┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Aerosmith - Big Ones + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Feb-09-2006 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1994 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......rainbow Songs........16 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.aerosmith.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Aerosmith Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Big Ones Label : Geffen ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Few comebacks in rock and roll history have been ║ │ │║ as amazing as that of Aerosmith. Their ║ │ │║ triumphant return to the charts in the '80s not ║ │ │║ only rekindled the band's earlier success, but ║ │ │║ also significantly surpassed it. With their top ║ │ │║ 20 hits "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," "Ragdoll," ║ │ │║ and the top 10 power ballad, "Angel," the group ║ │ │║ proved they had even more fire left in their ║ │ │║ fight than anyone could have imagined. Leaving ║ │ │║ behind its reckless lifestyle, the band ║ │ │║ sacrificed none of their rowdy rock and roll. ║ │ │║ "Ragdoll" and "Love in an Elevator" built upon ║ │ │║ Aerosmith's raunchy blues approach to hard rock, ║ │ │║ complete with singer Steven Tyler's howl in the ║ │ │║ best form of his career. Big Ones includes these ║ │ │║ rockers along with the spooky Grammy-winner ║ │ │║ "Jamie's Got a Gun," and the slower but still ║ │ │║ hard-edged "Crazy." Other high points of the new ║ │ │║ and improved band are reflected in "The Other ║ │ │║ Side" and the anthem "Eat the Rich." ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ First of all, if you are looking for the BEST ║ │ │║ compilation of Aerosmith's "second coming" (the ║ │ │║ Geffen years, 1985-1994), then I would recommend ║ │ │║ the two-disc "Anthology" (2001), which includes ║ │ │║ all the songs here, digitally remastered, and ║ │ │║ some other good tunes that did not make the hit ║ │ │║ lists. If you want to go further into that era, ║ │ │║ I would then recommend "Permanent Vacation" ║ │ │║ (1987) and "Pump" (1989). ║ │ │║ Second, if you are a passing fan looking for the ║ │ │║ BEST compilation of ALL of Aerosmith's music, I ║ │ │║ would recommend the newly-released "Oh . . .", ║ │ │║ which contains many of these songs remastered, ║ │ │║ the early classics ("Dream On", "Walk This Way", ║ │ │║ "Sweet Emotion", etc.), and hits from the ║ │ │║ records that were released after this ║ │ │║ compilation ("Don't Want to Miss a Thing", ║ │ │║ "Falling in Love", "Pink", "Jaded", etc.) ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Aerosmith already had done Greatest Hits ║ │ │║ releases, but Big Ones in 1994 caught them up ║ │ │║ with some of their latest tunes. How much you ║ │ │║ like this CD depends on how much you liked the ║ │ │║ band's music in that era. Some people thought it ║ │ │║ was great. Others hated any change from the ║ │ │║ raw-rocking sounds of the "younger Aerosmith" ║ │ │║ back in the 70s. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I have to admit that while I really love the ║ │ │║ Aerosmith of the 70s, I also thought that the ║ │ │║ Aerosmith of the 80s-90s was fantastic as well. ║ │ │║ Bands all change. You can look at most bands ║ │ │║ (let's say the Beatles) and track how their ║ │ │║ music evolved and changed as the band members ║ │ │║ themselves grew and matured. It seems unfair to ║ │ │║ me for any observer to say to a band, "You ║ │ │║ should keep playing the same way the rest of ║ │ │║ your life, because I enjoy it". ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Start with "Love in an Elevator". I *love* that ║ │ │║ song! It's not full of deep meaning, it's not ║ │ │║ full of angst. It's bursting with great, lustful ║ │ │║ energy. Surely all of us have had that ║ │ │║ hormone-driven rush, where we just want to grab ║ │ │║ our partner in an elevator and have some fun! I ║ │ │║ love the rhythms, too. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Move on to "Rag Doll". Another song I love. ║ │ │║ She's a hot ticket, "never see ya leaving by the ║ │ │║ back door". Another great song for dancing ║ │ │║ around the living room to, enjoying life. Go ║ │ │║ right into "Dude Looks Like a Lady". I think ║ │ │║ this song is hilarious! C'mon, can anyone who ║ │ │║ listens to songs like "Octopus's Secret Garden" ║ │ │║ start to complain that all songs must be ║ │ │║ serious? Or do people who don't like Dude also ║ │ │║ frown on other "non serious" songs? ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ We get some serious songs in here, if that's ║ │ │║ what you're into. "Janie's Got a Gun" won a lot ║ │ │║ of acclaim when it was released, for addressing ║ │ │║ the pain and torment felt by sexually abused ║ │ │║ kids. That's not something you find in most ║ │ │║ rocker's music collections. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I really appreciate all the songs in this ║ │ │║ collection. Are they as great as "Dream On"? I ║ │ │║ really find it's hard to compare songs like ║ │ │║ that. Dream On was an epic song about reaching ║ │ │║ your goals. Janie's Got a Gun was a serious look ║ │ │║ into a tragic situation. Surely both can exist ║ │ │║ in the world and be meaningful in their own way. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Some critics love to bash this CD as being all ║ │ │║ inferior work. I really have to say, it depends ║ │ │║ on how open your mind is about music. If you ║ │ │║ have only a certain style of song you enjoy, and ║ │ │║ this isn't it, then you won't enjoy it. If ║ │ │║ you're open to a range, which includes both ║ │ │║ social commentary and poppy-dancing-fun, then ║ │ │║ you might be very pleasantly surprised with what ║ │ │║ you get here. I can only say that I really enjoy ║ │ │║ listening to this CD. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Aerosmith is basically another mediocre, ║ │ │║ radio-friendly pop band that would have ║ │ │║ thankfully faded away if it wasn't for the ║ │ │║ Rap/Rock group Run D.M.C. redoing one of their ║ │ │║ songs "Walk this Way" in the 90s. Aerosmith owes ║ │ │║ alot of their success to Run D.M.C., who put new ║ │ │║ life into on of their drab, uninspired songs. ║ │ │║ Run DMC was huge at that time and gave Aerosmith ║ │ │║ the life they have now. I doubt they could have ║ │ │║ made it this far on their own without that ║ │ │║ rap-rock song hybrid that was first created with ║ │ │║ one of their older songs with Run DMC. ║ │ │║ Albeit, if you are an Old burn-out living ║ │ │║ paycheck to paycheck then this album is probable ║ │ │║ for you. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Awful CD. Aerosmith are one of the most ║ │ │║ overplayed and overrated ║ │ │║ rock bands of all time behind the even worse, ║ │ │║ AC/DC. The singer ║ │ │║ just screams, this isn't music, this is just ║ │ │║ noise. I mean the ║ │ │║ only good song is Janie's Got a Gun, everyelse ║ │ │║ spit. This music ║ │ │║ is trash, throw it away and don't buy it again. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ These Guys never stopped rockin'from the 70's to ║ │ │║ the present. They never failed the rock fans ║ │ │║ with their infectious rock music from Generation ║ │ │║ X to Generation Y, from the unsurpassed style of ║ │ │║ rock vocals in each track courtesy of Steven ║ │ │║ Tyler to the ass kickin' riffs of Joe Perry. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Undoubtedly, Aerosmith is here to stay. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The album contains 15 tracks which is a ║ │ │║ collection of songs from the Geffen archive. For ║ │ │║ beginners, this is the second wave of Aero ║ │ │║ Songs. If you want more look for the Columbia ║ │ │║ released Aerosmith Greatest Hits. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The Best... So Far ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Walk On Water [04:56] │ │ 02 - Love In An Elevator [05:22] │ │ 03 - Rag Doll [04:25] │ │ 04 - What It Takes [05:11] │ │ 05 - Dude (Looks Like A Lady) [04:25] │ │ 06 - Janie's Got A Gun [05:31] │ │ 07 - Cryin' [05:09] │ │ 08 - Amazing [05:57] │ │ 09 - Blind Man [04:01] │ │ 10 - Dueces Are Wild [03:36] │ │ 11 - The Other Side [04:04] │ │ 12 - Crazy [05:17] │ │ 13 - Eat The Rich [04:11] │ │ 14 - Angel [05:07] │ │ 15 - Livin' On The Edge [06:21] │ │ 16 - Dude (Looks Like A Lady)-Live [05:12] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [78:45 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘