Pump
by
Aerosmith
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studio album
First released:
Sep 8 1989

Overview Edit

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") 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. It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band including their first Grammy award ("Janie's Got a Gun").

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 Frazer and Ken Lomas at The Little Mountain Sound Studios.

Aerosmith found themselves in law school textbooks after a small rock band named Pump sued Aerosmith's management company for service mark infringement. Aerosmith won the case. 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".

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Catalog number:
9 24254-2
Release dates:
  • 1989 in Germany
  • Sep 8 1989 in United States
  • Nov 20 2001 in United States

Genres

Alternative Metal, Classic Rock, Hard Rock,
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5 stars Hardrocking Post Comeback Masterpiece
In 1987 Aerosmith made a huge comeback after being considered 70s has beens. Still riding high on Permnant Vacations success the band entered a studio in Vancouver. With the sessions done in 1989, Aerosmith unleashed another hardrocking masterpiece. This album recaptured their 70s swagger & took it to new levels. The band fires on all cylinders and this album contains no weak spots. This album is fun, fast, and is a goodtime like a rock album should be.

1. Young Lust. 10/10 Starts the album with…
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Written by scriptmasterj "scriptmasterj"
3 stars If you enjoyed Permanent Vacation....
you'll sure enjoy Pump too! I was hesitant about getting this album as I thought that Permanent Vacation was so good for a "comeback" album that the band were bound to lose their lustre. However, I was wrong and Pump is every bit as enjoyable as Permanent Vacation. Great lively rock with some tracks you'll remember from the radio back in the late 80s / early 90s (Jamie's Got a Gun, Love in an Elevator). And it's not just these tracks that stand out, overall the album's quality is consistently good in and of itself.
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Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. composer

    1. Brad Whitford [Voodoo Medicine Man]
    2. Desmond Child [F.I.N.E., What It Takes]
    3. Jim Vallance [Young Lust, The Other Side]
    4. Joe Perry [Young Lust, F.I.N.E., Love In an Elevator, Monkey On My Back, My Girl, Don't Get Mad Get Even, What It Takes]
    5. Steven Tyler [Young Lust, F.I.N.E., Love In an Elevator, Monkey On My Back, Janie's Got a Gun, The Other Side, My Girl, Don't Get Mad Get Even, Voodoo Medicine Man, What It Takes]
    6. Tom Hamilton [Janie's Got a Gun]

  2. design

    1. Andy Engel [Logo]
    2. Gabrielle Raumberger [Art Direction]
    3. Kim Champagne [Art Direction]
    4. Mark Ryden [Tattoo]
    5. Norman Seef [Photography]
    6. Saul Libsohn [Pumping Gas Photo]

  3. engineer

    3. Toby Francis [Preproduction, House Sound]

  1. other

    1. Andy Gilman [Drum Tech]
    2. David Donnelly [Mastering Supervisor]
    3. Greg Fulginiti [Mastering]

  2. performer

    1. Bob Dowd [Background Vocals]
    2. Brad Whitford [Guitar]
    3. Bruce Fairbairn [Musical Interludes, Background Vocals]
    4. Catherine Epps [Elevator Operator]
    5. Joe Perry [Guitar, Background Vocals, Musical Interludes]
    6. Joey Kramer [Drums]
    7. John Webster [Keyboards]
    8. Randy Raine-Reusch [Musical Interludes]
    9. Steven Tyler [Vocal, Keyboard, Harmonica, Musical Interludes]
    11. Tom Hamilton [Bass, Background Vocals]

  3. producer

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Pump 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Jul 8 2002
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Pump 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Geffen Records
release dates: Sep 8 1989
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