Big Ones (Aerosmith album)

This article is about the Aerosmith album. For the In January 1992, the band began recording at A&M
Loverboy album, see Big Ones (Loverboy album).
Studios in Los Angeles, California. The recordings at
A&M ended in February and in September the band be[2]
Big Ones is one of the many compilation albums by the gan recording again at Little Mountain Sound Studios.[2]
The recordings at Little Mountain ended in November,
American rock band Aerosmith, released on November
[1]
1, 1994 by Geen Records (see 1994 in music). Big and Aerosmiths next[16]studio album, Get a Grip was rein April 1993 and went to #1 on the Billboard
Ones featured twelve hits from the bands three consecu- leased
[13]
The singles released from Get a Grip included
200.
tive multi-platinum albums, Permanent Vacation (1987),
"Amazing"
(#3 Mainstream Rock, #9 Top 40 MainPump (1989), and Get a Grip (1993), as well as the hit
stream,
#24
Hot 100), "Cryin'" (#1 Mainstream Rock,
"Deuces are Wild" from The Beavis and Butt-Head Ex#11
Top
40
Mainstream,
#12 Hot 100), "Eat the Rich"
perience (1993), and two new songs, "Blind Man" and
(#5
Mainstream
Rock),
"Livin'
on the Edge" (#1 Main"Walk on Water", which were recorded during a break
stream
Rock,
#18
Hot
100,
#19
Top
40 Mainstream), and
in the bands Get a Grip Tour. These songs were also in"Crazy"
(#7
Mainstream
Rock,
#7
Top
40 Mainstream,
cluded on the bands 2001 compilation album Young Lust:
[14]
#17
Hot
100).
The Aerosmith Anthology. Big Ones is the bands second
bestselling compilation album, reaching #6 on the Billboard charts, and selling four million copies in the United
States alone. The album quickly became a world-wide hit
reaching the Top 10 in nine countries before the end of
the year.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

In April 1994 the band went to The Power Station in New

York City, New York and started recording the songs
"Walk on Water" and "Blind Man". The group then completed the songs in June at Capri Digital Studios, Capri,
Italy.[2] Blind Man reached #3 on the Mainstream Rock
Charts, #23 on the Top 40 Mainstream, and #48 on the
Hot 100 in 1994.[14] Walk on Water reached #16 on the
Mainstream Rock Charts in 1995.[14]

History
2 Reception

In March 1987, Aerosmith began working at Little

Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada for the album that became Permanent Vacation.
The recordings were completed in May,[2] the album was
released in August,[12] and reached #11 on the Billboard
200.[13] The album released several singles including
"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#4 on the Mainstream Rock
Charts, #14 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Rag Doll" (#12
Mainstream Rock Charts, #17 Hot 100), and "Angel" (#2
Mainstream Rock, #3 Hot 100).[14]

For his review of Big Ones for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas

Erlewine gave the album a high rating because he felt
that the album captured the comeback of Aerosmith.
However, he felt that the songs did not match the rawness of the bands earlier material, and seemed a little
too mainstream, with rampant over-production and too
many power ballads.[1] Robert Christgau did not think the
album included enough songs from the album Get a Grip,
and did not like that it excluded My Fist, Your Face.
However, he did like the two new tracks, Walk on Water and Blind Man. [17] Tom Sinclair thought well of
the album in his review for Entertainment Weekly because
it showed that they could mix hard rock and funk-based
blues, and that they were more than just the American
version of The Rolling Stones. He'd have given the album
a higher rating had it not included the song Angel.[18]

Then in April 1989, the band went back to Little Mountain Sound Studios to record songs for their next studio
album, Pump. The recordings were completed in June
1989,[2] the album was released in September,[15] and
reached #5 on the Billboard 200.[13] Several other singles were released from Pump including "Janies Got a
Gun" (#2 Mainstream Rock, #4 Hot 100), "Love in an Elevator" (#1 Mainstream Rock, #5 Hot 100), "The Other
Side" (#1 Mainstream Rock, #22 Hot 100) and "What It
Takes" (#1 Mainstream Rock, #9 Hot 100).[14] In May
a song was recorded during the sessions for Pump called 3 Track listing
"Deuces Are Wild", however it was not released on the
album and was not released until the 1993 compilation NB: Love in an Elevator, Janies Got a Gun, and The
album, The Beavis and Butt-head Experience.[2]
Other Side are presented without their original lead-ins
1

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as heard on Pump (Going Down, Water Song, and

Dulcimer Stomp, respectively).

REFERENCES

[8] Aerosmith Big Ones". Austriancharts.at (in German).

Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
[9] Aerosmith Big Ones". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien.
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Personnel

[10] Aerosmith Big Ones". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch).

Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.

Per liner notes[2]

[11] Aerosmith Big Ones". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung

Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.

Charts

5.1

Album

5.2

Singles

[12] http://www.allmusic.com/album/
permanent-vacation-r180
[13] Aerosmith Album & Song Chart History > Billboard
200. billboard.com. Archived from the original on 13
November 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
[14] Aerosmith - Billboard Singles. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 14, 2010.

Certications

[15] http://www.allmusic.com/album/pump-r182

Release history

[16] http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-a-grip-r168816

See also

[17] Robert Christgau. Aerosmith - Consumer Guide Reviews. Robert Christgau. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
[18] Sinclair, Tom (November 4, 1994). Big Ones - Aerosmith (Music Review)". Entertainment Weekly.

Big Ones You Can Look At

List of best-selling albums in Argentina

External links
Big Ones at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Big Ones at Yahoo! Music

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[20] Hits of the World: Denmark Albums. Billboard 106

(52): 55. December 24, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
[21] Hits of the World: Eurochart Hot 100 Albums.
Billboard 106 (52): 55. December 24, 1994. ISSN 00062510. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
[22] Les Charts Runs de chaque Album Class". InfoDisc
(in French). Search for AEROSMITH on the dropdown menu to see results.

References

[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Big Ones - Aerosmith >

Overview. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved
November 13, 2010.
[2] Big Ones (CD insert). Aerosmith.
Records. 1994. GEFD-24716.

[19] Aerosmith Big Ones". Australian-charts.com. Hung

Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.

U.S.A.: Geen

[3] "Big Ones - Aerosmith. Billboard. Prometheus Global

Media. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010.
Retrieved November 12, 2010.
[4] 100 Albums (CDs & Cassettes)" (PDF). RPM 60 (18).
November 21, 1994. ISSN 0033-7064. Retrieved July
18, 2011.
[5] 1994-11-12 Top 40 Ocial UK Albums Archive.
Ocial Charts Company. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
[6] Aerosmith Big Ones". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien.
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[7] Aerosmith Big Ones". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2011.

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Line (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July
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(48): 91. November 19, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
[27] Aerosmith Big Ones (Album)" (ASP). Spanish Charts.
Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 16 July
2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
[28] Gold & Platinum Certications. CAPIF (in Spanish).
Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved
February 1, 2013.

[29] Austrian album certications Aerosmith Big Ones

(in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
Enter Aerosmith in the eld Interpret. Enter Big Ones in
the eld Titel. Select album in the eld Format. Click
Suchen
[30] Brazilian album certications Aerosmith Big Ones
(in Portuguese). Associao Brasileira dos Produtores de
Discos. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
[31] Canadian album certications Aerosmith Big Ones.
Music Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
[32] The rst web page presents the sales gures, the second
presents the certication limits:
Aerosmith (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI
Finland. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
Kultalevyjen myntmisrajat (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 1,
2013.
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German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved
February 1, 2013.
[34] Certications. AMPROFON (in Spanish). Archived
from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved February
1, 2013.
[35] Norwegian album certications Aerosmith Big
Ones. IFPI Norway (in Norwegian). Archived from the
original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
[36] Spanish album certications Aerosmith Big Ones
(PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Msica de Espaa.
Retrieved February 1, 2013. Select the Chart, enter ' in
the eld Year. Select ' in the eld Semana. Click on
Search Charts
[37] Guld & Platinum 19871998 (PDF). IFPI Sweden (in
Swedish). p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on
July 25, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
[38] British album certications Aerosmith Big Ones.
British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 1,
2013. Enter Big Ones in the eld Keywords. Select Title
in the eld Search by. Select album in the eld By Format.
Select Platinum in the eld By Award. Click Search
[39] American album certications Aerosmith Big Ones.
Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved
February 1, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click
Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
[40] IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 1996. International
Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved
February 1, 2013.

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