Released April 8, 1975 (1975-04-08)
Recorded January - February 1975 at Record Plant Studios, New York
Columbia
Producer Jack Douglas
Singles from Toys in the Attic
1. "Sweet Emotion"
Released: 1975
2. "Walk This Way"
Released: 1975
3. "You See Me Crying"
Released: 1975
4. "Toys in the Attic"
Released: 1975
Steven Tyler claims that his original idea for the album cover was a teddy bear sitting in the attic with its wrist cut and stuffing spread across the floor. They decided, in the end, to put all of the animals in instead.
Side one
1. "Toys in the Attic" Steven Tyler, Joe Perry 3:06
2. "Uncle Salty" Tyler, Tom Hamilton 4:10
3. "Adam's Apple" Tyler, Perry 4:34
4. "Walk This Way" Tyler, Perry 3:40
5. "Big Ten Inch Record[6]" Fred Weismantel 2:14
Side two
1. "Sweet Emotion" Tyler, Hamilton 4:34
2. "No More No More" Tyler, Perry 4:34
3. "Round and Round" Tyler, Brad Whitford 5:05
4. "You See Me Crying" Tyler, Darren Solomon 5:12
Also Featured As A Bonus
1. "Sweet Emotion" (Single Edit From Aerosmith Greatest Hits)
2. "Walk This Way" (Single Edit From Aerosmith Greatest Hits)
3. "You See Me Crying" (Single Promo Edit)
Personnel
* Tom Hamilton – bass, rhythm guitar on "Uncle Salty"
* Joey Kramer – drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion, slide guitar
* Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, keyboard
* Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar, lead guitar on tracks 8 & 9
Additional personnel
* Scott Cushnie – piano on "Big Ten Inch Record" and "No More No More"
* Michael Mainieri – conductor
* Jay Messina – percussion, bass marimba on "Sweet Emotion"
Production personnel
* Producer: Jack Douglas at The Record Plant
* Engineer: Jay Messina
* Assistant engineers: Rod O'Brien, Corky Stasiak, David Thoener
* Arrangers: Aerosmith, Jack Douglas, Steven Tyler
* Orchestral arrangements: Michael Mainieri
* Mastering: Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
Other personnel
* Album Design: Pacific Eye and Ear
* Illustrations: Ingrid Haenke
* Photography: Bob Belott
* Direction: David Krebs, Steve Leber
After nearly getting off the ground with Get Your Wings, Aerosmith finally perfected their mix of Stonesy raunch and Zeppelin-esque riffing with their third album, Toys in the Attic. The success of the album derives from a combination of an increased sense of songwriting skills and purpose. Not only does Joe Perry turn out indelible riffs like "Walk This Way," "Toys in the Attic," and "Sweet Emotion," but Steven Tyler has fully embraced sleaziness as his artistic muse. Taking his cue from the old dirty blues "Big Ten Inch Record," Tyler writes with a gleeful impishness about sex throughout Toys in the Attic, whether it's the teenage heavy petting of "Walk This Way," the promiscuous "Sweet Emotion," or the double-entendres of "Uncle Salty" and "Adam's Apple." The rest of Aerosmith, led by Perry's dirty, exaggerated riffing, provide an appropriately greasy backing. Before Toys in the Attic, no other hard rock band sounded like this. Sure, Aerosmith cribbed heavily from the records of the Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, and Led Zeppelin, but they didn't have any of the menace of their influences, nor any of their mystique. Aerosmith was a gritty, street-wise hard rock band who played their blues as blooze and were in it for a good time; Toys in the Attic crystalizes that attitude.