- hard rock, rock, blues rock, album rock
- 36 min
- 9 tracks
- CBS
Night in the Ruts is the sixth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on November 16, 1979, by Columbia Records. Guitarist Joe Perry left the band midway through the album's recording.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC+
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide2/5 ★
- Record Mirror4.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide1/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1No Surprize4:26
- 2Chiquita4:26
- 3Remember (Walking in the Sand)4:06
- 4Cheese Cake4:15
- 5Three Mile Smile3:43
- 6Reefer Head Woman4:03
- 7Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)2:60
- 8Think About It3:35
- 9Mia4:15
9 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Aerosmith
- Label
- CBS
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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