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"Toys in the Attic" is the 3rd full-length studio album by US hard rock act Aerosmith. The album was released through Columbia Records in April 1975. "Toys in the Attic" was a big commercial breakthrough for the band and it´s one of their best selling albums with 8 million copies sold in the US alone.
The music on the album is blues based hard rock and tracks like "Adam´s Apple" and "Big Ten Inch Record" follow that formula closely. The closing power ballad "You See Me Crying", which features a string arrangement is one of the tracks on the album that doesn´t follow the bluesy hard rock formula, but if you listen closely to tracks like "Uncle Salty" and "Sweet Emotion" they also stick out. While all tracks are well played, well composed and well produced it´s "Walk this Way" that stands out the most to me. It´s a sweaty, powerful and groovy hard rock track that just kicks ass in any way possible. Unfortunately it´s the only track on the album that makes my blood boil wildly. The rest is above standard hard rock and a nice listen, but that´s about it.
"Toys in the Attic" is overall a decent enough hard rock album, but I can´t say I would have guessed that it´s widely considered a hard rock classic if I didn´t know beforehand. For that there are simply not enough really remarkable or memorable songs on the album. Still a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.