Rocks (album)

Rocks
Studio album by Aerosmith
Released	May 3, 1976
Recorded	January-March 1976 at The Wherehouse, Waltham, Mass. and The Record Plant, NYC
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock
Length	34:30
Label	Columbia
Producer	Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
Aerosmith chronology
Toys in the Attic (1975) Rocks Draw the Line (1977)
Singles from Rocks
"Last Child" Released: 1976 "Home Tonight" Released: 1976 "Back in the Saddle" Released: 1977 "Rats in the Cellar" Released: 1977

Rocks is the fourth album by American rock band Aerosmith. It was released on May 3, 1976. Allmusic described Rocks as having "captured Aerosmith at their most raw and rocking". Rocks also ranked #176 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and is also noted in musician Kurt Cobain's top 50 favorite albums in his journals. Also, it has greatly influenced several people in the hard rock and heavy metal community, including members of Guns N' Roses and Metallica.

Side one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Back in the Saddle"	Steven Tyler, Joe Perry	4:40
2.	"Last Child"	Tyler, Brad Whitford	3:26
3.	"Rats in the Cellar"	Tyler, Perry	4:07
4.	"Combination"	Perry	3:39

Side two

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Sick as a Dog"	Tyler, Tom Hamilton	4:12
2.	"Nobody's Fault"	Tyler, Whitford	4:25
3.	"Get the Lead Out"	Tyler, Perry	3:43
4.	"Lick and a Promise"	Tyler, Perry	3:05
5.	"Home Tonight"	Tyler	3:18

Influence in music

• Slash says that "Rocks" was the album that changed his life.
• Rocks was one of Kurt Cobain's favorite albums, as he listed in his Journals.
• In 2003, the album was ranked number 176 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
• Mötley Crüe songwriter and bassist Nikki Sixx refers to it frequently in his book The Heroin Diaries.