thought
Really poor
Sweet Emotion still rocks. Album is great in general. A 4.5 if I could give it.
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. I’ve never really been that into Aerosmith so my expectations weren’t that high. But there were some really good songs in this album. 3.5/5
- Big Ten Inch Record is surprisingly a bop - I expected to like the album more, but You See Me Crying was a strong finish
Some classic Aerosmith on this one, but just good ole rock
Great classic rock album that deserves a 4 star rating although it won’t get a lot of replay because I’ve heard it all a thousand times
Not really an Aerosmith fan but I can’t deny that this is absolutely amazing.
This an alright rock album that has some pretty big hits on it.
If a steven Tyler is screaming in the forest and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound? Fans say yes
Just don’t get this. Why does it need to exist
One of my all-time favourite albums. There are the hits, Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way etc., but then you get things like You See Me Crying, which is a massive showcase for each band member. The title song, or No More No More. It's more than just a great collection of songs. It holds together as a great album.
I know of this album, never listened to it all the way through, I know Walk This Way, Sweet Emotion (few songs have a better intro) and maybe a passing acquaintance with the title track. Liked Uncle Salty and was surprised by Big Ten Inch Record, all in all going 4 big ones on the Toys in the Attic.
Run DMC version is better. Easily a forgettable album
Viendo el transcurrir de la historia del rock, podemos analizar a esta banda y específicamente a este trabajo, como una antesala o una premonición de lo que iba a ser el hard rock de los 80's. Se posicionaron como esa banda la cual te da rock, ni más ni menos, solo rock. Y bien ejecutado. Es el tercer álbum de su carrera, y tiene todos los ingredientes para su escucha sea ligera, instantánea y recorra todos los puntos que tiene un álbum de classic rock: un blues, balada, y mucho riff y desenfreno. Es correcto y entretenido, sin ir mucho más allá y manteniéndose en las bases durante sus casi 40 minutos de duración.
Prefs: Toys in the Attic, Walk This Way, You See Me Crying Moins pref: Sweet Emotion
yeaaaaah
Love it.
Veilig
Mainstream
Not bad -- a few highlights, less "campy" than I usually think of Aerosmith. I guess that's true of a lot of these bands that got huge, they only became overexposed or whatever you want to call it because they were good before
The Rolling Stones with added humour. When they get it right, it's brilliant. The unplugged version of Big Ten Inch is way better though, as is the Walk This Way collaboration with Run DMC. But these versions are still great - I've had this album on repeat all day and it's still growing on me.
No Kratos :(
One of my all time favorites
Toys in the Attic is the third album by American rock band Aerosmith and it's their most commercially successful album in the US. This was the band's first album where they recorded entirely new songs - their first two albums contained songs the band were familiar with because they played them often in clubs. The popular tracks are the title track, Sweet Emotion, and Walk This Way. I thought this album was awesome and I already loved the song Sweet Emotion. It was nice listening to the rest of this album, and I'm looking forward to hearing more from their other albums.
pretty entertaining but nothing to write home about. inoffensive on the ear peepers. 3. Except for the last song. jesus christ his voice is horrible. downgraded, 2.
Not an excellent record but still fun - it’s got the original pre RUN-DMC ‘Walk this way’ and ‘Sweet Emotion’, which are bangers but the rest is quite forgettable albeit agreeable.
One of the least enjoyed music styles. My first time listening to this album. Favorite songs: Sweet Emotion and Big Ten Inch Record But if you are going to brag about the size of your dick with this euphemism, ten inches is simply too big.
Decent, some iconic songs on it. I've always like Aerosmith.
Not bad - a couple of cool songs but also not super exciting. Probably a different story if I had heard this in 1975 when it was released but rating it now I can't give it more than 3.5 stars.
I don't care for aerosmith
Прослушано! Очень хороший альбом. Можно послушать ещё раз.
The popular songs are good, but the songs surrounding don't have much replay value.
Rock de Aerosmith. Un megahit. Un 4.
Ni fú ni fá.
Not as bad as I thought it was going to be and a little more musically diverse. When it's at its best it sounds like a Stones rip off. When it's bad, it's very bad, witness the shocking '10 inch record': have a guess what it's about? It's about his penis and it doesn't even work as a metaphor. Best song is obviously the original version of Walk This Way.
Goed album, paar klassiekers. Wel wat zachtere rock, maar is ook wat ouder album.
Had some bangers 4
Over 40 years I've been listening to Aerosmith, and I am finding more meaning in their music still. I love it. One of the best albums of the era. Toys In The Attic is one of their best songs. So great tracks such as first song: "Toys in the Attic" - very good track to start your day! "No More No More" - one of the most high-energy rock songs ...EVER!!! The last song of the album "You See Me Crying" - its more calmly song... I dont know but I love it. Awesome album from an awesome band. Rock on!
Such a good band
This was pretty solid but there was nothing too exciting at all
Streit bluesrock
Generic 70s feel good pop rock.
I just don't like Aerosmith at all. They have a few good singles here and there, but they don't have an album that I'd recommend listening all the way though
I don't get why, at some point, everyone decided Aerosmith was good? Have you heard the news? It's not.
Not their best, also kind of weird it's part of the 1001
I'll give it 2 stars because my favorite Aerosmith song is on it (Sweet Emotion), but otherwise, it would have been 1. This album is so boring and lifeless and generic, it's hard to believe it actually exist. Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion could have been 45 rpm singles and that's it.
I guess this is better than their later nonsense. I had a little goodwill for them because when I was a kid learning to play their riffs were really fun. Actually listening to the record is not worth the effort though—no hidden gems. I feel like I’m now absolved from having to keep an open mind about this band, so at least I got that out of it.
Solid
Pleasant surprise. I only know them from their hits - this album is definitely more old school and bluesy than expected.
I’ll hold my hands up here, I hate Aerosmith, they’re lame as fuck. But this album is pretty good. This is a far cry from the extremely safe, bland, anaemic square-dancing bollock rock they would go on to make, and even further from the cartoon rock band they would become by the end of the century. This album is far more interesting than anything I’d heard by Aerosmith previously. The combination of Joe Perry and Steven Tyler works to perfection at points on this record. Perry’s guitar work in particular is quite underrated on this showing. Tyler’s voice is a complete one-off but here he uses it to serve the song rather than prance about like a wannabe rockstar. He has a timbre very similar to Paul Westerberg in fact, and that’s not a throwaway comparison. Because while Aerosmith would lean in to bluesy, root-beer chuggin’ rock and/or roll, a lot of this album is straight up power pop - and I rate it. “You See Me Crying” draws the album to a painful halt. But “Uncle Salty” and “No More No More” are fantastic songs. I have a lot more respect for this band than I did this time yesterday. Fair play.
It definitely has some classics but the rest of the songs didn't really click with me Favorites: Toys in the Attic, Walk This Way
Classic
Oh so one of the best albums of all time plays the same re-hashed twelve bar blues that had been played for the past 30 years and features cringe-inducing lyrics about teenage sexuality that makes me want to take a shower? lol ok. Only interesting song is Round And Round.
I had never listened to the entire album before, previously a fan of Sweet Emotion (which can still bring my arms chills on 80 degree days) and Walk This Way (when I kept waiting for Run-DMC to jump in), but I found myself laughing at Big Ten Inch Record, I liked Adam's Apple and You See Me Crying.
This was a great album. Unfortunately I don't remember my detailed thoughts on the entire listen since I went on vacation, but obviously Sweet Emotion and Walk This Way are great!
was prettygood i guess
3,5/5 Best song: Walk this way Konnte ich mir nicht den ganzen Tag anhören etwas anstrengend
4,3/5 Was soll man groß sagen außer Banger
Nice...
I think this is my favorite Aerosmith album both thanks to Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Dad loves most of the songs on here. My two favs being Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion, but Toys In the Attic is another great one too.
Here we go, the big Aerosmith album that I know I asked for when we got Rocks. Of course I dig this one more, both for "Walk this Way" and "Sweet Emotion." "Sweet Emotion" is just a perfectly constructed song in my opinion, starting out so smooth and atmospheric and then settling into a genuine riff groove before bringing us back to that sweet chorus each time. Most all of the tracks on here are solid too, but that one's really special to me. I know this is one of those albums I used to throw on Dad's turntable in the basement. It's a great album folks. Favorite tracks: Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way, Toys in the Attic, You See Me Crying. Album art: Really really love this one, I'd say it's iconic. The big Aerosmith one for sure. The warmth of the brown border and orange font fits nicely with the toybox scene. One of those covers I could just look at and admire for a minute or two, the art is just really cool. 4/5
Middle of this album fucks so hard.
I'm starting to think that the only reason Aerosmith is still well-known is because of nostalgia. The lyrics are a teen boy's idea of "cool". The songs are not too interesting musically, but they are in the popular style for the time, which is enough to attract an audience of high schoolers trying to follow along with the trends.
Sweet Emotion, Walk this way
Masterful guitar riffs and good sound. They play with different styles and it’s fun, but I struggle a lot with hearing the lyrics.
I can understand this is a legendary album. I just don't have much desire rn to return to it.
solid rock
Ok niks bijzonders geen persoonlijke verbinding met de nummers
The best songs are not the hits
Solid classic rock. One of the best from Aerosmith
I think this Aerosmith album was added to this collection for essentially just "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion". The rest of the album can be brushed off. I honestly think an album like "Get A Grip" would make more sense on this list.
No thanks
Just as no one would have heard of Afrika Bambaataa if it weren't for Kraftwerk, far fewer people (especially in the white suburbs) would have heard of run DMC if not for Walk this Way. So even though I never liked the song, I can appreciate its legacy. The title track is also good and a few others are listenable. between a 2 and a 3 for me.
Aerosmith represents the worst type of ‘Murican rock. This is pure shite.
Fairly enjoyable for someone who was not a big-hair-rock fan.
Premier album de hard rock! L’album est très bon du début à la fin. Il n’y a aucun moment de flottement et se termine avec une superbe balade Le son est top, la voix de Steven Tyler surpuissante, les guitares super propres et les riffs super classes. On peut noter que la production a très bien vieilli pour un album de plus de 50 ans. Walked this way est toujours une aussi bonne chanson et j’ai découvert d’autres très bonnes chansons d’Aerosmith. Conclusion: très bonne album, j’en redemande. 4.5
I have definitely heard stronger albums and songs by aerosmith, but this album is still pretty solid
Heavy guitar riffs that are pleasing to the ear ! Le petit piano avec sur certaines tracks qui met giga ienb aussi. Great Hard Rock album ! I think it's the first time I listen to a whole Aerosmith album and I'm going to dig deeper eheh "Walk this way" giga banger 4.5/5
It rocks very well 4/5
An enjoyable record
I can't figure out whether Aerosmith is a good band that I think sucks, or if they are just completely overrated. I'm honestly shocked by how well-reviewed this album is. It's so generic. The only "good" song on it is Sweet Emotion. Granted, all the guitar solos absolutely rip, but that's the only thing I can think of that this album has going for it.
Nothing too special. Good rock and roll, but nothing that compels me personally.
Good Rock and Roll.
6/10
First Aerosmith album, not bad
This thing was awesome. Aerosmith always with the blues and got sun big band and spacey stuff
Good straight up American Rock n Roll. Has the 2 biggest 70's Aerosmith songs. I think Rocks in there best but this is good. 3.5.
This a solid rock record. Groundbreaking? Pushing rock in any new directions? Not really. But a lot of fun anyway.
Better then i had expected. Between a 3 and a 4 for me.
Pretty standard 70s rock, but done well. Couple of songs I could've left off, but some great ones, too. Good album.
I enjoyed it, almost a 4. There are some classic tracks on here, but its not as consistent as some other Aerosmith I enjoyed more
was pleasantly surprised with this one….couple of them were stupid but that was expected tbh. wish i could give half stars :/
08/18/2022 I have been wanting to listen to this album since high school, but I never have until this app gave me an excuse to. Overall, the album is honestly super generic, there is nothing special about it to me. Not horrible, but definitely not great. Sweet Emotion really carries this whole album on its back bc without it, the whole album would probably suck. In other news, today was good. I met my student mentor today named Paul. We talked for a few hours and had a great conversation with lots of good insight and information about what to expect during this journey. After that I walked home and waited a few hours until heading back to campus for advising. I've got my schedule mostly figured out, now I just have to wait to start classes in 4 days :O
Really solid classic rock album. Has bangers like Walk this Way and Sweet Emotion. I'm not the biggest fan of 70s/80s rock, but this is the best album from the genre I've had to listen to so far. Best Songs: Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion, You See Me Crying Worst Songs: No More No More