Get a Grip
Studio album by Aerosmith
Released	April 20, 1993
Recorded	December 1991 - March 1992 & October 1992 - January 1993
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	62:07
Label	Geffen
Producer(s)	Bruce Fairbairn
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Aerosmith chronology
Pump (1989)	Get a Grip (1993)	Nine Lives (1997)

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Get a Grip was considered in a more commercial style for Aerosmith and delivered five hit singles, four of which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, between 1993 and 1994: "Livin' on the Edge," "Eat the Rich," and the three songs that make up what fans have come to call the "Cryamazy trilogy:" "Cryin'," "Amazing," and "Crazy." Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Livin on the Edge is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. ... Eat the Rich is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. ... Cryin is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. ... Amazing is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith. ... Crazy is a song performed by rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. ...

Get A Grip also demonstrated more of a wide range of styles for the group. "Gotta Love It" was a step into R&B, featuring bluesy solos from Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and even a bass guitar solo from Tom Hamilton. The Grammy-nominated instrumental "Boogie Man" was based on the Peter Green days of Fleetwood Mac. The album also featured famous musical 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 a good number of song collaborators from outside the group, including Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, Mark Hudson, Richie Supa, Taylor Rhodes, Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw. Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Anthony Joseph Joe Perry (Born September 10, 1950 in Lawrence, Massachusetts), is the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. ... Brad Whitford (born February 23, 1952 in Reading, Massachusetts) is a musician and guitarist for the rock and roll group Aerosmith. ... Tom Hamilton Years Active: 1972-Present Thomas William Hamilton (born December 31, 1951, in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the band Aerosmith. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, October 29, 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a blues-rock guitarist and founding member of the band Fleetwood Mac. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Donald Hugh Don Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band the Eagles. ... Leonard Albert Lenny Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger whose retro style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads. ... Permanent Vacation can mean: Permanent Vacation (film), released in 1980, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Chris Parker Permanent Vacation (album), an Aerosmith album released in 1987 Permanent Vacation (song), a R.E.M. song featured on the Perfect Square DVD This is a disambiguation page — a list of... An electrically driven pump (electropump) for waterworks near the Hengsteysee, Germany. ... Desmond Child Desmond Child (born 28 October 1953, Miami, Florida, USA) has worked as a music performer and songwriter. ... James Douglas Vallance (born 1952) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has written for Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Bryan Adams. ... Mark Hudson (born August 23, 1951) is a record producer, musician and songwriter living in Los Angeles, California. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Jack Blades, American bass playing musician, has worked in Rubicon, as bassist and one of the lead vocalists for Night Ranger, and also as a founding member of Damn Yankees along with Tommy Shaw and Ted Nugent as well as drummer Michael Cartellone. ... Tommy Shaw Tommy Roland Shaw (born September 11, 1953) is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the classic rock band Styx. ...

Get a Grip became Aerosmith's bestselling studio album worldwide, achieving sales of over 20 million copies, and is tied with Pump for their second-bestselling album in the United States, selling over 7 million copies as of 1995. This also made it their third consecutive album with US sales of seven million. Pump is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ...

Get a Grip won the band two Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1980. ...

The promo CD version had a simulated-cowhide cover, reportedly of a unique pattern on each one.

Track listing

1. "Intro" (Joe Perry, Jim Vallance, Steven Tyler) – 0:23
2. "Eat the Rich" (Perry, Vallance, Tyler) – 4:09
3. "Get a Grip" (Perry, Vallance, Tyler) – 3:58
4. "Fever" (Perry, Tyler) – 4:15
5. "Livin' on the Edge" (Mark Hudson, Perry, Tyler) – 6:20
6. "Flesh" (Desmond Child, Perry, Tyler) – 5:56
7. "Walk on Down" (Perry) – 3:37
8. "Shut Up and Dance" (Jack Blades, Perry, Tommy Shaw, Tyler) – 4:55
9. "Cryin'" (Perry, Taylor Rhodes, Tyler) – 5:08
10. "Gotta Love It" (Hudson, Perry, Tyler) – 5:58
11. "Crazy" (Child, Perry, Tyler) – 5:16
12. "Line Up" (Lenny Kravitz, Perry, Tyler) – 4:02
13. "Amazing" (Richie Supa, Tyler) – 5:56
14. "Boogie Man" (Perry, Vallance, Tyler) – 2:16

• The international version includes bonus track "Can't Stop Messin'", co-written by Tyler and Perry with Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw.

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Personnel

• Tom Hamilton - electric bass
• Joey Kramer - percussion, drums
• Joe Perry - dulcimer, guitar, vocals
• Steven Tyler - harmonica, mandolin, percussion, keyboard, vocals
• Brad Whitford - guitar

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• Paul Baron - trumpet
• Desmond Child - keyboard
• Alison Dyer - voices
• Bruce Fairbairn - trumpet
• Frank Felder - guitar
• Thom Gimbel - keyboard, saxophone, background vocals
• Don Henley - background vocals
• Sandy Kanaeholo - log drums
• Tom Keenlyside - saxophone
• Lenny Kravitz - vocals, vocal ad-libs
• Melvin Liufau - log drums
• Wesey Mamea - log drums
• Ian Putz - baritone saxophone
• Bob Rogers - trombone
• Richard Supa - keyboard
• Liainaiala Tagaloa - log drums
• Mapuhi T. Tekurio - log drums
• Aladd Alationa Teofilo - log drums
• Lenny Tyler - percussion
• John Webster - keyboard

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Production

• Producer: Bruce Fairbairn
• Engineers: John Aguto, Ed Korengo, Ken Lomas, Mike Plotnikoff, David Thoener
• Mixing: Brendan O'Brien
• Mastering: Greg Fulginiti
• 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: Ed Colver, William Hames
• John Kalodner : John Kalodner

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Charts

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Singles - Billboard (North America)

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Certifications

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Awards

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Livin on the Edge is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1980. ... Crazy is a song performed by rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1980. ...

Miscellanea

The track "Walk on Down" features lead vocals from Perry instead of Tyler.

The track "Fever" would later be covered by Garth Brooks, with new lyrics, and retitled "The Fever," in 1995. Fever is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Lyrics
• Get a Grip at MusicBrainz