- Draw the Line (Aerosmith album)
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Draw the Line 
Studio album by Aerosmith Released December 1, 1977 Recorded The Cenacle, Armonk, New York and The Record Plant, New York City 1977 Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock Length 35:14 Label Columbia Producer Aerosmith and Jack Douglas Aerosmith chronology Rocks
(1976)Draw the Line
(1977)Night in the Ruts
(1979)Singles from Draw the Line - "Draw the Line"
Released: 1977 - "Kings and Queens"
Released: 1978 - "Get It Up"
Released: 1978
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Robert Christgau (B−)[2] Rolling Stone [3]Draw the Line is the fifth album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released December 1, 1977. The album was recorded in an abandoned convent near New York City, rented out for that purpose.[4] The band lived there while recording the album, doing drugs, sleeping, eating, shooting guns, and driving their sports cars in between recording sessions.
At the time of release the band was considered big enough that the name didn't appear on the front of the album artwork. The portrait of the band was drawn by renowned celebrity caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 37 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".[5]
Contents
Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Draw the Line" Steven Tyler, Joe Perry 3:23 2. "I Wanna Know Why" Tyler, Perry 3:09 3. "Critical Mass" Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Jack Douglas 4:53 4. "Get It Up" Tyler, Perry 4:02 5. "Bright Light Fright" Perry 2:19 Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Kings and Queens" Tyler, Brad Whitford, Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Douglas 4:55 2. "The Hand That Feeds" Tyler, Whitford, Hamilton, Kramer, Douglas 4:23 3. "Sight for Sore Eyes" Tyler, Perry, Douglas, David Johansen 3:56 4. "Milk Cow Blues" Kokomo Arnold 4:14 Personnel
- Steven Tyler - lead vocals
- Joe Perry - guitar, backing vocals
- Brad Whitford - guitar
- Tom Hamilton - bass
- Joey Kramer - drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Stan Bronstein - Saxophone
- Scott Cushnie - Piano
- Jack Douglas - mandolin
- Karen Lawrence - Keyboards, Backing vocals
- Paul Prestopino - Banjo
Production
- Producers: Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
- Executive producers: David Krebs, Steve Leber
- Engineer: Jay Messina
- Assistant engineer: Sam Ginsberg
- Mastering: George Marino
- Arrangers: Aerosmith, Jack Douglas
- Art direction: David Krebs, Steve Leber
- Cover illustration: Al Hirschfeld
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position 1978 The Billboard 200 11 Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position 1977 "Draw the Line" The Billboard Hot 100 42 1978 "Kings and Queens" The Billboard Hot 100 70 Certifications
Organization Level Date RIAA - USA Gold[6] December 9, 1977 Platinum[6] December 13, 1977 2× Platinum[6] August 16, 1996 CIA – Canada Gold Dec 01, 1977 Notes
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r172
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Draw the Line". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=6286.
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/aerosmith/albumguide
- ^ "Draw the Line review". Greg Prato. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r172. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ Zell, Ray (21 January 1989). "Aerosmith 'Draw the Line'". Kerrang!. 222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd..
- ^ a b c "Gold and Platinum Database Search". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Draw%20the%20Line&artist=Aerosmith&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
External links
Categories:- Aerosmith albums
- 1977 albums
- Albums produced by Jack Douglas
- Columbia Records albums
- Albums certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- "Draw the Line"
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