Aerosmith:

Aerosmith: (1973)

So before they started looking like eccentric old women in costume jewelry, especially Steven Tyler, they made some decent Rock'n'Roll albums. What can be said, getting clean, and being on the Idle American show have taken their toll. Anyway, where would classic rock radio be with out the first three Aerosmith albums. I'll keep this short, you already know what you think of these records. The key track for me on this album is One Way Street, kinda bluesy, kinda Thin Lizzy like with a great groove. 

Get Your Wings: (1974)

My favorite of the first three if for no other reason than the maniacal cover of Train Kept A Rollin', which kills. It's also with this album that Aerosmith really released the raunch that would define much of their persona, see Lord of Your Thighs.  Well, I shouldn't say that, it was there on the first record, but on this one they own it in the best possible way. First time I heard Same Old Song And Dance, well the guitar riff...you know the one, I wanted to play that riff. What kid with a guitar fetish wouldn't? 

Toys In The Attic: (1975)

The album that released two monsters that time hasn't been able to kill, Walk This Way, and Sweet Emotion. Does more need to be said? I really love that because of how the industry was set up in the 60's and 70's bands had to have a new album/single out every six months to a year. You can really get a sense of how the band was growing, and it makes you feel like your growing with them which cements the relationship that much more. These days with bands taking years between albums so they can promote them that much bigger, we also have time to forget, and drift apart. Maybe that contributed to the decline of record industry. But I digress... This is the album where we see the fully developed Aerosmith. An Aerosmith that defined rock music and excess in mid-70's and beyond. Listen again to the end of Uncle Salty and you can't help but hear the influence bands like Blind Melon, and Sound Garden took.