Aerosmith : Permanent Vacation (Expanded Edition)

I WANT YOUR LOVE

LET'S BREAK

THE WALLS BETWEEN US

 Permanent Vacation

 is the ninth

 studio album

 by American

 Rock band 

Aerosmith 

released by 

Geffen Records on 

August 25, 1987.

The album marks

 the band's shift to a

 pop-metal sound 

that they 

would maintain

 up to 1993's 

Get a Grip.

It was their first 

to employ songwriters 

outside the band, 

instead of featuring 

songs solely 

composed by them.

 This came at

 the suggestion of 

executive

 John Kalodner. 

He also pushed

 the band to work with

 producer 

Bruce Fairbairn,

 who remained with them

 for another two albums. 

It was also the first 

Aerosmith album

 to be promoted by 

heavy music video airplay 

on MTV. 

Though 

Done with Mirrors 

was intended to mark 

Aerosmith's comeback, 

Permanent Vacation

 is often considered

 their true comeback, 

as it was the band's first

 truly popular album

 since their reunion.

 "Rag Doll", 

"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", 

and

 "Angel" 

became major hits

 (all three charted in the Top 20) 

and helped 

Permanent Vacation

 become the band's

 greatest success

 in a decade.

Permanent Vacation 

has sold over

 five million copies 

in the U.S.

In the UK,

it was the first

 Aerosmith album

 to attain both

 Silver

 (60,000 units sold)

 and Gold 

(100,000 units sold) 

certification by

 the British 

Phonographic Industry, 

achieving these

 in July 1989

 and 

March 1990 

respectively.

Reception

The album received 

mixed-to-positive reviews.

 In a retrospective 

assessment 

AllMusic 

gave the album 

four stars, 

and said 

"despite the mostly

 stellar songwriting, 

which makes it a

 strong effort overall, 

some of the album's 

nooks and crannies 

haven't aged 

all that well 

because of 

Fairbairn's

 overwrought production, 

featuring an 

exaggerated sleekness

 typical of most 

mid-'80s 

pop-metal albums".

 Dave Reynolds

 from

 Metal Forces magazine 

called the album

 "a shit hot album 

and one

 I'm gonna play

 the hell out of"

TRACKLIST

Heart's Done Time

Magic Touch

Rag Doll

Simoriah

Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

St. John

Hangman Jury

Girl Keeps Coming Apart

Angel

Permanent Vacation

I'm Down

The Movie

Once Is Enough 

(Finished Studio Version)

Rag Doll 

(Remix)

Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 

(Extended Rockin' Dude Mix)

Right Key, Wrong Key Hole

 (Demo)

Angel 

(Remastered Demo Mix)

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