Editing Aerosmith (section)

===''Permanent Vacation'' and ''Pump'' (1987–1991)===
''[[Permanent Vacation (Aerosmith album)|Permanent Vacation]]'' was released in August 1987, becoming a major hit and the band's bestselling album in over a decade (selling 5 million copies in the US),<ref name="RIAA&nbsp;— Searchable Database" /> with all three of its singles ("[[Dude (Looks Like a Lady)]]", "[[Angel (Aerosmith song)|Angel]]", and "[[Rag Doll (Aerosmith song)|Rag Doll]]") reaching the Top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="Aerosmith Chart Positions"/> Steven Tyler reveals in his autobiography that the album was "...the first one we ever did sober."<ref>Steven Tyler with David Dalton (2011) The Autobiography: Does the noise in my head bother you?. London: Harper Collins Publishers. page 242.</ref> Part of ''Permanent Vacation''{{'}}s commercial success involved producer [[Bruce Fairbairn]] whose production touches (such as sound effects and high-quality recording) added interest to the album and the use of outside songwriters such as [[Desmond Child]], [[Jim Vallance]], and [[Holly Knight]] who assisted the band with lyrics. While the group was initially hesitant to using outside songwriters, including Tyler being furious for Knight getting songwriting credits for changing one word ("Rag Time" became "Rag Doll"), the method paid off, as ''Permanent Vacation'' became the band's most successful album in a decade. The group went on [[Permanent Vacation Tour|a subsequent tour]] with labelmates [[Guns N' Roses]] (who have cited Aerosmith as a major influence), which was intense at times because of Aerosmith's new struggle to stay clean amidst Guns N' Roses' well-publicized, rampant drug use.<ref>Davis, pp. 460–461</ref>
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Aerosmith's next album was even more successful. ''[[Pump (album)|Pump]]'', released in September 1989, featured three Top Ten singles: "[[Love in an Elevator]]", "[[Janie's Got a Gun]]", and "[[What It Takes (Aerosmith song)|What It Takes]]", as well as the Top 30 "[[The Other Side (Aerosmith song)|The Other Side]]",<ref name="Aerosmith Chart Positions"/> re-establishing the band as a serious musical force.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Pump'' – Review|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2200|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216114257/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2200|archive-date=December 16, 2008}}</ref> ''Pump'' was a critical and commercial success, eventually selling 7 million copies,<ref name="RIAA&nbsp;— Searchable Database" /> spawning several music videos that were in regular rotation on MTV, and achieving four-star ratings from major music magazines.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Pump: Aerosmith: Review: Rolling Stone|first=Kim|last=Neely|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/300286/review/6212939/pump|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112182137/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/300286/review/6212939/pump|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2007|access-date=March 31, 2008}}</ref> ''Pump'' ranked as the fourth-bestselling album of 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/the-billboard-200|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1990|website=Billboard.com|access-date=June 19, 2017}}</ref> The band also won its first [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] in the category of [[Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]], for "Janie's Got a Gun".<ref name="grammy" /> In addition, the video for "Janie's Got a Gun" won two [[MTV Video Music Awards|Video Music Awards]] and was ranked as one of the 100 greatest videos of all time by ''Rolling Stone'', MTV, and VH1. Like ''Permanent Vacation'', ''Pump'' was produced by Bruce Fairbairn, who added production touches such as instrumental interludes that provided transitions between songs to give the album a more complete sound, as well as the Margarita Horns, who added horns to tracks such as "Love in an Elevator" and "The Other Side". Rock critic [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] claimed that ''Pump'' "revels in [pop concessions] without ever losing sight of Aerosmith's dirty hard rock core", going on to say that, "such ambition and successful musical eclectism make ''Pump'' rank with ''Toys in the Attic'' and ''Rocks''."<ref>{{cite web|title=Pump – Aerosmith|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pump-r182|access-date=January 8, 2012}}</ref> The recording process for ''Pump'' was documented in the video ''[[The Making of Pump]]'', which has since been re-released as a DVD. The music videos for the album's singles were featured on the release ''[[Things That Go Pump in the Night]]'', which quickly went platinum.<ref name="RIAA&nbsp;— Searchable Database" />

[[File:Aerosmith WaynesWorld.jpg|thumb|Aerosmith appear in a "[[Wayne's World]]" sketch on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in 1990]]

In support of ''Pump'', the band embarked on the 12-month [[Pump Tour]], which lasted for most of 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aerosmith&nbsp;– Pump Tour|publisher=AeroForceOne.com|url=http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm?pid=804195|access-date=March 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420102228/http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm?pid=804195|archive-date=April 20, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> On February 21, 1990, the band appeared in a "[[Wayne's World]]" sketch on ''[[Saturday Night Live]],'' debating the fall of communism and the Soviet Union, and performed their recent hits "[[Janie's Got a Gun]]" and "[[Monkey on My Back]]".<ref>Davis, p. 470</ref> The appearance of the band in the "Wayne's World" sketch was later ranked by [[E!]] as the number-one moment in the history of the program.<ref>{{cite web|author=TV.com|url=http://www.tv.com/e!s-101/most-unforgettable-snl-moments-20--1/episode/315334/summary.html|title=E!'s 101: Most Unforgettable SNL Moments 20&nbsp;– 1&nbsp;– Season 2, Episode 5|publisher=TV.com|date=January 15, 2004|access-date=December 31, 2011|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629100629/http://www.tv.com/e%21s-101/most-unforgettable-snl-moments-20--1/episode/315334/summary.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On August 11, 1990, the band's performance on MTV's ''[[MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]]'' aired.<ref>{{cite web|title=MTV Unplugged|publisher=[[TV.com]]|url=http://www.tv.com/mtv-unplugged/aerosmith/episode/145015/summary.html|access-date=March 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328114904/http://www.tv.com/mtv-unplugged/aerosmith/episode/145015/summary.html|archive-date=March 28, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> In October 1990, the Pump Tour ended, with the band's first ever performances in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=AeroForceOne Aerosmith&nbsp;– Previous Tours|publisher=Aeroforceone.com|url=http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/804156|access-date=April 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327021815/http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/804156|archive-date=March 27, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, the band was also inducted to the Hollywood Rock Walk.<ref name="Rock Walk">{{cite web|title=List of all the rockwalk/inductees|publisher=Guitar Center's Hollywood Rockwalk|url=http://www.rockwalk.com/inductees|access-date=December 1, 2007|archive-date=September 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928050734/http://www.rockwalk.com/inductees/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 1991, the band appeared on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Flaming Moe's]]"<ref>{{cite web|title=The Simpsons&nbsp;– Guest Stars|publisher=TheSimpsons.com|url=http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_guests_aerosmith.htm|access-date=March 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418011815/http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_guests_aerosmith.htm|archive-date=April 18, 2008 |url-status=dead <!--Set by H3llBot-->}}</ref> and released a box set titled ''[[Pandora's Box (album)|Pandora's Box]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Allmusic – ''Pandora's Box'' – Overview|first=Greg|last=Prato|website=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r183|pure_url=yes}} | access-date=April 2, 2008}}</ref> In coordination with the release of ''Pandora's Box'', the band's 1975 hit "Sweet Emotion" was re-mixed and re-released as a single, and a music video was created to promote the single. Also in 1991, the band performed their 1973 single "Dream On" with [[Michael Kamen]]'s orchestra for MTV's 10th Anniversary special; this performance was used as the official music video for the song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Composer Who Worked With Metallica, Aerosmith Dead at 55|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480511/rock-composer-michael-kamen-dead-at-55.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731232430/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480511/rock-composer-michael-kamen-dead-at-55.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2012|publisher=MTV|date=November 18, 2003|access-date=May 20, 2012}}</ref> In 1992, Tyler and Perry appeared live as guests of [[Guns N' Roses]] during the latter's 1992 worldwide pay-per-view show in Paris, performing a medley of "Mama Kin" (which GN'R covered in 1986) and "Train Kept-A Rollin".<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube&nbsp;– Guns n' Roses feat, Aerosmith&nbsp;– Mama kin|publisher=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIaGsOYjfQA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623082618/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIaGsOYjfQA| archive-date=2012-06-23|access-date=April 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube&nbsp;– Aerosmith & Guns'n Roses&nbsp;– Train Kept A Rollin'|publisher=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dl2l4pyIZs| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113235648/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dl2l4pyIZs| archive-date=2009-11-13|access-date=April 6, 2008}}</ref>