Aerosmith

Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
$7.99
My rating is based upon three factors; the music, the selection of songs, and the audio quality. If it weren't for the audio quality I would give it a rating of 4 or 5 stars. The audio quality is what destroyed this album for me.

It doesn't sound like it's the encoding (I purchased the download version), but primarily the awful mastering job, probably exacerbated by compressing to MP3. The mastering engineer must have lost his high frequency hearing, becasue he/she has boosted the high end so much it hurts, is ice pick. Very tinny. Much if not most of the mid range has been sucked out of this recording, possibly in an effort to make it sound "high fidelity". Anyhow, very disappointing. Great songs, great band, and I'm sure these songs were recorded very well in the first place, because I've heard them elsewhere with much better sonics. So you might want to look for the same songs on another/other albums where the mastering was done properly. PS: I have listened to it on 3 different devices, all with the same effect, wwwaaayyyy too much high end; tinny and thin. Does a disservice to Aerosmith.

Toys in the Attic
$7.99
This is often touted as the best Aerosmith album, but it falls short of that mark by far. If you really want their best go and pick up "Rocks" as well as "Get Your Wings". To be fair some of the songs that I don't like seem to be popular among other fans. I could do without Uncle Salty, Adam's Apple, Big Ten Inch Record, You See Me Crying, and even Walk This Way. What's left is nothing short of phenomenal, but it is less than half the album. I seem to be in the minority when it comes to this, so if you like Aerosmith you will probably really like this one. I just can't help but feel like this one is missing something important.

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
$1.29
"If ones eyes are the windows to their soul, then their ears must be where things enter to fill that soul with beauty". ~Crystal M.

O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
$15.99
This CD is good but it's not great. Contains many of Aerosmith's classics but is missing many favorites including my personal favorite "Hangman Jury" Better off with Gold