Big Ones

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Big Ones
Greatest hits album by Aerosmith
Released November 1, 1994 (1994-11-01)[1]
Recorded March – May 1987, April – June 1989, September – November 1992 at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada
January – February 1992 at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California
April 1994 at The Power Station, New York City, New York
June 1994 at Capri Digital Studios, Capri, Italy[2]
Genre Hard rock
Length 73:04[1]
Label Geffen
Producer Bruce Fairbairn, Michael Beinhorn[2]
Aerosmith chronology
Get a Grip
(April 1993)		 Big Ones
(November 1994)		 Nine Lives
(March 1997)
Singles from Big Ones
  1. "Blind Man"
    Released: 1994 (1994)
  2. "Walk on Water"
    Released: 1995 (1995)

Big Ones is one of the many compilation albums by the American rock band Aerosmith, released on November 1, 1994[1] by Geffen Records (see 1994 in music). Big Ones featured twelve hits from the band's three consecutive multi-platinum albums, Permanent Vacation (1987), Pump (1989), and Get a Grip (1993), as well as the hit "Deuces are Wild" from The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience (1993), and two new songs, "Blind Man" and "Walk on Water", which were recorded during a break in the band's Get a Grip Tour. These songs were also included on the band's 2001 compilation album Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology. Big Ones is the band's second bestselling compilation album, reaching #6 on the Billboard charts, and selling four million copies in the United States alone. The album quickly became a world-wide hit reaching the Top 10 in nine countries before the end of the year.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Contents

[edit] History

In March 1987, Aerosmith began working at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for the album that became Permanent Vacation. The recordings were completed in May,[2] the album was released in August,[12] and reached #11 on the Billboard 200.[13] The album released several singles including "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#4 on the Mainstream Rock Charts, #14 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Rag Doll" (#12 Mainstream Rock Charts, #17 Hot 100), and "Angel" (#2 Mainstream Rock, #3 Hot 100).[14]

Then in April 1989, the band went back to Little Mountain Sound Studios to record songs for their next studio album, Pump. The recordings were completed in June 1989,[2] the album was released in September,[15] and reached #5 on the Billboard 200.[13] Several other singles were released from Pump including "Janie's Got a Gun" (#2 Mainstream Rock, #4 Hot 100), "Love in an Elevator" (#1 Mainsteeam Rock, #5 Hot 100), and "What It Takes" (#1 Mainstream Rock, #9 Hot 100).[14] In May a song was recorded during the sessions for Pump called "Deuces Are Wild", however it was not released on the album and was not released until the 1992 compilation album, The Beavis and Butt-head Experience.[2]

In January, the band began recording at A&M Studios in Los Angeles, California. The recordings at A&M ended in February and in September the band began recording again at Little Mountain Sound Studios.[2] The recordings at Little Mountain ended in November,[2] and Aerosmith's next studio album, Get a Grip was released in April 1993[16] and went to #1 on the Billboard 200.[13] The singles released from Get a Grip included "Amazing" (#3 Mainstream Rock, #9 Top 40 Mainstream, #24 Hot 100), "Cryin'" (#1 Mainstream Rock, #11 Top 40 Mainstream, #12 Hot 100), "Eat the Rich" (#5 Mainstream Rock), "Livin' on the Edge" (#1 Mainstream Rock, #18 Hot 100, #19 Top 40 Mainstream), and "Crazy" (#7 Mainstream Rock, #7 Top 40 Mainstream, #17 Hot 100).[14]

In April 1994 the band went to The Power Station in New York City, New York and started recording the songs "Walk on Water" and "Blind Man". The group the completed the songs in June at Capri Digital Studios, Capri, Italy.[2] "Blind Man" reached #3 on the Mainstream Rock Charts, #23 on the Top 40 Mainstream, and #48 on the Hot 100 in 1994.[14] "Walk on Water" reached #16 on the Mainstream Rock Charts in 1995.[14]

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[17]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[18]

For his review of Big Ones for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a high rating because the album captured the comeback of Aerosmith, however he feels the songs were not up to the rawness of the band's earlier material and seems a little too "mainstream", with over-production and too many power ballads but there are still a hand-full of good songs.[1] Robert Christgau does not think the album has enough songs from the album Get a Grip and does not like how it doesn't have the song "My Fist, Your Face" on it, but he does like the two new tracks, "Walk on Water" and "Blind Man", and "Janie's Got a Gun".[17] Tom Sinclair thought well of the album in his review of the album for Entertainment Weekly because it should that they could mix hard rock, funk-based blues and that they were more than just the American version of The Rolling Stones, the album would have gotten a higher review had it not been for the song "Angel".[18]

[edit] Track Listing

Single CD Edition and Special Edition Disc 1
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Walk on Water" (previously unreleased) Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw 4:56
2. "Love in an Elevator" (from the album Pump) Tyler, Perry 5:22
3. "Rag Doll" (from the album Permanent Vacation) Tyler, Perry, Jim Vallance, Holly Knight 4:25
4. "What It Takes" (from the album Pump) Tyler, Perry, Desmond Child 5:11
5. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (from the album Permanent Vacation) Tyler, Perry, Child 4:25
6. "Janie's Got a Gun" (from the album Pump) Tyler, Tom Hamilton 5:31
7. "Cryin'" (from the album Get a Grip) Tyler, Perry, Taylor Rhodes 5:09
8. "Amazing" (from the album Get a Grip) Tyler, Richard Supa 5:09
9. "Blind Man" (previously unreleased) Tyler, Perry, Rhodes 4:01
10. "Deuces Are Wild" (from the album The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience) Tyler, Vallance 3:36
11. "The Other Side" (from the album Pump) Tyler, Vallance 4:05
12. "Crazy" (from the album Get a Grip) Tyler, Perry, Child 5:17
13. "Eat the Rich" (from the album Get a Grip) Tyler, Perry, Vallance 4:11
14. "Angel" (from the album Permanent Vacation) Tyler, Child 5:08
15. "Livin' on the Edge" (from the album Get a Grip) Tyler, Perry, Mark Hudson 6:21
Special Edition Disc 2. All songs from the album A Little South of Sanity
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"   Tyler, Perry, Glen Ballard 3:20
2. "Hole in My Soul"   Tyler, Perry, Child 5:41
3. "Walk on Down"   Perry 5:09
4. "Dream On"   Tyler 3:40
5. "Back in the Saddle"   Tyler, Perry 4:42
6. "Mama Kin"   Tyler 4:06
7. "Walk This Way"   Tyler, Perry 4:07
8. "Sweet Emotion"   Tyler, Hamilton 5:57

"Love in an Elevator," "Janie's Got a Gun," and "The Other Side" are presented without their original lead-ins as heard on Pump ("Going Down," "Water Song," and "Dulcimer Stomp," respectively).

[edit] Personnel

Per liner notes[2]

Aerosmith
Additional musicians
  • Jim Vallance – organ on "Rag Doll"
  • Drew Arnott – mellotron on "Angel"
  • Tom Keenlyside – saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, horn arrangement
  • Ian Putz – baritone saxophone
  • Bob Rogers – trombone
  • Henry Christian – trumpet
  • Bruce Fairbairn – trumpet, background vocals on "Love in an Elevator"
  • Bob Dowd – background vocals on "Love in an Elevator"
  • John Webster – keyboards
  • Richard Supa – keyboards on "Amazing"
  • Don Henley – background vocals on "Amazing"
  • Desmond Child – keyboards on "Crazy"
  • Paul Baron – trumpet
  • Mapuhi T. Tekurio – Polynesian log drums on "Eat the Rich"
  • Melvin Liufau – Polynesian log drums on "Eat the Rich"
  • Wesey Mamea – Polynesian log drums on "Eat the Rich"
  • Liainaiala Tagaloa – Polynesian log drums on "Eat the Rich"
  • Sandy Kanaeholo – Polynesian log drums on "Eat the Rich"
  • Aladd Alatina Teofilo, Jr. – Polynesian log drums on "Eat the Rich"
Production

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Top 50 Albums[19] 12
Austrian Top 75 Albums[8] 4
Canada RPM 100 Albums[4] 2
French Top Albums[20] 45
German Albums Chart[21] 5
Hungarian Top 40 Albums[22] 11
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[10] 8
New Zealand Top 50 Albums[6] 4
Norway Top 40 Albums[11] 9
Swedish Top 60 Albums[7] 5
Swiss Top 100 Albums[9] 6
UK Albums Chart[5] 7
US Billboard 200[3] 6
Chart (2001) Peak
position
US Catalog Albums[3] 9
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Spanish Top 100 Albums[23] 87

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1994 "Blind Man" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
Billboard Hot 100 48
"Deuces are Wild" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1995 "Walk on Water" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 16

[edit] Certifications

Country Provider Certification
(sales thresholds)
Argentina[24] CAPIF 3× Platinum
(600,000 units sold)
Austria[25] IFPI Gold
(10,000 units sold)
Brazil[26] ABPD Gold
(100,000 units sold)
Canada[27] Music Canada 8× Platinum
(800,000 units shipped)
Finland[28] IFPI Platinum
(40,060 units sold)
Germany[29] BVMI Gold
(250,000 units shipped)
Mexico[30] AMPROFON Gold
(100,000 units shipped)
Norway[31] IFPI Platinum
(30,000 units sold)
Sweden[32] IFPI Platinum
(100,000 units shipped)
United Kingdom[33] BPI Platinum
(600,000 units shipped)
United States[34] RIAA 4× Platinum
(4,000,000 units sold)

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States November 1, 1994 Geffen Records 15-track CD GEFD-24716
15-track Cassette GEFC-24716
double LP GEFLP-24546

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i (1994) Album notes for Big Ones by Aerosmith [CD insert]. U.S.A.: Geffen Records (GEFD-24716).
  3. ^ a b c "Big Ones - Aerosmith". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/aerosmith/big-ones/157728. Retrieved November 12, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "100 Albums (CD's & Cassettes)" (PDF). RPM Vol. 60 (No. 18). November 21, 1994. ISSN 0315-5994. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2661&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. Retrieved July 18, 2011. 
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