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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	Perry, Shaw, Blades, Tyler	4:54
2	Love in an Elevator	Perry, Tyler	5:22
3	Rag Doll	Perry, Knight, Tyler, Vallance	4:24
4	What It Takes	Perry, Child, Tyler	5:10
5	Dude (Looks Like a Lady)	Perry, Child, Tyler	4:23
6	Janie's Got a Gun	Hamilton, Tyler	5:29
7	Cryin'	Perry, Rhodes, Tyler	5:07
8	Amazing	Supa, Tyler	5:55
9	Blind Man	Perry, Rhodes, Tyler	3:57
10	Deuces Are Wild	Tyler, Vallance	3:33
11	Other Side	Dozier, Holland, Holland, Tyler, Vallance	4:03
12	Crazy	Perry, Child, Tyler	5:14
13	Eat the Rich	Perry, Tyler, Vallance	4:09
14	Angel	Child, Tyler	5:04
15	Livin' on the Edge	Perry, Hudson, Tyler	6:20

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
	CD	Geffen
1995	CD	Geffen
2005	CD	Geffen
2007	CD	Geffen
2007	CD	Geffen
2006	CD	Universal International
2005	CD	Universal Japan
2007	CD	Universal Japan
1994	CS	Geffen
1994	CS	Geffen
1994	LP	Geffen