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Meh don’t really like Aerosmith much
The music itself is alright. But the lack of lyrical structure gets to me. Rather than having bridges and a real chorus most of songs have one refrain that is repeated over and over. It’s exactly what I expected from an Aerosmith album. It’s ok but not my thing
Sounds like it belongs in a high school gymnasium to me. Slightly screechy. Decent guitar work though. Standout track is: “My Girl”
An okay album. Hasn’t really aged well. The songs are campy and the music isn’t especially good either. There are a couple of known songs, but overall it’s kind of lackluster. 2/5 Won’t listen again
This was the album I learned how to use a CD player with when I was a kid. When my dad got our first CD player, this was one of the albums that came with it. Since it was their most current release at the time, I’d play it every morning until my mom finally got out of bed. But now, other than those nostalgic memories, the album doesn’t have much left to offer me. I overplayed it as a kid, and with every radio station playing these tracks constantly, I’ve grown pretty sick of them.
Generic white bot blues rock. Tyler does have a prettty good voice
Definitely not a fan. I recognize this is the renaissance album of the fading Aerosmith. I recognize that this album relaunched a career that was almost dead. It's big, dumb, loud, and exactly what it wanted to be. Great. Good job. Thumbs up. Woo. I just don't like Aerosmith. And Steven Tyler is a damned sex offender. But it's all brushed off like, oh well, rockers and their seventeen year olds, amirite? Three stars for competence and that Dulcimer Stomp song. Minus one star for skeevy rockers.
tja.. paar redelijke nummers, maar vooral veel van het zelfde... voelt beetje aan alsof je naar een speech van Trump zit te kijken... je aandacht dwaalt af en na een tijdje denk je : wat is die pipo eigenlijk aan het zeggen... volgende keer beter jongens
I tried to gaslight myself into liking this I swear
Meh, Steven should stick to making daughters 2/5
Aerosmith is overrated. Pure garbage. Everything since this has been crap. Gimme Toys In The Attic or Rocks any day. Not this junk.
Did absolutely nothing for me Fav songs: Water Song/Janie's Got a Gun
So look... I'm a perfect example of a GenXer. I was in 9th grade when this album was released, so it's right in the wheelhouse of popularity for my age group. And it was ROCKIN' in 1989. In 2025, it's mundane, overly sexualized, and trite. In 1989 when no one would talk about sexual abuse, Janie's Got a Gun felt revolutionary. Now, it just doesn't stand the test of time. It's a trivial, lackluster, vapid look at an extremely serious issue. The fact that it was written based on looking at a Time magazine article rather than actually trying to understand more of the nuances surrounding the trauma that victims endure is a lazy attempt to make money, in my opinion. The fact that it won a Grammy is a travesty. It was the late 80s/early 90s - I blame cocaine. Love in an Elevator is fun, but a prime example of how much Steven Tyler thinks that young women are there for his personal benefit. The one song on the album that I can't say no to is What it Takes. I love it, have always loved it, will always love it.
Aerosmith have existed on the periphery of my musical consciousness. Knew them but never listened to their music. American MOR rock made for radio. Listened whilst making tea which was OK and for me the right situation to do so. Won’t listen again. 2/5 15/1/25
I mean, it's not *completely* awful, but it's certainly not *good*. Bad lyrics, generic riffs and way too horny.
give me a break
Some good parts but overall it wasn't very appealing to me
Man, these middle of the road no talent drag queens are at it again. Got to hand it to them that they were able to fool a couple generations into thinking they're interesting.
Aerosmith is the Pearl Jam of the 70s. They're just really generic sounding. I don't see the big deal.
Lame, lame, lame. Exhibit A of Barnum's dictum that no one ever went broke undestimating the taste of the general public. The commercial success of this dreck-y and almost pathetic record is just a monument to the dodgy taste of the American musical consumers. Whatever credibility A'smith earned in the '70s was long since lost at this point in their overreaching and sub-mediocre comeback. "Love in an Elevator" is not a good song – not cool, not clever, not even cute – and certainly not worth the lavish, extended treatment it's given. So many bad songs, so many of which are unnecessarily long, too. The whole thing is way too Bon Jovi-ish. There are cheesy keys and cheesy backing vocals. "Voodoo Man" is unconvincing, even as hair metal. We get a power ballad with harmonicas -- who thought that was a good idea? And "Janie's Got" is the high-water mark of Aerosmith's feminist enlightenment, which is about the lowest bar of all time. If only this was just a little bit ironic ... but that's just too much to ask of these clowns. Tyler, for the great pipes, is just an embarrassment. This is mid-life crisis, and not a memorable one, put to vinyl.
An ok album. I enjoyed it more as a teenager.
I like some Aerosmith, but not this album
meh
I don't like this one as much as I remembered I did when it came out. I think I confuse it with Permanent Vacation.
All the attitude of Mic Jagger and none of the talent. Yes, there are a couple of tracks like Janie's Got a Gun that still harken back the memories of early MTV videos, but really, this is a 'Big Hat No Cattle' kind of album with the low point being the crass Love on an Elevator or whatever. Meh.
Hard rock på den lidt bøvede måde
These lyrics are terrible... But the music is not bad.
I was just really not into this one. I acknowledge that they are very talented, but song after song about how sexily he wanted to sex her sex with his sex was wearying.
2.5☆/5 11.03.2024
Undeniable talent and creativity but really not my thing.. would give 2.5
It's probably good if you are into that kind of thing
☹️
First side is a solid collection of songs. But that second side is horribly grating and unoriginal. Very average album
Favourite song - My girl
A couple of fun tracks, but mostly shite
Never really got back to what made them special....
There must have been plenty of better albums that year
too rowdy for me
Chat gpt show me an album that I'll really just not enjoy
Never enjoyed them. Still don’t.
Eh, never was a Tyler fan.
Meh.
Not as bad as other hard rock, I actually got AC/DC earlier this week and found this to have more diverse instrumental sound than Back in Black. Nevertheless, I simply don't like this type of music, and would hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
I bet Alan Partridge likes Aerosmith.
Я никогда сильно не любил эту группу - ну и пока ничего не изменилось. Такое. Лучшая песня - Water Song / Janie’s Got a Gun.
Why’s it called Pump? That irritated me from the get go. The tunes are ok but the lyrics are not.
Love in an Elevator Janie's Got a Gun What It Takes
Sleazy, cheesy, how about a game of parcheesi? Look, as a teen I LOVED this album, and while I still appreciate Aerosmith as a band, this one shows just how much they gave in to what the radio wanted more of. The singles here are all over the place, to the point where I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take away from this album. It has value, but perhaps its best to leave in the back of the school bus where I was when I first heard it on my iPod Video.
I tried, but I just can't. Not my thing, and pretty perry. 2/5
I’d like to say a mixed bag, but you pretty much know what you’re getting with an Aerosmith album.
Really not my thing & the videos are pretty risible but more bearable than most of it's ilk.
All the same- and annoying
My boss was talking about how much he hated Aerosmith the other day and I thought he was going too far. After listening to this album, I don't think he went far enough. I guess I really don't like Aerosmith either. The last song was decent though. Get's a bonus star for that.
literally sounds the same over the course of 47 minutes, so boring
They are obviously good musicians. Stephen Tyler has a distinctive voice. But they are such deeply stupid songs.
Thought it was kind of dumb fun at first, but then got too dumb to be fun.
2 Oh God, a late-stage release from one of the most overrated bands of all-time, and man, is it horny - something I find especially cringe coming from a group of guys in their 40s at this point. I was at least curious to hear what their take on Pink Floyd would sound like, but nope, turns out they just copped the name Young Lust for a completely unrelated, much worse song of their own. F.I.N.E. and Monkey on My Back are both dumb as all hell, but they at least bookend probably the best song here by default, Love in an Elevator, which is also the only one I think I would describe as being somewhat enjoyable. Meanwhile, I’ve always found Janie’s Got a Gun to be kind of boring and The Other Side to be whatever, and as for the rest of this album, it’s just more of your standard Aerosmith fare. I guess the closer, What It Takes, is alright, but something about it feels off to me, like it doesn’t fit with the rest of the album - it also kind of feels like the guys were trying too hard to write a power ballad. If you’re an Aerosmith fan, I’m sure you love this album, though I am a bit confused by its inclusion - I feel like these guys have better and more acclaimed albums than this one. I will say, I didn’t realize that the hits from this album came so late in the band’s career, but I still don’t think that makes this any kind of must-listen - I guess Mr. Tyler’s seduction techniques worked on whomever compiled this list.
Aerosmith always sounds kinda like a parody of itself.
I like Aerosmith but boy, this record really doesn't have much going for it, except for some hit singles. I just didn't find it interesting, at all.
Aerosmith's "Pump" delivers on the straightforward rock formula that has earned Aerosmith their massive following. I often regard them as quintessential "basic" rock music—a genre that, while undeniably entertaining for some, rarely ventures beyond the surface in terms of musical depth or complexity. This album, for me, encapsulates a sound tailored to captivate those with a penchant for quick musical fixes rather than those in search of a deeper emotional experience. Steven Tyler's vocal style—often more of a shout than a melody—dominates the tracks, with a relentless intensity that soon becomes predictable. This repetitiveness lends the music a one-dimensional quality. Aside from "Janie's Got A Gun," which is by far the best track, the album largely confirms my reservations about the band's approach to rock music—high energy, certainly, but lacking in depth and variety. Favourite Tracks: Janie's Got A Gun
Dump.
idc
This band is bad.
It was alright for what it is, softish rock. Unfortunately it was anathema to my tastes when it came out. Luckily for Aerosmith, I'm a more reasonable man than I used to be, so I didn't mind it. A low 2
Not my favorite album of theirs but good
Jeez I don't always mind the sleaze, but this was borderline unlistenable lyrically. Star for the music, but good grief.
Did a teenager put this list together? Someone with only a passing interest in music from reading Rolling Stone or NME? Hey, have you heard of Aerosmith - they've found a whole lot of new ways to sing about sex and penises and boobs while being so thinly veiled that it'll get past puritanical parental figures! I have to imagine there are literally millions of albums out there, but I have limited time on this planet. The fact I'm spending precious moments of my life dribbling this garbage juice into my earholes is making me actively angry.
This really contrasted after the Thin Lizzy album and not in a good way. Not really sure what the appeal is with Aerosmith tbh. *yawn* Listens: 1 Fave Track: Janie’s Got A Gun Rating: 2
Why choose this album when it doesn't have any of their hits and it not even highly rated by critics? There's 5 other albums of theirs that are supposedly better. Why choose this?
Gitaren! Ben ik niet zo heel erg van, wel goede nummers hoor maar niet mijn replay value album
Couldn't even listen. I hate the "hits" from this album and didn't want to hear the rest
I only loved Janie's got a gun from this album. Nothing else stood out.
HardRock, 1989 -> 2
Oddly this was one of the first CDs I ever had, but it took me years before I listened to the full album. There’s a few of Aerosmith’s best songs like “Janie’s Got a Gun” here, and overall it sounds like 70s Aerosmith which I guess is good for them. I’m not a huge fan though.
Steven Tyler is annoying, he is the real life Quagmire, I’m pretty sure he even sings some giggity’s. At one point he’s singing about fucking s woman in a department store elevator and later is moaning about What it Takes to get over another woman. Shit the fuck yo Steven, you fuck. Pump is pervy and skeezy but it actually picks up in the second half. Aerosmith thrives when they just let Perry rock out and have Tyler chill the fuck out a bit, sadly that doesn’t happen nearly enough. 2.5 stars
Classic Aerosmith. Neither good nor bad. It just is.
Not terrible for a hair band. The high mix of drums is cool in a way as I can hear them really well, but really it's too much. There's some cool vocal harmony stuff going on and I always appreciate that. Ya gotta hand it to Tyler, his vocals are really great. It's probably good I'm not paying too much attention to the lyrics. I'm sure they'd annoy me to no end with sex, drugs and R&R. Some of the songs have interesting chord/section changes. Janie's Got a Gun is really great, I'd forgotten how well crafted it is. I might give this album 3 stars just for that song. Nah, 2 stars
I do not like Aerosmith much at all.
I prefer "Get A Grip" - but this will do for now
not a fan!
Scho bissle Cheesie
Se me ha hecho muy cuesta arriba la verdad
Hmmmmmm. 2.5 misschien. Gewoon niet mijn ding. Ik weet dat ze goede nummers hebben maar dit album deed niet veel bij mij.
Too hard rock for me.
Another mid or slightly lower than mid rock album😒
So Aerosmith was one of those bands that I never supported or got into even in my most hair metal of moments. I dabbled in some Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Ratt, etc., on my way to the harder stuff. But there was something about Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and the rest of the "Led Zep-But American" gang, that despite their ubiquity in the culture at the time (radio saturation, e-news! installments and a collab with Run DMC), my ears just said NO. If I could pick a song off this record that I think exemplifies what I think is so terrible about this band it's F.I.N.E. a song like this is a blues-rock abomination in my opinion. If I were able to somehow scrub out all the dumb lyrics full of childish innuendo from their catalogue I don't know what would be left for Steven Tyler to sing — and that's probably a good thing as long as he can also keep away from the yappy dog scat-like vocalizations. All this said, I tried to keep an open mind on this record and I do have a few positive observations: Tom Hamilton is an outstanding bass player, the remix on Spotify sounds great, and finally, whenever the band allows themselves to be more serious in content as well as less stereotypical in their song craft the record shines. I find these things to mostly coalesce for me on their more aggressive tunes. It's this saving grace that earns them all the stars I give above the first.
Ah man, Teenage Me is calling me from the grave. Christ. Is this the one with Love in an Elevator? Yes. Yes it is. Well, here we go. I’m kinda dreading this. Young Lust - pretty much how every Aerosmith record ever starts out. Eh. As always, it’s a toe-tapper. Not bad. 2/5 F.I.N.E. - oh this is fun. It’s like I’m hearing this song for the first time, but I know that’s not true. It’s everything Aerosmith does well in a nice little package. Bridge is completely out of place though. 3/5 Going Down / Love In An Elevator - Mr Tyler going down? Boy is the production on this slick. The overproduction just kinda kills it. It might be because I heard it bazillion times. Can’t tell. Don’t seem to enjoy it that much. Nice Joe Perry-esque guitar solo. The “whoas” are too much. Like way too much. I really don’t want to hear this again. 1/5 Monkey On My Back - it’s like asking an AI to make an Aerosmith song. The riff is a bit tired. Isn’t it Given The Dog A Bone? Did they rip off AC/DC? This song is literally the space between one single and the next single. 1/5 Water Song / Janie’s Got A Gun - I think what makes this ok, is that it’s not Aerosmith’s usually shtick. It’s a break from the rock’n’roll sleaze circus. Still, is there an orchestra in the background? I know they had to move units but imagine if they had let this song breathe. You’d still be listening to it. 2/5 Dulcimer Stomp / The Other Side - Horns freaking horns. Did they have trumpets and saxophones tour with them? Boy did this start out promising. I like the chorus. 1/5 My Girl - straight rock’n’roll. In this sea of madness I kinda really think this is what they should have been aiming for. 2/5 Don’t Get Mad, Get Even - this one is not good. Usually songs with titles like this aren’t good, so no surprise. 0/5 Hoodoo / Voodoo Medicine Man - oh is this not about sex? Why is it on this album then? Am I on a mushroom trip? Oh it’s a rant. Everything is not ok people. Ok. Song’s fine, but boy does it feel outta place. 2/5 What It Takes - oh it’s the pre-Amazing Amazing song. Now I get why they double-downed on this for the next album. Must have been a huge hit. Holy Jesus that was worse than I expected. I should give this a 1/5 for the soul-sucking production alone. Like how did they reproduce this for their show? None of this feels like a band but instead a bunch of floating elements congealing into some horrific gelatinous clouded mass of music. Still the songs. Somewhere there’s a striped down version of this album that’s a great Aerosmith album. Maybe there’s some demo version I can luxiriate in. I did own this album when it came out. I listened to the shit out of it. I remember it being a big improvement over Permanent Vacation. It’s definitely what was in the zeitgeist. I mean Hysteria sold 10 million copies, there were tons of Bon Jovi clones, Tawny Kitaen on a corvette. It was the heyday of hairspray and MTV. But, well, here we are. Embarrassed by my teenage self. Hmmm. 2/5
Not my style, but I can appreciate the songs
Least good Aerosmith so far. I was surprised to sorta like the other two earlier albums, but this doesn't do it for me. Of course I know all the singles, having been born in the early 80s, and probably I even sang along with them, begrudgingly. That doesn't mean it's good though. Oh, also, I was surprised how many \"80s sounds\" there were in Janie's Got a Gun. Just never noticed that before. Also, their ballads are hella corny sounding on here. I did like the little Dulcimer Stomp interlude though. 2/5
I was thinking this is a solid 3, musically proficient lyrically shallow filled with a old man boasting about exploits with young girls and cursory introspection that just results in juvenile clichés and very boring masculine declarations of victimhood. Then I heard Voodoo Medicine and thought these chumps could actually do something interesting if they tried. It’s a great romp more daring than GNR and it makes the rest of the album seem completely worthless. So I am going with a 2.
Sometimes blues-oriented hardrock with crude lyrics works (ACDC's Back In Black) and sometimes it doesn't
What we have here is some generic hard rock. No imagination, no surpeises just cliche after cliche. AN extra 1/2 star for Janie's got a Gun. 2 stars
I liked a couple of songs but I could have done without the rest. Also, a lot of the lyrics are creepy in how they sexualize young women.
After the first 2 songs, the sound of this album just sounds kinda outdated to me. Moving through the album, not much work or care was involved with the sound and lyrics, seems a little predictable and half-assed. Also have to point out how weirdly horny Aerosmith is in this album. Aerosmith definitely can and have done better. At least their last 2 songs improved for me, better ending/conclusion than the whole entire album. Personal Favorites: Hoodoo/Voodoo Medicine Man, What it takes
Yuck. +1 for Jane's Got A Gun 2/5
I don't really like glam rock especially if it is such overproduced music with outdated lyrics. Some songs were fun to listen to for a few minutes if I didn't carefully listen to the lyrics, but in general it's too commercialised 80s glam for me.
Decent Hard Rock album, but it doesn't quite hit the mark for me. While the instrumentals are solid, I find their music occasionally uninspiring. The vocals, in particular, don't quite resonate with my taste. I should give it a closer look and perhaps discover something more in it.
If you can’t say something nice… 2/5
This album was very intensely not for me
pales in comparison with toys in the attic and frankly not sure why it's on this list. 2/5
I like the parts where they’re not doing Aerosmith. There are little moments here, sometimes intros to whole songs, where you realize that these guys are actually great musicians and have creative ideas. Then it’s just smothered by the Aerosmith thing. I’m not sure what came first: Aerosmith, or the wave of sound that Aerosmith is clearly a part of. All I know is that I like bands that dip their toes into this thing for a song or two— Dire Straits come to mind— and don’t love it when it’s 47 minutes of just that. This feels pretty boring. 2/5
Liked overall. Only loved one track. 6/10
As aggressively horny as a bald middle aged man on Tinder, who also probably thinks this album is a classic. 13/10/23
Nothing really good on this one 2 Wait, love in an elevator 3 Wait it sucks 2
Not really my thing
Couldn't really be arsed with this, might be on me but probably means the album wasnt great. Steven Tyler's letchy old man routine was an uncomfortable listen and wore thin quickly. This album highlighted that Aerosmith borrow quite a lot from country music, and I don't approve. First track was alright, love in an elevator is an interesting riff, rest of it isn't worth it.
I’ve just never really gotten the Aerosmith thing. And this album felt rather …. empty…. soulless….. etc…… etc…..
Not a good album. I remember this album’s release. A rebirth for a once great band from the 70s that spent the last 10+ years as has beens. Other than the hits: The singles I remember: Love in an elevator, What it takes, Janie's got a gun, The other Side The rest of this album is really bad white boy blues. What’s worse, the commercial success of the ballad What It Takes lead to 20+ years of society being subjected to really terrible Aerosmith power ballads (starring Alicia Silverstone). Aerosmith is currently on their farewell tour. I say good riddance.
an era of rock that has grown on me in my old age but Aerosmith never really hit the mark for me. Especially this 80s, trying to be relevant in a world of butt rockers Aerosmith
Meh... endar á góðu lagi. Restin er ekkert spes eða var svo ofspilað á sínum tíma að það fer bara í taugarnar á mér núna.
A is for Anachronism. This band keeps revisiting the same sound that was exciting in the 70s. E is for Easy. Lyrics about chasing girls and rockin hard. R is for Repetitive. Same beat, same solo, same dumb album art. O is for Oafish. Aerosmith is the first band listed under "toolbox rock" for a reason. S is for Sleaze. Ten songs about flesh and drugs. M is for MTV. Remember those videos with Alicia Silverstone? It was all too much. I is for Innuendo. These guys are geniuses when it comes to writing dirty songs but keeping them PG-rated. T is for TOO MUCH. This is third Aerosmith album I've had to suffer as I progress through this project. H is for Hits. Some how these guys had hits for multiple decades.
I liked this album more thirty years ago than I do now. Going Down and Water Song are classics but generally the 80s machismo has not aged well. I could pick 1000 albums better than this one.
Eh, I wasn't in the mood for dad rock today.
Tämä osoittaa ajoittain lupausta. Herättää jopa toivoa, erityisesti avausbiisillä. Valitettavasti levy myös hyväksyy aikakautensa erityispiirteet tuotannon ja sovitusten kohdalla, mikä johtaa soundillisen paisuneisuuden lisäksi sävellyksellisiin kiusallisuuksiin. Saatan pyöräyttää Young Lustin tai Janie's Got a Gunin tulevaisuudessakin, mutta en täysin rennoin ottein saati varauksetta.
AJ: lol 1989 sex songs Hahaha AJ! Cat: it’s not for me. Steven Tyler sounds amazing.
I have not really that much to say about this. It's just not my type of music. Some tracks do have interesting sections, mostly in the "Water Song" and "What It Takes". The lyrics don't help it either. Not something i would actively listen to. Maybe somewhere in the background, on low volume.
We get it, you're horny. No need to make an album so chock-full of sex lyrics that it makes people uncomfortable. Anyway, a few songs were okay, so it escapes the 1 star rating. Besides, even if the lyrics were laughably bad, the music was fine.
Not a big fan of Aerosmith. Even less of a fan of the whole glam rock scene/ genre. Sweet emotion is a choon tho.
Eh. Kinda skeezy
fun and well produced. just not for me.
Before even listening to the album and just seeing the album cover and which year it's from didn't get my hopes up. This is years after Aerosmiths peak and it's got no soul to it and I don't mean the genre. This feels like it's produced after a hard rock formula with the intention of making it as dirty as possible without being too explicit. I rather listen to the Bloodhound Gang if I want sexual innuendos. They're also a lot better than this.
Everything after going down in the elevator is blah
Really don't get why this album should be on this list. It's almost a parody of 80s rock without having any self awareness and it's just not very good. Aerosmith have some great stuff before and after, but this is a low point for the band and the genre in general...
I like this one a little more than the other Aerosmith album but it’s nothing crazy to me
Yeah a very very horny album like what the hell? Never been the biggest Aerosmith fan anyway and this is not their best album by a long shot. Some okay songs on here but man the most generic dad rock you would here at a dive bar.
Aerosmith.
sortir ca en big 1989....
Overblown, histrionic guff! A couple of the songs are catchy enough but I’ve never particularly liked Steven Tyler’s voice and these songs don’t really grab me. Not my cup of tea.
This album is fucking gross lol. When I picture Aerosmith in my head, sleaze is a word that comes to mind, and this album didn't really help to destroy that connection. I mean, one of the lines was something like "I hear you're so tight your lovin' squeaks", which is... eww... Some of the lyrics make it sound like the girls he's referring to are rather young, which makes sense if he was also a teenager or in his early twenties or something, but I think he was like 41 at the time that this came out, so eww again. There were some interesting parts, but then it would go into the usual rock sound, which I totally expected. It wasn't so bad that it deserves a 1, as a lot of it is too nothing to make me mad, but it got kind of close to a 1 at times. I guess my favourite song was What It Takes? I guess? I don't really care about anything on here.
Opens with a bracing whallop. “Love in an elevator” is great. Most of the rest didn’t touch me, and “Janie’a got a gun” annoyed me. Listening to it through tinny phone speakers probably didn’t flatter it, but not much had me want to go back with headphones. Actually, I’d also go back for the “voodoo on this town” song, as that sounded like it might be endearingly stupid.
Tedious pervert Steven Tyler's screeching is one of the worst sounds in music. These songs are worse than horrible, they are deathly dull. Fuck Aerosmith
Very over sexed middle of the road outdated glam rock. Not a great album but a few catchy songs gets it 2 stars.
Not for me
This album is fine, but nothing fantastic IMO. Love in an Elevator is very catchy, but in a junk food, insubstantial sort of way; Janie's Got A Gun is great, but I can take or leave the rest. Except for "What it Takes", that song is atrocious.
Not aged well.
Comparisons to Led Zeppelin are ludicrous, as if those lads would ever think – much less stoop – to rip off Bon Jovi (see backing vocals on "Love In an Elevator" and super cheesy drums on "Monkey Back" and cheesy synths on "Jamie," which sounds like they couldn't quite let go of the '80s). "Dulcimer Stomp" and "Don't Get Mad" have more wrong with them than can be fruitfully described here. This is more like the Stones in their worst late career, utterly forgettable phases. It's all there, the mediocre playing, the silly posturing, the pathetic reaching for relevance. And for good measure every song is too long, too. They were basically a hair metal band at this point, and not a particularly good one.
Yeah it was ok. Not sure I’ll listen again.
Oh my god it’s all just glam metal horny posting. I bet he regrets calling a song Young Lust at the moment. The “squeaks” line in F.I.N.E. needs Jesus. Love in an Elevator is somehow less subtle, but at least it takes a firm anti-DJ Khaled stance on the matter. Monkey on my Back, a non-horny song about kicking a drug habit, what I’m noticing is a pretty similar instrumental for each track and roughly the same singing from Tyler, I hope it mixes up soon as it feels samey. Praise be, right into Janie’s Got a Gun which does sound different and I dig it. Very catchy, less of a belter all the way through. Chiming back in at What It Takes, a decent ballad, to say everything between my last note and here has been indistinguishable. I have certainly learned I have no great love for Aerosmith.
Production is very busy, like the musical interludes. Lyrics good Music feels samey
Totally fine album. Nothing really to note
kapping music
Aerosmith's "Pump" was HUGE back in the day, fueled by constant MTV airplay and sexy models (including the band members' kids, eww) in all of their ubiquitous videos. Sadly, "Janie's Got A Gun" became prophetic and remains prescient. Thirty-three years later, this album sounds sexist and bombastic.
My second Aerosmith album. Honestly, how many more are there? It gets the traditional 2 stars with a nod to Love in an Elevator as a fine and ridiculous song.
Their best post-reunion album, but still too slick.
Bought it back in the day. Cringe a bit listening to it now
Ticks all the boxes for classic American rock, and does it very well. Ok in small doses but the whole thing is a bit much for me, it's just not my thing
In hindsight, seems somewhat inappropriate that Love in an Elevator was played at school discos - this was probably my first exposure to Aerosmith. What I hadn't realised was how long they'd been around before this (and that they're still around now!) The nostalgia around this album (and more so for Get a Grip) was MTV, they (well their record company) knew how to play the game, sexy videos, get people talking, great marketing, etc. Does this album hold up? I'm not so sure, all feels a bit dated now.
There are some bands you get the sense are in it to make the music they love and all the other stuff - fame and fortune - is a secondary consideration. They'd do what they do for 50 or 5000 people. Then there's bands for whom it appears to be the other way round. Nirvana were just around the corner, and judging by this couldn't get there quick enough. Adequate.
One of my least enjoyed music styles. I wish I liked it but This album did nothing but confirm that. Best song: Going Down/ Love in an Elevator Favorite lyric: ....Masturbatin' with a noose. Now someone's kickin out the chair. And the squeeze box in the ballad.... wut ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Some good songs, I've listened to enough Aerosmith.
Ugh what a sloggggg. Love in an elevator is the only track I recognised and that was kind of fun. If you have no connection to these kind of songs they're just a big embarrassing cringe heap really. Such a one-track sound with no variety.
Eugh its just a bit cringe isn't it. I can't say I enjoyed this at all - just a bit much. But I get that its a bit of a laugh, its not meant to be serious serious music.. .right?
I guess it's not baaaad but it's just feels a bit embarrassing. It's funny that Aerosmith are often considered a big heavy rock epic band but today it comes across quite cringey
This is a top 1001 album of all time? Wow. Toys in the Attic, maybe, but this, nope. Without Run DMC and MTV, we may never have had to listen to this. Janie's Got a Gun gets it to two stars, even though it was played relentlessly on MTV and elsewhere, it's not bad.
My second Aerosmith album. Again, they don't do a lot for me aside from a few hits. I definitely liked this one more than 'Rocks' but not something I would put on again or listen to as a whole. I think I might like their 80s/90s comeback more than their original 70s run but haven't listened enough to know that for sure and a song like 'Sweet Emotion' is still better than any of these songs. Standout Tracks: Young Lust, Water Song/Janie's Got a Gun, Hoodoo/Voodoo Medicine Man
What's worse than a bunch of vapid young dudes playing sleazy, overproduced glam metal in the late 80s? A bunch of vapid old dudes playing sleazy, overproduced glam metal in the late 80s.
Some Aerosmith is alright, but this kinda is a dud for me. Sleazy without a lot a redeeming musical qualities for me. Just reminds me of walking into a dive bar in some little town.
Aerosmith was never my band and still isn’t after listening to Pump.
I really didn't wanna listen to Steven Tyler's voice so most this album's getting is a 2.
Man, I don't like Steven Tyler's voice. It really is annoying to listen to. And the rest of the music is alright. Guess I don't really like Aerosmith. Favorite song: Don't get mad, get even Worst song: Young lust
What an absolute bummer. My second Aerosmith album after the pleasantly surprising “Toys in the Attic”, but this one more or less confirmed to my original impression of the band as a loutish cartoon rock group. Almost all of the pop sensibility from their earlier albums is reduced to the most banal rock and roll cliches which are seldom memorable, and frequently annoying. Steven Tyler’s singular vocal talents are undermined by his seeming inability to pick out a catchy melody on this record. Only on the admittedly poignant single “Janie’s Got a Gun” does he contribute something consequential to the album. Truth be told, I really rate that song’s mature handling of an extremely fraught issue, the kind of topic which most glam rock/hair metal groups were incapable of confronting at this point in time. It’s nearly a saving grace for Pump, the one point when everything works across the whole group. There’s almost a duality in Aerosmith’s approach evidenced on this record: on the one hand, it’s clear these weathered rockers are capable of writing a tune and even incorporating some bluegrass flourishes in their style; yet they revert back to synthetic, nondescript 80s fm rock all too frequently. The latter may have sold more records for them, but it does not a memorable album make. The rest of these songs are mailed
Really? In 1989, when I was 17, I though this was juvenile and poorly considered. Good to know that I am consistent with a few things. Entertainment value rooted to time and place, no doubt ('Love in an Elevator', and its "x-rated" video, were considered a bit risqué back then. (Does anyone use the word risqué any more? Does the concept still exist? We go from prudery to full-on porn with no intermediate steps these days. Or maybe I'm being a silly old fuddie duddie). Musical value was close to zilch. And trust me, they knew this. (Check out the album cover. No one with any aspirations towards taste and aesthetics would want to be associated with that eyesore. I mean, the trucks are so ugly!) Anyways. If you know why this album found its way here, please do not @ me. I am the better for not needing to know such things.
idk how to explain this, but this album sounds like it smells of gasoline and stale sweat.
This is REALLY not might kind of groove. 'Janie's Got a Gun' was nice and 'Hoodoo/ Voodoo Medicine Man' cranked the energy up a bit which was much needed. Hate the fiddle at the end of 'What It Takes'. Interesting that this album should appear the day after NASA redirected the trajectory course of an asteroid by crashing into it - just a shame that 'I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing' is not on the record.
F.I.N.E. is a fun dadrock track, funny Hypersexual Fun riffs but not to interesting
i am going to listen to all of it because those are the rules but one song in and i hate it
You put on the album and it's got a kinda cool, sleazy energy to it. Surprisingly good, considering you never liked Aerosmith. The second song come on and it starts to feel repetitive, yeah, okay you get it. By the third song you try to leave but whatever door you take, whatever corner you round, you end up back in the Hard Rock Café Merchandise corner. You had just wanted an Irish Coffee. Janie's Got A Gun goes for a different energy, but that doesn't help. The Other Side puts you right back where it started and you figure you never went to strip clubs for the musical experience.
hahaha this is not a "you-must-listen" album unless the number went from 1001 to 1000001, steven tyler is the anthony kiedis of singing about fucking
Some decent songs on here, but I just don't get the love for Aerosmith
Not a fan
Nah. Nope.
ooo baby. this is an aerosmith record...and i'm just not that into aerosmith.
2.5/5
Really not a fan of Aerosmith's take on blues/R&B inspired hard rock. They are very talented and write good songs, good energy, and give good performances. I just don't vibe with them for the most part. I do think their unique style would grow on me though.
Two trucks having sex. Okej album, mislim koliko sam čuo da je to njihov sober album? Ne znam, svejedno il ti paše taj glas/glazba ili ne. Men je osrednje, iako sam već sad polako počeo manje mrzit njih, ali opet - tipa ne može ovo biti bolje od prethodnog albuma (King Crimsona - In the Court...), tako da. Međutim oni koji slušaju imalo ovaj bend, mislim da im je sigurna trojka, a možda i četvorka. Najbolja stvar? Water Song/Janie's Got a Gun. Općenito što manje ljubavnih, srceparajućih pjesama to bolje, a ovdje nema baš toliko koliko sam osjetio.
It’s really misogynistic so it’s hard to hear it for anything beyond that. The musicians are obviously good and the folksy moments are fun, but the lyrics are so trite and problematic that it’s a 2 for me
i can never listen to stuff like this without thinking about woodstock ‘99 and the whole “rock for white dudes only” movement. yes it’s technically good, but man you can really see why grunge was needed right after this.
I feel objectified listening to F.I.N.E. It's the 2nd song on the album and I feel a big yikes. Demotivated from listening to the rest of the album. Getting a laugh that Google classifies this song as "Genres: Children's Music" Janie's Got a A Gun/Water Song reminds me of Katie Pruitt - Grace Has A Gun. I like Katie's version much more. I listened to the whole album and I feel meh about it. Sounds classic, I guess.
What a drab, tedious affair.
It's just too try-hard bad boy rock. First three tracks all seem to be about hot girls and so on. Just a bit boring to be honest. Not a fan of Steve Tyler's vocals. Overall it's fine as a relic of its time but it's incredibly dated.
Was gonna give it a 3 but the lyrics brought it down. Cringe ass lyrics. “Livin it up while I’m going down”? Bro stfu. “Masturbatin with a noose”? Kys
I'm sure that this appeals a great deal to many people, but I honestly find the majority of it quite tiring. The lyrics have really not stood up well. Even at the time "Love in an elevator" appealed most to the puerile sniggering teenager. It just seems so silly.
It’s just shit isn’t it. Just bill and Ted in real life.
I’ve herd of the band and I mean… eh… The album opens with young lust a solid well performed heavy rock song just the lyrics aren’t great. F.I.N.E. Is well… fine or allllright it doesn’t do anything offensive the sound is great even but nothing stand out or notable. Going down= useless interlude Love in an elevator has some great instrumentation and a catchy chorus but lacks that special factor that most rock songs like this would have. Monkey on my back is a slower rocker not a favourite but at least they are trying something different at the start of the song then it goes into generic garbage but it’s still digestible. Water song= useless interlude number 2 But hey Janie’s got a gun is at least a decent all be it formulaic slow jam that I actually appreciate unlike the rest of the album! Dulcimer stomp= useless interlude number 3 The other side is a very big sounding yet surprisingly uninteresting track with little sonic verity from its peers. I don’t get what makes this so boring but it just is the short rocker my girl is no exemption. Don’t get mad, get even actually starts off awesomely it’s a fairly rubbish slow cowboy like sounding song with an explosive chorus but at least it’s not the same song over and again. Hoodoo= useless interlude number 4 but at least this one sounds cool. Voodoo medicine man is actually decent to be fair most of it’s generic as heck but the lyrics are okay and the chorus is pretty cool. The album ends on what it takes a good slow piano lead song still nowhere near the best song ever but certainly is for the album! This is just a band that already wasn’t great in their 10th studio album essentially writing 7 songs that were exactly the same and 3 that were generic but cool. Most of the bands verity actually comes from all of those useless interludes and they suck. But there’s worse in the world.
Just another late 80’s MTV rock album.
Much more the Aerosmith sound I grew up with, with the cleaner production and continuation of their 'Carry On' level innuendos. Not a complaint when Love in an Elevator is so good. The tightly compressed 80s production does have the sad effect of making everything sound the same though - so the lack of variation between songs really grates after a while. It's fun, but insubstantive fun. Like Elvis Costello, I feel like Aerosmith pop up more than the quality of their albums justify here, but a best of Aerosmith is essential, just individual albums probably require a devotion to them that makes no sense to me.
Never been particularly interested in Aerosmith, and, well, I'm still not. Always liked "Janie's Got a Gun", to be sure, and I can understand why they became popular again at that time, but it's not exactly for me.
Genre: Hard Rock 2/5 This is an album that is ONLY in the book because of the artist's name recognition, and nothing more. Aerosmith has, of course, written plenty of classic songs, but none of them exist on Pump, the 1980s last ditch attempt to keep hard rock going. Instead of sounding like a big rock production, it all blends into one stale fart, utilizing the same mechanical and tinny production that makes most 80s music unbearable. The single, Janie's Got a Gun, is fine, literally nothing more than that. Steven Tyler's performance on this is classic Steven Tyler, loud and more loud, and Joe Perry stumbles through his riffs and solo sections as effectively as he ever did. But the rest is absolute drivel. Monkey on My Back, My Girl, the last 2 minutes of What It Takes, and Voodoo Medicine Man are all moments of my life I wish I could relive differently, and those are just the ones I'm mentioning here. Bland, uninteresting, and totally non-essential. Skip it.
I kind of expected to hate this, so I put it off. I didn't initially hate it, kind of irrepressible, big daft late 80s rock. To little me, this and the Run DMC track was what Aerosmith were, I had no idea of the 70s stuff until I heard REM cover Toys in the Attic and realised oh, they've been around since then? And Sweet Emotion is a banger. But this is Pump. Love in an Elevator has aged badly, as has most of this really, it's very dated. Side A really isn't very good. The Other Side though, is still very good, as it goes. That and My Girl I would still listen to. As the album goes on, it does get more interesting, it has to be said. The guy wasn't wrong in referencing Led Zep in Voodoo Medicine Man, wowsers. I waivered from 1 star all the way up to 3 whole stars. It should think itself lucky though. Actually, no, thinking back to that side A, it's getting 2.
I have heard Pump many times, but I probably haven't listened to the album since 1992. This album was my primary introduction to Aerosmith, as they were re-establishing their career. I know better now. There is an engaging energy to the music on this album, but the lyrics are bringing me down. 40-year-old men singing about "Young Lust" - Steven Tyler has a genuine way for creeping me out. "Janie's Got a Gun" is perhaps the perfect example of the conflict in Aerosmith's music - all of the sounds (instruments and vocals) are well-crafted and performed. The music feels like Aerosmith has created a sound that unique from this band. BUT the topic and lyrics aren't what I want rattling around in my head. There are much creepier tracks on this album, that are less enticing musically. Ick!
Steven Tyler is very horny. It bums me out to think about how horny Steven Tyler is. He'd love to have sex in an elevator. And then there's a song about sexual abuse that also kind of feels like a party? Real weird. The hits from this album were annoying to me when they came out and they still are. I'll give it two stars because you could listen to this and feel like a kid with a teen mustache in 89 driving a trans am. That's a fun place to be for a few minutes, but no one should want to live there.
Not offensive but not really adding anything to my life
First part is cock rock (the album is called Pump and has car's humping each other on the cover ffs), the second half is more varied but ultimately it has some sound, maybe predominantly blues influenced?, that I don't care much for; I will say that the second part is more interesting to me. Also, not Steven Tyler's biggest fan.
I'm not sure why Aerosmith were such a hit back in the day. Their sound does not hold up. Is this a country album? A blues album? A rock album? Elements of all of the above, but none are done well unfortunately. Steven Tyler's shrill voice ringing true on this album, and I can't look past it.
I thought I'd like this a lot more than I did, turns out maybe I like the Aerosmith songs that I like but the rest maybe not so much? Could be that this isn't their best
Boring
Mostly bollocks
Schmieriger Rock-Pop. "Toys in the Attic" war besser.
a melhor faixa é a última.. not my cup of tea
Functional
It’s catchy but the lyrics are terrible.
Didn’t mind it that much. Found my foot tapping a bit from time to time. Forgettable apart from love in an elevator though, which does go on 2 mins too long.
This continues the trend of hard rock being... not really my vibe at all. I still like Steve Vai if that means anything
Not that great.
It’s very cool that Aerosmith regained popularity going into the 90s, Robert, but that doesn’t mean we have to listen to it. The hidden track is the best one also
Tål inte hård sten...
Some catchy songs but I mostly found this album derivative. It's mostly fluff.
standard
Pump by Aerosmith (1989) Why is it that when I review the love lyrics of Aerosmith’s Pump I have this famous snapshot in my brain of the Duke of York with his royal arm wrapped around the bare midriff of an underage Virginia Giuffre, with Ghislaine Maxwell grinning in the background? The sexual innuendo and dopey double entendre on this record (tracks 1-3, 7) are a cross between vulgar sailor ditties and lame Dad jokes. Even the cover art is a groaner. I mean, lead singer Steve Tyler was in his forties. Where’s the subtlety? Plus, the ‘power ballads’ and shallow treatment of socially conscious themes (“Janie’s Got a Gun”, “Hoodoo/Voodoo Medicine Man”) are even more plastic. These guys were incapable of embarrassment, but apparently not repentance and redemption, given Tyler’s philanthropic initiative with “Janie’s House” twenty-five years later. If Aerosmith didn’t have so much musical talent, this album would be simply wretched. But the talent carries the day in this glam rock extravaganza. Steve Tyler’s voice is a happy freak of nature, harnessed to solid rock rhythms and blazing electric guitar riffs and solos. Joey Kramer’s drumming is simply outstanding. And the arrangements and technical aspects are all top-notch, especially for 1989. There are quality touches of prog innovation in “Dulcimer Stomp” and “Hoodoo/Voodoo Medicine Man”, but after a few bars, it’s back to money-making hard rock. There’s nothing here that speaks to the soul, but I suppose it sufficed to make the teenagers go crazy in the arena. 2/5
Meh
It’s actually fine. I don’t know why they’re so famous, but it’s fine. Reminds me of my first girlfriend, who LOVED Aerosmith (in the late 90s!)
I'm not a fan of Aerosmith at their best, and I'm certainly not a fan of this. This album is well executed and well mixed, but it's just not very good. I don't want to hear aging rock stars sing about their sexual exploits before going into pure cheese with the closing track. The music is just ok. If you want good hard rock, there are so many better and more genre defining options. The energy is there, the musicianship is fine, but there's just nothing memorable or groundbreaking about this. But I also like ambient noise so what the hell do I know.
Yeah I don't think was for me but Steven Tyler has a hell of a voice.
tyler´s rock, some good songs, mostly it´s annoying
Mainstream rock. Boring.
v classic. v rocky. maybe too much? also maybe v overplayed
Wasn't able to get into this.
very disappointed that this wasn't a concept album about farts. its just a generic aerosmith album, there is no distinction between songs the whole thing is just one long track and its a bit guff. come to think of it, maybe it was a concept album about farts.
One of my first cassette tapes when I was a kid. Loved it then but have grown to loathe Aerosmith. 2.4
Blijft voor mij toch dezelfde schreeuwerd die ik hoor.
Nee, ik vind dit toch echt niks! 3 Aerosmith albums in deze lijst is ook gewoon belachelijk
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já abre com uma porrada bridge da segunda música surpreendentemente melódica até a quarta são todas similares, bem upbeat frase/resposta love in an elevator tem um solo nice jamie’s got a gun começa diferenciada, bem mais lenta não acho que curti, a progressão dos acordes e da melodia é muito previsível e similar em todas as músicas, fica meio boring
Is ok from a rock standpoint and you cant argue with their longevity. Their one unique attribute, however, may be their longevity. Not part of my regular rotation, but I can appreciate their success.
monstrously silly
Generic 80s rock
Meh
Aerosmith at the height of their 80's/90's come back when they embraced a pop / hair metal style. Everything is way over-produced and "big" sounding. In some songs there is so much going on it's a bit hard to follow. Too many instruments, too slick. Listened to a little 70's Aerosmith (Rocks) after this to compare... such a better album. It's like a different band. Way less fluff, distraction, and gimmick.
Generic 80s rock
A natural evolution of 80s glam rock, but still just as empty and vacuous.
The best thing about grunge was that it put the final nail into the coffin of hair metal shit like this. A few good tracks - mostly the singles but lots of filler and the lyrics are cringing - even when they try to be deep like in Janies got a gun.
Oh man... I used to think Aerosmith was the shit. In hindsight this is pretty bad. Steven Tyler's voice is extremely grating 99% of the time, and the songs are musically pretty boring. Not giving it a 1 because there are a few classic on here amidst the monotony.
I find it amazing how uninspiring this music is.
Se tem alguma musica especial nesse album eu perdi. Good ol' Aerosmith soh.
*only listened to 2 mins
It’s a bit dull , no bangers
It's hard for me to judge this album, because I never liked Aerosmith (to correct that, I liked a few of their songs, but I didn't like the people who liked them) and I accidently watched 30 seconds of American Idol with Steve Tyler once. That said, this is better than I was expecting. It's like their "exile on main street", with a raw sound and some interesting starts to songs (that don't stay interesting for too long ). "Young Lust" is a great start. Still the lyrics are cliches and that's a theme throughout, for example, "Don't get Mad, get Even", and I can just see Steve getting the crowd to sing along! A solid 5 on the 10-point scale, rounded down for the Steve Tyler@70 images that are now stuck in my brain for the foreseeable future.
‘Meh’ to ‘very good’ songs, good harmonies... but that sound production is killing me.
Monkey on my back and What it takes best for me. Jumps around like a moist hare...trying to be too extreme
I cannot believe Aerosmith gets TWO albums on this list. They’re good musicians and capable of great harmonies, but their lyrics are so stupid. I like the dulcimer stomp and the outtro to what it takes the best. This isn’t as good as toys in the attic, but it’s not a 1 star. So it’ll get a 2 from me as well.
Some decent music, but the lyrics are kind of juvenile and none of it really stood out to me as particularly fun to listen to.
Not a big fan of Aerosmith... A friend introduced them to me in 1991 with their Pandora's Box 3xCD compilation (featuring tracks from 1966-1982). Top track: What It Takes
Yep, this is definitely 80s Aerosmith. Eesh. Love in an Elevator and Janies Got a Gun were the big hits on this record. Of all the Aerosmith records to choose for this list, this is a strange choice. This record is pretty meh. Favorite song: Love in an Elevator(?) I guess Least favorite song: F.I.N.E.
Didn't love it or hate it. Get why some people enjoy this music but it's not my taste. A bit too hyper masculine. Although the tone of tyler's voice does provide some feminine balance.
Listened on shuffle. Don’t think it really mattered though, pretty much all of it sounds the same
Mediocre, the band
Not even trying to hide the problematic behaviour this band are known for, Aerosmith open this with “Young Lust”. Left it there.
208. slop
Janie got tired of gropey, grapey, old guys and armed herslf against the patriarchy. This album is either an unintentional feminist manifesto concept album or bad honky screamo. 1/5 #TeamJanie
Nah, DNF
Ugh, yeah this is terribly boring normal gross boy rock. They're STILL doing this shit into the 80s? Bleh
Drasl. Ótrúlegt að þetta hafi einhvern tímann verið vinsælt. Gat ekki hlustað á eitt lag til enda.
Elmo got a gun song parody of Janie got me in trouble with my dad when I was six. Anyways it just is not good ! All around bad ! 1.
atonal slop
Glam metal, hair metal, I don't know what you call it, but I've never been able to get into it, nor into Aerosmith. Steven Tyler's voice may be iconic, but I find it annoying. What else is there to say about "Pump"? For me, there's nothing outstanding to hear, just the same old monotonous drivel of shrill guitars and Tyler's screeching vocals. So, away with that crap.
Meh
1001 albums to pick, entire globe to pick from, entries with repeating artists allowed, and you still can’t help but put multiple cock rock albums in?
Between this and Linkin Park I'm starting to think this is just a random list of albums. No one needs to hear this
One of the worst things I’ve heard on this list so far. This is documented evidence of the worst things you can do with a guitar. I had the unfortunate experience of riding on the Aerosmith rollercoaster as Disneyland and I’ve never quite got over it.
No me gustó tanto
slitsomt
Whole lot of no thanks
Das muss doch anstrengend sein immer zu schreien. War mir zu anstrengend für morgens. Hab nur drei Lieder durchgehalten.
I am told by this site that I am a generous reviewer. I cannot be generous here. I think hair metal is not for me.
oh brother. painful. couldn't listen to a single one the whole way through
This is why we need six Elvis Costello albums. Counterweight 😝 I was going to give it two stars cos Love In An Elevator gives me the giggles but the Tyler Tax must be paid.
I never got Aerosmith. Seems like pretty generic hardish rock with a bit of a poser vibe. Listening to this album my opinion is unchanged.
Le pedis a una IA que te haga un disco de rock y te hace esto.
Ugh. This is a bad rehash of the BBC same Aerosmith sound and very obvious little boy sex jokes. Janie’s Got a Gun is a good song, other than that it’s not good and not influential. This is a talented band that could do much better. A 1.
I'd braced myself for an album full of Steven Tyler vocals grating on me. To give him his dues, his voice has a unique quality to it - sounds like at least four different octaves coming out of one set of vocal chords. Like he's swallowed a kazoo. No - it turns out it's the cock-rock stylings that grate. All skin-tight leather; frilly shirts; lace scarves dangling from every headstock, every microphone stand, every wrist; tassles and big hair. This music sounds like it looks. Every lyric is an inuendo, a metaphor for fucking and partying, or is just explicitly stating as much. I suppose stuff isn't necessarily a cliche first time around, and these guys were at it in the 1970s to be fair. Fine if you like that kind of thing, and I might have been kinder on this in my youth, but really was a slog to get through at 50 years old. Which is about 20 years younger than the skin on 41-year-old Tyler's face was when this was released. Fine if you like this kind of 80s soft rock thing, but I don't care for it that much.
Fucking hated every moment of it, and it deserves no more of my time. Ever.
So I imagine what happened here is that the band accidentally destroyed their original master for this record and tried to rerecord it on day three of a heroin binge. But then, after the heroin wore off and they could shit again, the whole band took a giant shit on their second master. They all thought it was genius and handed it in to the record company, who in turn pressed the record, shit and all, giving us this insufferable rock cognate filled with double entendres more ridiculous than Spinal Tap.
Rotten, absolutely rotten.
🙄
I hated this album when it came out and I still hate it.
70s-era Aerosmith had a couple of good tunes here and there but this is ear pollution. It's lunkheaded hard rock with skeezy lyrics that sound like they were written by a guy who hangs out in the park wearing a raincoat and nothing on underneath.
Worse than Coldplay
This is like my least favorite music. Best track Dulcimer Stomp (without The Other Side)
For some unknow reason I never clicked with Aerosmith. This album bored me to death...
Not for me
Ew
i couldnt do it. made it 1.5 songs in
I'm just not an Aerosmith guy, a band with bangers but full album doesn't do it for me, sorry.
3/10 - I remember hearing Aerosmith for the first time in Middle School and thinking “these guys kind of suck”. My music taste has evolved over the years but it’s nice to know my gut reaction to these guys was correct. They do kinda suck personally and professionally, respectfully.
I wish Janie would give me her gun so that I didn't have to listen to this whole record. 2/10
dogshit, terrible vocals, overproduced guitar and drums, horrible arrogant people. Didn't fully listen because its a waste of time. Overall round 2/10
Horny. Waaaaaaaay to horny. Aggressively horny. And considering the history with Steven Tyler... not a particularly comfortable listen 2/10
Trash.
Nah
Aerosmith only made two good songs; one of them is not on this album. That song is called "Dream On", a classic song. The other one happens to be "Janie's Got a Gun". I hate Aerosmith and 80s glam rock with a passion. When will I get an actual good album for once? 1 star for "Pump".
The blues based hard rock arena bombast of Led Zeppelin, the chaotic energy of CBGB glam punk, gnarly guitars and a megalomaniac singer. How does it end up so boring? Why does this suck when Guns and Roses rule and even Motley Crue have their moments? There's no inspiration, no fun, tired riffs, stock solos and the best high spec coke fueled production that their 80s corporate behemoth record label could splurge on, designed to max out radio airplay. Janies got a gun is good because it's a least a little weird, the rest sounds like them ripping off the generation of bands who ripped them off. Tap water hard rock.
Nah dude. Nah.
Wow, I did not expect to hate this SO MUCH. Couldn't finish it.
God, that was dreary.
Hair metal.
I wasn't very excited to listen to this, for two reasons: 1. It's Aerosmith. 2. The cover is so goddamn fucking stupid it angers me. Now that I have listened to it, I'll just say I'm very glad we've moved away from rock like this in the modern era.
UGHHHHH. Why? 1989? Are we serious with this? What is this album cover? Why do I ask so many rhetorical questions? Yes, I’m glad we’ve omitted the death metal catalog in favour of a mid career Steven Tyler and the gang shambling their way through attempted radio hit after attempted radio hit. Presumably. I do love to judge a book by its cover. One of my favourite pastimes. Young Lust - Gross. Hubba bubba bah unnnnnnn. This is rancid. The musicianship isn’t horrible or anything, but this is just so generic and evocative of dive bars rife with the stench of F.I.N.E - That was almost a nu-metal riff. What the hell?? Right into a boogaloo riff where we talks about getting a “woody” over a woman with “hoochie coochie eyes.” This is the antithesis of art. Going Down/Love in an Elevator - I’ll take things that never happened for $200, Alex. I believe this is the second time on this release that we’re hearing about the really gross lead singer having relations in an elevator. Has somebody alerted the people at OTIS?? The riff is alright, but the god damned whoa oh’s, the friggin’ concept and the repetition? Just unlistenable. Monkey on my Back - OH MY GOD YOURE BEING TAILED BY A RABID CHIMP. Oh wait, nope, he’s running away. He can smell this album and he is revolted. Water Song/Janie’s Got a Gun - Where did this come from? I know it’s a huge radio hit for some odd reason, but it starts off so complex. The vocals and shitty piano kill it, but that opening is pretty chilling. Can’t you just hear Bryan Adams on this? Not a compliment to either party. Dulcimer Stomp/The Other Side - Dulcimer?? I want to hear a mournful Appalachian ballad. Not this. Anything but hearing a singer say “mama.” My Girl - This poor woman. Jeez I hope she’s a full-grown woman. Who knows with these boomerly types. Don’t Get Mad, Get Even - Digeridoo into more unwashed ass rock. Hoodoo/Voodoo Medicine Man - They needed more funny sounding words so they threw in geographic term “hoodoo.” What it Takes/Hidden Instrumental - Oh I was worried that we wouldn’t get a ham-fisted ballad. Have no fear, Steven Tyler is done saying things like “my hoodoo hugabaloo boogaloo mama turns my crank and is also is 16” and now he needs to express his heartbreak. The dumb accordion stabs, are pretty funny and quirky. The instrumental is the true dulcimer hour I was hoping for. I am so tired of this kind of music. I know that as a late-stage millennial, my generation is already feeling the ire of the generations that have come since, and as we enter into the “generation beta” years, I’m sure that ire will only grow. If the young folks feel half the boredom and disgust that I do towards the jukebox rockin’, leather jacket fetishizing, boogieing, motorcycles and young mamas aesthetic of this brand of stink rock, then may they find solace in knowing that apartments painted grey or whatever they hate about us, can’t even compare to this anti-art movement. Aerosmith in 1989 is like going to see an Aerosmith show now. We’re many years removed from the prime, and even that wasn’t that prime to begin with. 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Generational lament.
Fuck Aerosmith.
I hate this, it is hard to believe the same band who made Dream On or Sweet Emotion also made this. I struggled to finish this. Terrible lyrics, hated the production, nothing redeemable about this to me.
I. HATE. AEROSMITH.