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Even before their second fling with the pop mainstream, Aerosmith were one of Top 40’s favorite hard-rock bands, so ubiquitous–and so funky–that Run-D.M.C. were vociferous fans. Their ’70s output included at least three classic albums (Aerosmith, Toys in the Attic, and Rocks). This disc collects unstoppable singles into a horny, howling little piece of archaeology that makes even weak links like “Kings and Queens” sound great. And the truly great stuff here–”Sweet Emotion,” “Last Child,” “Dream On”–runs the gamut of style and feeling from swaggering freak-flag-flying to power-ballad roots that display a genuine ache. Your Aerosmith collection shouldn’t end here, but this red-and-white bomb is a great place to start. –Rickey Wright

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Even before their second fling with the pop mainstream, Aerosmith were one of Top 40’s favorite hard-rock bands, so ubiquitous–and so funky–that Run-D.M.C. were vociferous fans. Their ’70s output included at least three classic albums (Aerosmith, Toys in the Attic, and Rocks). This disc collects unstoppable singles into a horny, howling little piece of archaeology that makes even weak links like “Kings and Queens” sound great. And the truly great stuff here–”Sweet Emotion,” “Last Child,” “Dream On”–runs the gamut of style and feeling from swaggering freak-flag-flying to power-ballad roots that display a genuine ache. Your Aerosmith collection shouldn’t end here, but this red-and-white bomb is a great place to start. –Rickey Wright

No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: AEROSMITHTitle: GREATEST HITSStreet Release Date: 09/07/1993DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP

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Even before their second fling with the pop mainstream, Aerosmith were one of Top 40’s favorite hard-rock bands, so ubiquitous–and so funky–that Run-D.M.C. were vociferous fans. Their ’70s output included at least three classic albums (Aerosmith, Toys in the Attic, and Rocks). This disc collects unstoppable singles into a horny, howling little piece of archaeology that makes even weak links like “Kings and Queens” sound great. And the truly great stuff here–”Sweet Emotion,” “Last Child,” “Dream On”–runs the gamut of style and feeling from swaggering freak-flag-flying to power-ballad roots that display a genuine ache. Your Aerosmith collection shouldn’t end here, but this red-and-white bomb is a great place to start. –Rickey Wright

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While not their strongest recording, Aerosmith’s self-titled debut gave a taste of the musical path that the band, and much of the rest of hard rock, was to follow for the rest of the 1970s and well into the 1980s. Although the awkward social commentary of “Movin’ Out” and the swinging cover of Rufus Thomas’s “Walking the Dog” have largely been forgotten, two standards emerged from Aerosmith: “Dream On,” a prototypical power ballad with its keyboards and string arrangement, and “Mama Kin,” which contains one of the most recognizable riffs in hard-rock history. Though Aerosmith would record better albums–both before and after their drug-induced implosion–their debut serves as a kind of road map to much of post-’60s rock & roll. –Genevieve Williams

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Originally released in 1975, this was Aerosmith’s breakout recording. Listeners only familiar with their more recent, post-comeback material may be surprised; like their other albums from the 1970s, Toys has a strong blues inflection, as indicated by their cover of “Big Ten Inch Record,” which also shows that Aerosmith has never lacked raunchiness or innuendo. There’s also the original (pre-Run-D.M.C.) version of “Walk This Way,” and the classic “Sweet Emotion.” This is classic Aerosmith at its gritty, streetwise best; they may have been derivative, but it really doesn’t matter, then or now: it’s all in good fun. –Genevieve Williams

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