Aerosmith "Toys in the Attic" Columbia 1975 (remastered 1993)

I was once in a pub and I met a Guns n' Roses fan. Naturally, I asked him if he liked Aerosmith,
who are, to me, the original and far superior version of Guns. He said, 'Well, they did 'Walk
This Way', which was awesome, but aren't they just wuss music?" 
If I were of a more girly disposition, I probably would have cried. It's just horrifying that 
such a great band can have done so many ballads that they are now seen as soft rockers. 
Hopefully, the blues album set for late 2003 release will rectify this but for now, let's look
back to the days when it was about rock. I just wish I could meet that guy again and play him the
grinding "Round and Round" from this album. 
"Get Your Wings" had its moments but "Toys" is really when Aerosmith graduated to the level of
excellence which has now earned them their legendary status. The original "Walk This Way" and
"Sweet Emotion" gave the album its hit singles, but this album has everything from classic
rock n' roll boogie ("Adam's Apple", the hilarious "Big Ten Inch Record"), blasting rock
(the title track), sinister experimentation ("Uncle Salty"), and, yes, a ballad in "You
See Me Crying", but a great one. This is the album that proves Aerosmith deserve to be in that
pantheon of elite rock super-superstars -- the guys that even the other big stars look up to --
with The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and the Beach Boys. And this is the album that pretty
much put them there, too.
This is an absolute classic that can rival anything Led Zeppelin did, and, in my opinion, top 
it. Buy it now if you don't have it already, and if you do, you should probably buy it again 
so that you can have a copy in every CD player you own.

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