CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
AEROSMITH: 'Rocks' (Columbia) ::This is the teen crossover of the year, but it ain't the Stones—the resemblance is strictly facial. You should have known. The great motherlode of hard rock in this world is Led Zeppelin, and this is the most convincing American version to date—more fluid and less melodramatic, limited but powerful.
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
AEROSMITH: 'Rocks' (Columbia) ::This is the teen crossover of the year, but it ain't the Stones—the resemblance is strictly facial. You should have known. The great motherlode of hard rock in this world is Led Zeppelin, and this is the most convincing American version to date—more fluid and less melodramatic, limited but powerful. Zep's fourth represented a songmaking peak, before the band simply outgrew itself, and the same may prove true here, too, so get it while you can.
