Done With Mirrors
by Aerosmith

Done With Mirrors by Aerosmith
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 10,774th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 68 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (138th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,500th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,774th)

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Aerosmith bestography

Done With Mirrors is ranked 9th best out of 35 albums by Aerosmith on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Aerosmith is Toys In The Attic which is ranked number 810 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,125.

Aerosmith album bestography « Higher ranked (7,144th)
Nine Lives
This album (10,774th)
Done With Mirrors
Lower ranked (10,948th) »
Draw The Line

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Done With Mirrors track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Done With Mirrors rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,774th | 1980s rank: 1,500th | 1985 rank: 138th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 68 votes)
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From 07/10/2016 23:51 | #171058
The start of the comeback, although there's nothing on here to compare with the quality of their next few records. Still, it is the album that set them on their way back to the big league, apart from that though, it's forgettable and ordinary.
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From 04/09/2015 09:38 | #139184
There is nothing here that stands out. Not their best
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From 06/08/2013 02:37 | #78338
This is Aerosmith's real comeback album after years of doing drugs instead of music (although most people didn't notice until Permanent Vacation). Good solid hard rock all the way through and The Hop is jolly good fun.
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70/100
From 10/26/2012 14:47 | #53468
Aerosmith's attempt at a comeback. They stripped it down, trying to find their roots, and seem more cohesive, loose, and sounding like a band again. But the songwriting just isn't there. There are no standout riffs or hooks, the lyrics are silly, and there's no standout musicianship. This is the wobbly first steps of a band trying to rebuild itself.
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