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Hard Rock
Capitol/UME
Reissue
Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Reviewed in issue:
114
Release Date:
20 Mar 2026
Reviewed by:
🟣 Steve Swift
For Fans Of
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
KISS
Top three tracks
• Movin’ Out
• Make It
• Somebody
Fireworks Verdict:
"Legendary? No, but the band definitely are."
THE REVIEW
Words Of Wisdom!
‘Toys In The Attic’, yes, of course. ‘Rocks’, understood absolutely. ‘Pump’ and ‘Get A Grip’? I can see what you’re saying. I’d make a case for ‘Rock In A Hard Place’, but the popular Aerosmith albums are pretty clear, aren’t they? And the debut isn’t mentioned very often, which is a shame, as it’s the band finding their feet (they’ll get their wings on the next release), but this expanded deluxing is rather a treat. The group don’t sound as absolutely sure of themselves as they will do soon, but ‘Make It’ introduces with easy-to-like Rock and by the time next track ‘Somebody’ enters, there’s a groove arriving. That swagger is on for ‘Movin’ Out’, even bringing us down and keeping us at the party, that belief is here by now.
Of course, we have growing ‘Dream On’ and hornsy, lairy ‘Mama Kin’, but they throw so much at ‘One Way Street’ you’ve got to like it, and what a muscular, dirty version of standard ‘Walkin’ The Dog’ to end.
"but they throw so much at ‘One Way Street’ you’ve got to like it,"
But that’s not all. There are 2024 remixed, chunkier, fuller versions of the tracks, but many will surely have loved the original sound, and live at Paul’s Mall from 1973, a rather muddy mix and a restrained opening from Mr Steven Tyler, but ‘One Way Street’ is next and brings the strut that the crowd surely want to see, and ‘Somebody’ has them shouting. That funky sax in the cover of ‘Mother Popcorn’ might make your backbone slip, while ‘Movin’ Out’ is tougher; the show becomes something rather special and extremely well delivered.
There’s also a rehearsal of ‘Make It’ which is sinewy but tells us nothing new, an alternative take of ‘Write Me A Letter’, which is perhaps a little pusher, a rumbling ‘Harmonica Bass Jam Jelly’ is perhaps the biggest draw here. There’s also a big jam, ‘Joined At The Hip’, a gob iron and seventies’ poppy thing with a rampaging guitar solo, and a bit of ‘Sweet Emotion’ pushed in with laid back groove to spare.
"That funky sax in the cover of ‘Mother Popcorn’ might make your backbone slip"
Loads to like here and as this Aerosmith album is rather overlooked, it’s so much more enjoyable than some expanded offers. Legendary? No, but the band definitely are.
Reviewer:
🟣 Steve Swift
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