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Aerosmith Album - Rocks
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Release Date:1993-11-08
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Classic Rock, Mainstream Rock
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Label:Columbia
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5099747496523
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Review :
Few albums have been so appropriately named as {$Aerosmith}'s 1976 classic {^Rocks}. Despite hard drug use escalating among bandmembers, {$Aerosmith} produced a superb follow-up to their masterwork {^Toys in the Attic}, nearly topping it in the process. Many {$Aero} fans will point to {^Toys} as the band's quintessential album (it contained two radio/concert standards after all, {&"Walk This Way"} and {&"Sweet Emotion"}), but out of all their albums, {^Rocks} did the best job of capturing {$Aerosmith} at their most raw and rocking. Like its predecessor, a pair of songs have become their most renowned -- the menacing, {\hard rock}, cowboy-stomper {&"Back in the Saddle,"} as well as the downright viscous {\funk} groove of {&"Last Child."} Again, even the lesser-known tracks prove essential to the makeup of the album, such as the stimulated {&"Rats in the Cellar"} (a response of sorts to {&"Toys in the Attic"}), the Stonesy {&"Combination,"} and the forgotten riff-rocker {&"Get the Lead Out."} Also included is the apocalyptic {&"Nobody's Fault,"} the up-and-coming {\rock} star tale of {&"Lick and a Promise,"} and the album-closing {\ballad} {&"Home Tonight."} With {^Rocks}, {$Aerosmith} appeared to be indestructible. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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