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Revision as of 22:06, 13 January 2020

For the TV series of the same name, see Get a Grip (TV series).
Get a Grip
Studio album by
Aerosmith
ReleasedApril 20, 1993 (1993-04-20)[1]
RecordedJanuary–February 1992 at A&M Studios
September–November 1992 at Little Mountain Sound Studios[2]
Genre
Length62:17
LabelGeffen
ProducerBruce Fairbairn
Aerosmith chronology
Pump
(1989) 		Get a Grip
(1993) 		Nine Lives
(1997)
Singles from Get a Grip
  1. "Livin' on the Edge"
    Released: March 23, 1993
  2. "Eat the Rich"
    Released: April 17, 1993
  3. "Cryin'"
    Released: October 5, 1993
  4. "Amazing"
    Released: November 1993
  5. "Line Up"
    Released: November 1993
  6. "Shut Up and Dance"
    Released: January 1994 (UK)
  7. "Crazy"
    Released: May 3, 1994

Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on April 20, 1993 by Geffen Records.[1] Get a Grip was the band's last studio album to be released by Geffen before they returned to Columbia Records.

Get a Grip featured guests including Don Henley, who sang backup on "Amazing", and Lenny Kravitz, who offered backup vocals and collaboration to "Line Up". As on Permanent Vacation and Pump, this album featured numerous song collaborators from outside the band including: Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, Mark Hudson, Richie Supa, Taylor Rhodes, Jack Blades, and Tommy Shaw.

Get a Grip became Aerosmith's best-selling studio album worldwide, achieving sales of over 20 million copies, and is tied with Pump for their second best-selling album in the United States, selling over 7 million copies as of 1995. (Toys in the Attic leads with eight million).[3] This also made it their third consecutive album with US sales of at least five million. Two songs from the album won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, in 1993 and 1994. The album was voted Album of the Year by Metal Edge readers in the magazine's 1993 Readers' Choice Awards, while "Livin' on the Edge" was voted Best Video.[4]

Production

The album originally had 12 songs and was scheduled to be released in the third quarter of 1992, but Geffen A&R executive John Kalodner listened to what had been recorded and thought it lacked variety and a radio-friendly song. So the band went back to write more songs with collaborators such as Child.[5]

Regarding songs that reflect on the band's history with drug abuse such as "Get a Grip" and "Amazing", Steven Tyler declared: "We were saying you can point it back to some of those old beliefs about the crossroads and signing up with the devil, that you can look at the drugs as that: It can be fun in the beginning but then it comes time to pay your debt, and if you're not sharp enough to see that it's taking you down, then it really will get you."[6]

Many songs were written and recorded for the album that were either used as B-sides or never released. "Don't Stop" and "Head First" were released as B-sides, as well as "Can't Stop Messin'", which also appears on several special editions of the album as an addition in the track list. Other songs were listed on the official Aerosmith website in the late 1990s. "Black Cherry", "Devil's Got A New Disguise", "Dime Store Lover", "Legendary Child", "Lizard Love", "Meltdown", "Rocket 88", "Wham Bam", and "Yo Momma" were listed on the lyrics page of the website.

In 2005, Kalodner confirmed the existence of several of the songs above, as well as "Trouble", "Strange", "13", and "Keep On Movin'". "Deuces Are Wild" was possibly recorded again during these sessions. Several songs are also listed on copyright repertoires, including "Ain't Gonna Break My Heart", "Good Thang", and "Jake". These songs can be traced to the year 1991. Reworked versions of "Devil's Got A New Disguise", "Deuces Are Wild", "Lizard Love", and "Legendary Child" have since been released on various albums and soundtracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC[7]
Robert ChristgauA−[8]
Rolling Stone[9]

Mark Coleman, for his Rolling Stone magazine review of Get a Grip, said he liked the title track and he compared the album's introduction, titled "Intro", to Steven Tyler and Joe Perry's collaboration with Run–D.M.C. on "Walk This Way", but feels that most of the album lacks "adventure" and is too "somber". In his interview he compared "Livin' on the Edge" to a Bon Jovi song and feels that a problem with the album comes from the outside songwriters/collaborators.[9] However, Robert Christgau gave the album a positive review, stating that it was their best since Rocks.[8]

Controversy

An animal rights group objected to the cover of a cow's pierced udder, but it was confirmed by the band to have been computer-generated.[10]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro"Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance0:24
2."Eat the Rich"Tyler, Perry, Vallance4:11
3."Get a Grip"Tyler, Perry, Vallance3:59
4."Fever"Tyler, Perry4:15
5."Livin' on the Edge"Tyler, Perry, Mark Hudson6:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Flesh"Tyler, Perry, Desmond Child5:57
7."Walk On Down"Perry3:39
8."Shut Up and Dance"Tyler, Perry, Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw4:56
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Cryin'"Tyler, Perry, Taylor Rhodes5:09
10."Gotta Love It"Tyler, Perry, Hudson5:58
11."Crazy"Tyler, Perry, Child5:14
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Line Up" (featuring Lenny Kravitz)Tyler, Perry, Lenny Kravitz4:03
13."Amazing"Tyler, Richard Supa5:57
14."Boogie Man" (Instrumental)Tyler, Perry, Vallance2:17
Total length:1:02:17
UK version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Can't Stop Messin'"Tyler, Perry, Blades, Shaw3:30
Total length:1:05:03

Immediately after "Amazing," a snippet of "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well," by Lucky Millinder, is heard as if being tuned in on an old radio. Tyler says, "So from all of us at Aerosmith to all of you out there, wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Good night." The music then fades out.

Personnel

Aerosmith[11]
Additional personnel
Production
  • Producer: Bruce Fairbairn
  • Engineers: John Aguto, Ed Korengo, Ken Lomas, Mike Plotnikoff, David Thoener
  • Pre Production Engineer: Tony Lentini
  • Mixing: Brendan O'Brien
  • Mastering: Greg Fulginiti at Masterdisk
  • Mastering Supervisor: David Donnelly
  • Programming: John Webster
  • Production coordination: Debra Shallman
  • Guitar technician: Dan Murphy
  • Arranger: Steven Tyler
  • Art direction: Michael Golob
  • Cover design: Hugh Syme
  • Photography: Edward Colver, William Hames
  • John Kalodner : John Kalodner

Charts

Album
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (Top 40)[12] 3
Austria (Top 75)[13] 3
Canada RPM 100 Albums[14] 2
France (InfoDisc)[15] 24
Japanese Albums Chart[16] 7
Netherlands (Top 100)[17] 2
New Zealand (Top 50)[18] 9
Norway (Top 40)[19] 3
Spain (AFYVE)[20] 15
Switzerland (Top 100)[21] 1
Sweden (Top 60)[22] 3
UK (Top 100)[23] 2
US Billboard 200[24] 1
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1993 "Amazing" US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[25] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[25] 24
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[25] 9
UK Singles Chart[26] 57
"Cryin'" US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[25] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[25] 12
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[25] 11
UK Singles Chart[26] 17
Norway Top 20[27] 1
Sweden Top 60[27] 3
Schweizer Top 75[28] 4
"Eat the Rich" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[25] 5
UK Singles Chart[26] 34
"Fever" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[25] 5
"Livin' on the Edge" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[25] 1
Billboard Hot 100[25] 18
Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[25] 19
UK Singles Chart[26] 19
Australian Top 50[29] 21
Norway Top 20[27] 4
1994 "Crazy" Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
The Billboard Hot 100 17
Top 40 Mainstream 7

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
US Billboard 200[30] 77

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[31] Platinum 50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[32] Platinum 250,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[33] Diamond 1,000,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[34] Gold 33,759[34]
France (SNEP)[35] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[36] Platinum 500,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[37] Platinum 200,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[38] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[39] Platinum 100,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[40] Gold 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[41] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[42] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[43] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[44] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[45] 7× Platinum 7,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1993 "Livin' on the Edge" Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
1994 "Crazy" Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Metal Edge Readers' Choice Awards

Year Winner Category
1993 Get a Grip Album of the Year[4]
1993 "Livin' on the Edge" Best Video

Release history

Region Date Format Tracks Label Catalog # Barcode Edition Series Notes
USA Apr 20, 1993 CD 15 Geffen/MCA GED/GEFD-24445 720642444528 Special Limited Edition — faux cowhide digipak; also made for export to the EU[46]
USA Apr 20, 1993 CD 14 Geffen/MCA GEFD-24455 720642445525 — — [47]
USA Apr 20, 1993 Cassette 14 Geffen/MCA GEFC-24455 720642445549 — — [48]
USA Apr 20, 1993 CD 15 Geffen/MCA GEFD-24530 720642453025 Special Limited Edition — faux cowhide digipak[49]
USA Nov 20, 2001 CD 14 Geffen/Universal 069 493 095-2 606949309527 — — Remaster[50]
USA Jan 20, 2017 LP x 2 14 Geffen/Universal B0025184-01 602547954398 — — 180 Gram[51]
USA May 3, 2018 LP x 2 14 Geffen/Universal B0025184-01 602567378181 Limited Edition Split Black & White Vinyl — 1100 copies[52]

See also

References

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  4. ^ a b Metal Edge, June 1994
  5. ^ Balk This Way, Entertainment Weekly. By David Browne | Feb 05, 1993
  6. ^ Washburn, Jim (July 31, 1993). "Aerosmith: New Grip on Fame : Comeback Rockers, at Pacific Amphitheatre, Revel in Album's Success". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Browne, David (April 23, 1993). "Get a Grip Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  8. ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Aerosmith". Robert Christgau. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
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