Get Your Wings

Infobox Album
Name = Get Your Wings
Type = studio
Artist = Aerosmith


Released = start date|1974|3|1
Recorded = December 1973 - January 1974 at Record Plant Studios, New York
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 38:04
Label = Columbia
Producer = Ray Colcord, Jack Douglas
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dq6ktra9klox link]
*Review-Christgau|B-|album=6284
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aerosmith/albums/album/109107/review/5941808/get_your_wings link]
Last album = "Aerosmith" (1973)
This album = "Get Your Wings" (1974)
Next album = "Toys in the Attic" (1975)
Misc = Singles
Name = Get Your Wings
Type = studio
Single 1 = Same Old Song and Dance
Single 1 date = 1974
Single 2 = Train Kept A-Rollin'
Single 2 date = 1974
Single 3 = S.O.S. (Too Bad)
Single 3 date = 1974

"Get Your Wings" is the second studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released March 1 1974. The album is the first to feature production from Jack Douglas, who would go on to produce the band's next four albums.

Despite the fact that none of the album's singles charted, the album has been certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA. [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=4&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&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=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25]

Track listing

ide one

# "Same Old Song and Dance" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) – 3:53
# "Lord of the Thighs" (Tyler) – 4:14
# "Spaced" (Perry, Tyler) – 4:21
# "Woman of the World" (Tyler, Darren Solomon) – 5:49

ide two

# "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" (Tyler) – 2:51
# "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) – 5:33
# "Seasons of Wither" (Tyler) – 5:38
# "Pandora's Box" (Tyler, Joey Kramer) – 5:43

ong 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. The song appears in .

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.

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. The song appears in and Rock Band.

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. It is a bonus song in the music game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

Personnel

*Tom Hamilton – bass
*Joey Kramer – drums, percussion, backing vocals
*Joe Perry – guitar, backing vocals, slide guitar, percussion
*Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboard, acoustic guitar on "Seasons of Wither", percussion, piano on "Lord of the Thighs" and "Pandora's Box"
*Brad Whitford – guitar

Additional personnel

*Steve Hunter – guitar on "Same Old Song and Dance" and "Train Kept A Rollin" (not credited)
*Dick Wagner – guitar on "Same Old Song and Dance" and "Train Kept A Rollin" (not credited)
*Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone on "Same Old Song and Dance" and "Pandora's Box"
*Randy Brecker – trumpet on "Same Old Song and Dance"
*Stan Bronstein – baritone saxophone on "Same Old Song and Dance" and "Pandora's Box"
*Jon Pearson – trombone on "Same Old Song and Dance"
*Ray Colcord – keyboards on "Spaced"

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 Connelly, 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

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