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Toys in the Attic is the third studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on April 8, 1975, by Columbia Records. [1] Its first single, "Sweet Emotion", was released on May 19 and the original version of "Walk This Way" followed on August 28 in the same year. [2]
"Walk This Way" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the song was originally released as the second single from the album Toys in the Attic (1975).
In the 1970s, Tyler rose to prominence as the lead singer of Aerosmith, which released such hard rock albums as Toys in the Attic and Rocks, along with a string of hit singles, including "Dream On", "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way". By the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler had a heavy drug and alcohol addiction and the band's popularity waned.
In 2001, "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos" included "Walk This Way" (with Run-D.M.C.) at number 11, "Crazy" at number 23, and "Janie's Got a Gun" at number 48. [ 309 ] In 2003, Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included Rocks at number 176 and Toys in the Attic at number 228.
Thomas William Hamilton (born December 31, 1951) is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the bassist for the hard rock band Aerosmith.. Hamilton has regularly co-written songs for Aerosmith, including two of the band's biggest successes: "Sweet Emotion" (1975) and "Janie's Got a Gun" (1989).
"Sweet Emotion" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1975 on their third studio album Toys in the Attic by Columbia Records. [1] It was released as a single on May 19, 1975. [2] The song began a string of pop hits and large-scale success for the band that would continue for the remainder of the 1970s.
Walk This Way is divided into two "books", or sections, with five chapters apiece. Book One chronicles the band from the primary members' early lives until 1975, when their album Toys in the Attic was released and the band was reaching their peak. Book Two chronicles the band from 1976 into their downfall in the early 1980s, then their ...
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, a video game featuring the band's songs, was released in 2008. In 2009, while on tour with Aerosmith, Perry announced that he would be releasing a new Joe Perry Project album entitled Have Guitar, Will Travel, which was released on October 6, 2009. The first single from the album was "We've Got a Long Way to Go". [43]