I remember when I used to buy albums with my pocket money, there was a time before CDs when I used to save up my £8.99 for a Cassette Tape of an album, I used to go into "Our Price" another long gone music store and look around the Rock section to see if there was any deals on. Alas there was this day , I was already an Aerosmith fan but only had my brothers CD of "Get a Grip" to listen to , so I seen "Permanent Vacation" and grabbed it. Only £6.99 at that too, so I still had changed. Ah the good old days. I Rushed home to put it on and what I got was a dose of the REAL Aerosmith.

From the begginning you can tell how good this album is going to be. At the third track "Rag Doll" you find the first gem of the album, It's rock , it's funk and it's awesome, with an infectious melody this was classic Aerosmith. Two tracks later came "Dude(Looks Like a Lady)" , this one a little heavier but with the same awesome catchy melody as before. My personal favourite though is the best ballad on the album "Angel" this is just a beautiful voice and Tylers voice is just fantastic over the song.

Track Listing:

1. Heart's Done Time
2. Magic Touch
3. Rag Doll
4. Simoriah
5. Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
6. St John
7. Hangman Jury
8. Girl Keeps Comin' Apart
9. Angel
10. Permanent Vacation
11. I'm Down
12. Movie

Overall This is an essential in you're Aerosmith collection, sure the band have like a million greatest hits albums and they're more recent efforts have been pretty bland and poor but if you look back at albums like this you'll realise why they're so universally loved. This is a great album. Thumbs up.