Aerosmith - Rocks

I find the lack of hyperbole in this thread curious.

Somehow I missed this.

I was an indie snob and looked down my nose at Aerosmith. Then I heard this record and it was pretty much the only thing I played for a straight year.

Thread inspired me to pull this back out. I still narrowly prefer TitA but this one is a close second. Can't fathom how anyone could have voted for "Get The Lead Out," though, which to me is the very definition of a filler track, and is one of only two songs on this album I don't love ("Home Tonight" is the other). Missed the poll but I'd be pretty torn between "Last Child," "Lick & A Promise," and "Sick as a Dog" (which pretty much invents Royal Trux, no?)

I think Back In the Saddle is better than anything else, but two things here: 1) It's really an accomplishment in itself that the album can hold it after such an opener; and 2) I think Back in the Saddle must be better than practically anything else not just in this album but in any album, not just of this band but of any band.

"get the lead out" riff is amazing, so slinky

Thot that said "stinky" at first. Still kinda otm

I traded you for me

listened to this album for the first time today. gonna go with last child.

Your opinion may change over time...Last Child certainly catchy on first listen.

not one skip on first listen so you're probably right

i did kinda find myself wishing it was just a hair faster. but then it would just be a zztop song.

I took the time

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Rats riff is nasty as fuck

“Combination” is monumental

listening to “Last Child” I had forgotten how every note, every fill is etched permanently in my soul

Production on Combination is unparalleled

Say, didn't you fellas used to be Aerosmith?

Nobody's Fault 1

Still can’t believe this

"Rats in the Cellar" deserves more than one vote, also.

I was wondering a few days ago when there’d be a revive of this thread

listening to “Last Child” I had forgotten how every note, every fill is etched permanently in my soul

very much this

"Sick as a Dog" (which pretty much invents Royal Trux, no?)

They do have a song called “Sickazz Dog”; not sure if the title is a tribute…

Despite the RTX & R.E.M. references, to me this song just sounds like… Aerosmith, lol

Sick as a dog is not that great of a tune but it’s the kind of thing they tried really hard to create again around Permanent vacation

Having now listened to the album a few times through, I'd say "Get the Lead Out" is my favorite... kinda interesting song. (I do hear some RTX in that and "Combination," fwiw)

Overall, the band's playing isn't as tight as I was expecting; but it's also not appealingly "loose" to my ears (it doesn't really swing)... it kind of occupies a "stiff" middle ground? Idk

What

_Nobody's Fault 1_

Still can’t believe this

I'm so sorry :(

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― brimstead, Sunday, November 1, 2020 7:24 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

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I would've voted for "Back in the Saddle" but why ruin a four-way tie?

"Man has known and now he's blown it
Upside down and hell's the only sound, we did an awful job
And now we're just a little too late"

wicked wah wah solo