Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Blender | |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Greg Prato of Allmusic said that the best songs on Rocks were "Back in the Saddle" and "Last Child", he compared the Joe Perry composition, "Combination", to a Rolling Stones song, he also said the album was more "raw" than Toys in the Attic, and thinks overall Rocks is better than its predecessor. Ben Mitchell of Blender magazine, said that the group members drug-use actually helped Rocks and he also called the album "raw." Robert Christgau said that with Rocks, Aerosmith was doing a good job imitating Led Zeppelin and after Rocks the band began to lose steam.
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