Get Your Wings - AEROSMITH***

Same Old Song & Dance/Lord Of The Thighs/Spaced/Woman Of The World/SOS (Too Bad)/Train Kept A Rollin'/Seasons Of Wither/Pandora's Box

Get Your Wings was the follow up album from the heavy rock group Aerosmith who are sometimes compared with the Rolling Stones. They would achieve their commercial breakthrough with the next album. (US:74)

“It is a clear step forward from their self titled debut album. The songs are getting heavier and less bluesy, but the blues influence is still audible in almost every song.”

“This is a great follow up album from one of America's best rock bands of the 70s. Aerosmith's debut album lacked something, but they had found their niche when they made this record. It's not quite as good as the next few albums, but it still rocks. There's some really quality stuff here.”

“Great bluesy hard rock, pretty much what you would expect from an older Aerosmith album. Great riffs and licks mixed with good melodies as well. Quite a balanced and rocking album, with some classic Aerosmith tracks.”

“Pretty much on par with the debut although there is a clear evolution to hard rock here despite the polished production. The songwriting contains much more variety: It's still somewhat commercial boogie with the excellent blues influences helping greatly, but there is clearly a more hard rock edge to the riffs.”

“Aerosmith's debut proved that the band had potential, but they sounded too much like a Rolling Stones clone, and not necessarily in a good way. On this follow up album the band starts to hone their own sound that would push them into later success.”

“There is a bit more testosterone on this vinyl long play than on their previous album. The dual guitar sound gets a full workout and gives an indication where they were headed. There is less blues and more hard rock with some catchy vocals.”

“Get Your Wings is a testament to everything that made Aerosmith such a great 1970s hard rock band. This is just so heavy and dirty, and the twin guitar assault has never sounded scruffier. Aerosmith never in their career wrote better songs; this was their high water mark, a spaced out, dreamy, grungy, street rock masterpiece, that bears up wonderfully under repeated listening.”