Pump is the tenth studio album by Americanhard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was remastered and reissued in 2001. Pump was widely acclaimed by both fans and critics upon its release. It has a great deal of musical variety within, yet still has the commercial sheen which makes it accessible to mainstream audiences. It incorporated use of keyboards and a horn section in many of the singles ("Love in an Elevator", "The Other Side"), yet also had straightforward rockers ("F.I.N.E.", "Young Lust"), a heartfelt ballad ("What It Takes"), songs about important issues like incest and murder ("Janie's Got a Gun") and drug & alcohol abuse ("Monkey On My Back"), as well as a variety of innovative instrumental interludes such as "Hoodoo" and "Dulcimer Stomp." It is argued to be among the top tier of Aerosmith's most successful albums, and has certified sales of seven million copies in the U.S. to date. It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band. It produced the band's first Grammy award ("Janie's Got a Gun"). "Love in an Elevator" became the first Aerosmith song to hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Additionally, it is the only Aerosmith album to date to have three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and three #1 singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album was the fourth bestselling album of the year 1990.[2]Pump was the second of three sequentially recorded Aerosmith albums to feature the fine teamwork of Bruce Fairbairn's production and Mike Frazer's and Ken Lomas' engineering talents at The Little Mountain Sound Studios.
Randy Raine-Reusch - glass harmonica, wind gong, and bullroarers on "Water Song", Appalachian dulcimer on "Dulcimer Stomp", didgeridoo on "Don't Get Mad, Get Even", Thai naw (mouth organ) on "Hoodoo"
