Artist: AEROSMITH
Album: PERMANENT VACATION (CD)

Release date: 1987
Media type: CD

Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1987.

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".

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.

TRACKLIST:

"Heart's Done Time" (Joe Perry, Desmond Child) – 4:42
"Magic Touch" (Steven Tyler, Perry, Jim Vallance) – 4:40
"Rag Doll" (Tyler, Perry, Vallance, Holly Knight) – 4:21
"Simoriah" (Tyler, Perry, Vallance) – 3:21
"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (Tyler, Perry, Child) – 4:23
"St. John" (Tyler) – 4:12
"Hangman Jury" (Tyler, Perry, Vallance) – 5:33
"Girl Keeps Coming Apart" (Tyler, Perry) – 4:12
"Angel" (Tyler, Child) – 5:10
"Permanent Vacation" (Tyler, Brad Whitford) – 4:52
"I'm Down" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:20
"The Movie" [instrumental] (Tyler, Perry, Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer) – 4:00

LINE-UP:

Tom Hamilton – bass
Joey Kramer – drums
Joe Perry – guitar, backing vocals
Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, piano, plunger mute
Brad Whitford – guitar

Additional personnel:

Drew Arnott – mellotron
Henry Christian – trumpet
Bruce Fairbairn – trumpet, cello, background vocals
Scott Fairbairn – cello
Mike Fraser – plunger mute
Tom Keenlyside – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Margarita Horns – horns
Ian Putz – baritone saxophone
Morgan Rael – steel drums
Bob Rogers – trombone
Jim Vallance – organ
Christine Arnott – Gaelic voice-over on "The Movie"