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Get Your Wings
Studio album by Aerosmith
Released March 1974
Recorded December 1973 - January 1974 at Record Plant Studios, New York
Genre Hard rock
Length 38:04
Label Columbia Records
Producer Ray Colcord and Jack Douglas
Professional reviews
Aerosmith chronology
Aerosmith
(1973)		Get Your Wings
(1974)		Toys in the Attic
(1975)


Get Your Wings is the second album by American hard rock band Aerosmith. This album marks the arrival of Jack Douglas in the producer's chair (a role that he would fill for the next four albums). The band had felt that a subpar production effort for their first album hurt its popularity. The raw energy that fueled their sound remained intact despite the switchover.

Track listing

  1. "Same Old Song and Dance" (Joe Perry/Steve Tyler) – 3:53
  2. "Lord of the Thighs" (Tyler) – 4:14
  3. "Spaced" (Perry, Tyler) – 4:21
  4. "Woman of the World" (Darren Solomon, Tyler) – 5:49
  5. "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" (Tyler) – 2:51
  6. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) – 5:33
  7. "Seasons of Wither" (Tyler) – 5:38
  8. "Pandora's Box" (Joey Kramer, Tyler) – 5:43

Song information

Same Old Song and Dance

Built around a blues riff Joe Perry came up with while sitting on his amp, Steven Tyler quickly came up with the verse riff.

Lord of the Thighs

After the band decided they needed one more song for the album, they locked themselves into their rehearsal room, and came up with this. The narrator is a pimp who recruits a young woman he sees on the street into prostitution. Tyler also plays the piano. Kramer's opening beat is very similar to the one he would tap out a year later in "Walk This Way".

Woman of the World

Written by Steven Tyler and his former band, The Strangeurs.

S.O.S. (Too Bad)

A proto-punk song, it emphasizes the same content punk rock would soon be known for: gritty lyrics, questionable moral content, and straight to the point music.

(The) Train Kept A-Rollin'

Tiny Bradshaw's 1951 R&B classic, already turned into a rock song by The Rock and Roll Trio (Johnny and Dorsey Burnette and Paul Burlison) (1956) and updated by the The Yardbirds in a 1965 raw British blues version, after whom Aerosmith modeled their version. In the band's early days, it was their signature, show-stopping song, and is still used to end their concerts today. Despite the band's opposition, Douglas put in echo and recorded crowd noises (from the Concert for Bangla Desh) around halfway through to give it a live feel, fading into the next song's synthesized blowing wind/acoustic guitar entrance. Douglas also brought in session guitarists Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter of Rock n Roll Animal fame to play the guitars on the song in Perry's stead.[1]

Seasons of Wither

In a change of pace from the rest of the album, this song is a slow, mournful ballad inspired by the Massachusetts landscape in the winter.

Pandora's Box

Joey Kramer's first writing credit, this song was written on a used guitar he found in a dumpster. It was heavily inspired by the soul musicians of the 60s and 70s.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production personnel

  • Producers: Jack Douglas and Ray Colcord at The Record Plant
  • Executive producer: Bob Ezrin
  • Engineers: Jack Douglas, Jay Messina, Rod O'Brien
  • Direction: David Krebs, Frank Connolly, Steve Leber

Remastering personnel

  • Remaster producer: Don DeVito
  • Remaster engineer: Vic Anesini
  • Package design: Lisa Sparagano, Ken Fredette
  • Still Life Photography: Jimmy Ienner, Jr.
  • Still Life Collage Design: Leslie Lambert
  • Art Supervision: Joel Zimmerman

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1975Billboard Pop Albums74

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USAGoldApril 18 1975
CIA – CanadaGoldNovember 1 1976
CRIA – CanadaPlatinumMay 1 1979
RIAA – USAPlatinumNovember 21 1986
RIAA – USA2X PlatinumNovember 21 1986
RIAA – USA3X PlatinumFebruary 26 2001

References

1. ^ [1]

External links

Get Your Wings at MusicBrainz

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Discography
Studio albums: Aerosmith | Get Your Wings | Toys in the Attic | Rocks | Draw the Line | Night in the Ruts | Rock in a Hard Place | Done with Mirrors | Permanent Vacation | Pump | Get a Grip | Nine Lives | Just Push Play | Honkin' on Bobo
Live albums: Live! Bootleg | Classics Live I and II | A Little South of Sanity | Rockin' the Joint
Compilations: Greatest Hits | Gems | Pandora's Box | Big Ones | Box of Fire |
O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits | Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith
Videos: Live Texxas Jam '78 | 3 x 5 | Aerosmith Scrapbook | Things That Go Pump in the Night | The Making of Pump | Big Ones You Can Look At | You Gotta Move
Personnel
Jack Douglas | Bruce Fairbairn | Desmond Child | John Kalodner | Mark Hudson | Jim Vallance | Richie Supa | Tim Collins | Marti Frederiksen | Taylor Rhodes | Glen Ballard | Kevin Shirley | Steven Leber and David Krebs
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Concert Tours | Achievements and Awards | Outtakes | Toxic Twins | The Joe Perry Project | The Wherehouse
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster | Flaming Moe's | Quest for Fame | Revolution X
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Released 1974
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Producer(s) Jack Douglas

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Released March 1974
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Genre Hard rock
Length 4:14
Label Columbia Records
Writer(s) Steven Tyler
Producer(s) Jack Douglas

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Released 1974
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Released March 1974
Recorded December 1973 - January 1974 at Record Plant Studios, New York
Genre Hard rock
Length 5:38
Label Columbia Records
Writer(s) Steven Tyler
Producer(s) Jack Douglas

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