Aerosmith
Nine lives

13 years old, having abandoned the various festival bar hits, Lunapop, Eiffel 65 and the like, I threw myself into rock.

I don't remember what the spark was that made me change course, musically speaking, but the fact is that my cousin, having heard about my "revolution", brings me a load of CDs: Deep Purple, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, etc...

Among all this collection, I'm struck by the cover of an album, depicting a cat nailed to some kind of wheel of fortune with knives stuck into it just a few centimeters from its body.

Curious, I put the disc into the player and with the first track starts a series of angry meows, my first thought was "what the heck is this???", right after, the drums kick in really... badass, if you'll excuse the term, and the track comes to life with a Tyler screaming more than ever, a truly hard-hitting title track!

Of the first five songs, I would also mention "Full Circle", a drum intro introduces us to a ballad, an upbeat yet effective track, with a chorus that sticks in your head.

Right after, we find in succession two very engaging tracks such as "Something's gotta give" and "Ain't that a bitch", the second softer than the first.

We pick up the pace again with "Crash" another impactful track present on the album, another song to mention is the famous "Pink", where we find Steven Tyler on the harmonica, very peculiar, almost perverse, the video of the song.

In the 1998 reissue, the overly listened to, overly used, and famous "I don't want to miss a thing" is also added, a track that neither adds nor takes away from the album.

All in all, what can I say? too commercial? made just to sell?

It may be as commercial as you want, but I love this album, full of energy and emotions, personally I'd give it a 5/5, but having to give an objective judgment, a solid 4/5 is undeniable, considering 24 years have passed since their first record.

19 years old, I'm wandering around a store, I go to the CD section, rummaging through deals and I find a cat dodging knives, I smile and think how much time has passed, I buy it.

I put the disc in the stereo, the meows start, same sensations as the first time, damn this album really has nine lives!