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- Artist: Aerosmith
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- Release Date: November 01, 1994
- Total Time: 73:04
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
Review
Big Ones serves up the hits and nothing but the hits; Aerosmith's excellent debut for Geffen, Done with Mirrors, is conveniently overlooked. So what's left is some of the finest mainstream hard rock of the late '80s and early '90s -- the fruits of one of the most remarkable comebacks in rock & roll history. Unfortunately, there's precious little of the classic Aerosmith raunch; in fact, the two new tracks are the hardest, slinkiest tracks here. Otherwise, the up-tempo tracks bog down in over-production ("Love in an Elevator"), and the frequently embarrassingly overwrought power ballads ("Angel" and "Crazy") dominate too much of the album. So what's left? The band's best stab at social commentary ("Janie's Got a Gun"), a sublime slinky throwaway ("Deuces Are Wild"), deliciously sleazy blues-rockers ("Rag Doll," "[Dude] Looks Like a Lady"), and their best ballads ("What It Takes" and "Cryin'"). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Walk on Water | Joe Perry, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:54) |
| Love in an Elevator | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (5:22) |
| Rag Doll | Joe Perry, Holly Knight, Steven Tyler, |
Aerosmith | (4:24) |
| What It Takes | Joe Perry, Desmond Child, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (5:10) |
| Dude (Looks Like a Lady) | Joe Perry, Desmond Child, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:23) |
| Janie's Got a Gun | Aerosmith | (5:29) | |
| Cryin' | Joe Perry, |
Aerosmith | (5:07) |
| Amazing | Aerosmith | (5:55) | |
| Blind Man | Joe Perry, |
Aerosmith | (3:57) |
| Deuces Are Wild | Steven Tyler, |
Aerosmith | (3:33) |
| The Other Side | Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Steven Tyler, |
Aerosmith | (4:03) |
| Crazy | Joe Perry, Desmond Child, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (5:14) |
| Eat the Rich | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, |
Aerosmith | (4:09) |
| Angel | Desmond Child, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (5:04) |
| Livin' on the Edge | Joe Perry, |
Aerosmith | (6:20) |
