Customer Reviews
The Business - By: D. J. H. Thorn, 12 Sep 2007 
Hearing Aerosmith's 'Live Bootleg' just after release put me off them for nearly thirty years. It would have been a different story had I heard this album first. After two highly creditable albums, 'Toys In The Attic' marked the moment when they established their identity. It rocks as hard, but has an extra swagger. They have a simple, abrasive approach, but the tracks featured here are superbly crafted. The rapid-fire title track sounds like their signature tune. 'Uncle Salty' is wicked & 'Adam's Apple' classy. 'Walk This Way' pre-dates rap by three years & has never been surpassed by anything in that genre. 'Big Ten Inch Record,' a cover, provides a light diversion. 'Sweet Emotion' is awesome: it has an almost psychedelic opening & a riff that Jimmy Page missed. 'No More No More' leans more toward older fashioned rock & roll with appealing harmonies. 'Round And Round' is a pounding rocker, not as distinctive perhaps, but well worth its place. The big surprise is that they choose to close the album with a softer song, 'You See Me Crying,' complete with strings. Nevertheless, 'Toys In The Attic' is a great rock album, far better than the fare they've been serving up since 1980.
Cracking America - By: G. G. Saunders, 25 Mar 2007 This is their 3rd album & also the one where America started to sit up & take notice. After a good debut `Aerosmith` & then the slightly better `Get your wings` Toys in the Attic put alll the cards face down on the table, to reveal a smouldering,streetwise, schmuk in your face Rock band coming of age. Joe Perry`s guitar work lifting this with some fantastic riffin & wonderful lead breaks, twinned with Brad Whitford`s dual guitaring. Tom Hamilton holding it together with great bass, Joey Kramer a fantastic drummer & to cap it alll Steven Tyler lyric & vocal supreme.All the guys are spot on. No more no more,`aint seen no daylight since I started this band,round & round, uncle salty, toys in the attic.great lyrics go to make this a great album..Aerosmith firing on alllsix. to be followed by the mighty `Rocks`.
Walk this way please - By: Mr. D. A. Cure, 28 Sep 2005 One of the alll time great rock n roll albums, & probably one of the single sources of inspirations for the birth of sleaze rock in the 1980's that spawned a generation of new classic rock bands, as led by Guns N Roses. Probably best known for the original version of Walk this Way, I would recommend this to anyone into rock of alll genres, as every track is a winner.
One of their very best - By: Docendo Discimus, 10 Nov 2003 After nearly getting it right with "Get Your Wings", Aerosmith finallly perfected their mix of Stonesy raunch & Zeppelin-esque riffing with their third album, "Toys In The Attic".
The songwriting is better than ever, Joe Perry turns out indelible riffs like on "Toys In The Attic", "Walk This Way", & "Sweet Emotion", & Steven Tyler writes gleefully (and humorously) about sex throughout the album.
And the entire band plays some of the best, grittiest, sleaziest hard rock of their career on this album, & there is barely a weak track to be found - "Toys" simply goes from highlight to highlight:
The title track, the classic "Sweet Emotion", the superb "Walk This Way", & the 'Smith's cover of Bull Moose Jackson's "Big Ten-Inch Record" alll count among their best-ever tunes, & songs like "Adam's Apple", "You See My Crying", & "No More, No More" are almost as good.
"Uncle Salty" is less pleasant, though, with its too-gleeful lyrics about sexual abuse of a minor. But if you can look past that, the rest of the album is pure hard rock joy.
4 1/2 stars - highly recommended.
Amazing album - By: , 15 Oct 2003 well damn, this is aerosmith at their finest, from the very first chords of 'Toys in the attic' you know this is classic 70s heavy metal music at it's best.
Everyones heard "that armageddon song" well, in comparison to this that song's the worst.
Buy this album, or 'Rocks' you decide.
