Toys in the Attic

by Aerosmith

Type: Album
Released: 8 April 1975
Label: Columbia
Country: United States
Length: 37:04
Community rating: 4.03/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Brad Whitford, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Toys in the Attic' represents Aerosmith's commercial and artistic breakthrough, showcasing a new level of confidence and sophistication gained from extensive touring. Working closely with producer Jack Douglas, the band wrote much of the material in the studio, resulting in a potent and dynamic blend of hard rock and funk-infused rhythms on iconic tracks like "Walk This Way" and the bass-driven "Sweet Emotion". The album's polished production, combined with the band's cohesive and powerful live-in-studio performances, captured a swagger that defined mid-70s American rock and solidified its place as the group's best-selling studio record in the U.S.

Genres

Descriptors: riff-heavy, Riff-Driven, bluesy, arena rock, party

Tracklist

Credits

Steven Tyler - vocals, keyboards, harmonica, percussion
Joe Perry - lead, rhythm, acoustic, and slide guitars, backing vocals, talk box, percussion
Brad Whitford - rhythm and lead guitar
Tom Hamilton - bass guitar, rhythm guitar on "uncle salty"
Joey Kramer - drums, percussion
Scott Cushnie - piano on "big ten inch record", and "no more no more"
Jay Messina - engineer, bass marimba on "sweet emotion"
Mike Mainieri - orchestra conductor on "you see me crying"
Jack Douglas - producer
Rod O'Brien - assistant engineers
Corky Stasiak - assistant engineers
Dave Thoener - assistant engineers
Doug Sax - mastering
Bob Belott - original photography
Pacific Eye & Ear - album design
Ingrid Haenke - illustration
Jimmy Lenner Jr. - still life photography
Leslie Lambert - still life collage design
David Krebs - management
Steve Leber - management
Lisa Sparagano - 1993 package design
Ken Fredette - 1993 package design
Vic Anesini - remastering engineer
James Guthrie - 2003 5.1 mastering (with doug sax)