Pump

I do not like this

Åh herre min skapare...pudelrock med en uns av bluesrock "Janie's got a gun" går att lyssna på, resten är helt omöjligt

Jag orkar inte med detta. Helt obegripligt att det kom med på listan.

Have never liked Aerosmith.

Absolute grot if I'm honest. The only redeeming factor is love in an elevator, because that song is massive. I'm shocked this is on the list. 1.5/5

Aerosmith are a pop band masquerading as a hard rock band. And not a very good one.

Great guitar and drums but not something I enjoy listening to.

чесно, не дуже розумію, чому я прям мала послухати цей альбом, що в ньому такого видатного. є багато іншого металу та хард-року, який звучить більш цікаво, більш концептуально і менш... дженерік? я ніколи особливо не слухала аеросміт, але хіба це не... поп-метал? якщо це так можна назвати. не знаю. не моє. більш за все сподобалася фраза "im gonna kiss your booboo honey"

Boring plodding stodgy noise pollution. The lead single love in an elevator is ok in a kind of brainless chanting way but there is little else of interest. Eating a bag of vomit would be more appealing than listening to this turdbowl twice.

Always did not like this band don't ask me why... Maybe it was the lead singer trying to sabotage other acts when they received more applause. Just ask Kansas.

"Young lust Sometimes you need it so bad It's enough to drive a young girl mad And so what you gonna do about it? "Yeah, yeah, a little bit of nasty You look a little sleazy But don't get any on you "Young lust You better keep your daughter inside Or she's going to get a dose of my pride" --- "In 1973, Tyler obtained guardianship of 16-year-old Julia Holcomb so that she could live with him in Boston. They dated and took drugs together for three years." "Holcomb, who later took the name 'Julia Misley', filed suit in December 2022, alleging that Tyler sexually assaulted her and forced her to undergo the abortion, plying her with drugs and alcohol after promising to care for her in the guardianship agreement."

JEEEE-SUSSS! Van Halen Monday, Aerosmith Tuesday......please, not Bon Jovi Wednesday, I need a break.

It's easy to hate on Aerosmith. I'm an easy kind of guy.

On Pump, Aerosmith very successfully reinvent themselves by adding a glossy coat of late '80s glam metal paint to their classic sound, to great commercial success, I would like to add. However, I don't really love Aerosmith's classics, and I hate '80s glam metal so this album mostly just burns what relatively little goodwill I had towards Aerosmith. As far as the positives go, Janie's got a gun is alright, it's a good single, has a good bassline and probably has the most interesting lyrics of any song on here. And The Other Side has a good chorus with some harmonies that I like, but aside from these things, there isn't a lot I like here. The glam metal production takes a lot of the teeth away from Aerosmith's sound, and a lot of this album sounds really dated because of the production as well. The songs all feel very blatantly written to pull a mainstream hit, which isn't necessarily a problem on its own, but the effort feels very contrived here. The lyrics are super obnoxious, it's the hair metal thing where its hypersexual, but like in a way where to get anything out of the lyrics, it feels like you need to simultaneously take them as tongue in cheek, and seriously be willing to assume the band are sex Gods. I don't think Aerosmith really pull it off either way, a lot of these lines are just too ridiculous, like it's especially bad on Love In An Elevator, which is a song that I am *very* familiar with, and have never liked. Additionally, some of these lyrics feel kind of ugly towards women, not necessarily a dealbreaker on its own, but if the lyrics (and album at large) are already kind of annoying to me, something like this is going to be harder to ignore. I also don't think the little song intros on a lot of these tracks are really necessary, like Water Song is kind of a weird vibe to start Janie's Got A Gun with, and I don't think dulcimer stomp really belongs here at all, like it really just does *not* segue from Janie to The Other Side in any way. A few positives aside here, I think a lot of this material is annoying, I don't like most of the songwriting, I don't like the lyrics, and I don't enjoy Aerosmith in this kind of ultra clean glam metal pocket. This just really isn't for me.

I really really hate Aerosmith. At what age does someone writing a song called "Young Lust" go from pretty creepy to borderline pedophilic to just straight pedophilia? Cause Steven Tyler was 41 when this was recorded. Gotta figure out where on that spectrum this places him

Fucking awful cock rock shite. Bailed ten seconds in. That bad.

Dreadful stuff. Soulless juvenile cock-rock. Is the joke that the trucks are humping on the cover?

Almost gave it two stars because the playing was a lot better than that last Aerosmith album I got, but after reviewing the music as a whole again it dropped back down

I'm giving this album 2 stars because quite frankly, it creeped me out. They say to try and separate the art from the artist, but based on Steven Tyler's disgusting experiences with children, and the content of song 1, it is impossible to separate when the content of the art is disgusting. It sucks because musically this album is so rockin, but the content of the lyrics (especially the 1st song with Steven Tylers past) soil it for me. Its a shame because my favorite Aerosmith song is on here, it would be much higher if Steven Tyler wasn't a creep.

I just hate Aerosmith

Couldn't get past like the first 4 songs so bad

This album needs a pump. This is paint by numbers pop metal by a band that should be better. To be fair, I am not a fan of Aerosmith, but this album will not win an on the fence listener at all. Pass.

It's rare for me to feel strongly against an album, sometimes even the most typical of hard rock middle of the road stuff is okay in my mind, but not this album, much less when it's like the worst amalgamation of Aerosmith's typical sound with the usual huge production and tropes of 80s arena rock/hair metal aesthetics which only makes this album more annoying and gross than I can bear for FIFTY MINUTES. It's also this feeling in my gut where I know the music not only doesn't gel with me it genuinely just makes me feel weird to listen to because, what's in this album than another hard rock album before, during or after this period can't provide me that is more creative and fun? Many do, even some I've gotten thru this generator that I didn't like as much in the past. Just, ugh...

Fortunately this bunch of knobs never really made it across the Atlantic when I was a teenager. I have a vague recollection of love in an elevator and finding it grating then, but this appeared after I'd moved on enough from shitty rock music to have a bit more maturity. Not very good. Dated and pretty shit really.

En bra låt! Resten bedrövligt

Aerosmith doesn't have two songs worth listening to. two albums? buddy. you're writing a BOOK. it's in PRINT that you think somebody should spend 90 minutes on Aerosmith. typical person has to go back to preteen years to find something that embarrassing.

It took this list to fully realize that Aerosmith is a bottom-tier band. Awful.

🎧Vacuous garbage

Simply unlistenable.

I don’t think I’ve ever actually made it through this album before—and now I see why. It’s dull, repetitive, and about as exciting as listening to crops grow. Steven Tyler’s voice has never been my cup of tea, and the bull choirs in the background aren’t exactly helping the situation. Sure, there are plenty of songs I recognize, but knowing them doesn’t make them any less of a snooze-fest.

This type of music is the quintessence of boomer hard rock that I honestly never cared for. I fully admit that going through this album was a complete slog, as it was more or less an never ceasing barrage of noise that assault my ears. These songs never give you any time to breathe, including the guitar melodies and solos which are relentless but in the worst unimaginitive way. The vocals keep pushing without any break, it's just tiresome and has no musical feel at all. It's just to much trashy Americana and low hanging sex humor that feels entirely derivative. Now, one could argue that Aerosmith purposefully creates these self-ironic sleazy and melodramatic rock ballads to play with clichés, yet that does not make them any better because frankly the music is utterly boring with no flair. Not one song stuck with. This is honestly peak trash to me.

No lie one of the worst things I've heard in my life

I tried to listen to twice. It didn’t work. Music is nice but the lyrics… let’s not talk about that. But Janie‘s got a gun is still cool.

Who listens to this shit Will I listen to again: 0%

Awful. Just everything I hate about classic rock and glam. Even down to the trashy cover. It occasionally tries to venture out into a more interesting mix of sounds, but then immediately turns back to the same crap.

Skimmed through again. I DONT LIKE HEAVY METAL OR WHATEVER THIS IS

Only redeemable song here is Janie's got a gun. The rest are just horny. And not even in a fun or clever way. Just in a pathetic way. And not even in an interesting pathetic way. Just bragging about how many underaged groupies these hacks have shagged. Music for guys who roofie girls. I'm surprised Steven Tyler can even spell. You're not the rolling stones. Gross. 1 star. The album cover is the funniest joke on this album. That's how bad the lyrics are.

This list is not helpful. Most of the 1001 albums aren’t more than popular corporate music.

vile

Not really a fan of Aerosmith. This album felt one note and boring.

blerghh. sounds like Home Depot music to me, or something they play at 10:30 while ur buying a 6 pack of miller lites at a buckees.

You know your'e in for some horny bullshit when even the trucks on the album cover are fucking. I'm surprised by how many songs I recognized on this album. This album haunted me at my high school job without me even realizing it. But yea, this thing is ass. Aerosmith in general is kinda ass, but this album is really ass. Favorite track: Janie's Got a Gun (I guess..) 1.5/5

1. luzt - 1 2. fine - 1 3. douun - 1 4. monkey - 1 5. uuater - 1.5 6. ztomp - 1 7. girl - 1 8. mad - 1.5 9. vodoo - 1 10. takez - 1.5

Gross

Aerosmith has a role in top 1001 LPs but this is an insulting selection. Rocks is legitimately a classic of American rock and roll. Bootleg, Toys In The Attic, self-titled debut and even Night In The Ruts (aka Right In The Nuts) are all leagues beyond this piece of shit. I have a feeling I would not get along well with whatever twat made this list.

…. no

Fuck Aerosmith

The horror that set in when I checked my music player and we were only halfway through the album. Truly the worst that music has to offer, bland hair-metal/cock-rock. Not a big grunge fan but i'm glad it came along to finally end this era.

I did try, but it was too samey, too sexist and too dull for me.

"And Steven got a weird case, why is he around? Certified Lover Boy? Certified PDF file." Minus 13 stars.

Damn. These guys sucks!

poop

It's just awful. I quite liked their early albums but they burnt out and loss any integrity they had. Formulaic and repetitive.

Never really liked Aerosmith

I think i hate the album cover more than anything

So dull. It was like country doing rock. I cringe when they try to be sexy. I liked Aerosmith a lot at one point in my life. Just doesn't bare revisiting.

Having the first song being about young girls while the guy singing it is in his fourties at the time of release is not a good look

God no

Sorry, first album that absolutely, positively should not be on any list of "must listen" albums. This album being here makes me question whether I should even continue listening to albums on this list. There is rook for all kinds of music on a.lidt such as this, and even Aerosmith deserves a listen, but not this...

WHY DID I READ THE LYRICS!!!! Listened to it once, fairy quietly as I did other things and actually thought it was pretty decent and worth an unprecedented second play of an Aerosmith album. So I had another go later and louder. Why is he so damned obsessed with young girls that he has to write songs about it and only it?

"Pump" by Aerosmith - because what the world really needed was another testament to rock n' roll excess, wrapped in the glossy sheen of late 80s production. Imagine the depth of a kiddie pool, but with less sincerity. Here we have an album where "Love in an Elevator" somehow counts as philosophical musings, and the biggest risk taken is seeing just how many clichés can fit into a single chorus. It’s a miracle of modern music - managing to be both earworm-y and entirely forgettable at the same time. If you've ever wondered what rock music sounds like when it starts to parody itself, look no further. "Pump" is the sound of a band checking boxes: power ballads, check; songs about sex, check; a vague attempt at social commentary, check. One star, because apparently you can't award zero for effort.

Horrible.

Совсем не моё. Не понравилось ничего.

Most unnecessarily horny album I've ever heard. Every single song was too long, apparently just like aerosmith's career because there was not a single good song on this album released a decade and a half after their first.

Horrible.

just got no connection to this sound

If I had my choice of 80’s contractor rock it wouldn’t be this album.

Just the most boring shit

Trash pop

40 year old man sings songs that sound like they’re written by a horny 16 year old boy. I wouldn’t listen to this in public. Or private.

This has not aged well.

1/5

Don't bore us get to the chorus. Still bored. Sorry.

that sure is some hard rock part 2

No. Never. Aerosmith copied the Rolling Stones and should have died after their 2 good songs in the 70's. Run DMC should get royalties from this band.

Its just old, horny, cringy shit with AC/DC vocals and boring guitars. Pump? More like Dump this shit and never listen to it again. Significant 22/59 Liked 9/59 Added 2/59 NNN, best thing that came out from Stephen Tyler is Liv Tyler.

I didn't listen to Aerosmith back then and I don't listen to them now. Sweet Emotion is the only song I like and that's about all I need from them. I was way too cool to waste time listening to drek like this back in 1989. I needle-dropped the entire album and didn't stop to listen to one song in its entirety. Why bother? Steven Tyler's screaming on nearly every track coupled w the screeching guitar noise just grated on me and I needed to move on.

Aersomith is good for Sweet Emotion. No when this came out. Life is too short to ever have to listen to this again and i will not re-do now. No, Nope, Puke.

I don’t like aerosmith

i just. i don't like it :(

I love Aerosmith, but this is definitely not my favorite album of them.

Too rocky?

Not a fan of this.

🤢

Struggled through this over three weeks. Really annoying and pretty gross. The little bits at the start of the songs were always better than the song itself which just pissed me off. One and a half. Fave track: Janie's Got a Gun

Oh, I get it. It looks like the two trucks are fucking.

Can't believe I am writing a review for a *second* Aerosmith album. This would be fine for a 5000 albums list, not a 1001 one. The first couple of tracks, \"Young Lust\" and \"F.I.N.E\", show the band displaying a lot of impressive energy for a studio performance, I'll give them that. As a matter of fact, most of the other tracks could be given the same sort of compliment: Steven Tyler was in a particularly fine form as a vocalist, for instance, between the sex-crazed inflexions and the daunting two-part harmonies ge goes through. BUT c'mon, as good as Tyler was, and as nicely performed as this album is, this LP is downright *cheesy*. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. I can hear some benevolent listeners telling me that this record was still better than the hair metal albums released around that time. Jeeze, I'm not even sure about that. I mean, \"The Other Side\" has all the bad things a hair metal band has, except for its overall \"sound\", *maybe* (those horns do sound a little fake, though, à la Van Halen's \"Jump\"). Most of the other cuts are closer to a rootsier hard rock, so they fare *slightly* better. But it's a version of hard rock that's so laden with clichés that it quickly becomes insufferable as well. Interestingly, Aerosmith goes for a mock-Steely Dan mode at the start of \"Janie's Got A Gun\" (without their trademark jazzy chords) Yet this direction doesn't help either. Nice crunchy guitar solo in this one, I guess, and a bridge section that's harmonically and vocally pretty tight. The rest is ridiculous, however. And by \"the rest\", I don't only mean the rest of the song, I mean mostly *everything* in the album. On that note, \"What It Takes\", the lengthy ballad concluding the proceedings, is particularly awful. All those cringey \"oo-oohs\" and \"a-aaaahs\", not to mention the stupid scats on it... The band has never been able to beat \"Dream On\" in this ballad mode anyway. I'd rather go back to that, if you asked me to quote an Aerosmith tune. There's no proper end to this review because there is no proper end to this cheesefest either. 1/5 for the purposes of this list , which means 6/10 for more general purposes (5 + 1), mostly because of the performative aspect of this thing. Next, please. Number of albums left to review: 550 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 217 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 105 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 130 (including this one)

not my thing. Performance / stage / big concert music for the MTV generation, the stage performances keep you paying attention, a few fun bits but nostalgia aside, its not great. nothing to see here.

Ouch, one of the worst opening songs I've heard, forced and desperate. Hooley dooley, its full on white boy cock rock, at which point dear reader (whoever you are) I should note I've never listened to an Aerosmith album. It veers between a bit of Led Zep riffing, to the full on overblown Bon Jovi BIG sound on the chorus. The Wiki notes are helpful as they clearly needed a hit and just went for it on the MTV production.. .whoah! No thanks.

Not my thing

Much to my everlasting surprise, I've never hated Love in an Elevator. That's the best I can say about this crap. Screw Steven Tyler.

Nope...Still hate Aerosmith

No like.

2 - this is just gross lyrics

LoL nope! Should have left these dudes in the 70's where they belong! Stupid Rick Rubin

not my genre. certainly fine, even enjoyable, in large settings, with other people who are into it. but not for me.

Wow, Aerosmith kinda suck? It's particularly jarring since I just listened to Back in Black -- an absolutely classic hard rock album. By comparison, Pump seemed so trite and boring.

Bollox

I'm on board with almost everything this band did through teaming with Run DMC. You know, back when the blow was good! Anything they tried to force on the world after that borders on abysmal. Worse than awful.

Aerosmith? More like Aero whiff. Not my favorite. Seeing a trend where a lot of these albums have like one big song on it that outshine the rest of the album, which is not necessarily what I think of when I think of the best albums of all time. I guess 1001 is a lot of albums so I guess some of them are just carried by a song or two.

Garbanzos.

Some of these lyrics are so embarrassing

Awful 80s rock bilge. Girls, drink, drugs etc etc. *yawn* Not even good musically either. Without Tyler’s vocal style it could be any one of hundreds of bands.

Why??? This is absolutely awful.

an album made for men who think they get girls. all the lyrics are stupid. i don’t understand why they can’t pick a single name for a song like it really can’t be that hard. the music itself was okay but made me feel like i was working at joey bs and for that it’s a no from me. also steven tyler creeps me out to begin with so idk. could be worse ig but could be a lot better. i’ll avoid listening to it in the future

80's Hair Rock, not my era not my style so first time of listening to this album. Really can't see the reason this is on the list, clearly good musicians sad that they have spent so much time on mediocre material. I suppose "Dulcimer Stomp/The Other Side" has some merit but "My Girl" is a straight rip off of "Bad Moon Rising" I would've been embarrassed to put it out! Not a clear reason for this being on the list in my honest opinion.

The purest definition of Cock Rock you will ever find.

Boh, che noia.

Sie ziehen den Spandex Rock durch. Autobahn (thx Käpt’n) ist durchaus gnädiger Abnehmer, aber bis auf eine nostalgische Note bei „Water Song/Janie‘s Got A Gun“ regt sich außer Kötzerchen wenig. Ich bleibe aber beim ersten Satz: sie ziehen‘s gut durch! 1.4

Not listening to this. I despise aerosmith.

This era of rock really hasn't aged well. Mostly sounds like a parody of itself, and isn't nearly fun enough to make up for its lack of quality.

I thought  heavy metal had outstayed its welcome by the mid to late 70s. This was painful to listen to. I expect all of us have said out loud "if it weren't for the 1001 App I would have never heard this LP" It's most often a positive comment. This time - not so much. I had to force myself to keep listening after Side 1 but wanted to hear the song  "The Other Side"  so I would have perspective if Michael jumps all over their sorry asses for melody  pinching.

Should have been left in the 80s. The cheesiest rock album i've ever heard

Ugh

"Water song / Janie's got a gun" isn't bad, but overall not a fan

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