Aerosmith - Live Bootleg

Like most all live albums it's pretty much a greatest hits deal with a couple oddities tossed in. The good thing about this album is it came out in 1978 so it's not bogged down with a bunch of crap. Aerosmith probably has six or seven greatest hits albums at this point and I would rather listen to this than any of those. This sounds more "live" than most live albums from this era...you know Kiss Alive 2 or Double Live Gonzo. There's some feedback here and there and a couple grand finale type things. I'd stick to the proper albums, but if your in a greatest hits mood this should satisfy that urge.Good not great. The strength is this was Aerosmith at the top of their game. Mostly recorded 77/78. The weakness is that this is them at their most wasted so the live shows maybe were not always the best...It's a real good bunch of songs. It's not overproduced and super cleaned up with a bunch of overdubbs, which is pretty cool, but probably the reason I don't pull this one out too often. Best in small doses.

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings

I haven't listened to this album in years and years, so I'm pretty surprised by how strong it actually is. Blusey 70's hard rock. Good Stuff. People say Steven Tyler is singing in a lower voice on this one. Whatever, oh wait a mintute that was the first album. This is the second one. I like the way this sounds production wise. This has got to be one of Aerosmiths' top three or four albums.

-Produced by Jack Douglas.

Aerosmith - Rock In A Hard Place

Almost non descript. Sounds like Aerosmith, but not as bad as they would go on to become.

-I put this on while working on the house. Still sounds like Aerosmith, If I wasn't doing other things I probably would have turned it off. At least half of this sounds like generic Aerosmith filler. It like these should all be bonus tracks on the re-release of the album that came before or after that...whatever those were.

Aerosmith - Rocks

The best Aerosmith album and one of the best rock albums of the 70's.

Fun Facts: Looks like they sold about three and a half million more copies of this since I got it.

Aerosmith - Draw The Line

Good rockin' album. On side two they start to lose the aggresivness and harder rockin that side one has. Still a solid rockin' album. Things are probably starting to drop off right here for Aerosmith. Not as good as ones that came before it, but still solid. Kings And Queens is probably my favorite Aerosmith song and it comes from this album.

Fun Facts: Joe Perry calls this the "Blackout Album" because he and Steven Tyler were so wasted during the time they recorded this that they would frequently blackout.

Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts

When Night In The Ruts came out I didn't care for it so much. It wasn't as good as the ones that came before it. I'm listening to it right now and surprisingly I'm diggin' it. Doesn't sound much different than Rocks, or Draw The Line. It doesn't rock as hard as those though. Classic Aerosmith. I'm pretty sure it's all downhill for Aerosmith after this.