rated Aerosmith singles you have loved 1973-1976

i used to hear a few more of these a lot when I listened to the radio; I remember "Back in the Saddle", "Last Child", "Mama Kin" (my #2), and "Train Kept a Rollin" getting played a lot even five years ago, though things may have changed since then...

I barely heard "Toys" back then, though, and this is probably the reason I still yelp when I hear it today; it hasn't lost its exoticism.

Inspired by this thread, I sang "Last Child" at karaoke tonight. This was a very bad idea but I don't blame Aerosmith.

draw the line wasn't a single? its on the greatest hits and it would've gotten my vote...

oh, right, 1977. sweet emotion then (but the full album version, not the edit on greatest hits)

"Draw the line" was a promotional freebie. backed with "bright light fright".

I'd have voted it.

They did a fair few "in the" songs as singles then? Toys, Rats and Back in the saddle, attic and cellar, variously...

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what a great band

voted back in the saddle

these results are pretty otm, although "Mama Kin" and "Train" and "S.O.S." probably deserved better

Don't get the love for Saddle tbh

it fucking smokes iirc

ahh not as much as Mama Kin

Mama Kin 0

missed this poll, but this is so much smdh

You guys have inspired me to finally buy the next dollar copy of Rocks I stumble across. I'm excited!

Enjoy it.

Listening to it for the first time - and it's pretty solidly rocking. Definitely get the idea of why people would hate the later stuff as shiny sellout garbage, even if I did grow up with it and can't really separate it out of my mental image of the band. But this is nice, very nice.

holy shit, "Nobody's Fault." How did I sleep on these guys so long?!

too much nine lives on the huddle house jukebox i'd guess. aerosmith is like rod stewart where the early, 'good' stuff is so ridiculously great that i can understand why some ppl despise the later sellout stuff so much.

yup.

Sick as a dog
you'll be sorry
Sick as a dog
'cause you're really ain't that young

haha, balls, i owned Nine Lives in high school! Doesn't hold up so well though some of those cuts will pop into my head every now and then. I like "Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)" well enough, and the other uptempo songs ("Something's Gotta Give," "Crash") are about as good a 'hard rock' as I could expect from anybody at that age (and after that many drugs). I even have almost-fond feelings about "Pink," though "Taste of India" is kind of embarrassing.

"s.o.s." robbed

I keep wondering why it is that prime era Aerosmith (1973-1976) didn't really make as big of a splash in the UK as it should have done. Here, you could almost be fooled into thinking that Aerosmith were some '80s thing that came into being alongside Bon Jovi.

Gems is a damn fine way to start

Not sure which ASmith thread to bring this up but might as well be here. Been thinking a lot about Perry’s style - in particular his tendency toward chromatic runs. In particular : three mile smile - lick and a promise - sweet emotion verse - even fucking walk this way. It’s pretty characteristic to my ears at least. Less sure about his solo prowess but as a rhythm player, dude ranked an A.

^ otm

I'm surprised "Toys" didn't get more love here. To me that track is the place where Aerosmith takes it to the next level, and truly becomes something to contend with unto themselves, beyond the sum of their influences. It's a blistering declaration of intent, and to me it feels like they were able to keep riding its wave of propulsive energy right through Side B of Draw the Line, even if in ever more dissolute and despondent, after-after hours fashion. If you binge listen to the albums in chronological order, I think you'll see what I mean.