Re: Aerosmith ~ Done With Mirrors (1985)
I think one problem with Done With Mirrors is the number of tracks. For a mid-1980's album, nine songs doesn't look like a whole lot compared to other albums on the market place. Some time back, probably during the 80's, the climate for albums started to shift from quality to quantity. Now the casual music buyer (i.e. nobody from these forums) would rather see 12-13 songs on an album than 8-10. Who gives a damn if all of those songs are good? To some people, the more songs an album has, the better. This obsession with more and more songs is why you see people craving unreleased tracks, demos or b-sides that quite honestly weren't good enough to make a regular album and weren't included for a reason.
Thus people tend to be disappointed occasionally with albums that are too short and don't have "enough" songs. DWM sort of falls into that category.
Just a random thought there.