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1994 box set by Aerosmith

Box of Fire

Box set by Aerosmith

Released

November 22, 1994

Recorded

1972–1994

Genre

Hard rock, blues rock

Length

493:57

Label

Columbia

Producer

Aerosmith, Adrian Barber, Tony Bongiovi, Ray Colcord, Don DeVito, Jack Douglas, Bob Ezrin, David Krebs, Steve Leber, Gary Lyons, George Marino, Paul O'Neill

Aerosmith compilation chronology

Big Ones
(1994)

Box of Fire
(1994)

Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone

Box of Fire is a box set album with all 12 single-disc albums released by Aerosmith under their first contract with Columbia Records. Additionally, the set includes a 20 minute bonus disc of previously unreleased recordings. Box of Fire was released in 1994.

Track listing

Aerosmith (Disc 1)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make It"	Steven Tyler	3:38
2.	"Somebody"	Tyler, Steven Emspack	3:45
3.	"Dream On"	Tyler	4:27
4.	"One Way Street"	Tyler	7:00
5.	"Mama Kin"	Tyler	4:27
6.	"Write Me a Letter"	Tyler	4:10
7.	"Movin' Out"	Tyler, Joe Perry	5:02
8.	"Walkin' the Dog"	Rufus Thomas	3:12

Get Your Wings (Disc 2)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Same Old Song and Dance"	Tyler, Perry	3:53
2.	"Lord of the Thighs"	Tyler	4:14
3.	"Spaced"	Tyler, Perry	4:22
4.	"Woman of the World"	Tyler, Don Solomon	5:48
5.	"S.O.S. (Too Bad)"	Tyler	2:51
6.	"Train Kept A-Rollin'"	Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann	5:33
7.	"Seasons of Wither"	Tyler	5:39
8.	"Pandora's Box"	Tyler, Joey Kramer	5:44

Toys in the Attic (Disc 3)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Toys in the Attic"	Tyler, Perry	3:05
2.	"Uncle Salty"	Tyler, Tom Hamilton	4:10
3.	"Adam's Apple"	Tyler	4:34
4.	"Walk This Way"	Tyler, Perry	3:40
5.	"Big Ten Inch Record"	Fred Weismantel	2:16
6.	"Sweet Emotion"	Tyler, Hamilton	4:34
7.	"No More No More"	Tyler, Perry	4:34
8.	"Round and Round"	Tyler, Brad Whitford	5:03
9.	"You See Me Crying"	Tyler, Don Solomon	5:12

Rocks (Disc 4)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back in the Saddle"	Tyler, Perry	4:39
2.	"Last Child"	Tyler, Whitford	3:27
3.	"Rats in the Cellar"	Tyler, Perry	4:06
4.	"Combination"	Perry	3:39
5.	"Sick as a Dog"	Tyler, Hamilton	4:12
6.	"Nobody's Fault"	Tyler, Whitford	4:25
7.	"Get the Lead Out"	Tyler, Perry	3:42
8.	"Lick and a Promise"	Tyler, Perry	3:05
9.	"Home Tonight"	Tyler	3:16

Draw the Line (Disc 5)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Draw the Line"	Tyler, Perry	3:23
2.	"I Wanna Know Why"	Tyler, Perry	3:09
3.	"Critical Mass"	Tyler, Hamilton, Jack Douglas	4:53
4.	"Get It Up"	Tyler, Perry	4:02
5.	"Bright Light Fright"	Perry	2:19
6.	"Kings and Queens"	Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas	4:55
7.	"The Hand That Feeds"	Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas	4:23
8.	"Sight for Sore Eyes"	Tyler, Perry, Douglas, David Johansen	3:56
9.	"Milk Cow Blues"	Kokomo Arnold	4:14

Live! Bootleg (Disc 6)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back in the Saddle" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977)	Tyler, Perry	4:25
2.	"Sweet Emotion" (Chicago, IL, 24 March 1978)	Tyler, Hamilton	4:42
3.	"Lord of the Thighs" (Chicago, IL, 23 March 1978)	Tyler	7:18
4.	"Toys in the Attic" (Boston, MA, 28 March 1978)	Tyler, Perry	3:45
5.	"Last Child" (The Paradise Club, Boston, MA, 9 August 1978)	Tyler, Whitford	3:14
6.	"Come Together" (The Wherehouse, Waltham, MA, 21 August 1978)	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	4:51
7.	"Walk This Way" (Detroit, MI, 2 April 1978)	Tyler, Perry	3:46
8.	"Sick as a Dog" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977)	Tyler, Hamilton	4:42
9.	"Dream On" (Louisville, KY, 3 July 1977)	Tyler	4:31
10.	"Chip Away the Stone" (The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, 8 April 1978)	Richard Supa	4:12
11.	"Sight for Sore Eyes" (Columbus, OH, 24 March 1978)	Tyler, Perry, Douglas, Johansen	3:18
12.	"Mama Kin" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977)	Tyler	3:43
13.	"S.O.S. (Too Bad)" (Indianapolis, IN, 4 July 1977)	Tyler	2:46
14.	"I Ain't Got You" (Paul's Mall, Boston, MA, 23 April 1973; WBCN-FM radio simulcast)	Calvin Carter	3:57
15.	"Mother Popcorn/Draw the Line" (Paul's Mall, Boston, MA, 23 April 1973; WBCN-FM radio simulcast / Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, March 26, 1978)	James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis / Tyler, Perry	11:35
16.	"Train Kept A-Rollin'/Strangers in the Night" (Detroit, MI, 2 April 1978)	Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann / Bert Kaempfert, Charlie Singleton, Eddie Snyder	4:51

Night in the Ruts (Disc 7)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Surprize"	Tyler, Perry	4:25
2.	"Chiquita"	Tyler, Perry	4:24
3.	"Remember (Walking in the Sand)"	Shadow Morton	4:05
4.	"Cheese Cake"	Tyler, Perry	4:15
5.	"Three Mile Smile"	Tyler, Perry	3:42
6.	"Reefer Head Woman"	Joe Bennett, Jazz Gillum, Lester Melrose	4:02
7.	"Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)"	Tyler, Perry	2:59
8.	"Think About It"	Keith Relf, Jimmy Page, Jim McCarty	3:35
9.	"Mia"	Tyler	4:14

Greatest Hits (Disc 8)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dream On"	Tyler	4:28
2.	"Same Old Song and Dance"	Tyler, Perry	3:01
3.	"Sweet Emotion"	Tyler, Hamilton	3:12
4.	"Walk This Way"	Tyler, Perry	3:31
5.	"Last Child"	Tyler, Whitford	3:27
6.	"Back in the Saddle"	Tyler, Perry	4:38
7.	"Draw the Line"	Tyler, Perry	3:21
8.	"Kings and Queens"	Tyler, Hamilton, Kramer, Whitford, Douglas	3:48
9.	"Come Together"	Lennon, McCartney	3:45
10.	"Remember (Walking in the Sand)"	Morton	4:05

Rock in a Hard Place (Disc 9)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jailbait"	Tyler, Jimmy Crespo	4:38
2.	"Lightning Strikes"	Supa	4:26
3.	"Bitch's Brew"	Tyler, Crespo	4:14
4.	"Bolivian Ragamuffin"	Tyler, Crespo	3:32
5.	"Cry Me a River"	Arthur Hamilton	4:06
6.	"Prelude to Joanie"	Tyler	1:21
7.	"Joanie's Butterfly"	Tyler, Crespo, Douglas	5:35
8.	"Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)"	Tyler, Crespo, Douglas	4:46
9.	"Jig Is Up"	Tyler, Crespo	3:10
10.	"Push Comes to Shove"	Tyler	4:28

Classics Live! (Disc 10)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Train Kept A-Rollin'"	Bradshaw, Mann, Kay	3:20
2.	"Kings and Queens"	Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas	4:46
3.	"Sweet Emotion"	Tyler, Hamilton	5:14
4.	"Dream On"	Tyler	4:50
5.	"Mama Kin"	Tyler	3:41
6.	"Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head Woman"	Tyler, Perry / Melrose, Bennett, Gillum	4:54
7.	"Lord of the Thighs""	Tyler	7:05
8.	"Major Barbara"	Tyler	4:03

Classics Live! II (Disc 11)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back in the Saddle"	Tyler, Perry	4:38
2.	"Walk This Way"	Tyler, Perry	4:22
3.	"Movin' Out"	Tyler, Perry	5:44
4.	"Draw The Line"	Tyler, Perry	4:47
5.	"Same Old Song and Dance"	Tyler, Perry	5:45
6.	"Last Child"	Tyler, Whitford	3:43
7.	"Let the Music Do the Talking"	Perry	5:44
8.	"Toys in the Attic"	Tyler, Perry	4:04

Gems (Disc 12)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rats in the Cellar"	Tyler, Perry	4:06
2.	"Lick and a Promise"	Tyler, Perry	3:05
3.	"Chip Away the Stone"	Supa	4:01
4.	"No Surprize"	Tyler, Perry	4:26
5.	"Mama Kin"	Tyler	4:27
6.	"Adam's Apple"	Tyler	4:34
7.	"Nobody's Fault"	Tyler, Whitford	4:18
8.	"Round and Round"	Tyler, Whitford	5:03
9.	"Critical Mass"	Tyler, Hamilton, Douglas	4:52
10.	"Lord of the Thighs"	Tyler	4:14
11.	"Jailbait"	Tyler, Crespo	4:39
12.	"Train Kept A-Rollin'"	Bradshaw, Kay, Mann	5:41

Box of Fire Bonus Disc (Disc 13)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sweet Emotion" (1991)	Tyler, Hamilton	4:33
2.	"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"	Huey "Piano" Smith	2:54
3.	"Subway"	Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer	3:29
4.	"Circle Jerk"	Whitford	3:40
5.	"Dream On" (MTV Anniversary)	Tyler	5:44

Certification


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Tracks	Label	Catalog #	Barcode	Edition	Series	Notes
USA	Nov 22, 1994	CD x 13	121	Columbia/SMEI	CXK 66687	074646668726	—	—	1993 Remasters (except Box of Fire Bonus Disc); sched. for Nov 8, 1994 - delayed 2 weeks

References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/r220483
"Aerosmith: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
"American album certifications – Aerosmith – Box of Fire". Recording Industry Association of America.
"Box Of Fire Limited Edition, Ltd ed. Box Set". Amazon.
Billboard: Oct 8, 1994, page 8

External links

Box of Fire at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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Steven Tyler Tom Hamilton Joey Kramer Joe Perry Brad Whitford Ray Tabano Jimmy Crespo Rick Dufay
Studio albums	Aerosmith Get Your Wings Toys in the Attic Rocks Draw the Line Night in the Ruts Rock in a Hard Place Done with Mirrors Permanent Vacation Pump Get a Grip Nine Lives Just Push Play Honkin' on Bobo Music from Another Dimension!
Live albums	Live! Bootleg Classics Live I and II A Little South of Sanity Rockin' the Joint
Extended plays	Vacation Club Made in America
Singles	"Dream On" "Mama Kin" "Same Old Song and Dance" "Train Kept A-Rollin'" "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" "Sweet Emotion" "Walk This Way" "You See Me Crying" "Toys in the Attic" "Last Child" "Home Tonight" "Back in the Saddle" "Draw the Line" "Kings and Queens" "Get It Up" "Come Together" "Chip Away the Stone" "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" "Bitch's Brew" "Let the Music Do the Talking" "Shela" "My Fist Your Face" "Darkness" "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" "Hangman Jury" "Angel" "Rag Doll" "Love in an Elevator" "F.I.N.E.*" "Janie's Got a Gun" "What It Takes" "The Other Side" "Monkey on My Back" "Love Me Two Times" "Helter Skelter" "Livin' on the Edge" "Eat the Rich" "Fever" "Cryin'" "Amazing" "Shut Up and Dance" "Deuces Are Wild" "Crazy" "Blind Man" "Walk on Water" "Nine Lives" "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" "Hole in My Soul" "Pink" "Taste of India" "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" "What Kind of Love Are You On" "Angel's Eye" "Jaded" "Fly Away from Here" "Sunshine" "Just Push Play" "Girls of Summer" "Baby, Please Don't Go" "Devil's Got a New Disguise" "Legendary Child" "Lover Alot" "What Could Have Been Love" "Can't Stop Lovin' You"
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1980) Gems Pandora's Box Pandora's Toys Big Ones Box of Fire Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith Tough Love: Best of the Ballads Greatest Hits (2023)
Videos and DVDs	Aerosmith Video Scrapbook Permanent Vacation 3x5 Live Texxas Jam '78 Things That Go Pump in the Night The Making of Pump Big Ones You Can Look At You Gotta Move Rock for the Rising Sun
Concert tours	Back in the Saddle Tour Permanent Vacation Tour Pump Tour Get a Grip Tour Nine Lives Tour Just Push Play Tour Aerosmith World Tour 2007 Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour Global Warming Tour Let Rock Rule Tour Blue Army Tour Rock 'N' Roll Rumble Tour Aero-Vederci Baby! Tour Deuces Are Wild Peace Out: The Farewell Tour
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