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Aerosmith Toys in the Attic Review by Gary Hill You know, this album is really a classic, but it seems to me that there are probably a lot of music fans out there who haven’t heard it these days. So, it seems a good thing to have a look at. To me this is a strong album, but not as strong as Get Your Wings. Sure, we get a couple of the biggest rock classics the band ever did, but we also get “Big Ten Inch Record” which seems to me the only thing close to a clunker – well, you might also include the overproduced closing piece. The truth is GYW is more consistent. Still, this is a classic album for good reason and one well worth having. This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2009 Volume 5 at lulu.com/strangesound.

Track by Track Review

Toys In The Attic The title track opens the album and it starts with a driving riff that’s classic Aerosmith. The tune really rocks very well.The chorus hook is very infectious.

Uncle Salty A bit mellower and slower number, this reminds me a lot of something from Get Your Wings. I really like the vocal arrangement a lot.

Adam's Apple Feeling sort of like something between the last two tracks, the addition of a horn section changes things up a bit.

Walk This Way If you’ve never heard this song, I’m not sure what planet you are on. It’s got a killer riff, some great guitar and vocal pyrotechnics and deserves to be a classic.

Big Ten Inch Record Loaded with horns, this is a bouncy little number that’s got a big band meets the old school blues feeling to it. It’s a cover of an old rocker.

Sweet Emotion Here’s another of those songs you pretty much have to have heard. It’s also another with a smoking hard rock groove. The riff on this is purely classic and everybody is on top of their game.

No More No More More of a straight ahead rocker, this is another that could have come off of Get Your Wings.

Round And Round In many ways this is perhaps a bit more raw and straight blues oriented. At points I’m reminded of Montrose at other places of Led Zeppelin. It’s a real killer piece of music.

You See Me Crying Piano leads things off here and this has a string arrangement. I’d have to say that that arrangement on it is a bit over the top and it sounds like Queen at times. I’d have closed with something stronger had I been putting the track listing together. That said, Joe Perry delivers a very tasty scorching guitar solo.

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