Most of the tracks were completed before PerryвЂ™s departure, with replacement Jimmy Crespo filling the few empty spaces. вЂњBy the time AerosmithвЂ™s sixth studio release was issued, 1979вЂ™s Night in the Ruts, guitarist Joe Perry had finally left the band after years of drug-fueled bickering with singer Steven Tyler. IвЂ™m still going to say that вЂњToysвЂќ, вЂњRocksвЂќ, вЂњGet Your WingsвЂќ, вЂњPermanent VacationвЂќ, вЂњGet A GripвЂќ are all better albums, but this isnвЂ™t a dud unless you compare it to some of those вЂњbest rock albums everвЂќвЂ¦and that is really not a fair comparison.вЂќ Well, it has, IвЂ™ve rediscovered it recently and I find that IвЂ™m liking every cut on the album better than I did thirty years ago. I did listen to this album many tymes, I think I kept thinking it was either going to grow on me or just get better. I do recall being a little disappointed on my first couple of listens, other than вЂњLightning StrikesвЂќ, it just didnвЂ™t live up to вЂњToys In The AtticвЂќ or вЂњRocksвЂќ. IвЂ™m not sure if it was just the music scene at the tyme (Disco-Punk-New Wave) or what, but nothing off this album ever saw the light of day in the Dallas/Ft. I had high hopes, even though Joe Perry had dropped out of the group. I was a sophomore in college when this album was released.

вЂњIвЂ™ve always been a big fan of Aerosmith, I cut my rock n roll teeth on вЂњToys In The AtticвЂќ.

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