Reaching nr. 36 on the Billboard chart wasn't very good even though they got some good reviews for the album in 1985. It had gone 3 years since the last album and a comeback from Aerosmith wasn't the most interesting in the musicworld at the moment. However Ted Templeman who had recorded with Van Halen produced a full tilt rocking hardrockalbum with Done With Mirrors and I must say there are some really good songs on it, even some of the best they have recorded. The album really "lives" and there is an new found energy that was heard as far back as 6 years ago with the Night In The Ruts-album. Anyway, they toured the album well into 1986 when Tyler and Perry appeared on hip hop-band Run DMC's cover of Aerosmith's song Walk This Way and with that song reached nr. 4 on the charts and again, Aerosmith was on the map again!

1)Let the music do the talking (8,0) Originally a Joe Perry Project-song and a good kick-ass rocker.

2)My fist your face (8,5) Very good partyrock!

3)Shame on you (7,5)

4)The reason a dog (7,5)

5)Sheila (7,0) More melodic than the rest of the songs.

6)Gypsy boots (8,5) Full tilt rock'n'roll!

7)She's on fire (7,5) Slow and heavy.

8)The hop (8,5) Yeah!

Score: 7,88

Steven Tyler (Steven Victor Tallarico) -vocals (b.1948)

Joe Perry-guitars (b.1950)

Brad Whitford-guitars (b.1952)

Tom Hamilton-bass (b.1951)

Joey Kramer-drums (b.1950)

Great drawn cover on this 1977 album from now-to-have-bacome rockstars. All their former albums had been quite good; last years "Rocks" though showing some decline in quality and on this album it's obvious that something's not like it's been. The bands drug abuse led to Steven Tyler and Joe Perry being known as the "Toxic Twins". Even though this album has some memorable moments it's not an album I would listen to very often. Anyway, it sold 2 million copies worldwide.

1)Draw the line (6,5) Driving rhythm but a bit odd.

2)I wanna know why (8,0) A good rock'n'roller.

3)Critical mass (5,0) A boogierocker that is partly very strange and chaotic and partly very good but way too messy.

4)Get it up (7,0) Good driving heavy rhythm but a bit strange and noisy.

5)Bright light fright (7,0) Punky 2 minute chaos sang by Perry.

6)Kings and queens (6,5) Very chaotic midtempo to ballad strange song.

7)The hand that feeds (7,5) High-energy hardrock'n'roll but somewhat odd and strange.

8)Sight for sore eyes (6,5) Disco-bluesy heavy rocker.

9)Milk cow blues (8,0) A cover of bluesartist Kokomo Arnold. A good boogierocker!

Score: 6,89

Steven Tyler (Steven Victor Tallarico) -vocals (b.1948)

Joe Perry-guitars and vocals on 5. (b.1950)

Brad Whitford-guitars (b.1952)

Tom Hamilton-bass (b.1951)

Joey Kramer-drums (b.1950)

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Stan Bronstein-saxophone on 2. and 5.

Scott Cushnie-piano on 2. and 3.

Jack Douglas-mandoline on 6.

Paul Prestopino-banjo on 6.

Karen Lawrence-background vocals on 4.

What a rise back to form! The 2 years that have gone since "The Visitation" have made wonders with Magnum (or should I say, to songwriter Tony Clarkin?) and the deliver some of the best music since the end of the 1980's! Some songs are not more than okey but the good songs are really good, they live much more than on previous albums in the 2000's and the choruses are just great and melodies superb. Also the bit of progressiveness that are still here and there in Magnum's music is really good on this album. A should-have album!

1)All the dreamers (8,5) Majestic and big 7-minute song after nice intro. A really good and pompous hardrocksong. Magnum is back!

2)Blood red laughter (8,0) Melodic and heavy rocker. Good stuff.

3)Didn't like you anyway (7,5) Variated and melodic in typical Magnum-style.

4)On the 13thd day (8,5) Sooo so good! A killer refrain!

5)So let it rain (7,0) An ordinary Magnum melodic rock song.

6)Dance of the black tattoo (7,5) Heavy mainriff.

7)Shadow town (7,0)

8)Putting things in place (8,0) A beautiful ballad.

9)Broken promises (9,0) A really damn good hardrocksong!

10)See how they fall (8,0)

11)From within (7,0)

Score: 7,82

Bob Catley-vocals (b.1947)

Tony Clarkin-guitars (b.1946)

Al Barrow-bass (b.1968)

Harry James-drums (b.1960)

Mark Stanway-keyboards (b.1954)

Event though Aersmith is mostly known for beeing successful in the era of 1980's hairbands and reaching the toplists with ballads, this it where it all started, in 1973! The band was formed in 1971 and early albums by the band, such as this debut, is full of hardriffing, kickass rock'n'roll but also on this album there is an great ballad, so it was no 80's fashion for Aerosmith to record ballads, they did it a decade earlier! For a rockfan this is an must-have album, there ain't no fillers only high quality and melodic hard rock and hardrock.

When the album was re-released in 1976 the ballad "Dream on" reached the american chart at nr. 6 and the album reached nr. 21 in the same year. Long time coming for this album! It sounds like it was recorded on take 1, charming! There's no gimmicks, it's only rough and raw and so damn good.

1)Make it (8,5) Aerosmith's career starts out with a superb heavy rocker!

2)Somebody (8,0) Good!

3)Dream on (8,0) Even on their 1st album they managed a killer ballad!

4)One way street (8,5) A 7 minute boogie-blues that's full of life and energy. Very good indeed!

5)Mama kin (8,0) A straight and rough rocker including horns.

6)Write me (8,0) Boogiebluesrocker. Great tempochange!

7)Movin' out (8,0) Messy good rocker.

8)Walkin' the dog (9,5) Cover of a song performed originally by Rufus Thomas. One of the highlights of 1970's! Heavy and energic and probably full of drugs.

Score: 8,31

Steven Tyler (Steven Victor Tallarico) -vocals and keyboards (b.1948)

Joe Perry-guitars (b.1950)

Brad Whitford-guitars (b.1952)

Tom Hamilton-bass (b.1951)

Joey Kramer-drums (b.1950)

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David Woodford-saxophone on 5. and 6.

This is the much sought after debut LP from english noisy hardrockers Leaf Hound. It consisted of noisy, slow, bluesbased hardrock with intense vocals and was clearly influenced by The Who and Led Zeppelin, even if they had their own wild and progressive style of hardrock, very heavy for the time. These kids were wild! This is a really good album that every hardrockfan should own.

They were formed in 1969 under the name of Black Cat Bones and featured guitarrist Paul Kossoff and drummer Simon Kirke who had left the famous band Free. They released the album "Barbed Wire Sandwich". Singer Peter French replaced the singer and guitarrist Rod Price left to join Foghat instead. French added his cousin Mick Halls on guitar and the band changed their name to Leaf Hound. Soon after the release the Brooks brothers Derek and Stuart on (bass and guitar) left and Leaf Hound toured Europe as a four-piece. French departed to join Atomic Rooster instead and later joined american band Cactus.

1)Freelance fiend (7,5)

2)Sad road to the sea (7,0)

3)Drowned my life in fear (7,5)

4)Work my body (8,5)

5)Stray (7,5)

6)With a minute to go (7,0)

7)Growers of mushroom (6,0)

8)Stagnant pool (7,5)

9)Sawdust Caesar (6,5)

Score: 7,22

Pete French-vocals

Michael "Mick" Halls-guitars

Derek Brooks-guitars

Stuart Brooks-bass

Keith Young-drums