Box of Fire | ||||
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Released | November 22, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1972-1994 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
Length | 493:57 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Aerosmith, Adrian Barber, Tony Bongiovi, Ray Colcord, Don DeVito, Jack Douglas, Bob Ezrin, David Krebs, Steve Leber, Gary Lyons, George Marino, Paul O'Neill | |||
Aerosmith compilation chronology | ||||
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Rolling Stone | [2] |
Box of Fire is a box set album with all 12 single-disc albums released by Aerosmith under their first contract with Columbia Records. Additionally, the set includes a 20 minute bonus disc of previously unreleased recordings. Box of Fire was released in 1994.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Make It" | Steven Tyler | 3:38 |
2. | "Somebody" | Tyler, Steven Emspack | 3:45 |
3. | "Dream On" | Tyler | 4:27 |
4. | "One Way Street" | Tyler | 7:00 |
5. | "Mama Kin" | Tyler | 4:27 |
6. | "Write Me a Letter" | Tyler | 4:10 |
7. | "Movin' Out" | Tyler, Joe Perry | 5:02 |
8. | "Walkin' the Dog" | Rufus Thomas | 3:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Same Old Song and Dance" | Tyler, Perry | 3:53 |
2. | "Lord of the Thighs" | Tyler | 4:14 |
3. | "Spaced" | Tyler, Perry | 4:22 |
4. | "Woman of the World" | Tyler, Don Solomon | 5:48 |
5. | "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" | Tyler | 2:51 |
6. | "Train Kept A-Rollin'" | Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann | 5:33 |
7. | "Seasons of Wither" | Tyler | 5:39 |
8. | "Pandora's Box" | Tyler, Joey Kramer | 5:44 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Toys in the Attic" | Tyler, Perry | 3:05 |
2. | "Uncle Salty" | Tyler, Tom Hamilton | 4:10 |
3. | "Adam's Apple" | Tyler | 4:34 |
4. | "Walk This Way" | Tyler, Perry | 3:40 |
5. | "Big Ten Inch Record" | Fred Weismantel | 2:16 |
6. | "Sweet Emotion" | Tyler, Hamilton | 4:34 |
7. | "No More No More" | Tyler, Perry | 4:34 |
8. | "Round and Round" | Tyler, Brad Whitford | 5:03 |
9. | "You See Me Crying" | Tyler, Don Solomon | 5:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Back in the Saddle" | Tyler, Perry | 4:39 |
2. | "Last Child" | Tyler, Whitford | 3:27 |
3. | "Rats in the Cellar" | Tyler, Perry | 4:06 |
4. | "Combination" | Perry | 3:39 |
5. | "Sick as a Dog" | Tyler, Hamilton | 4:12 |
6. | "Nobody's Fault" | Tyler, Whitford | 4:25 |
7. | "Get the Lead Out" | Tyler, Perry | 3:42 |
8. | "Lick and a Promise" | Tyler, Perry | 3:05 |
9. | "Home Tonight" | Tyler | 3:16 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Draw the Line" | Tyler, Perry | 3:23 |
2. | "I Wanna Know Why" | Tyler, Perry | 3:09 |
3. | "Critical Mass" | Tyler, Hamilton, Jack Douglas | 4:53 |
4. | "Get It Up" | Tyler, Perry | 4:02 |
5. | "Bright Light Fright" | Perry | 2:19 |
6. | "Kings and Queens" | Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas | 4:55 |
7. | "The Hand That Feeds" | Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas | 4:23 |
8. | "Sight for Sore Eyes" | Tyler, Perry, Douglas, David Johansen | 3:56 |
9. | "Milk Cow Blues" | Kokomo Arnold | 4:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Back in the Saddle" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977) | Tyler, Perry | 4:25 |
2. | "Sweet Emotion" (Chicago, IL, 24 March 1978) | Tyler, Hamilton | 4:42 |
3. | "Lord of the Thighs" (Chicago, IL, 23 March 1978) | Tyler | 7:18 |
4. | "Toys in the Attic" (Boston, MA, 28 March 1978) | Tyler, Perry | 3:45 |
5. | "Last Child" (The Paradise Club, Boston, MA, 9 August 1978) | Tyler, Whitford | 3:14 |
6. | "Come Together" (The Wherehouse, Waltham, MA, 21 August 1978) | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 4:51 |
7. | "Walk This Way" (Detroit, MI, 2 April 1978) | Tyler, Perry | 3:46 |
8. | "Sick as a Dog" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977) | Tyler, Hamilton | 4:42 |
9. | "Dream On" (Louisville, KY, 3 July 1977) | Tyler | 4:31 |
10. | "Chip Away the Stone" (The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, 8 April 1978) | Richard Supa | 4:12 |
11. | "Sight for Sore Eyes" (Columbus, OH, 24 March 1978) | Tyler, Perry, Douglas, Johansen | 3:18 |
12. | "Mama Kin" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977) | Tyler | 3:43 |
13. | "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977) | Tyler | 2:46 |
14. | "I Ain't Got You" (Paul's Mall, Boston, MA, 23 April 1973; WBCN-FM radio simulcast) | Calvin Carter | 3:57 |
15. | "Mother Popcorn/Draw the Line" (Paul's Mall, Boston, MA, 23 April 1973; WBCN-FM radio simulcast / Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, March 26, 1978) | James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis / Tyler, Perry | 11:35 |
16. | "Train Kept A-Rollin'/Strangers in the Night" (Detroit, MI, 2 April 1978) | Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann / Bert Kaempfert, Charlie Singleton, Eddie Snyder | 4:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "No Surprize" | Tyler, Perry | 4:25 |
2. | "Chiquita" | Tyler, Perry | 4:24 |
3. | "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" | Shadow Morton | 4:05 |
4. | "Cheese Cake" | Tyler, Perry | 4:15 |
5. | "Three Mile Smile" | Tyler, Perry | 3:42 |
6. | "Reefer Head Woman" | Joe Bennett, Jazz Gillum, Lester Melrose | 4:02 |
7. | "Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)" | Tyler, Perry | 2:59 |
8. | "Think About It" | Keith Relf, Jimmy Page, Jim McCarty | 3:35 |
9. | "Mia" | Tyler | 4:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dream On" | Tyler | 4:28 |
2. | "Same Old Song and Dance" | Tyler, Perry | 3:01 |
3. | "Sweet Emotion" | Tyler, Hamilton | 3:12 |
4. | "Walk This Way" | Tyler, Perry | 3:31 |
5. | "Last Child" | Tyler, Whitford | 3:27 |
6. | "Back in the Saddle" | Tyler, Perry | 4:38 |
7. | "Draw the Line" | Tyler, Perry | 3:21 |
8. | "Kings and Queens" | Tyler, Hamilton, Kramer, Whitford, Douglas | 3:48 |
9. | "Come Together" | Lennon, McCartney | 3:45 |
10. | "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" | Morton | 4:05 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jailbait" | Tyler, Jimmy Crespo | 4:38 |
2. | "Lightning Strikes" | Supa | 4:26 |
3. | "Bitch's Brew" | Tyler, Crespo | 4:14 |
4. | "Bolivian Ragamuffin" | Tyler, Crespo | 3:32 |
5. | "Cry Me a River" | Arthur Hamilton | 4:06 |
6. | "Prelude to Joanie" | Tyler | 1:21 |
7. | "Joanie's Butterfly" | Tyler, Crespo, Douglas | 5:35 |
8. | "Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)" | Tyler, Crespo, Douglas | 4:46 |
9. | "Jig Is Up" | Tyler, Crespo | 3:10 |
10. | "Push Comes to Shove" | Tyler | 4:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Train Kept A-Rollin'" | Bradshaw, Mann, Kay | 3:20 |
2. | "Kings and Queens" | Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas | 4:46 |
3. | "Sweet Emotion" | Tyler, Hamilton | 5:14 |
4. | "Dream On" | Tyler | 4:50 |
5. | "Mama Kin" | Tyler | 3:41 |
6. | "Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head Woman" | Tyler, Perry / Melrose, Bennett, Gillum | 4:54 |
7. | "Lord of the Thighs"" | Tyler | 7:05 |
8. | "Major Barbara" | Tyler | 4:03 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Back in the Saddle" | Tyler, Perry | 4:38 |
2. | "Walk This Way" | Tyler, Perry | 4:22 |
3. | "Movin' Out" | Tyler, Perry | 5:44 |
4. | "Draw The Line" | Tyler, Perry | 4:47 |
5. | "Same Old Song and Dance" | Tyler, Perry | 5:45 |
6. | "Last Child" | Tyler, Whitford | 3:43 |
7. | "Let the Music Do the Talking" | Perry | 5:44 |
8. | "Toys in the Attic" | Tyler, Perry | 4:04 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rats in the Cellar" | Tyler, Perry | 4:06 |
2. | "Lick and a Promise" | Tyler, Perry | 3:05 |
3. | "Chip Away the Stone" | Supa | 4:01 |
4. | "No Surprize" | Tyler, Perry | 4:26 |
5. | "Mama Kin" | Tyler | 4:27 |
6. | "Adam's Apple" | Tyler | 4:34 |
7. | "Nobody's Fault" | Tyler, Whitford | 4:18 |
8. | "Round and Round" | Tyler, Whitford | 5:03 |
9. | "Critical Mass" | Tyler, Hamilton, Douglas | 4:52 |
10. | "Lord of the Thighs" | Tyler | 4:14 |
11. | "Jailbait" | Tyler, Crespo | 4:39 |
12. | "Train Kept A-Rollin'" | Bradshaw, Kay, Mann | 5:41 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sweet Emotion" (1991) | Tyler, Hamilton | 4:33 |
2. | "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" | Huey "Piano" Smith | 2:54 |
3. | "Subway" | Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer | 3:29 |
4. | "Circle Jerk" | Whitford | 3:40 |
5. | "Dream On" (MTV Anniversary) | Tyler | 5:44 |
Organization | Level | Date |
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RIAA - USA | Gold | January 19, 1995 |
Region | Date | Format | Tracks | Label | Catalog # | Barcode | Edition | Series | Notes |
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USA | Nov 22, 1994 | CD x 13 | 121 | Columbia/SMEI | CXK 66687 | 074646668726 | — | — | 1993 Remasters (except Box of Fire Bonus Disc); sched. for Nov 8, 1994 - delayed 2 weeks [3] [4] |
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