Pump (album)
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| Studio album by Aerosmith | ||||
| Released | September 12, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | February–June 1989 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock, glam metal | |||
| Length | 47:41 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[2] |
| Q | [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| Spin | (positive)[5] |
Pump is the tenth album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989. The album was remastered and reissued in 2001.
Pump was widely acclaimed by both fans and critics upon its release. The album incorporates the use of keyboards and a horn section on many of the singles ("Love in an Elevator", "The Other Side"), and contains straightforward rockers ("F.I.N.E.*", "Young Lust"), the ballad "What It Takes", songs about issues such as incest and murder ("Janie's Got a Gun") and drug and alcohol abuse ("Monkey on My Back"),[4] as well as a variety of instrumental interludes such as "Hoodoo" and "Dulcimer Stomp."
The album has certified sales of seven million copies in the U.S. to date, and is tied with its successor Get a Grip as Aerosmith's second best-selling studio album in the U.S. (Toys in the Attic leads with eight million).[6] It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band including their first Grammy Award ("Janie's Got a Gun").[4] "Love in an Elevator" became the first Aerosmith song to hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Additionally, it is the only Aerosmith album to date to have three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and three #1 singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album was the fourth bestselling album of the year 1990.[7]
In the UK, it was the second Aerosmith album to be certified Silver (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in September 1989.
Pump was the second of three sequentially recorded Aerosmith albums to feature producer Bruce Fairbairn and engineers Mike Fraser and Ken Lomas at The Little Mountain Sound Studios.
A video documentary on the recording, The Making of Pump, was released in 1994.
Steven Tyler regretted not putting lyrics in the album booklet, something that happened because Geffen was afraid the PMRC would protest over lyrical content with many sex and drugs references.[8]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Young Lust" | Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance | 4:18 |
| 2. | "F.I.N.E.*" | Tyler, Perry, Desmond Child | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Going Down/Love in an Elevator" | Perry, Tyler | 5:22 |
| 4. | "Monkey on My Back" | Perry, Tyler | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Water Song/Janie's Got a Gun" | Tyler, Tom Hamilton | 5:38 |
| 6. | "Dulcimer Stomp/The Other Side" | Tyler, Vallance, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland | 4:56 |
| 7. | "My Girl" | Perry, Tyler | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" | Perry, Tyler | 4:48 |
| 9. | "Hoodoo/Voodoo Medicine Man" | Perry, Tyler, Brad Whitford | 4:39 |
| 10. | "What It Takes" | Tyler, Perry, Child | 5:09 |
- After the end of "What It Takes" there is a brief, untitled, instrumental hidden track composed and performed by Randy Raine-Reusch. This was not included on all the releases in all countries.
[edit] Bonus track (Japanese version)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Ain't Enough" | Perry, Tyler | 4:57 |
[edit] Lawsuit
Aerosmith found themselves in law school textbooks after a small rock band named Pump sued Aerosmith's management company for service mark infringement.[9] Aerosmith won the case.[10] Aerosmith also found themselves in legal trouble when the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland threatened to sue the band over the main melody in Aerosmith's song "The Other Side" which sounded similar to the melody in the song "Standing in the Shadows of Love". As part of the settlement, Aerosmith agreed to add "Holland-Dozier-Holland" in the songwriting credits for "The Other Side".
[edit] Personnel
- Steven Tyler - lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica[11]
- Joe Perry - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Brad Whitford - rhythm guitar,
- Tom Hamilton - bass, backing vocals on "Love in an Elevator"
- Joey Kramer - drums, percussion
[edit] Additional personnel
- Bob Dowd - backing vocals on "Love in an Elevator"
- Catherine Epps - spoken intro (elevator operator) on "Love in an Elevator"
- Bruce Fairbairn - Trumpet, backing vocals on "Love in an Elevator"
- The Margarita Horns (Bruce Fairbairn, Henry Christian, Ian Putz, Tom Keenlyside) - Brass instruments, saxophones
- John Webster - keyboards
- Randy Raine-Reusch - Appalachian dulcimer on "Dulcimer Stomp", didgeridoo on "Don't Get Mad, Get Even", Thai naw (mouth organ) on "Hoodoo", and glass harmonica on "Water Song"
[edit] Production
- Producer: Bruce Fairbairn
- Engineers: Michael Fraser, Ken Lomas
- Mixing: Mike Fraser
- Mastering: Greg Fulginiti
- Mastering Supervisor: David Donnelly
- Art direction: Kim Champagne, Gabrielle Raumberger
- Logo design: Andy Engel
- Photography: Norman Seeff
- Tattoo art: Mark Ryden
- John Kalodner : John Kalodner
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 5 |
Album - ARIA Charts (Australia)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1990 | Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | "Love in an Elevator" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 5 | ||
| "F.I.N.E.*" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 | |
| "Janie's Got a Gun" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 | |
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 4 | ||
| 1990 | "Monkey on My Back" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 17 |
| "What It Takes" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 | |
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 9 | ||
| "The Other Side" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 | |
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
[edit] End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200[12] | 73 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA - USA | Gold[13] | November 29, 1989 |
| Platinum[13] | ||
| 2× Platinum[13] | January 10, 1990 | |
| 3× Platinum[13] | May 2, 1990 | |
| 4× Platinum[13] | November 12, 1990 | |
| 5× Platinum[13] | November 9, 1994 | |
| 7× Platinum[13] | February 10, 1995 | |
| CIA – Canada | Gold | Feb 19, 1990 |
| Platinum | Feb 19, 1990 | |
| 2× Platinum | Feb 19, 1990 | |
| 3× Platinum | Feb 19, 1990 | |
| 4× Platinum | Jun 29, 1990 | |
| 5× Platinum | Jun 29, 1990 | |
| 6× Platinum | Mar 20, 1992 | |
| 7× Platinum | Nov 18, 1994 |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 1990 | "Janie's Got a Gun" | Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Pump (album) at Allmusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Pump". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4299.
- ^ 04/01/2001
- ^ a b c Rolling Stone review
- ^ Blashiff, Pat (november 1989). "Reviews: Aerosmith - Pump". Spin (SPIN Media LLC) 5 (8). http://books.google.com.br/books?id=EFy_OzhWq-EC&pg=PA100.
- ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=tblTop100&action=. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - The Billboard 200
- ^ Spin Magazine
- ^ Stim, Richard (2006). Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business. Berkeley, California: Nolo. p. 208. ISBN 1-4133-0517-2.
- ^ Pump, Inc. v. Collins Management, 746 F. Supp. 1159 (D. Mass. 1990)
- ^ Aerosmith- Pump @Discogs.com Retrieved 4-18-2010.
- ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Gold and Platinum Database Search". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Pump&artist=Aerosmith&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
[edit] External links
Pump at MusicBrainz
| Preceded by Cosmic Thing by The B-52's |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album February 11 - March 3, 1990 |
Succeeded by The 12th Man Again! by The 12th Man |
