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Artist: AerosmithBrand: AEROSMITH
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1993-09-07
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Make It
- Somebody
- Dream On
- One Way Street
- Mama Kin
- Write Me
- Movin' Out
- Walkin' the Dog
Free Music Notes for Aerosmith
Free Music Review: New beginnings, great combinations... A unique record.
Hit: 5 Stars
10/10 - 5 stars
The first album of Aerosmith, named as the band itself, shows us a group of musicians with clear tendencies towards Rock and Roll, Hard Rock and Blues. However, its truly sound, or the one which would remain for more than a decade, would start to become stronger since the next album, Get your Wings. From beginning to end, the proposal of the Aerosmith album is not only varied -from the very-well-elaborated power ballad 'Dream On', to the enjoyable and realistic rocker track 'Mama Kin', passing through the electrified blues of 'One Way Street', among others- but also cheeky, and that is because we can easily perceive, more than once, the double entendre included in some of its messages throughout the lyrics -a typical characteristic of the Rock genre, but wisely used by Aerosmith.
It's important to mention that the band goes directly to the point in this first album, not only because of its sound, but also (again) its lyrics, which mainly talk about life experiences that ended up in disappointments and the subsequent attempt to go on, always including realistic or sarcastic elements, or a mixture of both. Furthermore, the rhythms of the songs tend to be catchy: once you've heard them, they stick in your mind and you feel like wanting to keep the tempo.
The record opens with 'Make it', a song whose first paragraph tells us that people, in the end, will use their instincts to survive (or, simply, to go on living normally). The rest of the song talks about someone who has to pay their dues for having chosen the wrong path in life since the beginning, which can be due to the corrupt use of their instincts all the time.
The following track is 'Somebody', a song with a marked and catchy riff, and lyrics to which lots of lustful people can feel identified with. Slightly perverted, the song tends to be sarcastic in a general sense and can make you smile if you are in a good mood, or even cheer you up if you are not but willing to relax a little.
Then comes a song that would establish a very important point of influence on the Hard Rock scene (in fact, on the whole music scene): 'Dream On'. The message is clear, concise and direct: seize every instant of your life since it might end at any moment. You can learn from any experience, don't waste your time doing endless calculations. Now, the way the song has been elaborated makes us think of a band that has a lot of experience, even though their members were very young at the moment the record was released. Furthermore, their melodies, full of suspense, melancholy and feelings of freedom, create an atmosphere that adds intensity to the song.
Suddenly, the intro of the best song in the album, in my opinion, begins: 'One Way Street'. Seven minutes under the same tempo, highly soaked in blues, which creates the sensation of wanting to snap your fingers at the same rhythm during the whole track. The lyrics are at the same time a complaint, a warning and a declaration. Her indecorous and irritating behaviour causes him to rethink his life and make important decisions.
No matter what you do in your life -or with it-, regardless if good or bad -of course it's better if you do it the right way-, don't ever lose contact with your family. This seems to be the message that 'Mama Kin' leaves us, another milestone of the album. Having a riff clearly marked, this song would turn itself into another important point of influence on the nearby future (and it is still today). It also includes passages of saxophone.
The next one is another song with blues influences, but with a happier general rhythm, a characteristic that is also reflected in the lyrics even though they talk about a serious theme. This person finds himself lost in its way, drowned in loneliness and in the distance, his soul is far away -it looks as if his current state were due to having been left by his girlfriend-, and asks for someone to write him a letter! (Therefore, the title 'Write Me'.) -Apparently, that 'someone' is the woman he loves.
'Movin' Out', one of the best tracks of the album, begins with a guitar melody in its purest and most fundamental rock and roll sense, which reflects all that the band was at that moment: rock from the bottom to the top. The lyrics present two scenes: on one side, it shows the stage that Aerosmith was living at the time -mostly, metaphorically-, or what their members were expecting due to their own effort. On the other hand, but in a related way, it says that, to see the light, you must take the right path from the beginning and be honest, never go astray.
Finally, the last track on the record is 'Walkin' the Dog', a Rufus Thomas cover, whose music belongs to the Rhythm & Blues genre. The song includes passages of nursery rhymes. When played by Aerosmith, its musical style is comparable with that of 'Write Me', but its lyrics go in another direction. This time it seems to be shown a comparison between two women: first, a lady of high society with certain limitations when doing the daily chores is introduced; then, quite the opposite, there is a girl who belongs to a lower socioeconomic class (apparently), but completely different in terms of abilities to do the same tasks. Curiously, both girls are named the same.
When the album begins, the intro itself (from 'Make it') makes you think that something big is about to happen. To this, the phrase 'You got to think of what it's gonna take to make your dreams' is added, which was used by Aerosmith to say, in a few words, that you are going to have to make a concerted effort if you want to see your dreams realized. Their members have gone through a lot of pernicious difficulties along their career, but they have known how to get over them. At present, Aerosmith is widely regarded as one of the best bands in history. However, and many would think the same, it was so from the beginning.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: AEROSMITH
Title: AEROSMITH
Street Release Date: 09/07/1993
Genre: ROCK/POP
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