First let's face facts. Aerosmith may still rock out onstage and at Super Bowl halftime shows, but this current incarnation of middle-aged Beantown bandits isn't exactly the...
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Give Aerosmith credit for not only realizing something was wrong after Nine Lives relatively flat-lined, but deciding to do something about it. Ditching the outside...
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As the sixth domestic Aerosmith hits collection and the first to feature selections from both their Columbia and Geffen years (not to mention that it's the second double...
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His ego bloated by years of lip curling excess and larynx shredding dementia, Steven Tyler is a wasted rock star in the truest sense of the word. But Honkin’ On Bobo proves...
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Aerosmith prove that a band can be inspired by the blues and play the blues without ever feeling like a blues band. Then again, the nature of the blues is that every...
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Big Ones serves up the hits and nothing but the hits; Aerosmith's excellent debut for Geffen, Done With Mirrors, is conveniently overlooked. So what's left is some of the...
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For the serious Aerosmith fan looking to obtain all of the band's classic releases for Columbia, 1994's Box of Fire is a quintessential purchase. Included are all of the...
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Aerosmith's first live album, Live! Bootleg, was one of the sloppiest, drug-addled recordings in the history of sloppy, drug-addled live albums. Now 19 years later comes...
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Get a Grip turned out to be one of Aerosmith's most contrived and contemptible records, but fans never would have known from advance EP Livin' on the Edge, which whips out...
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Over the years, Aerosmith have voiced dissatisfaction with their 1973 self-titled debut. While the songwriting may not be as exceptional as future releases, and Steven...
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This early effort certainly isn't the band's best-known work, but it captures the group in all of its pre-arena rock specter with material ranging from the intense ("Lord Of...
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Due to the commercial underachievement of Aerosmith's 1973 self-titled debut, the young band was nearly dropped by its record label. But a rigorous touring schedule helped...
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Few albums have been so appropriately named as Aerosmith's 1976 classic Rocks. Despite hard drug use escalating among bandmembers, Aerosmith produced a superb follow-up to...
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Renting out an abandoned convent on the outskirts of New York City to record the follow-up to the hellacious Rocks may not have been the best idea, but 1977's Draw the Line...
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The first and still the best of several live albums released by Columbia. Covers of the Yardbirds' "I Ain't Got You" and James Brown's "Mother Popcorn" are...
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Since Aerosmith had become one of America's premier rock & roll concert attractions by 1978, it was only natural that an in-concert collection was issued that year, the...
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The original lineup splintered during the making of this album, with guitarist Joe Perry opting to go solo. Definitely not the band's finest, but some worthy material,...
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By the time Aerosmith's sixth studio release was issued, 1979's Night in the Ruts, guitarist Joe Perry had finally left the band after years of drug-fueled bickering with...
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The best from the band's first six and finest albums, plus the group's cover of the Beatles' "Come Together," previously available only as a single and on the Sgt. Pepper's...
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Aerosmith's Greatest Hits remains one of the most popular and enduring best-of collections by any rock band, selling nearly ten million copies in the U.S. alone since its...
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Only album recorded with guitarists Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay replacing Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. Even with only three-fifths of the original lineup, 'Smith holds its...
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Rock in a Hard Place is the sound of Aerosmith at their most "out of it." Not to say it's a horrible album by any means -- in fact, there are more than a few pleasant...
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Joe Perry returned to the fold in 1985, and Aerosmith turned out their finest record since Rocks. Unlike the records that preceded it, Done With Mirrors is powered by the...
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Reunited lineup hits its stride with this diverse effort, ranging from the bluesy "Rag Doll," swinging "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" and cheesy "Angel." Also an inspired cover...
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The much-ballyhooed reunion of the original Aerosmith lineup had pretty much fallen flat on its face after 1985's hit-and-miss Done With Mirrors. Realizing that the band...
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When Aerosmith got wind that their then-former record label, Columbia, was going to release a follow-up to the lifeless Classics Live, the band wisely decided to get more...
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With 1987's Permanent Vacation successfully restoring Aerosmith's reputation as one of hard rock's finest, Columbia Records (their first record company) decided the time was...
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Where Permanent Vacation seemed a little overwhelmed by its pop concessions, Pump revels in them without ever losing sight of Aerosmith's dirty hard rock core. Which doesn't...
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Aerosmith's 1991 three-CD box set Pandora's Box has just about everything you could possibly want: hits, demos, rarities, live material, key album tracks, and a booklet...
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The hits keep coming, as this album becomes the band's first ever to top the album chart. "Eat The Rich" shows some of the old bite, while "Livin' On The Edge" offers some...
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Coming on the heels of the commercially and artistically successful Pump, the fitfully entertaining Get a Grip doesn't match its predecessor's musical diversity, but it's...
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After nearly getting off the ground with Get Your Wings, Aerosmith finally perfected their mix of Stonesy raunch and Zeppelin-esque riffing with their third album, Toys in...
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The Geffen hits were already summarized on Big Ones, so the 2001 collection, Young Lust, takes the next step, providing an "anthology," which apparently means that it delves...
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Is it really necessary for Aerosmith to release a live album in 2005? That’s a perfectly valid question considering the band has at least four live albums to its credit. The...
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