Toys In The Attic
by Aerosmith

From Caesar01 12/09/2019 00:02 | #245454 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I really don't understand people saying this album only has Walk this Way or Sweet Emotion, and lacks consistency. IMO this is a very consistent album, with only Round and Round and Big Ten Inch not grabbing me in some way (although 10" is pretty amusing). While all the songs are hard rock (cept You See Me Cryin), none of them sound like duplicates, each song having a distinctive feel. The title track is almost proto-thrash in its tempo, and also highlights one of the two main things that I think makes Aerosmith special: the guitar interplay between Whitford and Perry. Adam's Apple (among other tracks) highlights the other thing: Steven Tyler. While his style is certainly a matter of taste (no one would call him the most talented vocalist around), I find his shouts and yowls and general high energy level to be very entertaining to listen to.
While the lyrics on this album are certainly not 'deep,' I think it would be a mistake to call them bad. Adam's Apple may just be about sex, but I think the metaphors and whatnot are entertaining.
Honestly, I think my overall point here is that this is a very entertaining album if you like hard rock. It may not be groundbreaking or particularly deep, but it has some very strong songs played by one of the most distinct rock groups ever. Sometimes, that's all you want to listen to.

This album is very impressive when you look back at it. I think its influence in music history is undeniable. Correct me if I'm wrong, but who else was doing rap in 1975? Because to me, "Walk This Way" is a rap song, before rap even existed. And of course, there's "Sweet Emotions", a perfect song with an amazing production that was years ahead of its time. And then, there's "Uncle Salty", a song that Shania Twain ripped off partially in "Man I Feel Like A Woman" 22 years later. "Big Ten Inch Record" is like Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", except 5 years before. Not to mention Bon Jovi and Guns And Roses, two bands that have been influenced by this album in one way or another, it's pretty obvious.

I could talk about any of the songs from this album, they all have something special (except maybe "Round And Round") that makes them stand out. This is a really creative album musically and production-wise. Lyrically however, there's nothing interesting unless you want to talk about sex a lot. But musically, wow, this is an amazing album!

A few elite level songs have made this album become quite overrated but there is still a lot of fun to be had on this record. I do think it is inferior to Rocks by quite a bit and that is mainly due to the inconsistency on this release with all the weaker tracks being skippable and there only being probably 4 tracks even worth listening to. It doesn't feel as focused as Rocks either and like they were just going for a hit on here and not worried about making a cohesive record. Despite this, the vocal is still fantastic and there are glimpses of some great instrumentation that will be refined and improved on later releases. Overall, this is an album that is simple and fun and if you don't take it too seriously you will enjoy it a lot. (Edited)

This is a pretty badass album. You can definitely see how influential this album was on hard rock and heavy metal in the 80s and even the 90s grunge, alt-rock and alt-metal genres. The title track is straight up hard rock with a healthy dose of metal. "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" are classics, with the latter borderlining on metal. "You See Me Crying" is a solid power ballad. "Big Ten Inch Record" is hilarious and I like the throwback R&B sound it replicates. "Round and Round" is a kickass song. "Adam's Apple" and "Uncle Salty" are good, but in my opinion they are the weakest tracks.

Classic. Great album. Very influential and very top-notch. The original "Walk This Way" still remains my favourite with it's hicky bluesy rap-style delivery and tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Pretty varied for a hard rock album. Aerosmith do a good job at being the raunchier version of Led Zeppelin.