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- Metal Forces9.9/10
- AllMusic4/5
- Collectors Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
- Christgaus Record GuideC+
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5
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4 credits
- Photography
- Neal Preston
- Illustration
- Andy Engel
- Art direction
- Aerosmith, Kim Champagne
Tracklist
12 tracks · 52 min
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Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in August 1987 by Geffen Records. The album marks a turning point in the band's career. It is their first album to employ professional songwriters, instead of featuring material solely composed by members of the band. 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 album, as it was the band's first truly popular album since their reunion. "Rag Doll," "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" and "Angel" all became major hit singles (all three songs charted in the Top 20) and helped Permanent Vacation become the band's most successful album in a decade. The album features their cover of "I'm Down", a piano-driven Beatles song that appeared as a b-side to their single "Help" in 1965. This was Aerosmith's second commercially-released Beatles cover, after "Come Together".
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In limited production, the original album cover for Permanent Vacation did not feature the yellow Aerosmith wings logo. Instead, the album jacket only featured the black background covered in the red "Permanent Vacation" hula girl print. The yellow Aerosmith wings logo was actually on the outside of the plastic case rather than the inner album liner. 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.
In brief
- Is Permanent Vacation good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Permanent Vacation 3.0/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Permanent Vacation released?
- Permanent Vacation was released in 1987 on Aerosmith P&D - Geffen.
- How many tracks are on Permanent Vacation?
- Permanent Vacation has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 52 minutes.
- What genre is Permanent Vacation?
- Permanent Vacation is catalogued under Hard Rock.
- What BPM is Permanent Vacation?
- Permanent Vacation runs at a median tempo of 125 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Permanent Vacation?
- Listeners of Permanent Vacation also rate Use Your Illusion I by Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses, Back in Black by AC/DC.
Permanent Vacation at a glance
- Label
- Geffen Records
- Recorded at
- Little Mountain Sound Studios
- Produced by
- Bruce Fairbairn
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