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- Artist: Aerosmith
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- Release Date: 1991 11
- Total Time: 220:12
- Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album, Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
Review
Aerosmith's 1991 three-CD box set Pandora's Box has just about everything you could possibly want: hits, demos, rarities, live material, key album tracks, and a booklet packed with classic photos, a bio, and the bandmembers' remembrances of all the tracks. Since the set was released by Columbia, none of their material from the mid-'80s through the early-'90s is featured (Done With Mirrors, Permanent Vacation, and Pump). But the '70s was when this legendary band was at their most raw and rocking best, and Pandora's Box is a superb overview of the group's work from their first self-titled album up until 1982's Rock in a Hard Place. Also included is solo material from Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, as well as an early track from Steven Tyler when he fronted a band called Chain Reaction in the '60s. The hits will attract the casual admirer ("Dream On," "Walk This Way," "Sweet Emotion," etc.), while the more obscure selections will surely please the longtime fan ("Rattlesnake Shake," "On the Road Again," a great demo of "Movin' Out," live versions of "Write Me a Letter," "I Wanna Know Why," etc.). Aerosmith was always an album-oriented band, and such selections as "No Surprize," "Three Mile Smile," "Lick and a Promise," "No More No More," and "Seasons of Wither" often outshine the hits. By touching all the bases, Pandora's Box is an excellent package. ~ Greg Prato, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| When I Needed You | Steven Tyler | Steven Tyler | (2:36) |
| Make It | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:47) |
| Movin' Out [Alternate Version][#] | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (5:43) |
| One Way Street | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (7:02) |
| On the Road Again [Rehearsal Pre-Production Jam][#] | Aerosmith | (3:37) | |
| Mama Kin | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:27) |
| Same Old Song and Dance | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:54) |
| Train Kept a Rollin' | Tiny Bradshaw, |
Aerosmith | (5:33) |
| Seasons of Wither | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (5:40) |
| Write Me a Letter [Live][#] | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:19) |
| Dream On | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:27) |
| Pandora's Box | Aerosmith | (5:44) | |
| Rattlesnake Shake [Live Radio Broadcast] | Aerosmith | (10:28) | |
| Walkin' the Dog [Live Radio Broadcast] | Rufus Thomas | Aerosmith | (3:15) |
| Lord of the Thighs [Live] | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (7:12) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Toys in the Attic | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:07) |
| Round and Round | Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford | Aerosmith | (5:04) |
| Krawhitham [#][Instrumental] | Aerosmith | (4:00) | |
| You See Me Crying | Aerosmith | (5:13) | |
| Sweet Emotion | Aerosmith | (4:36) | |
| No More No More | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:34) |
| Walk This Way | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:41) |
| I Wanna Know Why [Live] | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:04) |
| Big Ten Inch Record [Live] | Aerosmith | (4:02) | |
| Rats in the Cellar | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:07) |
| Last Child [Remix] | Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford | Aerosmith | (3:54) |
| All Your Love [#] | Otis Rush | Aerosmith | (5:29) |
| Soul Saver [Rehearsal][#] | Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford | Aerosmith | (0:53) |
| Nobody's Fault | Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford | Aerosmith | (4:23) |
| Lick and a Promise | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:06) |
| Adam's Apple [Live][#] | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:50) |
| Draw the Line [Remix] | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:44) |
| Critical Mass | Aerosmith | (4:51) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Kings and Queens [Live][#] | Aerosmith | (5:33) | |
| Milk Cow Blues | Kokomo Arnold | Aerosmith | (4:15) |
| I Live in Connecticut [Rehearsal][#] | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (0:56) |
| Three Mile Smile | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:45) |
| Let It Slide [#] | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (2:55) |
| Cheese Cake | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:16) |
| Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy) | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (3:01) |
| No Surprize | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:27) |
| Come Together | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | Aerosmith | (3:46) |
| Downtown Charlie [#] | Aerosmith | Aerosmith | (2:34) |
| Sharpshooter | Derek St. Holmes, Brad Whitford | (5:32) | |
| Shit House Shuffle [Rehearsal][#] | Joe Perry | Aerosmith | (0:36) |
| South Station Blues | Joe Perry | Joe Perry Project | (4:11) |
| Riff and Roll [#] | Aerosmith | (3:18) | |
| Jailbait | Aerosmith | (4:40) | |
| Major Barbara [Alternate Version][#] | Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (5:06) |
| Chip Away the Stone [Alternate Version][#] | Aerosmith | (4:07) | |
| Helter Skelter [#] | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | Aerosmith | (3:16) |
| Back in the Saddle | Joe Perry, Steven Tyler | Aerosmith | (4:49) |
| [Untitled Hidden Track] | Aerosmith | (3:44) |
