Pump (album)

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Pump
Pump cover
Studio album by Aerosmith
Released September, 1989
Recorded February-June 1989
Genre Hard Rock
Glam metal [1]
Length 45:37
Label Geffen
Producer Bruce Fairbairn
Professional reviews
Aerosmith chronology
Gems
(1988)
Pump
(1989)
Get a Grip
(1993)

Pump is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was remastered and reissued in 2001.

Pump was widely acclaimed by both fans and critics upon its release. It has a great deal of musical variety within, yet still has the commercial sheen which makes it accessible to mainstream audiences. It incorporated use of keyboards and a horn section in many of the singles ("Love in an Elevator", "The Other Side"), yet also had straightforward rockers ("F.I.N.E.", "Young Lust"), a heartfelt ballad ("What It Takes"), songs about important issues like incest and murder ("Janie's Got a Gun") and drug & alcohol abuse ("Monkey On My Back"), as well as a variety of innovative instrumental interludes such as "Hoodoo" and "Dulcimer Stomp."

It is argued to be among the top tier of Aerosmith's most successful albums, and has certified sales of seven million copies in the U.S. to date. It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band. It produced the band's first Grammy award ("Janie's Got a Gun"). "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.[2]

Pump was the second of three sequentially recorded Aerosmith albums to feature the fine teamwork of Bruce Fairbairn's production and Mike Frazer's and Ken Lomas' engineering talents at The Little Mountain Sound Studios.

Contents

  1. "Young Lust" (Perry, Tyler, Jim Vallance) – 4:18
  2. "F.I.N.E." (Perry, Tyler) – 4:09
  3. "Going Down" – 0:17 / "Love in an Elevator" (Perry, Tyler) – 5:21
  4. "Monkey On My Back" (Perry, Tyler) – 3:57
  5. "Water Song" – 0:10 / "Janie's Got a Gun" (Hamilton, Tyler) – 5:28
  6. "Dulcimer Stomp" – 0:49 / "The Other Side" (Tyler, Vallance, Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 4:07
  7. "My Girl" (Perry, Tyler) – 3:10
  8. "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" (Perry, Tyler) – 4:48
  9. "Hoodoo" – 0:55 / "Voodoo Medicine Man" (Tyler, Whitford) – 3:44
  10. "What It Takes" (Desmond Child, Perry, Tyler) – 6:28

Additional personnel

  • Bob Dowd - background vocals
  • Catherine Epps - vocals
  • Bruce Fairbairn - background vocals, trumpet
  • Margarita Horns
  • Randy Raine-Reusch - "Water Song": glass harmonica, wind gong, bullroarers; "Dulcimer Stomp": Appalachian dulcimer; "Don't Get Mad, Get Even": didgeridoo; "Hoodoo": Thai naw (mouth organ)
  • John Webster - keyboard

  • Producer: Bruce Fairbairn
  • Engineers: Michael Fraser, Ken Lomas
  • Mixing: Michael 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

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 5

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Love in an Elevator" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1989 "F.I.N.E." Mainstream Rock Tracks 14
1989 "Love in an Elevator" The Billboard Hot 100 5
1989 "Janie's Got a Gun" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1989 "Janie's Got a Gun" The Billboard Hot 100 4
1990 "Monkey On My Back" Mainstream Rock Tracks 17
1990 "What It Takes" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1990 "What it Takes" The Billboard Hot 100 9
1990 "The Other Side" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1990 "The Other Side" The Billboard Hot 100 22

Organization Level Date
RIAA - USA Gold November 29, 1989
RIAA - USA Platinum November 29, 1989
RIAA - USA 2x Platinum January 10, 1990
RIAA - USA 3x Platinum May 2, 1990
RIAA - USA 4x Platinum November 12, 1990
RIAA - USA 5x Platinum November 9, 1994
RIAA - USA 7x Platinum February 10, 1995

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1990 "Janie's Got a Gun" Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

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