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, and reached number 11 on the
Billboard 200. The album released several singles including "
Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (number 4 on the
Mainstream Rock Charts, number 14 on the
Billboard Hot 100), "
Rag Doll" (number 12 Mainstream Rock Charts, number 17 Hot 100), and "
Angel" (number 2 Mainstream Rock, number 3 Hot 100). 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, and reached number 5 on the
Billboard 200. and went to number one on the
Billboard 200. The singles released from
Get a Grip included "
Amazing" (number 3 Mainstream Rock, number 9 Top 40 Mainstream, number 24 Hot 100), "
Cryin'" (number 1 Mainstream Rock, number 11 Top 40 Mainstream, number 12 Hot 100), "
Eat the Rich" (number 5 Mainstream Rock), "
Livin' on the Edge" (number 1 Mainstream Rock, number 18 Hot 100, number 19 Top 40 Mainstream), and "
Crazy" (number 7 Mainstream Rock, number 7 Top 40 Mainstream, number 17 Hot 100). 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. "Blind Man" reached number 3 on the Mainstream Rock Charts, number 23 on the Top 40 Mainstream, and number 48 on the Hot 100 in 1994. "Walk on Water" reached number 16 on the Mainstream Rock Charts in 1995. No songs on
Big Ones came from Aerosmith's first Geffen release,
Done With Mirrors (1985), despite the hit "
Let the Music Do the Talking" reaching number 18 on the Mainstream Rock Charts. == Reception ==