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Big Ones / Aerosmith

Walk on Water 4.0
Love in An Elevator 4.5
Rag Doll 4.5
What It Takes 4.5
Dude (Looks Like a Lady) 4.5
Janie's Got a Gun 4.5
Cryin' 4.5
Amazing 5.0
Blind Man 4.0
Deuces Are Wild 4.0
The Other Side 4.5
Crazy 4.5
Eat the Rich 3.5
Angel 5.0
Livin' on the Edge 4.5

Overall: 4.50 (4.40)

***January 23, 2024***½

1 Dream On
Producer – Adrian Barber
Written-By – S. Tyler*
4:24
2 Same Old Song And Dance
Executive-Producer – Bob Ezrin
Producer – Jack Douglas, Ray Colcord
Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler*
3:02
3 Sweet Emotion
Producer – Jack Douglas
Written-By – S. Tyler*, T. Hamilton*
3:12
4 Walk This Way
Arranged By – Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
Producer – Jack Douglas
Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler*
3:30
5 Last Child
Producer, Arranged By – Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
Written-By – B. Whitford*, S. Tyler*
3:26
6 Back In The Saddle
Producer, Arranged By – Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler*
4:38
7 Draw The Line
Producer – Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler*
3:22
8 Kings And Queens
Producer, Arranged By – Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
Written-By – B. Whitford*, J. Douglas*, J. Kramer*, S. Tyler*, T. Hamilton*
3:47
9 Come Together
Producer – George Martin, Jack Douglas
Written-By – J. Lennon - P. McCartney*
3:44
10 Remember (Walking In The Sand)
Producer – Gary Lyons
Producer [Associate] – Aerosmith
Written-By – G. Morton*
4:04

1 Road Runner
Backing Vocals – Joe P.*
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Recorded By [Vocals And Harley Davidson] – Paul Santo
Written-By – E. McDaniel*
3:46
2 Shame, Shame, Shame
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Recorded By [Vocal And Harmonica] – Paul Santo
Written-By – K. Hopkins*, R. Fisher*
2:15
3 Eyesight To The Blind
Piano – Paul Santo
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Recorded By [Vocal, Piano, Harmonica] – Paul Santo
Written-By – S. B. Williamson*
3:10
4 Baby, Please Don't Go
Producer – Perry*, Frederiksen*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Marti Frederiksen
Recorded By [Assisted By] – Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Written-By – J. L. Williams*
3:24
5 Never Loved A Girl
Brass – The Memphis Horns
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Paul Santo
Piano – Tyler*
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Recorded By [Vocals] – Paul Santo
Written-By – R. Shannon*
3:12
6 Back Back Train
Lead Vocals, Hurdy Gurdy, Dobro – Joe P.*
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Vocals [Additional] – Tracy Bonham
Written-By – F. McDowell*
4:24
7 You Gotta Move
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Written-By – F. McDowell*, Rev. G. Davis*
5:30
8 The Grind
Organ [Hammond] – Paul Santo
Piano [Maui] – Tyler*
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Marti Frederiksen
Recorded By [Additional Recordings] – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Recorded By [Vocals] – Paul Santo
Written-By – J. Perry*, M. Frederiksen*, S. Tyler*
3:47
9 I'm Ready
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Written-By – W. Dixon*
4:15
10 Temperature
Piano – Johnnie Johnson
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Paul Caruso (2)
Written-By – J.M. Cohen*, W. Jacobs*
2:52
11 Stop Messin' Around
Lead Vocals – Joe P.*
Producer – Perry*, Frederiksen*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Marti Frederiksen
Recorded By [Assisted By] – Paul Caruso (2), Paul Santo
Written-By – C. Adams*, P.A. Green*
4:32
12 Jesus Is On The Main Line
Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Tom Hamilton (2)
Arranged By – F. McDowell*
Backing Vocals – Chelsea Tyler, Joey Kramer, Leila El-Amine
Harmonium [Pump Organ] – Paul Santo
Producer – Douglas*, Perry*, Tyler*
Recorded By – Jay Messina, Paul Santo
Slide Guitar – Joe P.*
Vocals [Additional] – Tracy Bonham
Written-By – Traditional

First of all, I must say that I lost this book some time ago :(

Walk This Way is the story of how five boys from Boston became one of the biggest bands in the world. Everything is there: from the very early and humble beginnings (way before 1971) to the big commercial breakthrough with Toys In The Attic in 1975, and how they had it all and literally blew it away. The struggle to get clean and how they finally made their first basically sober album, Permanent Vacation, was intense to the say the least. It resulted in one of the biggest comebacks in the history of music.

Well! I don't think Aerosmith will be replacing Queen as my favourite band any time soon, but I still love their music (and now know which albums to avoid!), think Steven Tyler is amazing, and really enjoyed this biography (even if Joe Perry now claims that parts are fabricated).

One quote that sums up the band for me would be this from Joey Kramer: 'I wish someone had smacked us back then. But we were one of the biggest bands in the world. There was literally no one who could tell us anything.' I never really appreciated how big Aerosmith were in their heyday, or even how good their music actually was/is, dismissing them as a heavy rock band of the type that I wouldn't usually listen to. But they have an amazing variety of styles - a lot like Queen (just thought I'd throw them in there!)

The many, many pages dedicated to drugs are frustrating to read - although the famous anecdote about Steven not recognising his own song ('It's us, fuckhead!') still makes me laugh - as are the chapters about Steven's weird (and kinky) taste in women, and (ugh!) Joe and Elyssa, but this is the real band. Well, mostly. They rocketed to fame, based on actual talent instead of Simon Cowell and his like, then self-destructed. But they're still going strong, way past the 1997 publication date of this book, so I guess that just goes to show.

The highs and lows of America's greatest rock band. Five musicians who are sex, drugs and rock 'n roll incarnated....½