Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection

This compilation, available exclusively on import from Argentina, shows why Aerosmith are one of the most revered and legendary rock bands around.
The 2002 Japanese release The Best of Aerosmith concentrates on the group's Geffen recordings from the '80s and '90s, so there's no "Walk This Way," "Dream On," "Sweet Emotion" -- none of their big '70s staples. Instead, this has "Amazing," "What It Takes," "Janie's Got a Gun," and "Rag Doll" among its 18 tracks, and those are the only big hits: the rest are reasonably well-chosen album tracks, which is enough to make this a reasonably enjoyable sampler if hardly a definitive one. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine