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Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith
Toys in the Attic is an album by Aerosmith, released in 1975. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 272 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sweet Emotion”, on 108 lists and voted number one five times.
Toys in the Attic, Aerosmith's third album, came out on Columbia on April 8, 1975, and it swaggers from start to finish. Jack Douglas produced, and the lineup was Steven Tyler on lead vocals, harmonica and piano, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on guitars, Tom Hamilton on bass and Joey Kramer on drums.
The title track tears out of the gate at a gallop, all nervous energy and slashing guitars. "Walk This Way" is the funkiest thing they'd ever done, Tyler spitting out a stream of syllables over a chopping, stop-start riff. "Sweet Emotion", the first single, released in May, builds from a snaking, slinky groove into a hazy, sneering sway that sounds like the band at their most dangerous. Elsewhere they get raunchy on "Big Ten Inch Record", play it grimy on "Adam's Apple" and turn dark and moody on "Uncle Salty".
It became their best-selling studio album in the US, with nine million copies sold. Its reach didn't stop there: both the title track and the 1986 remake of "Walk This Way" with Run-DMC landed on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of songs that shaped the music.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Toys in the Attic on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweet Emotion#33 of all time | 108 | #1 | 5 | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Walk This Way#60 of all time | 104 | #12 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 3 | Toys in the Attic | 35 | #196 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 4 | Big Ten Inch Record | 17 | #192 | – | 1982–2024 | |
| 5 | Uncle Salty | 6 | #723 | – | 1990–2015 | |
| 6 | Adam's Apple | 1 | #878 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.