Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic review
| Band: | Aerosmith |
| Album: | Toys In The Attic |
| Style: | Hard rock, Blues rock |
| Release date: | April 1975 |
| Guest review by: | omne metallum |
01. Toys In The Attic
02. Uncle Salty
03. Adam's Apple
04. Walk This Way
05. Big Ten Inch Record
06. Sweet Emotion
07. No More No More
08. Round And Round
09. You See Me Crying
To many, Toys In The Attic is the quintessential Aerosmith album, featuring some of their most recognisable tracks and being the launchpad that would shoot them to stardom. When you listen to this album you understand that it earnt its reputation in spades, nine tracks of some of the best rock music to this day.
To get the obvious points out of the way to begin with: "Toys In The Attic", "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" are three of the best rock songs in existence, and I say that with no ounce of hyperbole. From the classic guitar riffs through Tyler's signature pipes and charm, there is a reason they set the bar for rock music.
There is far more to this album than those three tracks though; the bluesy rockers of "Uncle Salty" and "Adam's Apple" more than hold their own and probably aren't as well known, as the only thing they lack is an immediately identifiable hook like "Walk This Way" for example. "Big Ten Inch Record" is a tongue-in-cheek blues romp that is both funny and catchy, and will raise the eyebrows of those who are yet to have heard its chorus. "You See Me Crying" rounds the album out and shows the band were more than straight-up rockers, knowing how to do ballads without sounding cliche.
The only song that isn't to the same high quality of the rest of the album would be "Round And Round", though that isn't to say it is a bad song. If the rest of the album is gold standard, "Round And Round" is bronze standard, still a song with evident quality, just not the same quality as the rest of the album.
Douglas' production is nigh-on perfect; everything has a good tone and doesn't need to fight for space, having its own position that benefits the song. Each member of the band knows what to do and hold down their own with ease, Hamilton's bass doing its own thing while not straying too close to the guitars or too far from Kramer's succinct drums. Whitford and Perry peel off riff after riff, with ease and Tyler is well, Tyler.
If you want a place to start with Aerosmith, then you could do no better than starting with Toys In The Attic, the album that set the band off on a trajectory few bands ever get to enjoy. From start to end you will be treated to quality music that became the blueprint for so many bands that followed in Aerosmith's wake.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by omne metallum | 28.04.2020
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Comments
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62016  |
Those 3 songs ate classics, sad they sold out one song whit hiphoper, even thats not bad
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5099  |
Written by Bad English on 28.04.2020 at 12:41 why do you bring their collaboration with Run DMC into discussion here? How is it of any imporance here?(And it was not selling out, just a successful experiment). Love 70s Aerosmith. I wanna make time to listen now.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62016 |
Written by JoHn Doe on 28.04.2020 at 13:06 That song was sell out, because after it whole band changes and it was for a band money maker and soryha come back song because of drug overdose what they get in the 70's, it lift band for MTV, but their musical roots died.
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5099 |
Written by Bad English on 29.04.2020 at 15:12 first, the success of the song took everyone by surprise, it was a first time rap and rock collaboration. Of course they had the support of MTV, they were a big band, it does not mean they sold out, in the 80s, if you were on MTV it meant a band/artist made it, it would have been weird if a band like Aerosmith was not on MTV. Their musical roots did not die, they were recognizable, they did not change their music style at all.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62016 |
Written by JoHn Doe on 29.04.2020 at 15:19 Yes like there was Anthrax and one hip hop star colobrate on one song, what name I cant remmeber and hip hoper as well Few 80's hip hop is good, not I spinn album but some radio or old movies yes its fits  its good. byt well here, after that song in 80's was ut 86, non AS 90's albums is worth to listen IMO
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5099 |
Written by Bad English on 29.04.2020 at 15:23 I'm the Man came 1 year after Walk This Way (with Run DMC). Bring the Noise collab was early 90s. We're getting off topic.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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