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Aerosmith Big Ones Release Date: 1994 11 01 Running Time: 73:04 Label: Geffen Big Ones serves up the hits and nothing but the hits; Aerosmith's excellent debut for Geffen, Done with Mirrors, is conveniently overlooked. So what's left is some of the finest mainstream hard rock of the late '80s and early '90s -- the fruits of one of the most remarkable comebacks in rock & roll history. Unfortunately, there's precious little of the classic Aerosmith raunch; in fact, the two new tracks are the hardest, slinkiest tracks here. Otherwise, the up-tempo tracks bog down in over-production ("Love in an Elevator"), and the frequently embarrassingly overwrought power ballads ("Angel" and "Crazy") dominate too much of the album. So what's left? The band's best stab at social commentary ("Janie's Got a Gun"), a sublime slinky throwaway ("Deuces Are Wild"), deliciously sleazy blues-rockers ("Rag Doll," "[Dude), and their best ballads ("What It Takes" and "Cryin'"). Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Walk on Water [#] Blades, Shaw, Tyler, Shaw, Perry 4:54 2 Love in an Elevator Tyler, Perry 5:22 3 Rag Doll Vallance, Tyler, Perry, Knight 4:24 4 What It Takes Perry, Tyler, Child 5:10 5 Dude (Looks Like a Lady) Tyler, Child, Perry 4:23 6 Janie's Got a Gun Tyler, Hamilton 5:29 7 Cryin' Perry, Tyler, Rhodes 5:07 8 Amazing Supa, Supa, Tyler 5:55 9 Blind Man [#] Rhodes, Tyler, Rhodes, Perry 3:57 10 Deuces Are Wild Tyler, Vallance 3:33 11 Other Side Vallance, Holland, Tyler, Holland, Dozier 4:03 12 Crazy Tyler, Child, Perry 5:14 13 Eat the Rich Vallance, Tyler, Perry 4:09 14 Angel Child, Tyler 5:04 15 Livin' on the Edge Perry, Hudson, Tyler 6:20 Releases: Year Type Label 2005 CD Geffen 2006 CD Universal International 2007 CD Universal Distribution 1994 CS Geffen Records 2007 CD Geffen 1994 LP Geffen 1994 CD Geffen Records 2005 CD Universal Distribution 1994 CS Geffen 2007 CD Geffen

Group Members: Joe Perry Tom Hamilton Steven Tyler Jimmy Crespo Brad Whitford More >> Similar Artists: Faster Pussycat Rainbow Mötley Crüe Guns N' Roses Alice Cooper More >>

Influenced By: Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones Chuck Berry The Yardbirds The Who More >> Followers: Great White The Cult Company of Wolves London Quireboys Babylon A.D. More >>

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