Pump

Pump
Studio album by Aerosmith
Released	September 12, 1989
Recorded	February-June 1989
Genre	Hard rock, blues-rock
Length	47:41
Label	Geffen
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau (B+) link Q (04/01/2001) Rolling Stone link
Aerosmith chronology
Permanent Vacation (1987) Pump (1989) Get a Grip (1993)
Singles from Pump
"Love in an Elevator" Released: 1989 "Janie's Got a Gun" Released: 1989 "What It Takes" Released: 1990 "The Other Side" Released: 1990 "F.I.N.E.*" Released: 1989 (promo only) "Monkey on My Back" Released: 1990 (promo only)

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"),^[1] as well as a variety of instrumental interludes such as "Hoodoo" and "Dulcimer Stomp." It is considered the last Aerosmith album to receive such widespread critical acclaim.

The album has certified sales of seven million copies in the U.S. to date.^[2] It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band including their first Grammy award ("Janie's Got a Gun").^[1] "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.^[3]

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.^[4] Aerosmith won the case.^[5] 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".

Track listing

• After the end of "What It Takes" there is a brief, untitled, instrumental hidden track.

Bonus track (Japanese version)

Personnel

• Steven Tyler - Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion
• Joe Perry - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Brad Whitford - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals On "Love In An Elevator"
• Tom Hamilton - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals On "Love In An Elevator"
• Joey Kramer - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals On "Love In An Elevator"

Additional personnel

• Bob Dowd - Backing Vocals On "Love In An Elevator"
• Catherine Epps - Backing Vocals On "Love In An Elevator"
• Bruce Fairbairn - trumpet
• Margarita - Horns

Appalachian dulcimer, didgeridoo on "Don't Get Mad, Get Even", Thai naw (mouth organ)

• John Webster - keyboard

Production

• 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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Album - ARIA Charts (Australia)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Certifications

Awards

Grammy Awards

See also

• The Making of Pump
• Things That Go Pump in the Night
• Pump Tour

References

External links

Pump at MusicBrainz