Rick - I worked on preproduction for Get a Grip in 91 - Steven one day played and sang "You See me Crying" top to bottom on his Korg keyboard alone in the studio with me in the control room - it was incredible. When he was done he looked up and asked me what album that was on -"Wings or Toys" - so I told him Toys - he said "oh yeah - thats right" - what an incredible thing I will never forget
His vocal where he goes raspy whispery just does me in. Hard to explain some emotions. I listen to this last week. I'm a truck driver so I get to hear albums in their entirety uninterrupted .
Another perfect album....Journey-Infinity, front to back. Dave Matthews Band - Before these Crowded Streets has a great flow. Billy Squier-Don't Say No...front to back.
Growing up in Boston in the 70s with 4 older brothers you can imagine how much Aerosmith I listened to at the time. And it was AMAZING to hear it at the time.
In 1976 I was stationed in Germany and saw them do the whole album+ live in Nurnberg. They played for 3 1/2 hours non stop and came back for 3 encores. Absolutely fantastic!
I'm a huge Aerosmith fan and "No More No More" is my favorite song of theirs! Joe Perry's guitar is tuned to open E on for the rhythm, and then he switches to a standard tuning guitar for the solo at the end!
Yes, I was just about to say that. I've learned that everything Joe does he does the easiest way possible. In fact most rock musicians will do something the easiest way possible. It only makes sense.
@@da324 Funny that I stumbled on this livestream this morning. I see that that I made a comment a year ago about the tuning, because Rick was stretching his hand like crazy. I remember figuring it out years ago in an open tuning, and it felt and sounded perfect on an acoustic. The strings rang out bright and clear even though I use 11`s on my acoustics. I pointed it out to Rick, but I don`t know if he ever saw it or not.
I'm gonna say Sweet Emotion is one of my favorites as it prompted my win of a radio contest which netted me a BMW and a trip to Europe to pick it up. Plus Toys in the Attic was one of the first albums I owned.
The 70’s was the decade of absolutely pure rock n’ roll. I was 13 the summer of 1976 and I was buying LP’s by Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Heart, Boston, Steve Miller, Styx, Ted Nugent and Peter Frampton Live. Then 1978 hit and Van Halen’s first album. Do I need to say more?
ROCKS is my favorite too. Interestingly I read an interview where Steven Tyler said (at the time) that Rocks wasn't a very "focused" album. I feel more that way towards Draw The Line, although it did have a few great tracks.
@@ChuckMarteau Draw the line is an album that Joey Kramer has said in past interviews he doesn’t even remember recording. I would call that unfocused. It does have some great tracks. The title track and Kings and Queens are stand outs. I couldn’t disagree more with Tyler’s assessment that Rocks is unfocused.
Fun Fact..."While Aerosmith were planning the Back in the Saddle Tour and recording the Done with Mirrors album during 1984, Boston DJ Mark Parenteau of WBCN-FM played the song. Tyler liked the song so much, he suggested his group record a cover version, only to be told by Perry, "It's us, fuckhead." Tyler was suffering from memory problems at the time due to heavy drug use."
When Prince was high as a kite on various opiates, do you think he wouldn't have recognized one of his big hits? LOL Of course he would. MJ could have disconnected that IV from his arm and knew that he sang Beat it. You don't forget basic things!
@@davidbrothers3788 The Hand That Feeds was the first solo I could play properly. Definitely have a soft spot for that one. To this day, one of my favourite solos. Don’t care how messed up they were, still had a massive impact on me.
@@debras1503 Completely under rated. Downey always plays with underlying funk, best example, Johnny the Fox. Songs from romantic to destroying. Massacre, Warrior, 6/8 stuff just great. And the guys brought it home live. Live and Dangerous! While said to have a lot of studio overdubs, I doubt it. Listen to the Tower show, which had none and castes doubt on comments on the overdubs on L&D.
The riff that opens Adam's Apple is what made me stand up and take notice of Joe Perry as a writer. It was so outside the box from anything I had ever heard before. Soon after hearing it, I owned about 10 Aerosmith albums and Joe's solo record. The guy is an original, for sure.
Absolutely agree… the best out to solo I’ve ever heard. I remember cranking up the volume on my stereo so I could hear the very last note before the song completely faded out. Still gives me chills man! ✌️
@@vhscampos1 That would be great. Another favorite outro solo of mine is Brad’s solo at the end of Last Child from Rocks. On the Pandora’s Box collection they kept his whole solo on instead of it fading out as it did on the album. It was killer. Maybe down the road they’ll release Joe’s full solo in the same manner. We can hope!
The first four Aerosmith albums are the soundtrack of the 70’s for rock. Best work they did. No More, No More is so underplayed on the SiriusXM rock stations. They play all the songs that were on the radio back then and ignore the rest.
I agree! “No More No more” is my favorite song on Toys that the radio stations and SiriusXM would whimp out and never play (at least when I had Sirius XM). They asked why I was leaving SXM when my trial period with them was over. I told them they only play the same 30 old songs the Rock radio stations would play. And my CD collection is much better than there’s and I can listen to the whole album or play a much better song line up than they ever played. I used to get SiriusXM with Dish Satellite and it was the same. “No more No more” is one of my top favorite Aerosmith songs I play on guitar as well. We can check all the boxes on “Toys In The Attic” & “Rocks”. Top 10 best 70’s Rock records. I remember when I bought each Album when they released back in my High School days. They were at the top of their game.
Best Aerosmith album ever showcasing the sheer writing talent of the greatest American rock band in history...ahead of its time...arrangements seemed very beatlesque at times...Round and Round and Adam's Apple my fave tracks...Joey K is a beast...
The first 4 albums are amazing! Even the first record with Mama Kin and Dream On being the favourite ones they have Make it as a fastantic song to be the first on an album or a show. One way street.... and my favourite to play along with is MOVING OUT! The first song they made! The attitude was there already
Those early albums are the gold standard for hard rock - Joe Perry is a riff master, never plays anything that ain't charged with badass swagger, Brad is tasty as hell....two stellar guitarists in one band with groovin' bottom end ( Tom's Sweet Emotion bass riff might be best ever! ) and of course Tyler's unmatchable vocals and delivery......bloody, fookin' sonic knockout!🎸🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶🤘
You've outdone yourself again! I've never heard anyone analyze "You See Me Cryin" & that's why I love your channel, Rick. You go to places that one else goes to. One of my all-time favorite rock ballads. Tyler's vox in the bridge are gut-wrenching. Pouring out so much emotion. They always included at least one beautiful ballad on those early records. Totally agree with you on Aerosmith's 70's records. There was a certain rawness/grittiness/unpolished sound to them. Classic rock at its finest. And lets not forget about Joey Kramer. He doesn't get the credit he deserves among rock drummers.
Aerosmith did the same thing in "Rocks" as they did in "Toys...", the very last song was a melancholy song which made you know that was the end of the album. Which was kinda cool because after rockin' the whole album it brought you down in a good way! Both are my favorite Aerosmith albums!
Love Joe Perry’s playing. I saw him and the band at Paul’s Mall in Boston do the entire Dream On album. I sat right in front of Joe the whole set. What a privilege. He was a big influence on me. Thank you Rick for sharing all your knowledge! 🙏🏼
Yup. All of us who were lucky enough to catch his unique instincts, many times and up close were really blessed. It's not an "in retrospect ' thing. I think we knew it right when it was happening!👍🏼
You are so right - Aerosmith in the 70’s is THE Aerosmith. Love that we are the same age so all your references match mine - eighth grade bringing back the memories 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
They formed the band in 1970, but first album was released in 1973 . I personally don’t think they made it BIG until they released Rocks. My favorite album btw.
Clever is a good word for their first popular period in the 70's. Banal and shallow would describe their corporate comeback with those God-awful songs that made them very wealthy.
Perfect gift from Bro! Loved that you and so many of us back then were really listening f and rocking to classic rock at such early ages! Boston Boston was my first album/vinyl.
Rocks ends with another sleeper, Home tonight…another incredible Aerosmith song. Toys and Rocls are formatted very similar and both amazing albums. Nobody’s fault is the equivalent of round and round.
Rick you are absolutely right about early Aerosmith. Aerosmith, Get your Wings, Toys, and Rocks are absolutely kick ass. These are timeless hard rock albums that can't be dated, just incredibly bluesy, funky, and heavy at the same time. Even the first album is well produced. In today's parlance, I think you can describe it as Very Tasty.
First Aerosmith album was released in January 1973, not 71. Steven Tyler has stated that No More No More is his favorite Aerosmith song. Done With Mirrors (1985) was the last "pure" Aerosmith Album, one that didn't use outside writers. Aerosmith did a tour once where they played an entire album side from Toys, Tom Hamilton told me at a meet and greet that it wasn't well received. Can you believe that?
Me too! But I was in 6th grade. Well, the first I bought with my own money I earned during chores, I think I bought Rock and Roll Over before it w/Christmas money. Still have the vinyl of Toys. Every song is damn good-to-amazing in my book.
"This was where I learned to love flat 9 intervals … the E/G# chord gives you that sus4 over the first inversion, so that interval there, that dissonance there, makes it really emotional." *Classic* Professor B!
Hi, from another Columbia House kid! As I had no older siblings to turn me on to rock music! That initial big package was my into it! It was great! Not only this album, but Boston’s 1st, Kiss Alive, BTO, Steve Miller Fly like an Eagle, Frampton Comes Alive, etc…..
"For “Walk This Way,” Perry plugged into an Ampeg V-2, a 60-watt tube head with several unusual features, including a pair of 7027A power tubes and an EQ section featuring a Baxandall circuit for treble and bass along with an active midrange section with a selection of three different center frequencies: 300, 800 and 3000Hz. This was a house amp at the Record Plant that was used on numerous notable sessions. For Perry’s main rhythm track (which can be heard by panning to the left; Brad Whitford’s parts are panned hard right), he used a double- cutaway Gibson Les Paul Junior with a single P-90 pickup and boosted the V-2’s midrange - set to 800Hz - to provide the proper grit, growl and howl. He also used the Les Paul Junior to overdub the first solo, but for the second solo and outro he switched to a late-Fifties Fender Stratocaster. He begins the second solo on the Strat’s bridge pickup, but starting at the outro’s fat, sustained note bends (around 2:45) he switches to the Strat’s neck pickup and engages a Seventies Maestro FZ-1S Fuzz-Tone (a.k.a. Super Fuzz) to further thicken the midrange and make the guitar “sound like an electric razor.” -Chris Gill/GW
I actually own that exact Ampeg V-2, came into by sheer luck about 10 years ago... these amps are amazing anyway and I've owned a few, but this one is definitely magic, especially through an old Marshall 4x12 like everybody used to do back then including myself. This amp was also used on almost every track on Get Your Wings, and was used by countless other players at TRP, like Hunter/Wagner, R. Derringer, Etc Etc. Joe's fav setup was this Ampeg top with Marshall cab, and his red DC LP Junior. One small change: For the outro Solo in WTW, Joe did use his old strat, but the amp was a tweed twin, also a very popular house amp there...I don't remember who owns that now.
I came to Aerosmith in the 90s with Crazy and the like, and all the Alicia Silverstone videos (!), then listened to their back catalogue. I cannot believe they were from 20yrs earlier. So consistently good. Love them!
Was in 9th grade? and working in a record store when this cam out. We blew out the store speakers playing it repeatedly. As we did with Bostons first album....and 2112. People will never get what it is like to have music like this come out on a monthly basis. A truly golden age. I bought a Les Paul because of this album. Never learned to play it very well...wish i still had it...but I bought it. Everybody has a soundtrack to their lives. This was the best one to have. Still is.
Saw Aerosmith July 1999 at the Toxic Twins Tour, Wembley Stadium. Again 2007, Hyde Park Calling, also lucky enough to see Chris Cornell (RIP) there too, bloody loved it!
ROCKS is in my top ten hard rock albums ever created! The peerless riffs and perfect production, with Tyler's awesome vocals...it is easily their heaviest, tightest album, hell, even the ballad kills!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
@@custom55 you have exceptional taste, if my current neighbor ever leaves, I would like you to move in and LEAVE YOUR WINDOWS OPEN AT ALL TIMES🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘🤘! Just curious, what are your top five albums? Peace.
I may have mentioned this before but I saw Aerosmith at the end of a bicycle race on Boston Commons in 1973. I had to hear them play "Dream On" which I had fallen in love with from the moment I heard it. They were standing on a flatbed trailer in an amazingly primitive performance environment. I was 20 feet away from them. Needless to say, I was blown away. At that point I didn't even know that Steven Tyler had written it. Still my all-time favorite rock and roll song. All hail Aerosmith!
I literally just bought this album on vinyl. I wanted to hear all the other songs that got shadowed by the hit songs.... Blown away. Can't wait to listen to it again.
@@beachhunting69 I've learned that pretty quickly. I grew up on classic rock radio that only played those 2 from the album. There is some straight up jams on this album.
Be sure to not sleep on the rest of their stuff. Their first 5 albums are all masterpieces and I'd argue that the rest of their stuff is pretty damn good too
I shouldn’t be surprised by the amount of time spent analyzing “You See Me Crying” it is an amazing song. Brad Whitfield plays that heavy solo, Tyler’s heartfelt lyrics and so much more. Do I hear a clarinet closing it out? Without question this is Aerosmith's greatest album.
You See Me Crying is my favorite Aerosmith song of all time. The part of the lyrics when he says “you’ say you’ll stick around…” wow. The strings the lyrics omg. Sooo goood
Great track. Of all the great rock n roll bands, I think Aerosmith changed and improved their songwriting and recorded band sound the most between their first record to in this case, their 3rd record. It’s like they were a different band on Toys compared to Dream On.. except of course, Stevens voice was instantly identifiable on the first record but the rest of the band improved and polished up real fast.. what two years after their first record, they recorded this album with Jack Douglas and everything was so much better on production, mastering, arrangements, songwriting, guitar sound, etc.. Toys is just an amazing record. On ‘Dream On’
Their talent and feel for the blues and swing and jazz and RnB and the like was clearly there but that record just didn’t capture their intention the way Toys and Rocks did. Top notch bar band in the studio made Dream On. Top notch hard rock band killin it and loaded during the Toys and Rocks sessions. Would if loved to have been a fly on the wall during those sessions. Sooo much creativity and ambition and intention and skill sets, offset by dope and drama and the entire human experience on display.
They performed it live in Japan on December 31 1999. It's incredible,the entire band is perfect. Steven Tyler shows why he is the greatest frontman of all time.
I think sweet emotion is one of those songs that's very nostalgic for MANY many people. It just takes you back to that day or that unforgettable summer, or senior year (even if you were one waaaay after it came out, Dazed and Confused helped put it back into the high school experience), the list goes on and on.
I as someone who's about to turn 19 can confirm this. I always heard it on FM radio growing up, and now that I'm older and discovered music on my own, and really took a deep dive into Aerosmith... the song still doesn't get old, brings me back to being a kid, playing sports and just enjoying childhood. Aerosmith, such a legendary band, underrated in so many ways yet so widely known. Rocks, Toys, Pump, Get A Grip, iconic songs and ballads over three decades. I love it all
You're kidding right? Those games only got as big as they did BECAUSE of those bands. And when they ran out of big bands to feature, they petered out. Those bands were doing just fine before those games came along. I'm sure there was bump in album sales for each of them but they were far from "fading"
Aerosmith's first four albums, as incredible as they are, never got tons of airplay. If you liked them, you had to develop that on your own. It wasn't rammed down your throat by radio stations playing it over and over again.
I agree! I played Aerosmith’s first 4 albums a lot on the high school station from 1978-82 trying to spread the gospel so to speak. I still think these records have held up astoundingly well
Adams Apple is one of the most unique riffs ever in rock and roll. This album has been a go to album since it blew me away as a kid!!! And Rick my friend you are the best, but No More No More is in an open tuning. You are killing your working too hard playing it in standard!! Lol And Uncle Salty Rocks man!! There is not a weak song on thin gem of an album.
As a guitarist who has just recently learned to play Adam's Apple, I couldn't agree with you more, one of a kind riff. No idea how they came up with it
This album was a 'snapshot' moment for me...I remember where I was and the circumstances of the first time I played this album. And yes, it was vinyl for me! 'Get Your Wings' this LP and 'Rocks' is a perfect trifecta from Aerosmith. I will argue they had a perfect second run with 'Permanent Vacation' 'Pump' and 'Get a Grip'. Pump was a great return to form. Nothing can touch the 70's albums, as you said...but few bands have had such a huge return to massive success. Aerosmith had such a GROOVE...massive influence on me as a guitar and bass player! Also, killer cover art! The biggest reason I miss vinyl!
Aerosmith's "Get Your Wings" was the 1, not "Toys...". WHO'S NEXT ORIGINAL RELEASE HITS ON ALL CYLINDERS, START TO FINISH ; QUADROPHENIA TOO. LIVE AT LEEDS, REALLY CLOSE. I SAW Aerosmith 2X live in the '70's- blechh The Who unfortunately only 2X, after Moonie, but before Entwistle died - The Who always (or close to it)played live like they had something to prove !!
@@TraneFrancks Animals has stepped up in the rankings for many over the years. However, I am with you, it grabbed me first spin on the turntable. It was beautiful in the way a cloudy dark cool afternoon is.
Walk this way is a song I've heard a zillion times, played in a band hundreds of times, and yet still, every time I hear it, it makes me move - foot tapping, head nodding, shoulders pumping - something.
Funny nobody mentioned "Night in the Ruts"! My personal cover to cover favorite. I always considered Joe to be playing my favorite riffs and have come to find out Brad played all the ear catching mind blowing riffs an solos. My opinion Brad is the most underrated guitarist ever.
Yeah,until I saw them play live for the first time in 1986 I had always assumed Joe played all the coolest licks but was really surprised to see it was actually Brad playing most of them....Joe gets all the credit ahead of Brad because he`s so handsome and cool.
"Toys in the Attic" is an exceptional album. However, for me, nothing touches "Rocks". I used to get kicked out my Junior High library back in 1976 for playing both albums too loud even with headphones on. Can't go wrong with either one. So...just own both and you have your cake and the ability to eat it as well!
This was my second rock album after Cheap Tricks (In Color) year~1978-9 Completely mesmerized by Aerosmith right out of the gate!! I have several #1's as do all Aero fans.... Toys, Rocks, and the most overlooked album they ever did... Night In the Ruts. Truly at an all time low for the bands spiral into addiction and dysfunction, which to me makes that album the most heartfelt, honest emotional piece they have ever done. First look at Rick, excellent review my friend.
I’m getting on a bit now (64 today) and loved nothing more in life than my music since just a small boy. I think you’re correct in stating that there are a few absolute ‘must haves’ in any vinyl collection. I suppose it’s depending upon personal taste, for example a person who’s into Irish folk music will perhaps not appreciate AC/CD. However, for a basic rock start up there are so many definite must haves, for a bit of fun, here’s merely a few rocking must have’s from my old album collection:- Zeppelin (vol 1/2/4) Sticky Fingers/Let it Bleed/Exile on Main St. - Stones Silver Dollar Forger - Nazareth Vol 4 - Sabbath One Of These Nights - Eagles Any Doors album Fire and Water - Free Abraxas - Santana Made in Japan - Deep Purple Spiders from Mars/Aladdin Sane - David Bowie Cars - Cars
@@maplesyrup4881 good point well made Mable thank you. I went straight into a rock genre eh? A nice set of options for each mood perhaps might be appropriate as you rightly say. All the best, Dave
Every once in a while I will play this album. And, every time I'm so surprised on how good this album really is. Just a great classic rock album, period!
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Throwing Copper, Ten, Superunkown, Purple, Hi-Infidelity, Metallica Black, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The Way It Is, Joshua Tree, Into The Great Wide Open, Moving Pictures...just a few almost perfect rock albums. Keep up the good work!
Toys and Rocks have to be the best Aerosmith albums. The albums that brought them back to popularity were too 'poppy' for me, it wasn't their real sound anymore.
@@babyjessicascheekbones5463 Big time, Draw The Line had its moments but you could see the start of the decline. They were drawing too many lines in the old convent they were recording in.
Joe Perry 🌹 joined my band on stage in Phoenix, late 1983, while he was visiting our first record producer, Alice Cooper. 🌟 He’s of course a consummate gentleman and musician. Shortly after, he re-joined Aerosmith and soon the release of the excellent Done With Mirrors ❤️
Got into Aerosmith quite late, but Toys is in my top 5 albums ever. Glad “You see me crying” gets mentioned as it’s a brilliant end to a brilliant album. Great job and passion as always 😀
Aerosmith totally gave me my love for rock music. Got to them at about 13 years old because of get a grip but their greatest hits cd took me to the great stuff from the 70s.
My fave Aerosmith album. I was a fan by "Get Your Wings" and had seen them play in a tiny half filled club. Then "Toys.." came out and they blew up so huge. This album is stacked with great songs, start to finish. "Rocks" was also great as the follow up, and was heavier, but "Toys" will always have that special place for me. I latched onto the same songs as Rick at the time. I wore out my vinyl AND my 8 track tape in my car!! Haha
“Toys” on 5.1 Super Audio CD is a fun listen. The separation of sounds on the intro to “Sweet Emotion” in surround sound is phenomenal. And yet, I was actually a moderate fan of “Pump” which came 15 years later and I still marvel at the production (MTV video included) of a track like “Janie’s Got A Gun”. Just an awesome, haunting song in my opinion.
I have Toys in the attic SACD. Mastered by Doug Sax. I cherish that disk. Pretty sure that record cameout originally in quadraphonic. It translates to 5.1 nicely.
Picked original issue vinyl from 1975 and Sweet Emotion sounds glorious on my setup. Much warmer, rounder and deeper bottom end - better than digital (IMO).
Watching you describe your appreciation for this album and specific songs warms my heart man… For a few minutes I felt like I was back in my best bud’s basement cranking Toys and grooving… great review my friend. ✌️
My friend of more than 40 years recently passed away, and I inherited his CD and album collection. I just started bringing some of them home. I thought I'd play one, so I opened the first box, and started looking through. For some reason, this is the one I saw. It's playing right now, and I'd forgotten how many good songs are on it. RIP Mark. 1960-2021
Thsnks for this great video! Growing up in the 90s, Nine Lives was my introduction to and my favourite Aerosmith album.Speaks to the band's longevity and relevance.
Finally someone who agrees with me! Nine Lives is their best album in my opinion. They are my favorite band and I probably know every word of every song they ever made. Saw them 30+ times in concert. I love their entire catalog but Nine Lives has everything you can ask for and them some.
Love the idea of breaking down multiple tracks on great albums. Showing an artist(s) composition pallet along with some of the recording nuance would be great. So good!
“Round and Round” is the only song I can think of where, listening on headphones, the outro vocal refrain literally sounds like it’s spinning around my head -not just back and forth across the stereo field but AROUND. I believe it’s the result of clever use of panning, faders, and EQ. Check it out, it’s mind-blowing. (Again, headphones are a must to appreciate the effect.) Those guys did some crazy stuff on the studio that is often overlooked. (The faux live audience on the back half of “Train” from “Get Your Wings” is another example of novel studio trickery.)
Rick - I worked on preproduction for Get a Grip in 91 - Steven one day played and sang "You See me Crying" top to bottom on his Korg keyboard alone in the studio with me in the control room - it was incredible. When he was done he looked up and asked me what album that was on -"Wings or Toys" - so I told him Toys - he said "oh yeah - thats right" - what an incredible thing I will never forget
His vocal where he goes raspy whispery just does me in.
Hard to explain some emotions.
I listen to this last week.
I'm a truck driver so I get to hear albums in their entirety uninterrupted .
Another perfect album....Journey-Infinity, front to back. Dave Matthews Band - Before these Crowded Streets has a great flow. Billy Squier-Don't Say No...front to back.
Get A Grip is excellent
His bestest vocal ever.
You are incredibly fortunate.
Get a Grip sucked!
“No more no more” is the most underrated Aerosmith track. Absolutely
Agree!
Yes indeed
Song is brilliant, it never gets old.
No more No more, Baby I'm a dreamer bound to a rocky marriage baby I'm a dreamer found my horse and carriage.
the solo is one of the best ever, it's brilliant.
Growing up in Boston in the 70s with 4 older brothers you can imagine how much Aerosmith I listened to at the time. And it was AMAZING to hear it at the time.
Very similar story brother on the west coast growing up in L.A. /Orange county and hearing Van Halen all the time....
@@zayneunderwood1488 Not a bad way to kill time. Can’t do better than VH.
Same here -- saw them at Stonehill College when Dream On was first breaking on the radio, stored in my cells for all time . . .
@@amherst88 I remember being a little kid listening to their debut album on 8 track and rewinding Dream On over and over again.
What did you guys think of
Nine 😺 Lives
when it came out in 1997 and
PiNk.....
In 1976 I was stationed in Germany and saw them do the whole album+ live in Nurnberg. They played for 3 1/2 hours non stop and came back for 3 encores. Absolutely fantastic!
I'm a huge Aerosmith fan and "No More No More" is my favorite song of theirs! Joe Perry's guitar is tuned to open E on for the rhythm, and then he switches to a standard tuning guitar for the solo at the end!
Right on!
It's actually tuned to E5 for the opening and rhythm. EBEEBE
I play it standard but yes it's one of my favorites.
Yes, I was just about to say that. I've learned that everything Joe does he does the easiest way possible. In fact most rock musicians will do something the easiest way possible. It only makes sense.
@@da324 Funny that I stumbled on this livestream this morning. I see that that I made a comment a year ago about the tuning, because Rick was stretching his hand like crazy. I remember figuring it out years ago in an open tuning, and it felt and sounded perfect on an acoustic. The strings rang out bright and clear even though I use 11`s on my acoustics. I pointed it out to Rick, but I don`t know if he ever saw it or not.
Sweet Emotion is one of the best rock songs ever.
You are correct, sir
Not saying it is bad, but it is way overplayed.
Best? I don't know, but certainly better than many!
I'm gonna say Sweet Emotion is one of my favorites as it prompted my win of a radio contest which netted me a BMW and a trip to Europe to pick it up. Plus Toys in the Attic was one of the first albums I owned.
One of my favs, too. Only rock song I'm aware of that has a triangle in it (in the 4th verse).
Who ever said Uncle Salty is a bad song? That’s one of the best songs on the record!
Damn right
@@98izzark69 hella damn right!
Correct, though it doesn't seem very popular with the fans. When I saw them do it in 09, people didn't seem to. Into it was dropped before long.
Good enough for Shania Twain to steal!
Completely agree!!!
No More, No More is my all time favorite Aerosmith tune. Just a kick ass rocker.
Great opening vocal on that one!
Joe Perry makes a telecaster rock. I have a TELE just because of that song
No more, no More and then Seasons of Wither.
Combination is good also.
Enjoy Uncle Salty still.
In concert Steven often says it’s his favorite Aerosmith song
The 70’s was the decade of absolutely pure rock n’ roll. I was 13 the summer of 1976 and I was buying LP’s by Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Heart, Boston, Steve Miller, Styx, Ted Nugent and Peter Frampton Live. Then 1978 hit and Van Halen’s first album. Do I need to say more?
To whoever said Uncle Salty is a bad song: I just can't help you...you're lost
It always reminds me of a Beatles White Album song, don't know exactly why, a magnificient song
I know, right?
@@JulioLeonFandinho I think Shania Twain ripped it off
Well spoken… grows on you ! It’s a sleeper ….so damn good
Exactly! One of the great songs that for some reason is never on the radio.
Toys in the Attic and Rocks are the very best of Aerosmith. ROCKS is what I consider Aerosmith’s perfect album. Great video Rick.
Agreed. Rocks is perfect.
Gotta throw in Bootleg too! Just nice an raunchy RnR, the way it should be warts and all!!
Jim couldn’t agree more on “Rocks”
ROCKS is my favorite too. Interestingly I read an interview where Steven Tyler said (at the time) that Rocks wasn't a very "focused" album. I feel more that way towards Draw The Line, although it did have a few great tracks.
@@ChuckMarteau Draw the line is an album that Joey Kramer has said in past interviews he doesn’t even remember recording. I would call that unfocused. It does have some great tracks. The title track and Kings and Queens are stand outs. I couldn’t disagree more with Tyler’s assessment that Rocks is unfocused.
This was the first LP I ever bought with my own money (from mowing lawns) in 1978. I still have the record.
Fun Fact..."While Aerosmith were planning the Back in the Saddle Tour and recording the Done with Mirrors album during 1984, Boston DJ Mark Parenteau of WBCN-FM played the song. Tyler liked the song so much, he suggested his group record a cover version, only to be told by Perry, "It's us, fuckhead." Tyler was suffering from memory problems at the time due to heavy drug use."
Huh, Tyler couldn't even decipher his own voice? Wow, I knew he was out of it but gahd dayme!!
I remember hearing that story retold on WBCN.
That's funny but sad.
He absolutely had to be cracking wise. He did not forget the sound of his own voice or a song he wrote. Nobody else sounds like that.
When Prince was high as a kite on various opiates, do you think he wouldn't have recognized one of his big hits? LOL Of course he would. MJ could have disconnected that IV from his arm and knew that he sang Beat it. You don't forget basic things!
Among other things, Tom Hamilton's bass on this album is pure genius.
Am I the only one who likes "Draw the line." Side 2 is brilliant.
They were still on track...but fading fast. However, I love every song from "Draw The Line." It was still the real band.
Agreed you have kings and queens, the hand that feeds,critical mass draw the line rocks
My favourite Aerosmith album
Love Draw The Line.....BOTH sides! It belongs with Aerosmith's peak albums!
@@davidbrothers3788 The Hand That Feeds was the first solo I could play properly. Definitely have a soft spot for that one. To this day, one of my favourite solos. Don’t care how messed up they were, still had a massive impact on me.
Kansas Leftoverature is phenomenal from front to back. Thin lizzy jailbreak, Nazareth hair of the dog, and Aerosmith toys in the attic. Love it!
Had all of those ; for me KANSAS 1ST WAS THE BEST ; Nazareth, Thin Lizzy, very good, but 2nd tier or 3rd.
Thin Lizzy was underrated
@@debras1503 Completely under rated. Downey always plays with underlying funk, best example, Johnny the Fox. Songs from romantic to destroying. Massacre, Warrior, 6/8 stuff just great. And the guys brought it home live. Live and Dangerous! While said to have a lot of studio overdubs, I doubt it. Listen to the Tower show, which had none and castes doubt on comments on the overdubs on L&D.
Good taste of music!
The riff that opens Adam's Apple is what made me stand up and take notice of Joe Perry as a writer. It was so outside the box from anything I had ever heard before. Soon after hearing it, I owned about 10 Aerosmith albums and Joe's solo record. The guy is an original, for sure.
Unusual tone on the particular riff as well.
Spot on. Such uniqueness is just priceless.
And thats the type of guitar player that I love, look up and always return to . Joe is my first and biggest inspiration in my playing
I and Slash will both agree
It only credits Steven Tyler as the writer
The fade out guitar solo on "No More No More" will always be one of the highlights of 70's rock for me.
Wish it was longer 👍
One of the best guitar solos by Joe Perry
Absolutely agree… the best out to solo I’ve ever heard. I remember cranking up the volume on my stereo so I could hear the very last note before the song completely faded out. Still gives me chills man! ✌️
@@johnbgriffinjr116 I wish we could hear the original recording without the fading...
@@vhscampos1 That would be great. Another favorite outro solo of mine is Brad’s solo at the end of Last Child from Rocks. On the Pandora’s Box collection they kept his whole solo on instead of it fading out as it did on the album. It was killer. Maybe down the road they’ll release Joe’s full solo in the same manner. We can hope!
No More No More and You See Me Crying are perfect!! Kudos to Jack Douglas! Yeah, the first four albums are great!!
1. One way street. 2. Seasons of wither. 3. No more No more. 4. Combination . 4 albums 4 gems
@@dcusn1637 All those songs are next level - cool to see COMBINATION listed, Joe Perry rules!
2 best songs from album IMO too... but I have to throw the title cut in there too
First 5
The first four Aerosmith albums are the soundtrack of the 70’s for rock. Best work they did. No More, No More is so underplayed on the SiriusXM rock stations. They play all the songs that were on the radio back then and ignore the rest.
I agree! “No More No more” is my favorite song on Toys that the radio stations and SiriusXM would whimp out and never play (at least when I had Sirius XM). They asked why I was leaving SXM when my trial period with them was over. I told them they only play the same 30 old songs the Rock radio stations would play. And my CD collection is much better than there’s and I can listen to the whole album or play a much better song line up than they ever played. I used to get SiriusXM with Dish Satellite and it was the same. “No more No more” is one of my top favorite Aerosmith songs I play on guitar as well. We can check all the boxes on “Toys In The Attic” & “Rocks”. Top 10 best 70’s Rock records. I remember when I bought each Album when they released back in my High School days. They were at the top of their game.
Best Aerosmith album ever showcasing the sheer writing talent of the greatest American rock band in history...ahead of its time...arrangements seemed very beatlesque at times...Round and Round and Adam's Apple my fave tracks...Joey K is a beast...
The first 4 albums are amazing! Even the first record with Mama Kin and Dream On being the favourite ones they have Make it as a fastantic song to be the first on an album or a show. One way street.... and my favourite to play along with is MOVING OUT! The first song they made! The attitude was there already
Those early albums are the gold standard for hard rock - Joe Perry is a riff master, never plays anything that ain't charged with badass swagger, Brad is tasty as hell....two stellar guitarists in one band with groovin' bottom end ( Tom's Sweet Emotion bass riff might be best ever! ) and of course Tyler's unmatchable vocals and delivery......bloody, fookin' sonic knockout!🎸🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶🤘
Yep!
You've outdone yourself again! I've never heard anyone analyze "You See Me Cryin" & that's why I love your channel, Rick. You go to places that one else goes to. One of my all-time favorite rock ballads. Tyler's vox in the bridge are gut-wrenching. Pouring out so much emotion. They always included at least one beautiful ballad on those early records.
Totally agree with you on Aerosmith's 70's records. There was a certain rawness/grittiness/unpolished sound to them. Classic rock at its finest.
And lets not forget about Joey Kramer. He doesn't get the credit he deserves among rock drummers.
Aerosmith did the same thing in "Rocks" as they did in "Toys...", the very last song was a melancholy song which made you know that was the end of the album. Which was kinda cool because after rockin' the whole album it brought you down in a good way! Both are my favorite Aerosmith albums!
Except Home Tonight is a really weak track. A Cringer imo.
@@rockrecordreport7136 nah man home tonight is one of there better ballads for sure, especially considering those shitty ones like cryin and crazy.
The fact that No More No More isn't a regular in their live set is beyond comprehension. Goosebumps every time with that intro..
Absolutely . Physical Goose Bumps. That is MUSIC!
It sounds like the intro was written during Get Your Wings. The sound is Toys but the song sounds very Wings.
Love Joe Perry’s playing. I saw him and the band at Paul’s Mall in Boston do the entire Dream On album. I sat right in front of Joe the whole set. What a privilege. He was a big influence on me.
Thank you Rick for sharing all your knowledge! 🙏🏼
That's really interesting. That particular concert recording is widely available online. It's their earliest recording actually
@@vhscampos1 no way! Really? That particular engagement at Paul’s Mall was recorded? I’m surprised. Do you have a link? Thank you!
Yup. All of us who were lucky enough to catch his unique instincts, many times and up close were really blessed. It's not an "in retrospect ' thing. I think we knew it right when it was happening!👍🏼
Did you ever get that recording? It is outstanding.
You are so right - Aerosmith in the 70’s is THE Aerosmith. Love that we are the same age so all your references match mine - eighth grade bringing back the memories 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
They formed the band in 1970, but first album was released in 1973 . I personally don’t think they made it BIG until they released Rocks. My favorite album btw.
@@brynns305 In 1960? They were only around 10 , but why not. However Wikipedia says 1970.
@@brunolevasseur oops typo meant 1970
feel the same way about Get Your Wings and Rocks, to me these are the gems of Aerosmith.
Steven Tyler is hugely under-rated as a songwriter. His lyrics are incredibly clever, not just the usual party/girls shallow lyrics
Underrated?
@@dashriprock5720 I stand corrected ;-)
Definitely.
And the fact he can play basically any instrument....unlike most frontmen.
Yes sir, Tyler is a very clever dude, and an incredible vocalist - as good as it gets!
Clever is a good word for their first popular period in the 70's. Banal and shallow would describe their corporate comeback with those God-awful songs that made them very wealthy.
I love Toys in The Attic…..but Rocks is my favorite. The old Aerosmith albums are gold!!
I'm with ya. For me: Rocks due to Rats in the Cellar then Get Your Wings due to Train Kept-a Rolllin'.
Combination...yeah!🤘
@@johndef5075 Always loved that one! Joe Perry wrote that perfectly.
This is the kind of album that literally lives on through the years. It's so good that it becomes addictive just listening to it. Excellent choice
Toys in the Attic was the first album I ever owned. 11 years old and got it from my older brother for Christmas 1975.
Perfect gift from Bro! Loved that you and so many of us back then were really listening f and rocking to classic rock at such early ages! Boston Boston was my first album/vinyl.
Rocks ends with another sleeper, Home tonight…another incredible Aerosmith song. Toys and Rocls are formatted very similar and both amazing albums. Nobody’s fault is the equivalent of round and round.
Rick you are absolutely right about early Aerosmith. Aerosmith, Get your Wings, Toys, and Rocks are absolutely kick ass. These are timeless hard rock albums that can't be dated, just incredibly bluesy, funky, and heavy at the same time. Even the first album is well produced. In today's parlance, I think you can describe it as Very Tasty.
"Story of the band" songs are always the best and most heartfelt. Love No More No More. No Surprize is another great one from Aerosmith.
No surprise is killer. I crank thar in my truck on way home from work
Joe’s guitar comes in and rips your ears off with that Sweet Emotion riff. That whole song is a magnum opus!
No doubt. Sweet Emotion = Masterpiece.
Magnum Opus is Latin for Greatest Work, I totally agree
Right on!
You want an adrenaline rush? Play any Bad Co tune then Toys in The Attic.
Yes. Great to see this album recognized as a masterpiece. Would love for you interview Joe, Steve, and these guys!
That would be a great interview! I got to hang out with ST @7 years ago, he was very personable!
"You See Me Crying". Beautiful. Nuff Said.
First Aerosmith album was released in January 1973, not 71. Steven Tyler has stated that No More No More is his favorite Aerosmith song. Done With Mirrors (1985) was the last "pure" Aerosmith Album, one that didn't use outside writers. Aerosmith did a tour once where they played an entire album side from Toys, Tom Hamilton told me at a meet and greet that it wasn't well received. Can you believe that?
I've heard Tyler say "Seasons of his Wither" is his favorite, but I'm good with either.
In 8th grade Toys in the Attic was the first hard rock album that I bought. Still on of my top 10 go to albums.
Me too! But I was in 6th grade. Well, the first I bought with my own money I earned during chores, I think I bought Rock and Roll Over before it w/Christmas money. Still have the vinyl of Toys. Every song is damn good-to-amazing in my book.
Cool!! My first album was Kiss "Destroyer" in `77 and the first album that I bought with MY MONEY was Aerosmith "Live Bootleg" in 1980, in 8th grade.
"This was where I learned to love flat 9 intervals … the E/G# chord gives you that sus4 over the first inversion, so that interval there, that dissonance there, makes it really emotional." *Classic* Professor B!
Had the vinyl in elementary school. Played on my Soundesign stereo system. Got it for a penny from Columbia House (with 11 other titles). GREAT ALBUM!
Hi, from another Columbia House kid! As I had no older siblings to turn me on to rock music! That initial big package was my into it! It was great! Not only this album, but Boston’s 1st, Kiss Alive, BTO, Steve Miller Fly like an Eagle, Frampton Comes Alive, etc…..
My favorite Aerosmith album. This album Rocked HARD.
I love both this record and "Rocks." Front-to-back amazing, both of them.
"For “Walk This Way,” Perry plugged into an Ampeg V-2, a 60-watt tube head with several unusual features, including a pair of 7027A power tubes and an EQ section featuring a Baxandall circuit for treble and bass along with an active midrange section with a selection of three different center frequencies: 300, 800 and 3000Hz. This was a house amp at the Record Plant that was used on numerous notable sessions.
For Perry’s main rhythm track (which can be heard by panning to the left; Brad Whitford’s parts are panned hard right), he used a double- cutaway Gibson Les Paul Junior with a single P-90 pickup and boosted the V-2’s midrange - set to 800Hz - to provide the proper grit, growl and howl. He also used the Les Paul Junior to overdub the first solo, but for the second solo and outro he switched to a late-Fifties Fender Stratocaster. He begins the second solo on the Strat’s bridge pickup, but starting at the outro’s fat, sustained note bends (around 2:45) he switches to the Strat’s neck pickup and engages a Seventies Maestro FZ-1S Fuzz-Tone (a.k.a. Super Fuzz) to further thicken the midrange and make the guitar “sound like an electric razor.” -Chris Gill/GW
I actually own that exact Ampeg V-2, came into by sheer luck about 10 years ago...
these amps are amazing anyway and I've owned a few, but this one is definitely magic, especially through an old Marshall 4x12 like everybody used to do back then including myself.
This amp was also used on almost every track on Get Your Wings, and was used by countless other players at TRP, like Hunter/Wagner, R. Derringer, Etc Etc.
Joe's fav setup was this Ampeg top with Marshall cab, and his red DC LP Junior.
One small change: For the outro Solo in WTW, Joe did use his old strat, but the amp was a tweed twin, also a very popular house amp there...I don't remember who owns that now.
Toys in the Attic’s MY ALL TIME fave Aerosmith record, since it first came out.
SO full of great songs, incredible vibe!
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I came to Aerosmith in the 90s with Crazy and the like, and all the Alicia Silverstone videos (!), then listened to their back catalogue. I cannot believe they were from 20yrs earlier. So consistently good. Love them!
Moving Pictures is simply amazing and more then just an awesome piece of work.
"Rocks" is their Magnum Opus. And "Nobody's Fault" the best song they ever wrote.
Sick as a dog is thee best song imho. 🐕
Was in 9th grade? and working in a record store when this cam out.
We blew out the store speakers playing it repeatedly.
As we did with Bostons first album....and 2112.
People will never get what it is like to have music like this come out on a monthly basis. A truly golden age.
I bought a Les Paul because of this album.
Never learned to play it very well...wish i still had it...but I bought it.
Everybody has a soundtrack to their lives. This was the best one to have. Still is.
My first album. Aerosmith is one the greatest band from the '70s.
Saw Aerosmith July 1999 at the Toxic Twins Tour, Wembley Stadium. Again 2007, Hyde Park Calling, also lucky enough to see Chris Cornell (RIP) there too, bloody loved it!
Rick, do an episode on Boston’s debut album. Every song is amazing.
I couldn’t agree more! It’s amazing, and one of my favorites to this day.
Oh man! Yes! Do it Rick!
Hitch a Ride. One of the most amazing guitar solos of all time.
Very perfect choice
@@beachhunting69 I know it's a different album, but "The Man I'll Never Be" has THE killer solo.✌️
ROCKS - the best Aerosmith album front to back
Agreed
Rocks is the best. Combination - if you know you know
ROCKS is in my top ten hard rock albums ever created! The peerless riffs and perfect production, with Tyler's awesome vocals...it is easily their heaviest, tightest album, hell, even the ballad kills!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
In my top 5 albums of all time.
@@custom55 you have exceptional taste, if my current neighbor ever leaves, I would like you to move in and LEAVE YOUR WINDOWS OPEN AT ALL TIMES🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘🤘!
Just curious, what are your top five albums? Peace.
I may have mentioned this before but I saw Aerosmith at the end of a bicycle race on Boston Commons in 1973. I had to hear them play "Dream On" which I had fallen in love with from the moment I heard it. They were standing on a flatbed trailer in an amazingly primitive performance environment. I was 20 feet away from them. Needless to say, I was blown away. At that point I didn't even know that Steven Tyler had written it. Still my all-time favorite rock and roll song. All hail Aerosmith!
One of the best album ever. A milestone.
I literally just bought this album on vinyl. I wanted to hear all the other songs that got shadowed by the hit songs.... Blown away. Can't wait to listen to it again.
Glad to hear that. Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion are good...but no where near the best songs on the album.
@@beachhunting69 I've learned that pretty quickly. I grew up on classic rock radio that only played those 2 from the album. There is some straight up jams on this album.
@@Relaxiknowarchie The first 4 albums are great.
Be sure to not sleep on the rest of their stuff. Their first 5 albums are all masterpieces and I'd argue that the rest of their stuff is pretty damn good too
I remember the summer of 1975 I bought Toys In The Attic album. I played it so much I had to replace it by the fall. Amazing album.
I shouldn’t be surprised by the amount of time spent analyzing “You See Me Crying” it is an amazing song. Brad Whitfield plays that heavy solo, Tyler’s heartfelt lyrics and so much more. Do I hear a clarinet closing it out? Without question this is Aerosmith's greatest album.
Whitford but yuppers
You See Me Crying is my favorite Aerosmith song of all time. The part of the lyrics when he says “you’ say you’ll stick around…” wow. The strings the lyrics omg. Sooo goood
Actually, it’s “please say you’ll stick around” which is even better.
joe perry was very unique in his guitar solos just amazing honestly.
Don't forget Brad Whitford... he is responsible for many more solos than you think🤔🤔🤔🤔
The songs from Toys are all super groove oriented. All the instruments are heavily conveying rhythm. Makes your head bop...
Always loved “One Way Street” off of I think their first album.
One of their best songs. Good taste.
Fantastic debut album, has a high school garage band live feel to it, it’s raw to the bone and I love every note.
Great track. Of all the great rock n roll bands, I think Aerosmith changed and improved their songwriting and recorded band sound the most between their first record to in this case, their 3rd record. It’s like they were a different band on Toys compared to Dream On.. except of course, Stevens voice was instantly identifiable on the first record but the rest of the band improved and polished up real fast.. what two years after their first record, they recorded this album with Jack Douglas and everything was so much better on production, mastering, arrangements, songwriting, guitar sound, etc.. Toys is just an amazing record. On ‘Dream On’
Their talent and feel for the blues and swing and jazz and RnB and the like was clearly there but that record just didn’t capture their intention the way Toys and Rocks did. Top notch bar band in the studio made Dream On. Top notch hard rock band killin it and loaded during the Toys and Rocks sessions. Would if loved to have been a fly on the wall during those sessions. Sooo much creativity and ambition and intention and skill sets, offset by dope and drama and the entire human experience on display.
They performed it live in Japan on December 31 1999.
It's incredible,the entire band is perfect.
Steven Tyler shows why he is the greatest frontman of all time.
The bass guitar playing and recording on this and the previous and next album is just fantastic.
I think sweet emotion is one of those songs that's very nostalgic for MANY many people. It just takes you back to that day or that unforgettable summer, or senior year (even if you were one waaaay after it came out, Dazed and Confused helped put it back into the high school experience), the list goes on and on.
I as someone who's about to turn 19 can confirm this. I always heard it on FM radio growing up, and now that I'm older and discovered music on my own, and really took a deep dive into Aerosmith... the song still doesn't get old, brings me back to being a kid, playing sports and just enjoying childhood.
Aerosmith, such a legendary band, underrated in so many ways yet so widely known. Rocks, Toys, Pump, Get A Grip, iconic songs and ballads over three decades. I love it all
Steely Dan - Aja. You can’t find a dog on the album.
AJA & ROYAL SCAM ARE BOTH PERFECT ALBUM MASTERPIECES & I SAW THEM 4X- STEELY DAN WAS UNREAL LIVE, ABSOLUTELY 👌👍 FLAWLESS ☯️
@@marcsalzman8082 - Also "Can't Buy a Thrill." (But actually, every album...)
Seconded.
The Royal Scam - also gold top to bottom
My only criticism of Aja is that every single song fades out. Great songs, just couldn't come up with any endings 🤣
Best part is when Steven stretches it out when he emphasizes “found my horse and carriage”
Those Rock Band and Guitar Hero games gave Aerosmith, AC/DC and a few other fading classic rock acts a huge shot in arm a few years back.
You're kidding right? Those games only got as big as they did BECAUSE of those bands. And when they ran out of big bands to feature, they petered out. Those bands were doing just fine before those games came along. I'm sure there was bump in album sales for each of them but they were far from "fading"
RUN DMC's remake of Walk This Way (and the video) revived Aerosmith's career.
Aerosmith's first four albums, as incredible as they are, never got tons of airplay. If you liked them, you had to develop that on your own. It wasn't rammed down your throat by radio stations playing it over and over again.
I agree! I played Aerosmith’s first 4 albums a lot on the high school station from 1978-82 trying to spread the gospel so to speak. I still think these records have held up astoundingly well
Adams Apple is one of the most unique riffs ever in rock and roll. This album has been a go to album since it blew me away as a kid!!! And Rick my friend you are the best, but No More No More is in an open tuning. You are killing your working too hard playing it in standard!! Lol And Uncle Salty Rocks man!! There is not a weak song on thin gem of an album.
As a guitarist who has just recently learned to play Adam's Apple, I couldn't agree with you more, one of a kind riff. No idea how they came up with it
YES-Close to the Edge. Masterpiece.
Totally agree
@@Cheddar_Wizard YES it is!
@@mikejordan5889 Me TOO 💯 % Saw them 2X amazing both
there is music on that album that takes me to heaven
Close To The Edge is definitely a masterpiece! One of the very best albums ever.
No more no more is my favourite aerosmith tune, its so timeless
This album was a 'snapshot' moment for me...I remember where I was and the circumstances of the first time I played this album. And yes, it was vinyl for me! 'Get Your Wings' this LP and 'Rocks' is a perfect trifecta from Aerosmith. I will argue they had a perfect second run with 'Permanent Vacation' 'Pump' and 'Get a Grip'. Pump was a great return to form.
Nothing can touch the 70's albums, as you said...but few bands have had such a huge return to massive success. Aerosmith had such a GROOVE...massive influence on me as a guitar and bass player!
Also, killer cover art! The biggest reason I miss vinyl!
You speak the truth 👏🏼😁🎶🎤💖❤️
tony12fingers Stephen was really into sly I,e,lord of the thighs groove play it loud
No More No More will always be one of my fav Aerosmith songs, love the outro solo!
The outro guitars of No more,No more have given me chills since the 70’s. Pure joy for a young rock fan.
My favorite album of all time. Uncle Salty is an underrated gem!
Who’s Next has always struck me and one of the most complete albums ever
The extended re-release made it even more perfect. Naked Eye, Water and a couple other songs I can't remember at the moment.
Aerosmith's "Get Your Wings" was the 1, not "Toys...". WHO'S NEXT ORIGINAL RELEASE HITS ON ALL CYLINDERS, START TO FINISH ; QUADROPHENIA TOO.
LIVE AT LEEDS, REALLY CLOSE. I SAW Aerosmith 2X live in the '70's- blechh
The Who unfortunately only 2X, after Moonie, but before Entwistle died - The Who always (or close to it)played live like they had something to prove !!
@@kewrock Agreed. I have both the single-disc extended edition, and the two-disc deluxe edition with all the live Young Vic stuff. Both are fantastic.
Rick's gotta do a video on Who's Next. Preferably several videos!
Absolutely! 😉👍
Pink Floyd - Animals - is on that vinyl collection list.
Animals is exceptional. I remember when it first came out and I first spun the vinyl. Immediately gripping.
@@TraneFrancks Animals has stepped up in the rankings for many over the years. However, I am with you, it grabbed me first spin on the turntable. It was beautiful in the way a cloudy dark cool afternoon is.
Walk this way is a song I've heard a zillion times, played in a band hundreds of times, and yet still, every time I hear it, it makes me move - foot tapping, head nodding, shoulders pumping - something.
Funny nobody mentioned "Night in the Ruts"! My personal cover to cover favorite. I always considered Joe to be playing my favorite riffs and have come to find out Brad played all the ear catching mind blowing riffs an solos. My opinion Brad is the most underrated guitarist ever.
Right in the Nuts!
One of my favorite too!
Yes…excellent. Three Mile Smile/Reefer Headed Woman (the live version from Classics Live really rocks) is up there as an all time favorite.
Yeah,until I saw them play live for the first time in 1986 I had always assumed Joe played all the coolest licks but was really surprised to see it was actually Brad playing most of them....Joe gets all the credit ahead of Brad because he`s so handsome and cool.
@@mjh5437 Same here
I always thought it was Joe because he had the look and the moves but Brad is a monster player!
@@davedecker1725 Nice to know its not just me who thinks so.
This truly is the perfect album. My hs music teacher took this album apart when I was a junior. This is one of my desert island albums.
Me too. I literally have this record on my 5 desert island records list👍
"Toys in the Attic" is an exceptional album. However, for me, nothing touches "Rocks". I used to get kicked out my Junior High library back in 1976 for playing both albums too loud even with headphones on.
Can't go wrong with either one. So...just own both and you have your cake and the ability to eat it as well!
Agreed . Sick As A Dog is one of my favorites by Aerosmith
Agreed. I just stated the same before seeing your comment.
Sick as a Dog into Nobody’s Fault is as good as it gets.
Agreed. Rocks is their masterpiece.
Toys all day over Rocks
This was my second rock album after Cheap Tricks (In Color) year~1978-9 Completely mesmerized by Aerosmith right out of the gate!! I have several #1's as do all Aero fans.... Toys, Rocks, and the most overlooked album they ever did... Night In the Ruts. Truly at an all time low for the bands spiral into addiction and dysfunction, which to me makes that album the most heartfelt, honest emotional piece they have ever done. First look at Rick, excellent review my friend.
I’m getting on a bit now (64 today) and loved nothing more in life than my music since just a small boy. I think you’re correct in stating that there are a few absolute ‘must haves’ in any vinyl collection. I suppose it’s depending upon personal taste, for example a person who’s into Irish folk music will perhaps not appreciate AC/CD.
However, for a basic rock start up there are so many definite must haves, for a bit of fun, here’s merely a few rocking must have’s from my old album collection:-
Zeppelin (vol 1/2/4)
Sticky Fingers/Let it Bleed/Exile on Main St. - Stones
Silver Dollar Forger - Nazareth
Vol 4 - Sabbath
One Of These Nights - Eagles
Any Doors album
Fire and Water - Free
Abraxas - Santana
Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Spiders from Mars/Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
Cars - Cars
@@maplesyrup4881 good point well made Mable thank you. I went straight into a rock genre eh? A nice set of options for each mood perhaps might be appropriate as you rightly say. All the best, Dave
Every once in a while I will play this album. And, every time I'm so surprised on how good this album really is. Just a great classic rock album, period!
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Throwing Copper, Ten, Superunkown, Purple, Hi-Infidelity, Metallica Black, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The Way It Is, Joshua Tree, Into The Great Wide Open, Moving Pictures...just a few almost perfect rock albums. Keep up the good work!
Very good selection✌️
Outstanding list.
Toys and Rocks have to be the best Aerosmith albums. The albums that brought them back to popularity were too 'poppy' for me, it wasn't their real sound anymore.
“Nobody’s Fault” is the unsung masterpiece of that era of Aerosmith.
Their 1st 4 albums do not have a single bad song. I played the snot out of all of them in high school and college.
@@sthubbins4038 Oh yeah always loved that song. It was such a hard driving song.
@@babyjessicascheekbones5463 Big time, Draw The Line had its moments but you could see the start of the decline. They were drawing too many lines in the old convent they were recording in.
They are great albums. But if I had to choose one of the two. Rocks by far is the better album. Just my opinion.....
Joe Perry 🌹 joined my band on stage in Phoenix, late 1983, while he was visiting our first record producer, Alice Cooper. 🌟
He’s of course a consummate gentleman and musician.
Shortly after, he re-joined Aerosmith and soon the release of the excellent
Done With Mirrors ❤️
Done with Mirrors is SUCH a lost classic
Got into Aerosmith quite late, but Toys is in my top 5 albums ever.
Glad “You see me crying” gets mentioned as it’s a brilliant end to a brilliant album.
Great job and passion as always 😀
Aerosmith totally gave me my love for rock music. Got to them at about 13 years old because of get a grip but their greatest hits cd took me to the great stuff from the 70s.
I contend Aerosmith has no bad records. Yes, even their pop stuff was awesome. Rocks is my favorite album of all time!
Totally agree! I'd put Pump and Toys as my favorites, with Rocks, Get A Grip and Permanent Vacation behind them
My fave Aerosmith album. I was a fan by "Get Your Wings" and had seen them play in a tiny half filled club. Then "Toys.." came out and they blew up so huge. This album is stacked with great songs, start to finish. "Rocks" was also great as the follow up, and was heavier, but "Toys" will always have that special place for me. I latched onto the same songs as Rick at the time. I wore out my vinyl AND my 8 track tape in my car!! Haha
“Toys” on 5.1 Super Audio CD is a fun listen. The separation of sounds on the intro to “Sweet Emotion” in surround sound is phenomenal.
And yet, I was actually a moderate fan of “Pump” which came 15 years later and I still marvel at the production (MTV video included) of a track like “Janie’s Got A Gun”. Just an awesome, haunting song in my opinion.
I have Toys in the attic SACD.
Mastered by Doug Sax.
I cherish that disk.
Pretty sure that record cameout originally in quadraphonic.
It translates to 5.1 nicely.
Wish sacd took off.
Picked original issue vinyl from 1975 and Sweet Emotion sounds glorious on my setup. Much warmer, rounder and deeper bottom end - better than digital (IMO).
Pump is STELLAR! Front to back! NICE!
I wish I could find 5.1 Toys for less than $200……
Watching you describe your appreciation for this album and specific songs warms my heart man… For a few minutes I felt like I was back in my best bud’s basement cranking Toys and grooving… great review my friend. ✌️
My friend of more than 40 years recently passed away, and I inherited his CD and album collection. I just started bringing some of them home. I thought I'd play one, so I opened the first box, and started looking through. For some reason, this is the one I saw. It's playing right now, and I'd forgotten how many good songs are on it. RIP Mark. 1960-2021
Spot on, Rick, " No more no more" is my favorite tune on this album, rock on!
Seriously underated. Controversial opinion "You see me crying" is aerosmiths best ballad by far
True! Seasons of Wither doesn't get enough attention either
What It Takes is probably my favorite ballad from them.
I agree
You See Me Crying and Home Tonight are equally amazing IMO.
@@mfb98 I think Seasons takes it
Thsnks for this great video! Growing up in the 90s, Nine Lives was my introduction to and my favourite Aerosmith album.Speaks to the band's longevity and relevance.
People will talk trash about 9 lives but the truth is its pretty solid!
Finally someone who agrees with me! Nine Lives is their best album in my opinion. They are my favorite band and I probably know every word of every song they ever made. Saw them 30+ times in concert. I love their entire catalog but Nine Lives has everything you can ask for and them some.
Love the idea of breaking down multiple tracks on great albums. Showing an artist(s) composition pallet along with some of the recording nuance would be great. So good!
“Round and Round” is the only song I can think of where, listening on headphones, the outro vocal refrain literally sounds like it’s spinning around my head -not just back and forth across the stereo field but AROUND. I believe it’s the result of clever use of panning, faders, and EQ. Check it out, it’s mind-blowing. (Again, headphones are a must to appreciate the effect.)
Those guys did some crazy stuff on the studio that is often overlooked. (The faux live audience on the back half of “Train” from “Get Your Wings” is another example of novel studio trickery.)
I always thought Round and Round was so fricking dark and heavy, almost scary