Nine Lives
by Aerosmith

Nine Lives by Aerosmith
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-03-18
Overall rank: 7,102nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 150 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (120th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,127th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,102nd)

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Aerosmith bestography

Nine Lives is ranked 8th best out of 35 albums by Aerosmith on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Aerosmith is Toys In The Attic which is ranked number 832 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,085.

Aerosmith album bestography « Higher ranked (3,755th)
Permanent Vacation
This album (7,102nd)
Nine Lives
Lower ranked (10,790th) »
Done With Mirrors

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Nine Lives rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,102nd | 1990s rank: 1,127th | 1997 rank: 120th  Overall chart history
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Nine Lives ratings

Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 150 votes)
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05/28/2026 16:33 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,46970/100
 
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12/11/2025 11:09 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,71077/100

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80/100
From 01/28/2021 14:18 | #265205
Um dos meus favoritos.. Recheado de saudosismo!
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65/100
end of the road for me as far as Aerosmith go
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95/100
Great album. Best 10 songs average is 92,8/100 and the album can get great 95/100. It's the third-best Aerosmith album for me. Best an full-scoring song is "Hole in my soul". Closely followed by "Falling in love" and "Full circle" both 95/100 and next "Nine lives", "Taste of india", "Pink" and "Fallen angels" all 90/100.
Genre: Hard Rock
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85/100
It is a very good album. Pretty underrated in comparison other 90s albums from Aerosmith.
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65/100
From 06/03/2012 18:52 | #43694
kind of ashamed for buying this back in 97 for only 'Farm' that I had a connection with.
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75/100
A real step back for Aerosmith. Albums like this make people forget their great work before. The hits (India, Pink, Falling in Love) are the worst tracks on the album. The non-singles are actually OK, but with Nine Lives, Aerosmith had become bloated again - not on drugs, on MTV shit and their own egos.
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75/100
gotta love the sweet taste of india
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