Aerosmith
Aerosmith

THE REVIEW

This is the debut album of one of the greatest bands in "Blues/Hard/Heavy" music history, three musical genres that characterize them and are strongly fused together in this album (although it's worth noting that Blues prevails much more), creating a milestone in Rock history.

The album in question was released in 1973 under Columbia Records, the same year when the first great band experimenting with a "Blued/Hard/Heavy" style, the Led Zeppelin, was incredibly famous worldwide and was about to release their 5th album "Houses Of The Holy". Even the singer Steven Tyler refers to Aerosmith as the "Led Zeppelin of America".

The album went almost unnoticed at the time, despite containing the single "Dream On", a song that would become a highlight at every Aerosmith concert, along with another song "Mamma Kin", which Guns N' Roses would cover in 1986 in their first Album/EP "Live?!*@Like a Suicide". The band's deserved success would arrive two years later (1975) with the album "Toys in the Attic", a success that would grow exponentially with the next album "Rocks" in 1976.

You thus have to wonder why such a pearl of Rock from 1973 didn't achieve the expected success!? Perhaps there were countless bands at the time offering Rock of all possible shades, making it impossible to hear everything!? Or maybe the record label didn't promote the album enough, giving it little visibility at the time!? The reason is definitely hard to understand, especially now; perhaps the group was just a bit unlucky.

Nonetheless, the fact remains that this album is still relatively unknown. Only those who delve into the entire Aerosmith discography manage to hear it, but those who limit themselves to listening only to the most famous albums like "Rocks, Toys in the Attic, Pump and Permanent Vacation" and claim to know the band well, really don't know what they've missed along the way.

The album consists of eight tracks, four on each side of the vinyl, with a total running time of about 36 minutes. I'm not going to list the track names, as the names don't matter, but the substance does, that is, the music emanating from the grooves of the vinyl, and what music it is.

From the very first listen, you realize you have in your hands not just an ordinary Rock music album but something special. With subsequent listens, you really begin to savor it entirely, almost to the point of "licking the platter" of the turntable, as it were. And by the end of each listen, you're so pumped that you wish the record would keep spinning over and over, and not last just these brief 36 minutes.

In conclusion, this album is for life, its listening will never ever bore you; listening to it is just a healthy intravenous injection of Rock and Roll.