Rocks

Nothing came out to me. First song was the best

A bit raw, not as polished as some of their later music but still worth a listen as not heard the album before.

Rolling Stones with a Bawstawn accent.

Better than I feared, but fairly standard stuff, not sure I’d listen again

Not as awful as I thought it would be. Still not a keeper though.

Not for me

It’s fine. Totally forgettable… Apparently a big influence on Nirvana - I don’t hear it.

Solid through and through. *The hits, of course.

hate Aerosmith but surprisingly didn't hate this as much as I thought I would. nothing else to say

Vor dem hören: Boah nee, muss das sein? Nach dem hören: dafür, dass während der Aufnahmen nachweislich hart gefeiert wurde, rockt diese Platte so überhaupt gar nicht. Ist mir zu schwach auf der Brust.

A few karmic soothers, but overall too sloppy on guitar especially

Aerosmith je bend koji nije za mene. Baš takav žanr nije za mene overall. Zaboravan album. Nije da je nekvalitetno, loše, mutavo, neg et. But hey! I listened to it, I pulled through!

Preskočio sam sve i jednu pjesmu. Kužim, not for me tho.

I likes it just a bit more than I thought I would. The first two tracks really aren't that terrible, not all that good either. There's some admirable guitar playing on this album but the vocals annoyed the shit out of me. Somehow better than expected, but as highly doubt that I will ever listen to this again.

Don’t really like Aerosmith’s sound. They all blend into one for me.

Actually not as good as I was hoping it to be. Rated a classic, but...meh

Listened to emilys album instead. Don’t care for Aerosmith much

Better on second listen but still a bit meh. It’s a good rock album and see where Aerosmith got it’s cred as a band.

There's way better Aerosmith albums than this one.

För mycket testosterondrypande brösbehåringsrock för min smak. Dagen jag parkerar en Camaro Iroc i garaget (jag påstår inte att det inte kommer hända!) så kanske den ligger som kasettband i handsfacket. Annars, nä.

9th November 2021 Listened on my headphones while working on the sofa. Day that I pitched the CC Community which went well, saw Spencer then went to 384 which was really nice. Very middle of the road, few stand out tracks but not too bad.

not their best work

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Mycket av det här albumet lutar åt det lite tyngre hållet av rock, vilket är en genre jag aldrig kommit särskilt nära. Det är ett väldigt kort album på bara en dryg halvtimme och det ligger på i bakgrunden under en tågresa, medan jag gör något annat. För mig är det ingen låt som riktigt sticker ut utan det hela flyter ihop lite grann och känns också som att det tar slut väldigt fort. Det lämnar mig lite svarslös på hur bedömning ska gå till, egentligen skulle jag nog behöva lyssna igenom det en gång till men känner ingen större dragningskraft till att göra det. Faktumet att det i mitt huvud flyter ihop lite grann tänker jag klassa som en positiv faktor. Man är ju ändå ett stort fan av konceptalbum. Men överlag inte något som lämnar några stora avtryck. Bäst: Vet inte

A lot of the album sounds very samey to me. Might have to listen again but not that impressed on first listen

boring dad rock

This wasn't as bad as I anticipated. Some of the songs remind me of Spinal Tap, but some are okay. 2.5 stars, rounding to 2.

This is the second album that I have reviewed for Aerosmith as part of this list, even though it was suggested first. I've heard plenty of Aerosmith, including 3 or 4 whole albums, but none of the tracks on this album were familiar. I think I have developed an opinion about Aerosmith over time. In the past, there are albums that I would listen to, but I think I'm done. I did not like the album.

"Rocks" is one of three Aerosmith albums on the list. There is one other from their very productive 70s, and "Pump" from 1989. In that, they stand out from other classic rock bands in the career revitalization they experienced in the 1990s. And that's without even including "Get a Grip" (1993) on the list, and it is their best-selling album. In fact, why is "Get a Grip" left out? Half the album were hits, and their Liv Tyler/Alicia Silverstone-fueled videos created a whole new generation of Aerosmith fans. "Rocks" opens with the track I knew best - "Back in the Saddle" - with great arena-ready classic rock energy. "Last Child" sounds familiar, and delivers some blues stylings before a break to a great Joe Perry guitar solo. The rest was unfamiliar, and mostly just ok. Not great. No hidden gems really stand out from the pack. "Nobody's Fault" was kinda bad. Overall "Rocks" was a surprise, and not in a good way - I expected more.

I like Aerosmith fine, in a "Greatest Hits" kind of way. None of those on this album (yes, I know "Back in the Saddle" was big for them, but it's certainly not one of their greatest.) I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of funk on Last Child and wish more of the album would have gone there. I don't think that if I didn't know this was Aerosmith, I would have taken any notice or thought the band would have amounted to much.

Didn't enjoy this. Some good guitar but otherwise nah.

An up tempo rock album that sounds distinctively Aerosmith. Thought I'd hate it after the first track, but it improved after that and, despite predictable vocal melodies, it's fine, if a little samey and uninteresting. For some reason it evokes a feeling of being chased through a city in a film, including sneaking a bit and looking back around a corner at the pursuer before running again. Basically it's TV chase music. 2.5/5

Uninteresting generic 1970s guitar rock. I like their later work much better, this is a bad Rolling Stones rip-off.

Some good riffs. 2.5

Started strong. Initially excited to hear some non-radio hits, but lost interest quick. I like Aerosmith, but I doubt I’ll return to this one. 2.5.

Better than I thought it would be. Not as good as I hoped it would be from the other reviews. I never really understood the appeal of this kind of stuff.

2.5

Never really vibes with Aerosmith. Some of the intros to these tracks are good but then I just lose interest like 30 seconds in. It’s just not hitting for me.

not the biggest aerosmith fan

I'm on a string of albums making me think maybe 1001 is too many in terms of a review of canon. This is a fine Aerosmith album, but I'd bet it's not even their best one. Maybe others would disagree. I'm ok with this one, but not in love.

Not really done it for me at all, but it’s obviously listenable

Standard Aerosmith sounding songs that didn’t really differ from one to the next. Inoffensive and pretty forgettable.

Felt pretty generic and average. Most tracks past me by. Can't even be bothered to comment on song length.

It’s cool... but when I hear the word Aerosmith I want classics! I reckon if I was alive at the time I’dve loved it, but now it feels like also-rans of that generation. Sick guitars and drums. But overall it can walk that way 👉🗑

2.5 | No soy gran fan de Aerosmith... pero les tengo el debido respeto por los años y lo que les conozco. En realidad solo conozco los discos de Toys in the Attic y Pump que me gustan bastante y supongo vendrán en la lista (ah y el disco de la portada de Marilyn Monroe robot que salió por ahí del 2000 que se me hacía una basura). Leí un poco y la gente alaba mucho este trabajo y yo... no entiendo. De verdad siento que cualquiera de los otros dos discos que mencioné (que asumo de menos esos dos estarán en la lista) se llevan de calle a este tanto en calidad como en relevancia histórica, no le veo necesidad de estar en la lista ni de que hubiera tantos discos de Aerosmith en ella. La sensación que me da el álbum es que saben cómo hacer que una canción de tres y medio minutos parezca que dura ocho minutos. Casi todas las canciones tienen un break o un final instrumental innecesario que simplemente alarga todo innecesariamente. Cuando tomamos que el álbum es de solo 35 minutos , me pregunto si lo estaban usando como relleno por sacar cualquier cosa. Hay otro detalle en la producción y es que todo (incluida la voz) se oye al mismo nivel y todo se medio mezcla y pierde en mi tan odiado wall of sound (aunque no a niveles tan malos como los que mencioné en otros discos). Es un album... cumplidor que no suena terrible pero no veo qué hace aquí como trabajo conjunto. Last Child me gusta bastante.

Surprising because I'm a fan of the later pop selections from Aerosmith, but this album was not enjoyable

Definitivamente es Aerosmith, pero no es el Aerosmith al que estoy acostumbrado. Este disco se escucha más 'metálico' o punk, lo que me pareció interesante, pero en lo personal no me gustó mucho.

Pretty forgettable honestly. Don’t know why this is on the list, guess they were really stretching for 1001

Not a terrible album, but there are SO many better ones when it comes to the pantheon of 70's rock.

average rock album

Yikes, I assumed this would be one I liked....

Happy days, my final Aerosmith album on the list. I knew already that I wasn’t a fan of Aerosmith and the three albums on here confirmed that. Unless someone adds something from them to the User list, please don’t lol, I cannot see any scenario where I listen to one of their albums in full again.

een onbekend album met voor mij totaal onbekende nummers... het was beter geweest als het zo gebleven was... alle nummers zijn totaal inwisselbaar met de andere op het album, maar ook met de miljoenen andere gepolijste, van de fabrieksband gerolde rock die in de seventies werden gemaakt

More of this lot? Rubbish.

Slightly overrated garage band

Pure disgust

I feel like every one of their comebacks in later years is better than what they did here.

i kind of already have a burning hatred of aerosmith from the radio hits. that being said, this sounds like shit.

whatever man. already having a mid day and they give me an aerosmith album.

Not my thing 😔

I already thought I hated Aerosmith. This confirmed AND amplified that hatred.

to rock for me

This was bad and i did not enjoy it. The vocals were actively annoying and the music felt antagonistic. I thought i liked one song but it was from the next album.

How did the 10 year old me who was super into Aerosmith not realize how many songs are about Steven Tyler’s schlong?

Quit screaming at me. There’s no reason to be doing all of that. Steven Tyler’s performance on this album might be impressive and iconic to some, but not to me. Pipe down. Capable musicianship hindered by awful writing and unimaginative production. A transitional record between 70s hard rock and glam metal. I like a good riff as much as the next person (“Last Child” is a textbook example of a catchy Aerosmith riff) but I cannot abide an entire album (and catalog if I’m being honest) that relies so heavily on guitar hooks. It sometimes comes off as them aping Led Zeppelin and paling in comparison. And to reiterate, the lyricism frustrates and embarrasses me. Additional “this is kind of misogynistic” knock. Oh, and it’s recorded and mixed terribly. If Aerosmith has no haters I am dead.

I loathe Aerosmith

I don't listen to pedos

Som ni förstår gillar jag inte det här. Jag avskyr det faktiskt. Ganska så frunktansvärd 70talsrock

Hade kanske kunnat klara sig upp på en två (ska vi vara ärliga så är ju den chansen lägre än att Liberalerna blir största parti i höstens val). Men så öppnar Steven Taylor käften och ettan är oundviklig.

I had never understood why people made fun of Aerosmith so much. Now I do.

Fuck idiom Rock. These fucking albums and this style of writing is so boring and insulting, I just don't get it. Think of an idiom or phrase, sing it 5 times maybe with another similar phase, some disjointed bs, some solo or rif, print money from the simpletons. This format is so common from this era and ya feels insulting to listen to. Like I'm supposed to marvel at the fact that you said "sick as dog, cat got your tongue" go fuck yourself pointless slop that thinks it's cleaver. Sick as a dog is one of the worst songs I've ever heard, like it actually is nothing but stang phrase lol. And just in general the vocals are so uninspiring, like other idiom rockers, just lean as hard as you can into your "rock voice" and say whatever. So dumb I was at 2 here just because track two has the slightest bit of diversity/ funk but by the end of this I'm so pissed off. 0 and I listened to the whole damn thing

Not really a fan of this one :( None of the tracks really stood out to me or left an impression, guitars are layered heavily which made the tracks feel very distorted. I also found that many of the tracks had similarly structured riffs which blurred everything together a bit for me. While Tyler’s vocals are technically good, I actually thought they came across very annoyingly and exaggerated. Maybe just my aversion to heavier (cluttered imo) rock but I just didn’t like this.

I'm sorry, I just never understood the love for Aerosmith. This didn't help.

If we have to listen to Aerosmith, this is probably their best. Which is not very good...

The last Aerosmith album I listened to was a travesty. "Rocks" is a bit better, but that doesn't make it good. Tyler's vocals are still nasty towards my ears. "Rocks" should've been called "Sucks", so the album cover would read "Aerosmith Sucks". Only one more Aerosmith album to endure. 1 measly star for "Rocks".

Fuck. This is the third fucking Aerosmith album ive encountered on this list and I am just not here for it. Aerosmith is low effort trash. They are the grandfathers of butt rock. Aerosmith dads give birth to puddle of mudd kids. Fuck Aerosmith.

I've always hated them, can't stand his voice.

The city of Boston needs to apologize for this drek.

"Tyler claimed their relationship was consensual and that he had immunity because he was her legal guardian at the time" 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

This was an okay listen. I think TitA was a better album, but this was a fun follow up. Little bit of funky blues riffage. The Aerosmith I enjoy is like 90s Aerosmith. Weird affinity, I know. Upon second listen, Back in the Saddle fucks and the rest kind of suck.

Taints

YEOOOOOWWWWWW I am the Man Who Rocks!!!! this shit sucks ahhaha

Nope. Not my thing. Bombastic rock

This is the 156th album I’m rating. Two Aerosmith albums recently. Toys in the Attic was pretty good so I'm assuming this will literally be the greatest album I've ever heard. Adding to my Playlist - Rats in the Cellar, Combination, and Lick and a Promise. Not Adding to my Playlist - Back in the Saddle, Last Child, Sick as a Dog, Nobody's Fault, Get the Lead Out, and Home Tonight. All in all I liked 3/9 songs. I'm not sure if this is actually worse than Toys in the Attic. Maybe this is just me being in an Aerosmith mood that day and me not being in one today. Either way I don't like this.

I really hate Aerosmith but still gave this a try and came out unchanged.

SHUT IT OFF

Man I cannot stand Aerosmith. Janie's Got a Gun killed it for me back in 1989. There was some good stuff prior to that (like Rocks) had a different feel to it. But just the sound of Tyler's voice gets me now.

boring rock slop with one of the most aggravating singers to ever disgrace the microphone in Steven Tyler

I meannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Musically so much more enjoyable than their last inclusion in this list. I know that so many artists, from this period of time especially, made some questionable life choices. But this fella was so far over the line that I can’t separate the art from the artist. If I could it might scrape a 3. Because I can’t it’s a 1.

Not for me. 1/5

Halfway through this list and my goal is to be less of a hater but holy fuck this sucks

Aerosmith is the boring, white version of classic rock bands. They’re generic, the vocals and lyrics are bad and the songs go on too long. This one doesn’t even have hits.

booooooring. I swear I've heard every single one of these songs before

I like the bands they're ripping off (Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin) and the biggest band to rip them off (Guns N Roses) but this in-between cohort of 70s hard rock (Aerosmith, Kiss, AC/DC) has always been the nadir of classic rock to me. Creatively bankrupt, unexciting, over hyped - it's just tedious blues chord progression with a bit of distortion, mid level guitar heroics, a wailing singer and some annoying visual gimmick - vacuous rock star stuff that is even worse when compared to the underground and alternative stuff (or even the pretty similar british metal) happening at the same time. The only saving grace of this album is that it wasn't as overplayed on the radio growing up and so I don't viscerally hate these sons as much as others of theirs.

Nope.

I definitely went into this listen with a bad attitude, and sure enough, the music met my expectations. I don't give a crap about this band, what they have to say, or how they say it. I can understand why Toys in the Attic was included in this list, but the fact that there are 3 Aerosmith albums on here is a hate crime

Terrible stuff. Imagine this being the last album you heard before you died! Some decent guitar riffs, but apart from that it was just so unimaginative and dull. I do like some Aerosmith songs, but they are in no way deserving of multiple entries in this book.

I didn´t like this album at all.

Yep just another can of slop from Aerosmith. If you haven't gotten over it from the last 18 billion servings, here is another.

1. zaddle - 1 2. child - 1 3. ratz - 1 4. combination - 0 5. dog - 1 6. fault - 1 7. lead out - 1 8. promize - 0 9. tonight - 0

shit

Fine for Aerosmith, but not their best album.

Not for me…

I really expected to like some of this but it just hit me wrong from start to finish. It was boring and sounded bad. This might be my least favorite rock album I've listened to as part of 1001. 1.5 rounded down.

oof

No ta

Yesterday I had Aerosmiths third album and didn't enjoy it, 2 stars. I opened today hoping for a palate cleanser and was given Aerosmiths 4 album. I barely made it through a single listen of this as I was already sick of their stones derivative, screechy, puerile nonsense. Today they get one star just because I'm sick of their shit.

Genuinely exhausting to listen through. Rock for people who eat plain oatmeal every day for breakfast

I did listen to it and like a few songs from them but not this album :(

I hate this music. I hope that's the last one from Aerosmith in the 1001 challenge. Two so far seems a stretch?

Bad Aerosmith album

vomit

I hate it

After hearing all the singles Aerosmith had to offer over the years I felt like I knew what I was expecting when I first hit play on rocks and it turns out.... I was exactly right in my assumptions. This album was everything I expected it to be. Which is to say it's a boring hair metal album akin to AC/DC where if you have heard one of these guys songs you have essentially heard them all. At least other offerings have that one stand out single you can latch onto but this album, like 90% of their discography is samey hair metal trash. Tyler's voice can sometimes sound like nails on a chalk board and he overly relies on repetitive vocal melodies to push him through a song....album....career.... Unless you couldn't tell. I do not like Aerosmith...

Some buns

Super boring. Scratching my head why this album is on here. Aerosmith had a lot of hits but none of them are on this record. I would’ve much rather listened to toys in the attic, get a grip, or big ones. Back in the saddle is one of Steven Tyler’s worst sounding vocals. Terrible song. Last child is alright. Sick as a dog is not a good song. Get the lead out is alright. 1

Can’t hear anything some of the reviewers do. Meahh

meh

Album did basically nothing to sway my already mostly negative opinion on the band. Also opens with my second most disliked song of theirs.

Aerosmith is very quite possibly the worst band on this list and the worst band who has every achieved any amount of fame. 0 stars all the way.

Should've stuck to making chocolate.

Meh

I hate Aerosmith so so much. This record sucks.

What a snooze. I fully forgot this album an hour after listening to it. I honestly considered giving it a 2, but I couldn't think of something that actually redeemed it.

Aerosmith just doesn't do anything for me aside from a few hits, none of which are on this album. Nothing jumped out at me about this one, even the singles. Standout Tracks:

How is this on the list??

Didn’t even finish album.

I've never given Aerosmith the time of day until this album, I wish I hadn't here either.

For the life of me I can't understand why Aerosmith is on this list, surely there are more worthy bands. I particularly hate this brand of screamo pop rock and Steven Tyler's vocals. Nothing redeeming here folks, keep moving.

Slightly noisy nonsense. Downhill after the first track.

Didn't feel like prime Aerosmith. Apart from Last Child, I found it a bit tedious tbh. Like they just slapped together an album in a few weeks, decided, "Yeah, that's good enough," and got back on the partying. A lot of this some of rock also hasn't aged well imo. Feels almost like a parody.

Hair metal is one of my least favorite genres and this album continues to confirm that trend

Very boring

i refuse to listen to this

No

Not my favorite.. sounds sorta generic? Nothing really stood out for me as an album

Big fat smelly turd, hurt my ears and my feelings.

I just really hate Aerosmi

Awful.

I couldn't listen to this, not because of any technical problem, or from a lack of time, but more because I dislike Aerosmith a great deal.

didn't listen

Some good riffs, but I don't enjoy this.

No me apetese wey.

File under: Worth a listen for historical considerations. I'm not a complete Aerosmith hater. I still remember back in my second year of college, one of my roommates and I decided to buy new cassettes for the 4 hour drive home. We weren't allowed to own or listen to any rock tapes at our college, so we embraced the opportunity to rock out on our way home. He bought Def Leppard; I bought an Aerosmith compilation heavy on the 90s hits. I still listen to those once in a while. I can enjoy a brief list of 70s and early 80s 'smith hits. For a record as a whole, though, this one wears thin pretty quickly for me, especially compared to so many other fantastic mid-70s records.

I refuse to listen to this refuse.

GUBBROCK

awful