The original copies of this vinyl album had "Walking The Dog" spelt "Walking the Dig" and contained the original drug bust liner notes.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
The purpose of this section is to detail album releases that were other than the standard format American releases. It will cover special promos, album cover changes, international differences and special limited editions.
During their Geffen days, extra tracks would appear on the International releases. In the 60s, UK bands such as the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds etc, used to put additional tracks on their American releases so Aerosmith sort of paying back the idea.
There has also been a trend in Japan, since Permanent Vacation, to add an additional track to make it different from the American release so the Japanese audience will buy the country release and not cheaper imports. Japanese releases also come with a lyric sheet of the album's lyrics in English and Japanese.
| Aerosmith | |
| Released: 1973 | |
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In recent years
they have changed the cover to the first Aerosmith album
(since SBM re-issues). The original copies of this vinyl album had "Walking The Dog" spelt "Walking the Dig" and contained the original drug bust liner notes. |
| Pure Gold From Rock N Roll's Golden Boys | |
| Released: 1975 | |
| A Columbia promo box set (3S-187) of their first three vinyl albums. | |
| Toys In The Attic | |
| Released: July, 1975 | |
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Special Collectors Edition of "Toys in the Attic". Gold CD with picture cover artwork. Complete original artwork and openout CD insert (Columbia CK64401) |
| The First Decade | |
| Released: 1982 | |
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Columbia promo boxset of their first eight vinyl albums: "Aerosmith", "Get Your Wings", "Toys In The Attic", "Rocks", "Draw The Line", "Live Bootleg", "Night In The Ruts", "Greatest Hits". |
| Done With Mirrors / Permanent Vacation | |
| Released: December 1985 / August 1987 | |
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Done With Mirrors originally appeared on vinyl and cassette. The original album cover (back and front) was mirrored, and with the absence of the famous Aerosmith logo, it lacked promotion foresight being it was a comeback album. The cassette version also contained an additional track "Darkness" which later also appeared on the CD. |
| "Permanent Vacation" was standard globally. In Japan in 1988 (when Aerosmith toured for the first time in 11 years), an EP was released called "Vacation Club" which offered some extra remixes and also "Once Is Enough" (Supa). | |
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A special
Australian CD series called "Back 2 Back"
released "Done With Mirrors" and
"Permanent Vacation" in one set (left). What is unusual in the case of "Done With Mirrors" is that it does not have "Darkness" on it (GEFD 24550). |
| Anthology | |
| Released: June 1988 | |
 A compilation album released on UK label Castle Communications (RAWCD037). The double vinyl album version (RAWLP037) contained four extra tracks: Toys InThe Attic, Lord of The Thighs, Mother Popcorn (Live) and Push Comes To Shove. |
Sweet Emotion Walk This Way (Live) No More No More You See Me Crying Bright Light Fright Back In The Saddle (Live) Sick As A Dog Critical Mass Bite The Hand That Feeds Sight For Sore Eyes Train Kept A Rollin' S.O.S. (Too Bad) Rock In A Hard Place Jailbait Lick And A Promise Rats In The Cellar Bone To Bone Dream On |
| Rock This Way | |
| Released: 1989 | |
| 15 track Columbia compilation promo CD. | |
| Pump | |
| Released: September, 1989 | |
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The Japanese version (left, back of) carried 11 tracks with "Ain't Enough" (Perry/Tyler) added at the end. |
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In America appeared a Leather bound gatefold edition with an embossed cover which fitted into a Leather case (left). |
| The Big Ten-Inch Sampler | |
| Released: 1991 | |
 A 10-track promo sampler of tracks that are on Pandora's Box (released prior to its release) (Columbia CSK 4236) |
Helter Skelter Sweet Emotion Walk This Way Dream On Big Ten Inch Record Downtown Charlie All Your Love Mama Kin Last Child Back In The Saddle |
| Aerosmith/Get Your Wings/Toys In The Attic | |
| Released: USA | |
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Columbia "low budget" repackage of the first three Aerosmith albums in a Slipcase sleeve (Sony C3K 65600) |
| Toys In The Attic/Draw The Line/Rocks | |
| Released: December 1990 (UK) | |
| Columbia/CBS "low budget" repackage of the three Aerosmith albums in a Slipcase sleeve (Sony 4853122 and CBS 467385 2) | |
| Rock In A Hard Place/Get Your Wings/Night In The Ruts | |
| Released: 1991 (UK) | |
| Columbia/CBS "low budget" repackage of the three Aerosmith albums in a Slipcase sleeve (CBS 468801 2) | |
| Get A Grip | |
| Released: April, 1993 | |
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The international
version carried 15 tracks with the additional track
"Can't Stop Messin'" (Tyler/Perry/Blades/Shaw)
inbetween "Line Up" and Amazing". In America, a limited edition gatefold cowhide version was released. The image on the CD pressing was also different being the ring through the cow's teat. |
| Gripping Stuff! | |
| Released: September, 1993 | |
 A 13-track promo gatefold Digipak released to coincide with the European Tour 1993 (Geffen GRIP1). |
Let The Music Do
The Talking My Fist Your Face Rag Doll Dude (Looks Like A lady) Angel Love In An Elevator Janie's Got A Gun The Other Side What It Takes Eat The Rich Livin' On The Edge Cryin' Amazing Line Up Crazy |
| Toys In The Attic/Classics Live! | |
| Released: 1993 (UK) | |
| Columbia/CBS "low budget" repackage in a Slipcase sleeve (CBS 474038 2) | |
| Pandora's Toys | |
| Released: June 1994 | |
 A Columbia release, coinciding with the European Summer tour 1994. It features 12 track taken from "Pandora's Box" (International release only). |
Sweet Emotion Draw The Line Walk This Way Dream On Train Kept A Rollin' Mama Kin Nobody's Fault Seasons of Wither Big Ten Inch Record All Your Love Helter Skelter Chip Away The Stone |
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Special limited edition CD in high quality black wooden box, printed with Aeromsith logo and individually numbered. Also contains "The Story of Aerosmith" CD (narrated by Chris Barrie), Aerosmith patch and sticker and a parchment certificate (only 10,000 made worldwide). |
| Big Ones | |
| Released: October, 1994 | |
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The international
version carries 16 tracks with the addition of a live
version of "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" appended
(recorded by Westwood One, San Diego, Aug 1, 1993). This is the same version as found on the "Wayne's World II" Soundtrack. |
| Nine Lives | |
| Released: March 1998 | |
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The original cover was cat like figure amongst numerous cobras. The images of Hindu gods on the cover spirtually violated Amercian Hare Krishna devotees, who tried to get the album banned.The group eventually licensed the image from the sect so as someone put it, if you're a Hare Krishna in the USA, your God belongs to Aerosmith! In the meantime, the album cover was changed to a cat on a spinning wheel which happened in the USA in Summer 1997 (Japan in 1998 and Europe, March 1999). |
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 In America, a special CD pressing was made which removed the images of sex positons around the edge of the CD (so it could be marketed at outlets such as WalMart etc). |
| The album (14 tracks) was released international a week before that in the USA and carried an extra track; the Joe Perry sung tune, "Falling Off" (Perry/Tyler/Frederiksen) which appears on the album between Pink and Attitude Adjustment. | |
| The Japanese version of the album (15 tracks) had a further additional track "Fall Together" (Tyler/Hudson/Wells/Grakal) which came after "Falling Off" (Sony Records SRCS 8263). | |
| To mark the Japanese 1998 tour, Sony Records in Japan, released a special gatefold edition of Nine Lives which also carried the Box of Fire bonus disc and a booklet of photos and tour information (Sony Records SRCS 8610-1) 25/2/98. | |
| In March 1999, after the massive success of "I Don't To Miss A Thing" in Europe and prior to a Summer European tour, Columbia re-issued Nine Lives with "I Don't To Miss A Thing" added at the end of the album (Columbia COL485020 3, UK). | |
| From April 1999 in Australia, the full cd single, (which spent a record breaking 10 weeks at No1 in late 98), including all four tracks (I Don't Want To Miss A Thing album version and rock version, Taste Of India rock mix, and Animal Crackers) was packaged as a bonus disc within Aerosmith's Nine Lives album (Sony 494398, 12/4/99) | |
| Greatest Hits 1973 - 1988 | |
| Released: March, 1997 (24/2/97 Australia) | |
 In April 1997, Columbia re-issued the "Greatest Hits" album with the addition of 7 extra tracks (International only, Columbia COL 487350 2 UK) . |
Dream On Mama Kin Same Old Song And Dance Seasons of Wither Sweet Emotion Walk This Way Big Ten Inch Record Last Child Back In The Saddle Draw The Line Kings and Queens Come Together Remember (Walking In The Sand) Lightning Strikes Chip Away The Stone Sweet Emotion (1991 Thoener Remix) One Way Street (Live - Mama Kins, 1994). |
| Pandora's Box | |
| Released: 1991 and 1997 | |
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In 1997, Sony
Music Entertainment reissued the 3CD set, Pandora's Box
in a different format, Rather than the 12" x 6"
long box format (Columbia 46209) , it was issued as a
sleeve format (C3K 67995). The enclosed booklet went from a 64 page booklet to a smaller condensed 36 page booklet. NOTE: The extra bonus track (20) on CD3 is Circle Jerk (B. Whitford) 3:37. |
| Classic Live ! Complete | |
| Released: September 1 , 1998 | |
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In Europe,
Columbia repackaged "Classics Live!" and
"Classics Live! II" on one CD and named it
"Classic Live! Complete" (Columbia 250997 487351 26 ). |
| A Little South of Sanity (Standard Edition) | ||
| Released: October, 1998 | ||
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Disc
1: Eat The Rich 5:14 Love In An Elevator 5:56 (5:55) Falling In Love (Is So Hard On The Knees) 3:20 (3:34) Same Old Song And Dance 5:58 (5:57) Hole In My Soul 5:40 Monkey On My Back 4:08 Livin' On The Edge 5:24 Cryin' 5:11 (5:10) Rag Doll 4:14 (4:13) Angel 5:35 Janie's Got A Gun 5:07(5:14) Amazing 5:23 |
Disc
2: Back In the Saddle 6:11 (6:10) Last Child 5:05 (5:04) The Other Side 4:40 Walk On Down 3:41 (3:40) Dream On 4:51 (4:50) Crazy 5:45 (5:44) Mama Kin 4:12 Walk This Way 4:08 (4:12) Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 4:22 (4:21) What It Takes 5:15 Sweet Emotion 5:57 |
There were no track differences in the international and North American release of this album Geffen GEF2-25221: CD1: 61:27, CD2: 54:05 Total: 115:32 (labels on CDs detailed over 2 hours of Pure Aerosmith). Some of the track times do not match up with CD booklet (real time given in brackets) |
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| A Little South of Sanity (Clean Version) | ||
| Released: October 28, 1998 | ||
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Disc
1: Eat The Rich 5:08 (5:14) Love In An Elevator 5:25 (5:55) Falling In Love(Is So Hard On The Knees) 3:17 (3:29) Same Old Song And Dance 5:32 (5:50) Hole In My Soul 5:35 (5:40) Monkey On My Back 4:07 (4:08) Livin' On The Edge 5:20 (5:23) Cryin' 4:58 (5:11) Rag Doll 4:12 (4:13) Angel 5:37 (5:35) Janie's Got A Gun 5:04 (5:14) Amazing 5:15 (5:23) |
Disc
2: Back In the Saddle 5:56 Last Child 4:57 (5:03) The Other Side 4:14 (4:39) Walk On Down 3:38 (3:39) Dream On 4:39 (4:52) Crazy 5:39 (5:44) Mama Kin 4:03 (4:09) Walk This Way 4:20 (4:10) Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 4:16 (4:21) What It Takes 5:10 (5:15) Sweet Emotion 5:42 (5:57) |
In America, a clean edit version was released so it could be distrubuted at outlets like WalMart etc. Geffen GEFD2-25308: CD1: 61:15, CD2: 53:45 Total: 115:00 (labels on CDs detailed over 2 hours of Pure Aerosmith). Many of the track times do
not match up with CD booklet (real time given in
brackets) and |
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| A Little South of Sanity (Special Edition) | |
| Released: October, 1998 | |
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A special gatefold denim version was released in the America whose CDs are the same as the standard release (Geffen GEFD 25314-2). |
| Greatest Hits 1973-1988 - Classics Live | |
| Released: | |
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The Real Deal series saw Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited, release various CDs bundled together in a dual SlipCase sleeve. (Aerosmith title, TRD 041) |
| Best of Aerosmith | |
| Released: July 19, 2000 (Australia) | |
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An Australia
compilation release the same as the original Greatest
Hits release (Sony 4630152). Dream On |
| Done With Mirrors/Permenant Vacation/Pump | |
| Released: October 30, 2000 (Europe) | |
| Geffen repackage (Geffen 4249352) | |
| Classic Aerosmith | |
| Released: November 12, 2000 | |
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Amazing 5:56
(5:58) Eat The Rich 4:10 (4:11) What It Takes 6:28 (5:14) Janie's Got A Gun 5:33 (5:34) Magic Touch 4:40 (4:37) Rag Doll 4:21 (4:22) Permanent Vacation 4:52 (4:50) The Movie 4:00 (4:02) Monkey On My Back 3:56 (3:59) My Girl 3:10 (3:12) Shame On You 3:38 (3:21) The Hop 3:39 (3:41) She's On Fire 3:44 (3:47) Darkness 3:42 (3:44) I'm Down 2:20 (2:19) Voodoo Medicine Man 4:39 (4:41) Shela 4:32 (4:25) My Fist Your Face 4:21 4:23) |
| Released
by Geffen Europe/Universal Music Company (497 441-2)
under their The Universal Masters Collection. In essence
its like another Big Ones compilation featuring heavily
tracks from Done With Mirrors. 76 min 20 sec (Made in
EU). Actual track times do not match up with CD booklet (actal times in brackets). |
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| Aerosmith: Millenium Edition | |
| Released: January 9, 2001 | |
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Amazing 5:56
(5:58) Eat The Rich 4:10 (4:11) What It Takes 6:28 (5:14) Janie's Got A Gun 5:33 (5:34) Magic Touch 4:40 (4:37) Rag Doll 4:21 (4:22) Permanent Vacation 4:52 (4:50) The Movie 4:00 (4:02) Monkey On My Back 3:56 (3:59) My Girl 3:10 (3:12) Shame On You 3:38 (3:21) The Hop 3:39 (3:41) She's On Fire 3:44 (3:47) Darkness 3:42 (3:44) I'm Down 2:20 (2:19) Voodoo Medicine Man 4:39 (4:41) Shela 4:32 (4:25) My Fist Your Face 4:21 4:23) |
| Identical
Universal Music Release to Classic Aerosmith (above)
except associated with a different release series
(Millenium Edition) Even has same catalogue number as
Classic Aerosmith : 497 441 (Made In Germany, 606949744120) 76 min 20
sec. Actual track times do not match up with CD booklet (actual times in brackets). |
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Another variant of this release appeared in France in 2001 (released August 20) called "Les Talents du siècle - Best Of" (Polydor ) |
| Big Ones: 2 CD Set (Special Limited Edition) | |
| Released: 2001 | |
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Second
CD: (ALSOS tracks) 37 min 27 s 1. Falling In Love (Is Hard
On The Knees) 3:22 |
| Universal
Music Company release in the EU in a slipcase. Released in Germany June
26, 2001, (6069 490851 24). Contains the normal 16
track "Big Ones" CD (international version, see
above) plus a second bonus CD ( digest version of "A
Little South of Sanity" (8 tracks) in a cardboard
slipcase (Geffen/Universal Music (EU) 424 546-2 (CD1) 490
852-2 (CD 2). |
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| Best of The Best Gold - Aerosmith | |
| Released: November 5, 2001 (Germany) | |
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Dream On |
| A Gold CD reissue of the
original 10 track Greatest Hits album, maybe to coincide with 21 years
since its release and achieving RIAA Diamond Award Status.
Cat No: 5099750143865 |
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| Permanent Vacation Pump Get A Grip |
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| Released: November 21, 2001(Japan), November 20, 2001 (North America) | |
| MCA (Japan) and Universal Music release digital remastered versions of Permanent Vacation (UICY3252 (Japan), 069 493096-2), Pump (UICY3253(Japan), 069 493097-2) and Get A Grip (UICY 3254 (Japan), 069 493095-2) | |
| Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology | ||
| Released: November 20, 2001(USA) | ||
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Disc
1: Let The Music Do The Talking My Fist Your Face Shame On You Heart's Done Time Rag Doll Dude (Looks Like A Lady) Angel Hangman Jury Permanent Vacation Young Lust F.I.N.E. The Other Side What It Takes Monkey On My Back Love In An Elevator Janie's Got A Gun Ain't Enough Walk This Way (by RUN DMC) |
Disc
2: Eat The Rich Love Me Two Times Head First Livin' On The Edge Don't Stop Can't Stop Messin' Amazing (orchestral version) Cryin' Crazy Shut Up And Dance Deuces Are Wild Walk On Water Blind Man Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) * Dream On * Hole In My Soul * Sweet Emotion * |
| As a result of the
Japanese remastering exercise of their Geffen albums, comes this
35-track Anthology release (released in Japan, November 21, UICY 1092/1093).
A chronological guide through all Aerosmith's albums with Geffen,
including some soundtrack songs done during the period plus some
non-album rarities previously only available on CD/12" singles.
Note: * Live versions taken from the album, "A Little South of Sanity" Original preliminary track listings (Oct 24) detailed the addition of "Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" and "F.I.N.E." on Disc 1 ("Heart's Done Time" wasn't listed at this point) and some reordering the the first two and last four tracks on Disc 2. Universal Music Company release 069 493119-2. Released UK November 26, 2001; Germany December 14, 2001 |
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| Done With Mirrors / Pump / Permanent Vacation | |
| Released: October 1, 2001 (French Origin) | |
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A Universal Music repackage of he first three Geffen albums at a super value price. |
| Best of Aerosmith | |
| Released: November 28, 2001(Japan Only) | |
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Amazing |
| MCA (Japan) release digital remastered release (UICY1071). Same as Millenium Collection/Classic Aerosmith/Best of Aerosmith (France). | |
| Just Push Play (2002) | ||
| Released: January 30, 2002 (Japan Only) | ||
| 1. Just Push Play (Radio
Remix) 2. Draw The Line (Live from California Jam II '78 ) 3. Chip Away The Stone (Live from California Jam II '78 ) 4. Same Old Song And Dance (Live from California Jam II '78 ) 5. Big Ten Inch Record (Live, Texxas Jam '78 ) 6. Lord of the Thighs (Live, Texxas Jam '78 ) 7. One Way Street (Live, Mama Kin Music Hall '94 ) 8. Walk This Way (Live, MTV Spring Break 3/97 ) 9. Dream On (Live, MTV 10 Anniversary ) 10.I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Live, Cape Canaveral, FL 29/6/98 ) |
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| A special edition
Just Push Play set to be released to tie in with their Japanese Tour
commencing on January 25th, 2002.
The release will contain a
bonus CD called "Live and Rare". Originally
targeted for release on January 23, 2002. |
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| 20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection | |
| Released: October 7, 2003 (Geffen Records 60249860751) | |
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A Universal Music budget priced release
from a series being released for numerous bands (about 10 tracks per CD)
Dude (Looks Like A Lady) |
| Toys In The Attic : SACD Version | |
| Released: October 7, 2003 (Sony Records) | |
| Features a new 5.1 Surround Sound
mix done by the album's original producer (Jack Douglas), mix engineer
(Jay Messina) and mastering engineer (Doug Sax). The new Surround Sound mix captures the raw rock sounds of the album while employing all 5.1 channels of the Surround Sound field with solo instruments and panned effects featured in the front and surround channels along with vocals placed in the center channel as well as the front left and right channels. Stereo SACD track was mastered at the Mastering Lab by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley while the 5.1 Surround Sound SACD track was mastered at das boot Recording by Doug Sax and James Guthrie. The SACD was authored by Robert Wolff at Sony Music Studios in New York. (High Fidelty Review - SACD Players only) |
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Official Releases?
The following titles have been noted on various online retail outlets in Russia and other ex-Eastern Block countries. Many are well know for their Black Markets and whilst they also list official Aerosmith titles, there are a number not available elsewhere. No label information is detailed. Their legitimacy is questioned given some releases contain both Geffen and Columbia material. Very little is known about these apart from the titles as listed below although most seem to be compilations:
Gold
Golden Collection
Golden Greatest Hits 87-98
The Greatest Hits Collection
Their Hits 1972-92
| Golden Collection 2000 | |
| Released: 2000 (RussianBeat.com) | |
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Walk This Way Kings And Queens Come Together Remember (Walking In The Sand) You See Me Cryin' Love In An Elevator Monkey On My Back My Girl What It Takes Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) Full Circle The Farm Pink Crazy Livin' On The Edge What Kind of Love Are You On I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' |
| Best Ballads | |
| Released: 2000 | |
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I Don't Want To
Miss A Thing Crazy Blind Man Dream On Seasons of Wither What It Takes The Reason Cryin' Deuces Are Wild Amazing Angel Don't Get Mad, Get Even All Your Love Janie's Got A Gun Major Barbra You See Me Cryin' |
| This ballads compilation contains both Geffen and Columbia/Sony material and assume is non-official release. | |