Big Ones

 ( 1994 Greatest Hits Albums ) 

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, the album was released in September, and reached number 5 on the Billboard 200. Several other singles were released from Pump including "Janie's Got a Gun" (number 2 Mainstream Rock, number 4 Hot 100), "Love in an Elevator" (number one Mainstream Rock, number 5 Hot 100), "The Other Side" (number one Mainstream Rock, number 22 Hot 100) and "What It Takes" (number one Mainstream Rock, number 9 Hot 100). In May a song was recorded during the sessions for Pump called "Deuces Are Wild", however it was not released on the album and was not released until the 1993 compilation album, The Beavis and Butt-head Experience.

In January 1992, the band began recording at A&M Studios in Los Angeles, California. The recordings at A&M ended in February and in September the band began recording again at Little Mountain Sound Studios. The recordings at Little Mountain ended in November, and Aerosmith's next studio album, Get a Grip was released in April 1993 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.