Song of the Day #6,122: ‘Last Child’ – Aerosmith

Continuing my look at the albums of 1976…

I was looking forward to hearing Aerosmith’s Rocks, the band’s fourth album and their follow-up to the previous year’s Toys in the Attic. I featured that album in the 1975 Decades installment and enjoyed it quite a bit.

This one was less of a hit but still went 4X Platinum, is a fan favorite, and is often cited as an inspiration by other artists.

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Song of the Day #1,301: ‘Rocks’ – Ben Jelen

Random Weekends continue with a track from Ben Jelen’s 2004 debut album, Give it All Away. This is one of those records that you can find, without fail, in the $1.99 cutout bin of any shopping mall record store. No doubt that’s how it wound up in my shelf.

I don’t think I’ve ever listened to Give it All Away all the way through, or if I have it made too little an impression to stick with me even as a vague memory. Opening track ‘Come On’ was a minor hit but even that song doesn’t feel very familiar.

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