Iconic '70s Hard Rock Album Just Debuted on Multiple Charts Over 50 Years After Its Release

Over 50 years since the release of their self-titled debut album, Aerosmith is still managing to hit career milestones. What’s more, they’re still reaching new heights with that same first record from 1973.

The band recently re-released Aerosmith in a sort of belated celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2023, with the updated edition featuring previously unreleased songs, new artwork and other special features.

As Forbes reported, it’s been a big hit with fans — not just here but in the U.K., where the newly released Aerosmith debuted on multiple charts including the Official Albums Downloads list at #65, Official Albums Sales at #22, Official Physical Albums at #23 and Official Vinyl Albums at #32.

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This isn’t the first time in recent months Aerosmith has found luck on the U.K. charts: The band’s One More Time EP with Yungblud went to #1 towards the end of 2025.

The most famous song on ‘Aerosmith’ took years to become a hit

At this point, the iconic ballad “Dream On” is the most well-known song from the Aerosmith album, but it didn’t actually break the Billboard top 10 until several years after it was released, in 1976 (following the success of “Sweet Emotion” the year before).

As Steven Tyler explained in an interview with Bruce Pollak of Songfacts, “‘Dream On’ was written four or five years before the group even started.”

“Never in a million years did I think I’d take it to guitar,” he continued. “When I transposed it to guitar Joe [Perry] played the right fingers and Brad [Whitford] played the left hand on guitar. Sitting there working it out on guitar and piano I got a little melodramatic. The song was so good it brought a tear to my eye.”

After all this time, it’s still bringing tears to the eyes of Aerosmith fans, too.

Related: This 1971 Hit Voted Best Hard Rock Song of the ’70s