Rock In A Hard Place
by Aerosmith
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Aerosmith bestography
Rock In A Hard Place is ranked 17th best out of 34 albums by Aerosmith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Aerosmith is Toys In The Attic which is ranked number 774 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,235.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Rock In A Hard Place track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/06/2026 09:04 | Siromynian | 1,629 | 78/100 | |
| 12/30/2025 02:29 |  AAL2014 | 3,626 | 75/100 | |
| 09/08/2025 23:29 | Olli | 6,755 | 63/100 | |
| 05/27/2024 11:27 | TonySayers61 | 23,776 | 64/100 | |
| 09/28/2023 13:57 | fabm0 | 6,859 | 59/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 61.0/100, a mean average of 59.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 59.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.
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Joe Perry should have quit this band and made something of himself.
There are some good tracks on this album but overall it is not great
junodog4 04/06/2012 21:54 | #39605
Have you ever been at a wedding or a karaoke bar, where there's somebody who got some talent on the mike? At first, they sing away, keeping true to the tunes and amusing everyone present. Then one drink after another and their performance starts to suffer. They slur their words, switch between songs, forget the lyrics, lose their timing, and eventually their dignity as well. It end with them stumbling all over ranting about how wedding are for suckers and nobody loves them, and we all lower our eyes out of embarrassment for them. This is where Aerosmith is with this album. Luckily, they get their shit back together and restore some self-dignity. But this was a sad, sad, album. It's a testament to Aerosmith that it's actually listenable.
Sure, this was conceived during the absolute lowest point in the band's career, but it really kicks butt over most of their other albums. The one-two punch of "Jailbait/Lightning Strikes" is one of the best openings to any album ever. The way Lightning comes on you like a freight train barreling down the tracks will get anyone's adrenaline pumping!
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