Toys in the Attic was the third studio album by Aerosmith, released on April 8, 1975 by Columbia Records. Its first single release, “Sweet Emotion,” was released a month later on May 19 and “Walk This Way” was released on August 28 in the same year. The album is their most commercially successful studio LP in the U.S., with more than eight million copies sold, according to the RIAA.
Track listing
1. “Toys in the Attic”
2. “Uncle Salty”
3. “Adam’s Apple”
4. “Walk This Way”
5. “Big Ten Inch Record”
6. “Sweet Emotion”
7. “No More No More”
8. “Round and Round”
9. “You See Me Crying”
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Released on April 8, 1975, Toys in the Attic is Aerosmith’s most commercially successful studio LP in the U.S., with more than eight million copies sold
Steven Tyler said that his original idea for the album cover was a teddy bear sitting in the attic with it’s wrist cut and stuffing spread across the floor. They...
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Joe Perry has said that Toys in the Attics success saved Aerosmith’s contract with Columbia Records, because the band was about to be dropped from their label
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Tom Hamilton and Steven Tyler collaborated on “Uncle Salty.” Tyler recalled in his 2001 autobiography, “Here I was thinking about an orphanage when I wrote those lyrics. I’d try to make...
You See Me Crying Photo By: Robert Knight Archive/Redferns/Getty Images
Producer Jack Douglas brought in a symphony orchestra for the recording of “You See Me Crying.” The song itself was written by Steven Tyler and outside collaborator Don Solomon
