As a teen, I loved Aerosmith, and as an Aerosmith-loving teen, I loved this album. Listening to it now, though, you kind of get to realizing that Aerosmith as a band has a limited live repertoire. Do we all realize that "Walk This Way" is on all but one of their five live albums? Okay, okay, it's their biggest hit. But "Back in the Saddle," "Draw the Line," "Same Old Song and Dance" and a handful of others get trotted out every time. Anyway, this album manages to be the best halfway point between the drug-addled sloppiness of Live Bootleg! and the stale professionalism of Rockin' the Joint. Of the eight tracks, only "Movin' Out" and "Let the Music Do the Talking" wouldn't qualify for "greatest hits" status, but the performances capture Aerosmith in their hungry mid-80s comeback mode.
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