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| The following list is widely considered to be the complete discography of Aerosmith's primary releases. There are numerous other secondary or minor releases (such as various artist compilations, etc) that have included works by the band to one degree or another. We have listed a review of each CD to assist you in deciding which of these releases you might want to include in your CD collection. Please note that these are NOT our reviews but rather those of the staff at Amazon.com. All of these CD can be purchased at Amazon.com by clicking on the respective links. Thanks,
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Track List: Train Kept A Rollin' Kings And Queens Sweet Emotion Dream On Mama Kin Three Mile Smile/ Reefer Headed Woman Lord Of The Thighs Major Barbara |
(Released April 1, 1986) - Yes this album does only have 8 tracks (7 of them live), the quality of the performance and the production is pretty poor, but it does include some interesting tunes, namely "Three Mile Smile" and "Train Kept a Rollin'" that fans wouldn't expect them to put on the record. That still isn't enough to make a potential listener want to buy, much less create a new Aerosmith fan. In essence, your money is much better spent on "Bootleg" which is a more complete performance and collection of songs (but still only rates 5 out of 10). They need to go through old master tapes of performances and make a killer two disc live set from the 70's a la Zeppelin's "How the West Was Won." The real attraction is the definitive recording of "Major Barbara." It's better than the recording used on the "Pandora Box Set." That still doesn't make it worth your 10 dollars. "Classics Live 2" is better, but not by much. Overall: 4 out of 10. -- Jason Kemp (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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Track List: Back In The Saddle Walk This Way Movin' Out Draw The Line Same Old Song And Dance Last Child Let The Music Do The Talking Toys In The Attic |
(Released June 1, 1987) - This is the better of the series, but that isn't saying much, considering poor playing, poor production, and poor track selection on "Classics Live". A couple of the usual suspects are here ("Back in the Saddle," "Walk This Way"), but the interesting stuff is Joe Perry's "Let the Music Do The Talking" and the first Tyler-Perry collaboration (and one of Aerosmith's best songs to date) "Movin' Out". But even so, "Classics Live 2" is almost as dull as the first. Overall: 4 out of 10. -- Jason Kemp (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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Track List: Heart's Done Time Magic Touch Rag Doll Simoriah Dude (Looks Like A Lady) St. John Hangman Jury Girl Keeps Coming Apart Angel Permanent Vacation I'm Down The Movie |
(Released August 1, 1987) - While Done with Mirrors marked the beginning of Aerosmith's remarkable career comeback (and a gratifying return to rollicking '70s form), this is the album that both reclaimed their widespread fame and made even longtime cynics take notice. Fresh from rehab, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry lead the band through a strong collection that rivals such previous high points as Toys in the Attic and Rocks, though in a much more pop-oriented vein. That's largely the province of producer Bruce Fairbairn and hired-gun songwriters Desmond Child and Jim Vallance (hired upon Mirrors' commercial disappointment). But on this record, those outside influences are still largely invisible, even if Fairbairn's production sheen now seems '80s generic. Fueled by the playful staples "Rag Doll" and "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," and seasoned with the Delta blues fetish of "Hangman Jury" and, of course, a patented Big Power Ballad ("Angel"), it's an album that's become all but ubiquitous. Thankfully, the band's own gritty sensibility still informs tracks like "St. John" and "Girl Keeps Coming Apart," as well as a rambunctiously reverent take on the classic Beatles B-side, "I'm Down." -- Jerry McCulley (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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Track List: Rats In The Cellar Lick And A Promise Chip Away The Stone No Surprize Mama Kin Adam's Apple Nobody's Fault Round And Round Critical Mass Lord Of The Thighs Jailbait Train Kept A Rollin' |
(Released January 1, 1988) - With "Gems", Aerosmith gives us some more of their backlog of hits that were screaming "don't forget about us!" during the bands commercial explosiveness of the late 80's and beyond. The songs found on this particular album are perhaps the most metal/strongest to date. Powerful, gritty and raw, yet still smooth enough to keep up with the growling, signature screeching that frontman Steven Tyler screeches throughout the record. "Lick and a Promise" and "Chip away the stone" are great lil rock gems that aren't to fast or to slow, and get the message across. The most prolific rock songs to me coming from this album are "No Surprize" which have an awesome sounding crescendo when Tyler speaks to us "Midnight lady,Situation fetal,Vaccinate your a** with your phonograph needle.." and WHAM in comes the signature guitar lick from Perry that I never tire of hearing! "Critical Mass" and "Nobodies Fault" are also great raw rollicking tunes as well. Gems is aptly named, as we can relish some of the bands earlier sometimes blasting rockers coupled with a Blues feel on the slower tracks. -- Eddie Lancekick (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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Track List: Young Lust F.I.N.E. Going Down/Love In An Elevator Monkey On My Back Water Song/Janie's Got A Gun Dulcimer Stomp/The Other Side My Girl Don't Get Mad, Get Even Voodoo Medicine Man What It Takes |
(Released September 1, 1989) - Building on the success of the more pop-oriented Permanent Vacation, this 1989 release banished any doubts that Aerosmith's unlikely late-'80s comeback was a fluke of nature--or merely the product of shrewd record company calculations. That Aerosmith could produce a pair of albums to rival Toys in the Attic and Rocks after a decade-and-change of decay and despair seemed all but unnatural. While Vacation's other key players (producer Bruce Fairbairn, outside songwriters Jim Vallance and Desmond Child) are still part of the mix, it's the band's familiar, tough swagger that powers this collection from the get-go. And while the Vallance-Child collaborations ("The Other Side" and the power ballad "What It Takes," respectively) were successful, it's telling that the album's twin pop-rock evergreens, "Love in an Elevator" and "Janie's Got a Gun," originated entirely within the band; the old dogs had not only learned a few new tricks, they seemed bent on tutoring their would-be trainers in the bargain. Pump is the high point of Aerosmith's improbable second chapter--and one of their best albums, period. -- Jerry McCulley (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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Track List: When I Needed You On The Road Again Rattlesnake Shake Krawhitham All Your Love Soul Saver I Live In Connecticut Let It Slide Downtown Charlie Sharpshooter Shit House Shuffle South Station blues Riff & Roll Helter Skelter Circle Jerk |
(Released November 1, 1991) - Aerosmith were written off by the pop pundits in the early '80s as a drug-ravaged bunch of Rolling Stones clones who would go down in music history as little more than a hard-rock footnote. The band, however, rose from the ashes to become an even mightier hit machine in the '90s, even if they ended up selling their soul to pop uber-songstress Diane Warren in the bargain. This three-CD compilation is a marathon tour of their first glorious, casualty-ridden decade and a body of work that proudly wears its influences on its sleeve: Chicago and Delta blues, early R&B, the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and, of course, the Stones. Virtually all the early hits and concert crowd pleasers are here, along with nearly two dozen rare, unreleased, and live cuts, thoroughly documented with refreshing doses of self-deprecation as it bravely traces the band's arc from Boston bar-band supreme to stadium superstars to seeming dissipation. If there's a gaping hole in the "A" section of your hard-rock library, this is a fine introduction to the Aerosmith that influenced a generation of musicians, stretching from Van Halen to R.E.M. to Guns N' Roses. -- Jerry McCulley (from Amazon.com) This is a boxed set containing three CDs of previously released material plus all of the tracks listed to the left. Some of these tracks may appear on later releases but this is their initial appearance on an Aerosmith CD. |
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Track List: Intro Eat The Rich Get A Grip Fever Livin' On The Edge Flesh Walk On Down Shut Up And Dance Cryin' Gotta Love It Crazy Line Up Amazing Boogie Man |
(Released April 1, 1993) - While Aerosmith were busy capitalizing on the successes spawned by its improbable, career-reviving Permanent Vacation and Pump albums, the rock world was undergoing a Nirvana-inspired seismic shift. And although the Boston boogie-rockers had long worn the "dinosaur" tag as a badge of honor, this 1993 album is evidence that they took the twin challenges posed by the upsurge of alternative and hip-hop as something more than mere inconvenience. Unfortunately, the sometimes painfully forced, something-for-everyone results only argued that musicians should stick to their guns, come hell, high water--or ominous fashion trends. Or maybe they should have heeded the old adage about too many cooks. Indeed, Aerosmith is supplemented--and sometimes seemingly supplanted--here by no less than six outside writers (including previous vets Desmond Child and Jim Vallance, as well as Hudson brother Mark and retro soul-rocker Lenny Kravitz), and the schizoid production of Vacation and Pump helmsman Bruce Fairbairn, who seems as comfortable with alt rock's less-is-more ethos as Stone Cold Steve Austin would be in a tutu. The band should've known better, too. The social consciousness of "Livin' on the Edge" seems contrived, with Steven Tyler's intermittent rapping utterly disconnected from that on his pioneering "Walk This Way," while "Eat the Rich" inexplicably promotes auto-cannibalism. It's an album that goes all over the map to get uncomfortably close to nowhere. -- Jerry McCulley (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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Track List: Walk On Water Love In An Elevator Rag Doll What It Takes Dude (Looks Like A Lady) Janie's Got A Gun Cryin' Amazing Blind Man Deuces Are Wild The Other Side Crazy Eat The Rich Angel Livin' On The Edge |
(Released November 1, 1994) - Few comebacks in rock and roll history have been as amazing as that of Aerosmith. Their triumphant return to the charts in the '80s not only rekindled the band's earlier success, but also significantly surpassed it. With their top 20 hits "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," "Ragdoll," and the top 10 power ballad, "Angel," the group proved they had even more fire left in their fight than anyone could have imagined. Leaving behind its reckless lifestyle, the band sacrificed none of their rowdy rock and roll. "Ragdoll" and "Love in an Elevator" built upon Aerosmith's raunchy blues approach to hard rock, complete with singer Steven Tyler's howl in the best form of his career. Big Ones includes these rockers along with the spooky Grammy-winner "Jamie's Got a Gun," and the slower but still hard-edged "Crazy." Other high points of the new and improved band are reflected in "The Other Side" and the anthem "Eat the Rich." -- Steve Gdula (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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Bonus Tracks: Sweet Emotion Rockin' Pneumonia... Subway Circle Jerk Dream On |
(Released November 22, 1994) - This is a boxed set containing a five track bonus CD and all of the following CDs which are reviewed at their individual listings in the discography. Aerosmith Get Your Wings Toys In The Attic Rocks Draw The Line Live Bootleg Night In The Ruts Greatest Hits Rock In a Hard Place Classics Live Classics Live 2 Gems |
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Track List: Nine Lives Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) Hole In My Soul Taste Of India Full Circle Something's Gotta Give Ain't That A Bitch The Farm Crash Kiss Your Past Goodbye Pink Attitude Adjustment Fallen Angels |
(Released March 18, 1997) - Nominated for a 1998 Grammy award for Best Rock Album and featuring the single, "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)," nominated for a Best Rock Performance, Nine Lives is Aerosmith's first album in their lucrative re-signing to Columbia Records. Together over 25 years, the Boston band has always been known for their gritty sex anthems, hard-buckling rhythms, and bic-flicking power ballads. Not nearly as flat-out rock as previous releases, Pump or Get A Grip, Nine Lives experiments with a multitude of instruments, including hammered dulcimer, Indian fiddle, and Chapman stick. This Noah's Ark approach allows the band to experiment within its rock parameters with the appropriately titled "A Taste of India." They haven't sworn off the ballads ("Fallen Angels" is what you'd expect) and they still riff like the Aerosmith of old ("Crash"). -- Rob O'Connor (from Amazon.com) | Buy This CD from Amazon.com |
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