Toys in the Attic (album).html



Toys in the Attic
Studio album by Aerosmith
Released	April 8, 1975 (1975-04-08)
Recorded	January - February 1975 at Record Plant Studios, New York
Genre	Hard rock, blues-rock1
Length	36:24
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jack Douglas
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (B+) link Rolling Stone link
Aerosmith chronology
Get Your Wings (1974) Toys in the Attic (1975) Rocks (1976)
Singles from Toys in the Attic
"Sweet Emotion" Released: 1975 "Walk This Way" Released: 1975 "You See Me Crying" Released: 1975 "Toys in the Attic" Released: 1975

Toys in the Attic is the third album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. The album is their most commercially successful studio album with eight million copies sold in the US alone.²

Steven Tyler claims that his original idea for the album cover was a teddy bear sitting in the attic with its wrist cut and stuffing spread across the floor. They decided, in the end, to put all of the animals in instead.³

In 2003, the album was ranked number 228 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.⁴ Also the song "Toys in the Attic" is part the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.⁵

Cover versions

R.E.M. covered the song "Toys in the Attic" released in 1986 as a b-side to "Fall on Me". It is available on Dead Letter Office. "Sweet Emotion" was also covered by The Answer, Warrant and Ratt.

The song "No More No More" was covered by Velvet Revolver and Metal Church.

Run D.M.C. did a cover of the song "Walk This Way" with Aerosmith in 1986.

Sum 41 along with rappers Ja Rule and Nelly did a cover of "Walk This Way" in 2002.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Toys in the Attic" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) – 3:06
2. "Uncle Salty" (Tyler, Tom Hamilton) – 4:10
3. "Adam's Apple" (Tyler) – 4:34
4. "Walk This Way" (Tyler, Perry) – 3:40
5. "Big Ten Inch Record" ⁶ (Fred Weismantel) – 2:14

Side two

1. "Sweet Emotion" (Tyler, Hamilton) – 4:34
2. "No More No More" (Tyler, Perry) – 4:34
3. "Round and Round" (Tyler, Brad Whitford) – 5:05
4. "You See Me Crying" (Tyler, Darren Solomon) – 5:12

Personnel

• Tom Hamilton – bass
• Joey Kramer – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals, bass, percussion, slide guitar
• Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, keyboard
• Brad Whitford – guitar

Additional personnel

• Scott Cushnie – piano on "Big Ten Inch Record" and "No More No More"
• Michael Mainieri – conductor
• Jay Messina – percussion, bass marimba on "Sweet Emotion"

Production personnel

• Producer: Jack Douglas at The Record Plant
• Engineer: Jay Messina
• Assistant engineers: Rod O'Brien, Corky Stasiak, David Thoener
• Arrangers: Aerosmith, Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler
• Orchestral arrangements: Michael Mainieri
• Mastering: Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles

Other personnel

• Album Design: Pacific Eye and Ear
• Illustrations: Ingrid Haenke
• Photography: Bob Belott
• Direction: David Krebs, Steve Leber

Remastering personnel

• Remaster producer: Don DeVito
• Remaster engineer: Vic Anesini
• Package design: Lisa Sparagano, Ken Fredette
• Still Life Photography: Jimmy Ienner
• Still Life Collage Design: Leslie Lambert
• Art Supervision: Joel Zimmerman

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Singles

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