Get Your Wings

It was their second release, but most fans—and history books—consider Get Your Wings to be Aerosmith's true arrival. It contains their earliest hits, including the defining swagger of "Same Old Song and Dance" and their behemoth revival of old-school blues number "Train Kept a-Rollin'," made famous by The Yardbirds. Producer Jack Douglas helped Steven Tyler develop his voice, a horndog rasp that Joe Perry all but mimicked on lead guitar, while long, sinuous, sinister numbers like "Seasons of Wither" and "Pandora's Box" pointed toward Aerosmith's creative stamina.