Good conversation. Pump is Rocks of Aero 2.0 5. Hard Place, heavy + unique. 4. Ruts, guitar work edges out DTL 3. Wings 2.Toys 1. ROCKS, 1st Aero album I bought.
Aerosmith was my very first concert. The rocks tour summer of 1976. I was all hyped up a couple months earlier because the concert day was approaching. Then the announcement came that the concert would be postponed because the album wouldn't be released for another 2 or 3 months. The longest 3 months ever.
1. Toys in the Attic love the variety of songs- hard charging Toys in the Attic segwaying into the dreamy dark and kind of mystic Uncle Salty is amazing, No More No More is my favorite Aerosmith song, the hits are great Walk This Way is like one of the origins of rap done more beautifully, musically and hard hitting than the genre is today in my opinion, and You See Me Crying is my favorite power ballad by the band. 2. Rocks 3. Get Your Wings 4. Draw the Line 5. The Debut and In the Ruts Tie I actually like a number of the later sappy hits as well but not enough to make it into the top 6.
I would go for 1. Toys in the Attic 2. Rocks 3. Get Your Wings 4. Night in the Ruts 5. Pump Saw them live in 1997 in Vienna, that was a tour for Nine Lives, still great show
After the sucess of Toys in the attic the debut albums was re-released and Dream on became a hit the second time around. I always liked the debut and it would be in mytop 4
1. Rocks (my favorite album of all time) 2. Toys in the attic (2nd favorite album of all time) 3. Get your Wings 4. Night in the Ruts 5. Aerosmith 6. Draw the Line 7. Permanent Vacation 8. Done With Mirrors 9. Pump 10. Get a Grip 11. Rock in a hard place 12. Hunk in on bobo 13. Nine Lives 14. Music from another dimension 15. Just Push Play My favorite band of all time
Been a huge Aerosmith fan since I was 7 which was only 2013 and I love all era except for Rock In A Hard Place, something about the band missing Joe And Brad just doesn’t make it the same as the other albums. My favorite albums are 1. Rocks 2. Toys In The Attic 3. Done With Mirrors 4. Get Your Wings 5. Draw The Line
Beatles essentially 1963-1970, Zeppelin essentially 69-76, Sabbath 70-77, etc. 7 years is pretty much the lifespan until a band gets 'Signals-ed'. Possibly because that's around the time the members turn 30?
@@pvdguitars2951 Maiden ultimately returned to form however. Metallica, no. Rush lost their studio mojo but were always great live. I'm not sure when Le Studio was shut down, but if it was between Moving Pictures and Signals, perhaps an archaeological dig would be warranted on the site to see if perhaps Rush's studio mojo could be found, or at least fossilized remains of it. It could perhaps be given to an up and coming new band. The world could use that beauty (I thought that you should know)...
I had never thought of it, same for 2 favorite bands: Deep Purple (1968 - 1975). I am not interested in anything that was released from the '84 reunion until today... Uriah Heep (1970 - 1977). Firefly is for me their last interesting album.
All of us experience this a bit differently, but most of us have a favorite era of the band ( typically when we got introduced to them). I automatically navigate to their earlier catalogues when they were still very hungry and creative, with minimum interference from the labels. Hence, Scorpions, Deep Purple, Heep, but even Maiden, Priest, Slayer. There are always exceptions: some bands are now as good or even better than their early days: Queensryche, Stryper and Testament to name a few. And then there those rare acts that have been a their best all the time: Overkill, Flotsam and Jetsam ...
Tip of the hat to Brad on The Hand That Feeds. Even the little licks right at the beginning. Lot of bands don't get that...then his solid middle solo. Steven brings the lyrics back in with Yup....classic! Classic Jack Douglas enters with Congos after the solo. Brilliant! Steven's vocals fade out and Brad, Tom and Joey take over. Outstanding...
1)Rocks 2)Toys In The Attic 3)Get Your Wings 4)Draw The Line 5)Night In The Ruts I had seen Aerosmith once in 75 once in 76 once in 77 then once in 78. That last being the Live Bootleg Tour. So reflects I suppose how the rank of 5 looks of studio albums. But I can go either way interchangeable with 4 and 5. Ruts came out later after 78 or along side with Live Bootleg, as one can look for exact accuracy. But I got to like Night In The Ruts once it was out and I had the album to listen to. I think I still have it on cassette as it was great stuff on it. And Rock And A Hard Place there after. The 4 shows had great opening acts. Ted Nugent 75 Ted Nugent 76 The 76 show was also with Rory Gallagher Rick Derringer and Henry Gross at the festival site. Henry I am not sure if he made it or whether I saw a piece of his act. I would see him later at another concert opening year later. Rick Derringer I had seen before in a previous time and Rory Gallagher I believe I had missed but maybe not. At last few songs of somebody cause me and friend got there late and I was urging him for us to go to this happening. So caught somebody finishing up before Ted then Aerosmith. 77 Aerosmith headlined and came with UFO and 78 with Golden Earring opening. It don't get better then once a year for 4 years straight other then other times they may have came around and didn't have the time. But went to many shows as the 70's was my most active concert going. The 80's some and post later to present some few years back. Had to be doing working time. So there ya go Guitar Hack. great channel.
1) Rocks 2) Draw the Line 3) Toys in the Attic 4) Get Your Wings 5) Rock in a Hard Place I don't listen to anything past 1979. Because I am old and cranky! LOL Get off my lawn!
Wow, your top5 matches mine with a slightly different ranking. Me too, I grew up with the seventies stuff, and was a huge fan. I was so disappointed with the route they took after 1985
1 - 1987 PERMANENT VACATION, A++, 80s metal guitars, fast, heavy, energetic, uplifting, Tyler is a cool metal screamer all the way, masterpiece of all time 2 - 1977 DRAW THE LINE, A+, sounds like a prequel to GnR's Appetite For Destruction, great guitars, cool singing 3 - 1976 ROCKS, A+, fast, energetic, catchy songs, 4 - 1975 TOYS IN THE ATTIC, A+, eclectic mix of 70s metal, stones rockers, orchestra ballad and blues, perfect song writing 5 - 1985 DONE WITH MIRRORS, A+, hard rock steak, macho guitars and Tyler bravado. zero choruses, horns, strings, producer gimmicks 6 - 1982 ROCK IN A HARD PLACE, A+, 80s metal guitars, fast and energetic, great songs through and through 7 - 1974 GET YOUR WINGS, A+, 70s hard rock guitars hard rocking and acid rock 8 - 1989 PUMP, A, hard rock, catchy pieces, unfortunately Tyler changes to soul music style and drops the metal screaming altogether 9 - 1973 AEROSMITH, A, 70s heavy blues pieces, fast and energetic, full of hip shaking rhythm and blues jive 10 - 1993 GET A GRIP, A, fast rock, fast ballads, catchy tunes, only the opening track qualifies as "heavy" though, hard rockers might be disappointed 11 - 1979 NIGHT IN THE RUTS, B, half the album is raw gritty super catchy hard rock, the other half: bloopers 12 - 2001 JUST PUSH PLAY, B, fast, slick and catchy. lyrics: too corn syrup sap, Tyler speaks directly to girls all the time, boys ostracized from lyrics 13 - 1997 NINE LIVES, B-, Falling In Love saves the album, 90s metal too unhappy and abrasive rather than adrenaline, not cool or uplifting. soul queen sound 14 - 2005 HONKIN ON BOBO, C-, a blend of blues and soul with hard rock instrumentation and Tyler singing soul queen style. zero metal screaming 15 - 2012 MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION, F, zero masculinity all kinky jive or soul ballads, zero metal screaming. not rock music.
My Top 5 Even Though I Prefer 70s Aerosmith 5 Permanant Vacation 4 Pump 3 Get Your Wings 2 Toys In the Attic 1 Rocks My reasons are as follows My Top 5 My Reasons are Simple Permanent Vacation Arguably Saved there career Pump Was Even better there rocks of the 1980s if you will Get your wings Was When Aerosmith Became Aerosmith Toys in the attic where they hit there stride Rocks where they peaksd before slowing to drugs and Infighting
1)rocks 2) get ur wings 3)toys 4)draw the line 5)ruts. Me and pete have alot of the same taste, but its funny cuz i just turned 58. Hes little younger. And those couple years make a difference. I got Rocks in 76. I saw shows he just missed . Cool shit !
I also turned 58 recently! Same taste. My first album was their debut at the age of 14. Then I got Get your wings which I loved even better. It wasn’t long before I got Toys and Rocks which contain some of my all time favorite songs (Round and round, Nobody’s fault and both closing ballads, just to name a few)
like most folks around in the early 70's aerosmith hit hard . saw them back in the day on a radio promotional show in philly at the tower in upper darby when the first album came out. man they were good i was sitting there and thinking this must be what the rolling stones are like live!. dug them up until rocks or so!
I discovered Aerosmith when they opened up for Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy Tour at the Garden 🔥5 Draw the line 4 permanent vacation 3 get your wings 2 Toys in the attic 1 Rocks 😎🇺🇸1976
Aerosmith was my first concert - "Draw the Line" in '1977 w/ Styx opening (Grand Illusion). $7.50 price. And I kept going from there!!!! "Get Your WIngs" is still a personal favorite of mine along w/ "Rocks". I would listen to GYW twice in a row, a LOT!!!!
5/ Permanent Vacation 4/Night in the Ruts 3/ Rock in a Hard Place 2/ Toys in the Attic 1/ Draw the Line Love the songs on Rocks and Get your Wings don't like their production. Done with Mirrors is a great album too. Rock on!
Aerosmith Top 5 5. Night In The Ruts. I struggled with this one - it came down to Draw The Line and this. Over the years though the songs from Night In The Ruts have grown more and more on me, making it my number 5 choice. I listened to both today to make sure my choice was firm and it was. Favorites: No Surprize, Chiquita, Three Mile Smile, Think About It. 4. Get Your Wings. I agree with everything Martin said about this, but number three is a sentimental favorite... Favorites: Same Old Song and Dance, SOS (Too Bad), Lord Of The Thighs, Seasons Of Wither 3. Aerosmith. The sentimental favorite... I agree the next one was a big improvement in a lot of ways but the songs on this for me are amazing and I can listen to it from beginning to end and there is no filler. Favorites: One Way Street, Make It, Mama Kin, Movin' Out 2. Toys In The Attic. The previous one was a strong but this is where Aerosmith truly becomes untouchable. This album almost hits number one for me, but, well you know... Favorites: Toys In The Attic, Round And Round, Uncle Salty, Adam's Apple 1. Rocks. So many people want to say Aerosmith were a hard rock band, not metal. Sorry folks, they were considered a heavy metal band back in the day and this album proves it. This is one of the heaviest albums of the seventies. Favorites: Sick As A Dog, Rats In The Cellar, Nobody's Fault, Lick And A Promise
Excellent ranking!!! For me, it was really tough to exclude the debut from my top5. But I like their heavier albums just a little bit better. Man, I listened to their debut a tons back in the seventies. And I still cherish it today. As long as there is no post 1982 in the top5, I think we can all agree that all of their first 7 studio albums deserve to be in the top 5. Although, I think that Done with Mirrors is still a solid hard rock album. After that it became horrible real fast!
5) Pump = I like every song on the album and while it has a different sound than their early material I think it has a unique sound for the time. So many 80's band sound sort of the same.. This album stands out. Still have great energy to it. 4) Get Your Wings = As a younger fan I had heard the hits but this was my first real introduction to the older side of Aerosmith. Loved it instantly and still like it I also downloaded a version of "Same Old Song And Dance" with more lyrics back in the day... I liked it more than the original. Not sure where it originated from. Does anyone know? Some specific greatest hits album maybe? 3) Aerosmith (debut) = Few if any album, by anyone, has grown as much on me as this one. At first I thought Steven Tyler sounded weird and the production wasn't much to brag about. The songs? Sort of bland. But with many listens it still grows on me. Now I like the odd Steven Tyler voice, I love every track and feel it has a very original take on the blues. I like the pacing of it all. 2) Toys in the Attic = Their biggest classic? I know many rate this as their best and I don't blame them. Just classic songs mixed with original compositions. Which other song sounds like Uncle Salty? I like american rock plenty but I feel the british guys was far ahead at the time... This gave them some real competetion! 1) Rocks = Why is it called Rocks? Because it does!
Really cool video! I follow your show sometimes love the effort you put into it. Unfortunately I couldn't catch this live cauze of time zones but yeah agree to most of your picks to the t. Love what guitar hack has to say about toys in the attic I feel the same way and it's one of my favorite rock albums of all time. One more super cool aspect about Aerosmith is I feel that they are such a good unit and band each complimenting each other so well. I feel Brad Whitford, Joey kramer and Tom hamilton are also stellar at what they do and you can really hear each member adding those little touches on toys. The attention to detail on that record is astounding like the triangle on sweet emotion for example. This band used to be at its peak in the 70s. Anyway my top 5 1. Toys in the attic 2. Rocks 3. Aerosmith 4. Get your wings 5. Pump
I think the majority of long standing fans of the band would probably pick mostly from their 70s albums. 1 Rocks 2 Toys In The Attic 3 Get Your Wings 4 Draw The Line 5 Night In The Ruts.
I don't even know how Rocks would not be THE obvious pick, one of the best rock albums of the '70's. Every single track's a winner. Just goes to show how different musical tastes can be
Been awhile since I was able to catch the live show. This was a good one. I agree Toys is my favorite, saw that tour live in 75 in Cleveland they killed it. Saw them again in 79(?) They were horrible, Mountain came back out on stage and finished their set, Leslie West killed it.
I might say Toys..., Rocks, Rock in a hard place, Night... and Done with Mirrors. I'm not so familiar with Draw a Line, Aerosmith and Get your wings. The never stuff doesn't really do that much to me. I have only seen them once. They had The Cult as opener
Great discussion and review. The 3 off you are a match made I heaven! Happy to see the consensus on the nr 1 and 2 positions. I always say that an album made from side 2 of Toys + side 2 of Rocks would have made the best hard rock record of ALL times. Aerosmith were at their best of artistic output between 1974 and 1979. Each of their for 4 classic albums contained at least 1 timeless epic track: Seasons of Withers 74 Round and round 75 Nobody’s fault 76 Kings and queens 77 Even Dream On in 73 can be added to this list. My top 5: 1. Rocks 2. Get your wings 3. Toys in the attic 4. Rock in a hard place (only post seventies album that still captures the original raw vibe) 5. Draw the line, sharing the position with Night in the ruts Done with Mirrors still gets an honorable mention. And their debut didn’t make the top 5 simply because the other ones were better. Otherwise I would surely have included it, because I still love it today. Just pure timeless rock n roll. I saw them the first time in 1993 in Brussels, even though I didn’t like any of their music
I don’t own all of Aerosmith’s albums, so a true ranking is out of the question. Having said that, I have to concur with Hack. Toys in the Attic would be in my top spot, with Rocks in very close second. Both are excellent, but there’s more history with the former, and the fact that it features “No More No More” - my favourite Aerosmith song - certainly helps. The debut ranks pretty high for me, and I prefer it over Get Your Wings. I’m not as hard on sobriety-era Aerosmith as so many others seem to be, though I suspect the whole “point-of-entry” thing is at play here; Songs from Pump and Get a Grip were the first things I ever heard from these guys, so I’ll always have a soft spot for those two particular albums. Barring the ‘sick to death, heard it a million times’ factor, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” is fine for what it is - I don’t mind it all that much. However, “What Kind of Love Are You On” - one of the other songs from the soundtrack it came from - kicks serious tail! Great episode!
Unfortunately, Aerosmith have lost their edge with their acceptance to have outside writers penning 'hits', the influence of John 'I Don't Hear A Single' Kolodner and Steven Tylers love of celebrity. 'Rocks' was their peak although 'Drae The Line' is a good album, with all that in mind, mine are 1. Rocks 2. Toys In The Attic 3. Done With Mirrors (the last true sounding Aerosmith album) 4. Rock In A Hard Place 5. Draw The Line
Joe Perry said that when they were getting back together they heard You See Me Crying on the radio & Steven Tyler said We should cover this! Perry told him Hey fuckhead that's us! LOL
Guess I'm full-blast contrarian: 1. Nine lives 2. Debut 3. Draw The Line 4. Rocks 5. Pump Adding a note on the 2 albums nobody else lists: Nine Lives: OK, Aerosmith went overboard and commercial and were never the same, sh_tty ballads etc, and OK, the singles from that (Hole In My Soul, Pink) were crap. But the Aerosmith I love is dark, complicated yet melodic, gritty, dirty, and this album has loads of that: Ain't That A Bitch, The Farm, Kiss Your Past Goodbye, Crash, etc.... Maybe the first time the use all the extra production well, I think (the film noir thing in Ain't That A Bitch...) . Take out the singles and you do have a great Aerosmith album here. The debut: maybe not their sound yet, maybe not their most consistent, but great tunes. Dream On, Make it, One Way Street, Mama Kin are Hall Of Fame.
Pump was amazing while I prefer rocks to pump Aerosmith Tried to Do Rocks again It never worked and Jack Was Done with them after 1977 despite Hard Place
Great show Hack!! Seeing Aerosmith's debut concert opening for Blue Oyster Cult and Mott the Hoople at Massey Hall Toronto October 14,1973 was fantastic. My favorite time period for the band for sounding the most Aerosmith. Nice and raw like a garage band on steriods. Debut album is my top probably because of that 1st impression they made on me in 1973. Loved the next few albums too, but the 1st is the real deal to my ears.
Live Bootleg was a huge disappointment for me. Weak performances that they had better versions if you checkout Live at Tower in Philadelphia, Aragon Ballroom in Chicago & a few other s on UA-cam from 1977-1978. Only Lord Of The Thighs & Sight For Sore Eyes were good perfomances on Live Bootleg. It also failed to have Rats In The Cellar, Nobody's Fault, Lick & A Promise, Milk Cow Blues, etc.
Good conversation.
Pump is Rocks of Aero 2.0
5. Hard Place, heavy + unique.
4. Ruts, guitar work edges out DTL
3. Wings
2.Toys
1. ROCKS, 1st Aero album I bought.
1. Rocks
2. Get Your Wings
3. Toys In The Attic
4. Aerosmith
5. Draw The Line
Aerosmith was my very first concert. The rocks tour summer of 1976. I was all hyped up a couple months earlier because the concert day was approaching. Then the announcement came that the concert would be postponed because the album wouldn't be released for another 2 or 3 months. The longest 3 months ever.
1. Rocks
2. Toys in the Attic
3. Get Your Wings
4. Draw the Line
5. Done with Mirrors
1. Rocks
2. Toys In The Attic
3. Get Your Wings
4. Pump
5. Draw The Line
5. Aerosmith
4. Night In The Ruts
3. Get Tour Wings
2. Toys In The Attic
1. Rocks
1. Rocks
2. Pump
3. Toys
4. Get Your Wings
5. Permanent Vacation
1. Toys In The Attic
2. Rocks
3. Get Your Wings
4. Draw The Line
5. Self-Titled
1. Toys in the Attic love the variety of songs- hard charging Toys in the Attic segwaying into the dreamy dark and kind of mystic Uncle Salty is amazing, No More No More is my favorite Aerosmith song, the hits are great Walk This Way is like one of the origins of rap done more beautifully, musically and hard hitting than the genre is today in my opinion, and You See Me Crying is my favorite power ballad by the band.
2. Rocks
3. Get Your Wings
4. Draw the Line
5. The Debut and In the Ruts Tie
I actually like a number of the later sappy hits as well but not enough to make it into the top 6.
Mine are
1. Rocks
2. Get Your Wings
3. Toys In The Attic
4. Night In The Ruts
5. Rock In A Hard Place
6. Draw The Line
7. Aerosmith
Rocks 1
Night in the Ruts 2
Toys in the Attic 3
Get your Wings 4
Draw the Line. 5
Rock in a Hard Place 6.
I would go for
1. Toys in the Attic
2. Rocks
3. Get Your Wings
4. Night in the Ruts
5. Pump
Saw them live in 1997 in Vienna, that was a tour for Nine Lives, still great show
After the sucess of Toys in the attic the debut albums was re-released and Dream on became a hit the second time around. I always liked the debut and it would be in mytop 4
5. Night in the Ruts
4. Aerosmith
3. Get Your Wings
2. Rocks
1. Toys in the Attic
Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. Cheers
5. Night in the ruts
4. Pump
3. Draw the line
2. Toys in the attic
1. Rocks
1. Get Your Wings
2. Toys in the Attic
3. Rocks
4. Draw the Line
5. Pump
1. Rocks (my favorite album of all time)
2. Toys in the attic (2nd favorite album of all time)
3. Get your Wings
4. Night in the Ruts
5. Aerosmith
6. Draw the Line
7. Permanent Vacation
8. Done With Mirrors
9. Pump
10. Get a Grip
11. Rock in a hard place
12. Hunk in on bobo
13. Nine Lives
14. Music from another dimension
15. Just Push Play
My favorite band of all time
Been a huge Aerosmith fan since I was 7 which was only 2013 and I love all era except for Rock In A Hard Place, something about the band missing Joe And Brad just doesn’t make it the same as the other albums. My favorite albums are
1. Rocks
2. Toys In The Attic
3. Done With Mirrors
4. Get Your Wings
5. Draw The Line
1. Toys in the Attic
2. Rocks
3. Get Your Wings
4. Draw the Line
5. Aerosmith
Right on John...
1. Rocks
2. Toys
3. Wings
4. Ruts
5. Aerosmith
hey Hack ! the first album my fav - my top 5 - 1. First album 2. Get your wings 3. rocks 4. toys 5. not sure
I think its interesting that my fav bands best years lasted 7 years. Elton john 1969 to 1976. Aerosmith 1972 to 1979. Rush 1974 to 1981
Beatles essentially 1963-1970, Zeppelin essentially 69-76, Sabbath 70-77, etc.
7 years is pretty much the lifespan until a band gets 'Signals-ed'.
Possibly because that's around the time the members turn 30?
That’s a great observation! You can even throw in Maiden, Metallica ...
@@pvdguitars2951 Maiden ultimately returned to form however.
Metallica, no.
Rush lost their studio mojo but were always great live.
I'm not sure when Le Studio was shut down, but if it was between Moving Pictures and Signals, perhaps an archaeological dig would be warranted on the site to see if perhaps Rush's studio mojo could be found, or at least fossilized remains of it.
It could perhaps be given to an up and coming new band. The world could use that beauty (I thought that you should know)...
I had never thought of it, same for 2 favorite bands:
Deep Purple (1968 - 1975). I am not interested in anything that was released from the '84 reunion until today...
Uriah Heep (1970 - 1977). Firefly is for me their last interesting album.
All of us experience this a bit differently, but most of us have a favorite era of the band ( typically when we got introduced to them). I automatically navigate to their earlier catalogues when they were still very hungry and creative, with minimum interference from the labels. Hence, Scorpions, Deep Purple, Heep, but even Maiden, Priest, Slayer.
There are always exceptions: some bands are now as good or even better than their early days: Queensryche, Stryper and Testament to name a few.
And then there those rare acts that have been a their best all the time: Overkill, Flotsam and Jetsam ...
You 3 together always make for a great show. I pray for more to come!
More is coming next month. Cheers
@@GuitarHack66 Looking forward to it!
1. Rocks 2. Toys 3. Get your wings 4. Aerosmith 5. Pump
1./2. Rocks & Toys 3. Pump 4. Draw the Line 5. Permanent Vacation
Most people agree on the mid-70's albums it always get's contrarian in the 80's. :)
Draw The Line is their best IMO. Their most consistently heavy release with some of their best lead guitar work. Excellent and underrated.
YESSS, so good to hear another huge fan of DRAW THE LINE
Tip of the hat to Brad on The Hand That Feeds. Even the little licks right at the beginning. Lot of bands don't get that...then his solid middle solo. Steven brings the lyrics back in with Yup....classic! Classic Jack Douglas enters with Congos after the solo. Brilliant! Steven's vocals fade out and Brad, Tom and Joey take over. Outstanding...
1. Aerosmith
2. Get Your Wings
3. Rocks
4. Pump
5. Done with Mirrors
1)Rocks
2)Toys In The Attic
3)Get Your Wings
4)Draw The Line
5)Night In The Ruts
I had seen Aerosmith once in 75 once in 76 once in 77 then once in 78. That last being the Live Bootleg Tour. So reflects I suppose how the rank of 5 looks of studio albums. But I can go either way interchangeable with 4 and 5. Ruts came out later after 78 or along side with Live Bootleg, as one can look for exact accuracy. But I got to like Night In The Ruts once it was out and I had the album to listen to. I think I still have it on cassette as it was great stuff on it. And Rock And A Hard Place there after.
The 4 shows had great opening acts. Ted Nugent 75 Ted Nugent 76 The 76 show was also with Rory Gallagher Rick Derringer and Henry Gross at the festival site. Henry I am not sure if he made it or whether I saw a piece of his act. I would see him later at another concert opening year later. Rick Derringer I had seen before in a previous time and Rory Gallagher I believe I had missed but maybe not. At last few songs of somebody cause me and friend got there late and I was urging him for us to go to this happening. So caught somebody finishing up before Ted then Aerosmith. 77 Aerosmith headlined and came with UFO and 78 with Golden Earring opening. It don't get better then once a year for 4 years straight other then other times they may have came around and didn't have the time. But went to many shows as the 70's was my most active concert going. The 80's some and post later to present some few years back. Had to be doing working time. So there ya go Guitar Hack. great channel.
Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. Cheers
5 permanent vacation 4 done with mirrors 3 night in the ruts2 rocks 1 ..toys in the attic
5. PUMP
4. Get Your Wings
3. Toys In The Attic
2. Rocks
1. Draw The Line (my first 'smith rekkid)
6-Permanent vacations
5-Aerosmit 1st album
4-Get your wings
3-Draw the line
2-Rocks
1-Toys in the attic
1 Rocks. 2 Get Your Wings 3 Toys 4 Aerosmith 5 Draw the Line
Aerosmith
Toys In the Attic
Draw The Line
Rocks
Rock In A Hard Place
1) Rocks
2) Draw the Line
3) Toys in the Attic
4) Get Your Wings
5) Rock in a Hard Place
I don't listen to anything past 1979. Because I am old and cranky! LOL Get off my lawn!
Lol. Me too!
Wow, your top5 matches mine with a slightly different ranking. Me too, I grew up with the seventies stuff, and was a huge fan. I was so disappointed with the route they took after 1985
1 - 1987 PERMANENT VACATION, A++, 80s metal guitars, fast, heavy, energetic, uplifting, Tyler is a cool metal screamer all the way, masterpiece of all time
2 - 1977 DRAW THE LINE, A+, sounds like a prequel to GnR's Appetite For Destruction, great guitars, cool singing
3 - 1976 ROCKS, A+, fast, energetic, catchy songs,
4 - 1975 TOYS IN THE ATTIC, A+, eclectic mix of 70s metal, stones rockers, orchestra ballad and blues, perfect song writing
5 - 1985 DONE WITH MIRRORS, A+, hard rock steak, macho guitars and Tyler bravado. zero choruses, horns, strings, producer gimmicks
6 - 1982 ROCK IN A HARD PLACE, A+, 80s metal guitars, fast and energetic, great songs through and through
7 - 1974 GET YOUR WINGS, A+, 70s hard rock guitars hard rocking and acid rock
8 - 1989 PUMP, A, hard rock, catchy pieces, unfortunately Tyler changes to soul music style and drops the metal screaming altogether
9 - 1973 AEROSMITH, A, 70s heavy blues pieces, fast and energetic, full of hip shaking rhythm and blues jive
10 - 1993 GET A GRIP, A, fast rock, fast ballads, catchy tunes, only the opening track qualifies as "heavy" though, hard rockers might be disappointed
11 - 1979 NIGHT IN THE RUTS, B, half the album is raw gritty super catchy hard rock, the other half: bloopers
12 - 2001 JUST PUSH PLAY, B, fast, slick and catchy. lyrics: too corn syrup sap, Tyler speaks directly to girls all the time, boys ostracized from lyrics
13 - 1997 NINE LIVES, B-, Falling In Love saves the album, 90s metal too unhappy and abrasive rather than adrenaline, not cool or uplifting. soul queen sound
14 - 2005 HONKIN ON BOBO, C-, a blend of blues and soul with hard rock instrumentation and Tyler singing soul queen style. zero metal screaming
15 - 2012 MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION, F, zero masculinity all kinky jive or soul ballads, zero metal screaming. not rock music.
1-permanent vacation..2-toys..3-pump..4-rocks..5-draw the line
1️⃣ROCKS 2️⃣TOYS 3️⃣WINGS 4️⃣NIGHT5️⃣DRAW
My Top 5 Even Though I Prefer 70s Aerosmith
5 Permanant Vacation
4 Pump
3 Get Your Wings
2 Toys In the Attic
1 Rocks
My reasons are as follows
My Top 5 My Reasons are Simple Permanent Vacation Arguably Saved there career
Pump Was Even better there rocks of the 1980s if you will
Get your wings Was When Aerosmith Became Aerosmith
Toys in the attic where they hit there stride
Rocks where they peaksd before slowing to drugs and Infighting
1)rocks 2) get ur wings 3)toys 4)draw the line 5)ruts. Me and pete have alot of the same taste, but its funny cuz i just turned 58. Hes little younger. And those couple years make a difference. I got Rocks in 76. I saw shows he just missed . Cool shit !
I also turned 58 recently! Same taste. My first album was their debut at the age of 14. Then I got Get your wings which I loved even better. It wasn’t long before I got Toys and Rocks which contain some of my all time favorite songs (Round and round, Nobody’s fault and both closing ballads, just to name a few)
My top 5 Aerosmith albums
1 rocks
2 night in the ruts
3 rock in a hard place
4 done with mirrors
5 toys in the attic
like most folks around in the early 70's aerosmith hit hard . saw them back in the day on a radio promotional show in philly at the tower in upper darby when the first album came out. man they were good i was sitting there and thinking this must be what the rolling stones are like live!. dug them up until rocks or so!
I discovered Aerosmith when they opened up for Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy Tour at the Garden 🔥5 Draw the line 4 permanent vacation 3 get your wings 2 Toys in the attic 1 Rocks 😎🇺🇸1976
Aerosmith was my first concert - "Draw the Line" in '1977 w/ Styx opening (Grand Illusion). $7.50 price. And I kept going from there!!!! "Get Your WIngs" is still a personal favorite of mine along w/ "Rocks". I would listen to GYW twice in a row, a LOT!!!!
1 rocks
2 toys
3.get your wings
4. aerosmith
5. draw the line
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5/ Permanent Vacation 4/Night in the Ruts 3/ Rock in a Hard Place 2/ Toys in the Attic 1/ Draw the Line
Love the songs on Rocks and Get your Wings don't like their production. Done with Mirrors is a great album too. Rock on!
Aerosmith Top 5
5. Night In The Ruts. I struggled with this one - it came down to Draw The Line and
this. Over the years though the songs from Night In The Ruts have grown more and more
on me, making it my number 5 choice. I listened to both today to make sure my choice
was firm and it was.
Favorites: No Surprize, Chiquita, Three Mile Smile, Think About It.
4. Get Your Wings. I agree with everything Martin said about this, but number three
is a sentimental favorite...
Favorites: Same Old Song and Dance, SOS (Too Bad), Lord Of The Thighs, Seasons Of Wither
3. Aerosmith. The sentimental favorite... I agree the next one was a big improvement in
a lot of ways but the songs on this for me are amazing and I can listen to it from
beginning to end and there is no filler.
Favorites: One Way Street, Make It, Mama Kin, Movin' Out
2. Toys In The Attic. The previous one was a strong but this is where Aerosmith truly
becomes untouchable. This album almost hits number one for me, but, well you know...
Favorites: Toys In The Attic, Round And Round, Uncle Salty, Adam's Apple
1. Rocks. So many people want to say Aerosmith were a hard rock band, not metal. Sorry
folks, they were considered a heavy metal band back in the day and this album proves it.
This is one of the heaviest albums of the seventies.
Favorites: Sick As A Dog, Rats In The Cellar, Nobody's Fault, Lick And A Promise
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Excellent ranking!!! For me, it was really tough to exclude the debut from my top5. But I like their heavier albums just a little bit better. Man, I listened to their debut a tons back in the seventies. And I still cherish it today. As long as there is no post 1982 in the top5, I think we can all agree that all of their first 7 studio albums deserve to be in the top 5. Although, I think that Done with Mirrors is still a solid hard rock album. After that it became horrible real fast!
5) Pump = I like every song on the album and while it has a different sound than their early material I think it has a unique sound for the time. So many 80's band sound sort of the same.. This album stands out. Still have great energy to it.
4) Get Your Wings = As a younger fan I had heard the hits but this was my first real introduction to the older side of Aerosmith. Loved it instantly and still like it I also downloaded a version of "Same Old Song And Dance" with more lyrics back in the day... I liked it more than the original. Not sure where it originated from. Does anyone know? Some specific greatest hits album maybe?
3) Aerosmith (debut) = Few if any album, by anyone, has grown as much on me as this one. At first I thought Steven Tyler sounded weird and the production wasn't much to brag about. The songs? Sort of bland. But with many listens it still grows on me. Now I like the odd Steven Tyler voice, I love every track and feel it has a very original take on the blues. I like the pacing of it all.
2) Toys in the Attic = Their biggest classic? I know many rate this as their best and I don't blame them. Just classic songs mixed with original compositions. Which other song sounds like Uncle Salty? I like american rock plenty but I feel the british guys was far ahead at the time... This gave them some real competetion!
1) Rocks = Why is it called Rocks? Because it does!
Nice to see the love for "You See Me Crying". While I really like "Home Tonight" I think You See Me Crying is the superior song!
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You know what might be a good idea for a show? Favorite songs that weren't on an actual band album. Like on a compilation, b-side, or soundtrack
1.Get Your Wings
2. Rocks
3. Toys In The Attic
4. Draw The Line
5. Night In The Ruts
1.Rocks
2.Get your wings
3. Toys
Rocks and GYW can be played entirety. Toys is just a notch below
3.
1. ROCKS
2. TOYS IN THE ATTIC
3.GET YOUR WINGS
4. GET A GRIP
5. DRAW THE LINE
Saludos!
1 Rocks
2 Draw The Line
3 Done With Mirrors
4 Get Your Wings
5 Aerosmith
I love the debut album.
ROCKS ,Get Your Wings, Toys , Aerosmith , Draw The Line!
Really cool video! I follow your show sometimes love the effort you put into it. Unfortunately I couldn't catch this live cauze of time zones but yeah agree to most of your picks to the t. Love what guitar hack has to say about toys in the attic I feel the same way and it's one of my favorite rock albums of all time. One more super cool aspect about Aerosmith is I feel that they are such a good unit and band each complimenting each other so well. I feel Brad Whitford, Joey kramer and Tom hamilton are also stellar at what they do and you can really hear each member adding those little touches on toys. The attention to detail on that record is astounding like the triangle on sweet emotion for example. This band used to be at its peak in the 70s.
Anyway my top 5
1. Toys in the attic
2. Rocks
3. Aerosmith
4. Get your wings
5. Pump
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1. Rocks
2. Toys
3. Debut
After that I like 3 or 4 about the same.
The Great Thing About Going Live,😁Awesome Show,I Watched Most,Checkin to See What I Missed,Have a Rockin Day 🤘👍✌
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Hey shit happens, Hack. The best things come to those who wait. Great show fellas!
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You See Me CRYING 😩OUCH !! Hack This is TYLER POWER !!! THIS IS PURE AEROSMITH CLASSIC .😎🇺🇸 VERY COOL SHOW CHEERS HACK
I love Draw the line. Good call Pete! Im in cleveland and saw them alot . 78 was Golden Earring and Aerosmith . Draw the line tour .great !
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I think the majority of long standing fans of the band would probably pick mostly from their 70s albums.
1 Rocks
2 Toys In The Attic
3 Get Your Wings
4 Draw The Line
5 Night In The Ruts.
I don't even know how Rocks would not be THE obvious pick, one of the best rock albums of the '70's. Every single track's a winner. Just goes to show how different musical tastes can be
I love the songs, but flat acoustic production, could have focused on a more heavy guitar sound and more down and dirty grit like on DRAW THE LINE
Been awhile since I was able to catch the live show. This was a good one. I agree Toys is my favorite, saw that tour live in 75 in Cleveland they killed it. Saw them again in 79(?) They were horrible, Mountain came back out on stage and finished their set, Leslie West killed it.
Wow. Great story.
I might say Toys..., Rocks, Rock in a hard place, Night... and Done with Mirrors. I'm not so familiar with Draw a Line, Aerosmith and Get your wings. The never stuff doesn't really do that much to me. I have only seen them once. They had The Cult as opener
Great discussion and review. The 3 off you are a match made I heaven!
Happy to see the consensus on the nr 1 and 2 positions. I always say that an album made from side 2 of Toys + side 2 of Rocks would have made the best hard rock record of ALL times.
Aerosmith were at their best of artistic output between 1974 and 1979. Each of their for 4 classic albums contained at least 1 timeless epic track:
Seasons of Withers 74
Round and round 75
Nobody’s fault 76
Kings and queens 77
Even Dream On in 73 can be added to this list.
My top 5:
1. Rocks
2. Get your wings
3. Toys in the attic
4. Rock in a hard place (only post seventies album that still captures the original raw vibe)
5. Draw the line, sharing the position with Night in the ruts
Done with Mirrors still gets an honorable mention. And their debut didn’t make the top 5 simply because the other ones were better. Otherwise I would surely have included it, because I still love it today. Just pure timeless rock n roll.
I saw them the first time in 1993 in Brussels, even though I didn’t like any of their music
After 1985. But they were fantastic on the Get a grip tour
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Nevermind the tech hiccup Hack, enjoyable show with Martin and Pete. For me: Toys, Wings, Draw, Ruts, Hard Place.
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'Permanent Vacation' is my favorite
Great Record And People Judge it because it's 80s but reality is there's at least 5 or 7 Great Songs on that
I don’t own all of Aerosmith’s albums, so a true ranking is out of the question. Having said that, I have to concur with Hack. Toys in the Attic would be in my top spot, with Rocks in very close second. Both are excellent, but there’s more history with the former, and the fact that it features “No More No More” - my favourite Aerosmith song - certainly helps. The debut ranks pretty high for me, and I prefer it over Get Your Wings.
I’m not as hard on sobriety-era Aerosmith as so many others seem to be, though I suspect the whole “point-of-entry” thing is at play here; Songs from Pump and Get a Grip were the first things I ever heard from these guys, so I’ll always have a soft spot for those two particular albums. Barring the ‘sick to death, heard it a million times’ factor, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” is fine for what it is - I don’t mind it all that much. However, “What Kind of Love Are You On” - one of the other songs from the soundtrack it came from - kicks serious tail!
Great episode!
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Unfortunately, Aerosmith have lost their edge with their acceptance to have outside writers penning 'hits', the influence of John 'I Don't Hear A Single' Kolodner and Steven Tylers love of celebrity. 'Rocks' was their peak although 'Drae The Line' is a good album, with all that in mind, mine are
1. Rocks
2. Toys In The Attic
3. Done With Mirrors (the last true sounding Aerosmith album)
4. Rock In A Hard Place
5. Draw The Line
Popoff looks very senatorial for a metal head.
I saw Motley Crue and Aerosmith on Oct. 2nd of '05. Aerosmith headlined and kicked Crue's ass.
Joe Perry said that when they were getting back together they heard You See Me Crying on the radio & Steven Tyler said We should cover this! Perry told him Hey fuckhead that's us! LOL
Guess I'm full-blast contrarian:
1. Nine lives
2. Debut
3. Draw The Line
4. Rocks
5. Pump
Adding a note on the 2 albums nobody else lists:
Nine Lives: OK, Aerosmith went overboard and commercial and were never the same, sh_tty ballads etc, and OK, the singles from that (Hole In My Soul, Pink) were crap. But the Aerosmith I love is dark, complicated yet melodic, gritty, dirty, and this album has loads of that: Ain't That A Bitch, The Farm, Kiss Your Past Goodbye, Crash, etc.... Maybe the first time the use all the extra production well, I think (the film noir thing in Ain't That A Bitch...) . Take out the singles and you do have a great Aerosmith album here.
The debut: maybe not their sound yet, maybe not their most consistent, but great tunes. Dream On, Make it, One Way Street, Mama Kin are Hall Of Fame.
Pump was amazing while I prefer rocks to pump Aerosmith Tried to Do Rocks again It never worked and Jack Was Done with them after 1977 despite Hard Place
Aerosmith............................... Rules
Seasons of wither and I'm good
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Great show Hack!! Seeing Aerosmith's debut concert opening for Blue Oyster Cult and Mott the Hoople at Massey Hall Toronto October 14,1973 was fantastic. My favorite time period for the band for sounding the most Aerosmith. Nice and raw like a garage band on steriods. Debut album is my top probably because of that 1st impression they made on me in 1973. Loved the next few albums too, but the 1st is the real deal to my ears.
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Aerosmith made the best music when they were on drugs
Done with mirrors..lol. j/k
Let the music do the talking lol.
Live Bootleg was a huge disappointment for me. Weak performances that they had better versions if you checkout Live at Tower in Philadelphia, Aragon Ballroom in Chicago & a few other s on UA-cam from 1977-1978. Only Lord Of The Thighs & Sight For Sore Eyes were good perfomances on Live Bootleg. It also failed to have Rats In The Cellar, Nobody's Fault, Lick & A Promise, Milk Cow Blues, etc.
What the hell happened here? :))