Toys in the Attic (album)
Occupation
- Vocals, keyboards, percussion, harmonica: Steven Tyler
- Guitar, backing vocals: Joe Perry
- Guitar: Brad Whitford
- Bass: Tom Hamilton, rhythm guitar with Uncle Salty
- Drums, Percussion: Joey Kramer
Toys in the Attic (English: " Toys in the Attic " ) is the third studio album by the American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in April 1975 on Columbia Records and is equipped with an eight -Platinum award, the second most successful studio album of the band. It was in the U.S. the final breakthrough for the band and reached number eleven represents the Billboard 200, the second single Walk This Way, in 1975 already a top - ten hit in the U.S., was founded in 1986 as a cover version of Run-DMC a worldwide success. The magazine Rolling Stone took the album on the 228th spot on its list of the 500 best albums of all time.
Formation and style
Even the great selling two previous albums had the band helped to extensive touring, their energy was able to lay the band on their third album, despite the ongoing drug abuse. Have influenced, among other artists such as the Yardbirds and Jeff Beck. The Rolling Stones were the New York Dolls and Led Zeppelin seen as sources of inspiration. The album was recorded in early 1975 with Jack Douglas in New York City on a 16-track tape machine.
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the website Allmusic.com, Aerosmith were a brave, experienced band at that time. Although they had used also in some models, but have no other hard rock band sounded like before Aerosmith. There have been awarded five out of five stars. As the Rolling Stone magazine listed the Rock Hard Album also on the 228th place its comprehensive 500 albums leaderboard. Thomas copper called the album an important piece of music history of the 1970s. The band have counted by influences from Soul, Big Band and Honkytonk long before the Black Crowes to the " blackest white musicians ".