Toys in the Attic: the 50th Anniversary

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Posted on Aug. 10, 2025, 7:09 p.m. by DemonDragonJ

This year is the 50th anniversary of Toys in the Attic, the third studio album by Aerosmith and one that many listeners regard as their best album.

Aerosmith's first two albums were certainly excellent albums, but their third album truly was the one that rocketed them to superstardom, establishing them as one of the foremost rock bands of the 1970's, standing beside other titans of the genre, including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath. Most fans and historians regard TitA as the band's crowning achievement, as it contains some of their best-known songs, including both Walk this Way and Sweet Emotion, which are essentially the band's signature songs, but the other songs on the album are equally noteworthy, as well, including the sizzling title track, which opens the album with a powerful and energetic rush of music, fan favorites Uncle Salty and Adam's Apple, as well as lesser-known gems, including Round and Round, No More, No More, and the emotional and sentimental closing track, You See Me Crying, in which vocalist Steven Tyler delivers a very heartfelt performance, contrasting with the upbeat and hard-partying tracks that preceded it.

Toys in the Attic was well-received by both critics and fans, who praised the album's lean and mean, blues-based, hard rock and the band's swaggering attitude, ensuring that their music would be immortalized as part of rock and roll's canon and also providing audiences with numerous anthems that would be used for festivals, parties, and other celebratory events.

Walk this Way is one of my favorite songs for signing when I do karaoke, and I certainly have played every other song on this album numerous time and for numerous events, as well. Given that Aerosmith is no longer touring and is barely even an active band, at this point, I am not certain what they shall do, if they do anything, at all, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this album, but I certainly wished to make this post, for that reason.

What does everyone else say, about this? How do you feel about this year being the 50th anniversary of Toys in the Attic?