A true comeback album, Aerosmith's PERMANENT VACATION featured the original line-up, and it gave the band its first top 10 hit in a decade ("Angel"). Thanks to Tyler & Perry's ground-breaking collaboration with Run D.M.C. in 1986 (on Aerosmith's old hit, "Walk This Way"), the band's visibility was high. The rehabilitated band took advantage of that opening with this album, a batch of hard rock songs that recalled their glory days of he 70s.
Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | Aerosmith:
Steven Tyler (vocals, piano, harmonica);
Joe Perry (guitar, background vocals);
Brad Whitford (guitar);
Tom Hamilton (bass);
Joey Kramer (drums)
Additional personnel:
Christine Arnott (spoken vocals);
Bruce Fairbairn (cello, background vocals);
Scott Fairbairn (cello);
Drew Arnott (Mellotron);
Jim Vallance (organ);
Morgan Rael (steel drums)
The Margarita Horns:
Tom Keelyside (tenor saxophone, clarinet);
Ian Putz (baritone saxophone);
Henry Christian, Bruce Fairbairn (trumpet);
Bob Rogers (trombone) |
Album - Billboard (North America) | Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1987 | The Billboard 200 | 11 |
Singles - Billboard (North America) | Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1987 | "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 | | 1987 | "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 14 | | 1987 | "Hangman Jury" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 | | 1987 | "Hangman Jury" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 | | 1987 | "Rag Doll" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 12 | | 1988 | "Angel" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 | | 1988 | "Angel" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 3 | | 1988 | "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 41 | | 1988 | "Rag Doll" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
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