Aerosmith’s next album was even more successful. Pump , released in

Aerosmith’s next album was even more successful. Pump , released in September 1989, featured three top-ten singles: ” Love in an Elevator “, ” Janie’s Got a Gun “, and ” What It Takes “, as well as the top 30 ” The Other Side “, re-establishing the band as a serious musical force. Pump was a critical and commercial success, eventually selling 7 million copies, spawning several music videos that were in regular rotation on MTV, and achieving four-star ratings from major music magazines. Pump ranked as the fourth-bestselling album of 1990. The band also won its first Grammy in the category of Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal , for “Janie’s Got a Gun”. In addition, the video for “Janie’s Got a Gun” won two 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 .” 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.