Aerosmith

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Total Tracks: 8   Total Length: 35:39

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Hey eMusic...knock off the rip-offs

riblet1958

12 credits for 8 tracks? Are you nuts?

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Its OK

TheBeast1960

I believe its OK but not worth the album download. Maybe certain songs.

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Which way did he go ma??!?

oneofsix1958

Dream On RUINED this albums debuet..... like the rest of the folks here said.....One Way Street and Movin' Out are my guitar practice staples.....

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Bloozy, Raw and semi-Funky!

DesertED

This is not their masterpiece (see Rocks) but it may be their most enjoyable! The playing is super tight and clean and the production is good. Dream on doesn't fit on this record at all.

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A Strong Debut Effort

eaa001

Aerosmith came out with guns blazing in the debut album. Anchored by the masterpiece "Dream On" and classic rocker "Mama Kin", Aerosmith puts out a strong collection of blues influenced songs. Other highlights include "Make It", "One Way Street" and "Write Me A Letter".

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Aerosmith's best.

SteverinoGA

Take "Dream On" off of this album and it is still their best collection on one album.

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Great Debut

Billenar

A lot of times a group's first album ends up being their best and I have to say that is the case for me with Aerosmith. This has great songs, great guitar crunch, great attitude. A home run the first time out.

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DEFINITIVE CLASSIC ROCK

djFLWB

One of the greatest first albums by a rock band. The entire album will become ingrained in your mind after a few listens and you'll never be able to listen to it on shuffle. This is the Toxic Twins at their best.

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Probably my favorite Aerosmith album

Pikg

The weakest song on the album is "Dream On" --- really, I believe that --- every other song is a crunchy slammin' masterpiece --- "Dream On" is just merely superb.

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In retrospect, it’s a bit shocking how fully formed the signature Aerosmith sound was on their self-titled 1973 debut — which may not be the same thing as best-executed, because this album still sounds like a first album, complete with the typical stumbles and haziness that comes with a debut. Despite all this, Aerosmith clearly showcases all the attributes of the band that would become the defining American hard rock band of the ’70s. Here, the Stones influences are readily apparent, from the Jagger-esque phrasing of Steven Tyler to the group’s high-octane boogie, but the group displays little of the Stones’ deep love of blues here. Instead, Aerosmith is bloozy — their riffs don’t swing, they slide. They borrow liberally from Led Zeppelin’s hybridization of Chess and Sun riffs without ever sounding much like Zep. They are never as British as Zeppelin — they lack the delicate folky preciousness, they lack the obsession with blues authenticity, they lack the larger-than-life persona of so many Brit bands. They are truly an American band, sounding as though they were the best bar band in your local town, cranking out nasty hard-edged rock, best heard on “Mama Kin,” the best rocker here, one that’s so greasy it nearly slips through their fingers. But the early masterpiece is, of course, “Dream On,” the first full-fledged power ballad. There was nothing quite like it in 1973, and it remains the blueprint for all power ballads since. The rest of the record contains the seeds of Aerosmith’s sleazoid blues-rock, but they wouldn’t quite perfect that sound until the next time around. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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