Contemporary reviews were mixed. Rolling Stones Gordon Fletcher compared the album unfavourably to Get Your Wings, which in his opinion, was "testimony to the band's raw abilities." He criticised Douglas's production and wrote that, despite "good moments," the band did not avoid "instances of directionless meandering and downright weak material." Canadian journalist Martin Popoff remarked the variety of styles in the album and highlighted the "memorable and ground-breaking funk metal riffs in the essential 'Walk This Way' plus the classic American swaggers of 'Sweet Emotions' and 'No More No More'".
Aerosmith
- Steven Tylervocals, keyboards, harmonica, percussion
- Joe Perrylead, rhythm, acoustic, and slide guitars, backing vocals, talk box, percussion
- Brad Whitfordrhythm and lead guitar
- Tom Hamiltonbass guitar, rhythm guitar on "Uncle Salty"
- Joey Kramerdrums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Scott Cushnie – piano on "Big Ten Inch Record", and "No More No More"
- Jay Messina – bass marimba on "Sweet Emotion"
- Mike Mainieri – orchestra conductor on "You See Me Crying"
- Uncredited – horn section on "Adam's Apple" and "Big Ten Inch Record"
- Dick Wagner - studio guitarist "on some Guitar solos"
Production
- Jack Douglas – producer
- Jay Messina – engineer
- Rod O'Brien, Corky Stasiak, Dave Thoener – assistant engineers
- Doug Sax – mastering
- Bob Belott – original photography
- Pacific Eye & Ear – album design
- Ingrid Haenke – illustration
- Jimmy Lenner Jr. – still life photography
- Leslie Lambert – still life collage design
- David Krebs, Steve Leber – management
- Lisa Sparagano – 1993 package design
- Ken Fredette – 1993 package design
- Vic Anesini – remastering engineer
- James Guthrie – 2003 5.1 mastering (with Doug Sax)
Charts
Weekly charts
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1975–1977)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)
| align="center"| 79
|-
|-
!scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)
| align="center"| 7
|-
|}
Year-end charts
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1975)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
| 31
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1976)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
| 15
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1977)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
| 54
|}
Certifications
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