Aerosmith's greatest hits [sound recording] / Aerosmith.
Material type:![Music](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/MU.png)
- Greatest hits
- Producers: Adrian Barber, Jack Douglas, Aerosmith, George Martin, Gary Lyons.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | CD | POP/ROCK Aerosmith | Checked out | 06/05/2024 | 33111008634186 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Aerosmith's Greatest Hits remains one of the most popular and enduring best-of collections by any rock band, selling nearly ten million copies in the U.S. alone since its release. But when it was issued in 1980, the band had just about reached its nadir. With original guitarist Joe Perry gone (and Brad Whitford soon to follow), Aerosmith had turned into a directionless, time-consuming ghost of its former self. Since there would be a three-year gap between 1979's Night in the Ruts and 1982's Rock in a Hard Place, Greatest Hits was assembled, more or less, to fill the void and buy the band some time. With the album clocking in at only 37 and a half minutes, many Aerosmith classics are not included, such as what many consider the band's quintessential track, their cover of "Train Kept a Rollin'." The only poor selection is the forgettable "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," but nine out of ten are bona fide classics -- "Dream On," "Same Old Song and Dance," "Sweet Emotion," "Walk this Way," "Last Child," "Back in the Saddle," and "Draw the Line." Also featured is their venomous cover of the Beatles' "Come Together," previously only available as a single and on the soundtrack to the 1978 movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. For the casual fan, Greatest Hits will do the job, as well as its sister album, 1988's Gems. ~ Greg Prato
Rock music.
Steven Tyler, vocals, harmonica, piano; Joe Perry, guitar, vocals; Brad Whitford, guitar; Tom Hamilton, bass; Joey Kramer, drums, percussion
Producers: Adrian Barber, Jack Douglas, Aerosmith, George Martin, Gary Lyons.
Compact disc.
Originally released 1973-1979.
Dream on / Steven Tyler (4:28) -- Same old song and dance / Steven Tyler, Joe Perry (3:01) -- Sweet emotion / Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton (3:12) -- Walk this way / Steven Tyler, Joe Perry (3:31) -- Last child / Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford (3:27) -- Back in the saddle / Steven Tyler, Joe Perry (4:38) -- Draw the line / Steven Tyler, Joe Perry (3:21) -- Kings and queens / Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, J. Douglas (3:47) -- Come together / John Lennon, Paul McCartney (3:45) -- Remember (Walking in the sand) / George Morton (4:05).