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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By DocBhoy
Format:Audio CD
This album came out at about the same time as Appetite For Destruction and ( I'll whisper the next bit ) I preferred this . The boogy good time blues of Tyler , Perry and Co. was encapsulated on this album , and showed that there was room for a sense of humour in rock music . No particular highlight for me - the whole album's great .
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By Tommo 18/7 ©
Format:Audio CD
Yes, it was their first really commercial MTV friendly album, but nearly 25 years on, i still really love this.
" Hearts Done Time" & " Magic Touch" are superb opening tracks, " Simoriah" is one of the best things i've heard them do." St John", " Hangman Jury", " Girl Keeps Coming Apart" & " Permanent Vacation" are all barnstorming, in the way that only Aerosmith can pull off. I also really enjoy " The Movie" which is a moody, mellow ending that packs a kick or two. The singles " Dude ( Looks Like a Lady) " & " Angel" are, on reflection, superb.
My only gripe is that another single, " Rag Doll" makes me cringe in places and it has done for almost 25 years, so i don't see that changing anytime soon.
Essential.
" Hearts Done Time" & " Magic Touch" are superb opening tracks, " Simoriah" is one of the best things i've heard them do." St John", " Hangman Jury", " Girl Keeps Coming Apart" & " Permanent Vacation" are all barnstorming, in the way that only Aerosmith can pull off. I also really enjoy " The Movie" which is a moody, mellow ending that packs a kick or two. The singles " Dude ( Looks Like a Lady) " & " Angel" are, on reflection, superb.
My only gripe is that another single, " Rag Doll" makes me cringe in places and it has done for almost 25 years, so i don't see that changing anytime soon.
Essential.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A. Broadhead
Format:Audio CD
I'm not quite sure why my fellow reviewer decided to review Pump, not Permanent Vacation, on this page. However, I'll do my best to correct this.
Prior to the release of this album, Aerosmith had been stumbling along, attempting to exist on memories from the mid-70s when they were one of America's biggest stadium rock bands. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the self-styled Toxic Twins, were so high on every conceivable variation of drug and alcohol that they were struggling to string sentences together, let alone write music. Then Run DMC released a rap version of one of their classics, Walk This Way, and Tyler and Perry were special guests on the single and accompanying video. And suddenly it became hip to like Aerosmith again.
Once they discovered that the public still liked them, they released this album. And what an album. A breath of fresh air, combining fantastic riffs, amazing tunes, brilliant lyrics. It really is superb. A bit Bon Jovi-ish in some parts, but that's no bad thing. Desmond Child, a contributor to the songs on Slippery When Wet probably had something to do with that, as he also contributes to the song-writing on this album. And the songs... Dude Looks Like A Lady is the one that everybody knows. A superb video, an excellent song, just brilliant. Rag Doll is another one that just makes you went to get up and dance. But it is unfair to pick out individual tracks. All twelve are superb. They went on to even bigger things with Pump, and the MTV-friendly Love In An Elevator, but I still prefer this album. It is so feel-good. It's like a summer party, a beach barbecue, a permanent vacation, all rolled into one. It is good-time Rock 'n' Roll, the Aerosmith way.
Prior to the release of this album, Aerosmith had been stumbling along, attempting to exist on memories from the mid-70s when they were one of America's biggest stadium rock bands. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the self-styled Toxic Twins, were so high on every conceivable variation of drug and alcohol that they were struggling to string sentences together, let alone write music. Then Run DMC released a rap version of one of their classics, Walk This Way, and Tyler and Perry were special guests on the single and accompanying video. And suddenly it became hip to like Aerosmith again.
Once they discovered that the public still liked them, they released this album. And what an album. A breath of fresh air, combining fantastic riffs, amazing tunes, brilliant lyrics. It really is superb. A bit Bon Jovi-ish in some parts, but that's no bad thing. Desmond Child, a contributor to the songs on Slippery When Wet probably had something to do with that, as he also contributes to the song-writing on this album. And the songs... Dude Looks Like A Lady is the one that everybody knows. A superb video, an excellent song, just brilliant. Rag Doll is another one that just makes you went to get up and dance. But it is unfair to pick out individual tracks. All twelve are superb. They went on to even bigger things with Pump, and the MTV-friendly Love In An Elevator, but I still prefer this album. It is so feel-good. It's like a summer party, a beach barbecue, a permanent vacation, all rolled into one. It is good-time Rock 'n' Roll, the Aerosmith way.
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back to the top!
Aerosmith was back at the top! With this huge hit cd. It had no less than 4 big hits on it: 'dude looks like a lady", 'love in a elevator' , 'angel' and 'ragdoll" . Read more
Published 9 months ago by Michael Dobey
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed overall
Of course the singles - Angel, Rag Doll, Dude Looks Like A Lady are great. Although it's disheartening that they used outside writers to make them mainstream. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Lord Anon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic rock
Aerosmith at their best, stand out track has to be Hangman's Jury, but there isn't a bad track on the album classic rock from one of the greatest rock bands ever.
Published 19 months ago by bh2704
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Permanent Vacation
There is something about `Permanent vacation' that still manages to put a smile on my face even after all of these years and repeated playing. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2010 by Spider Monkey
3.0 out of 5 stars
hmm
the first half to this album is good, but after that its really not, i dunno the album just gets weird.
not even on the same pitch as 'toys in the attic' or 'rocks'
Published on 20 Oct 2003 by mr r n shillcock
5.0 out of 5 stars
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