in the songwriting credits for "The Other Side". Reception The album received mostly positive reception, and has since been called "a high-water mark of the glam metal era". "At a time when young guns from Mötley Crüe to Poison were doing their level best to hoist the heavy metal crown from the likes of Def Leppard and Bon Jovi," noted Q, "it took a bunch of hoary, addled old stagers like Aerosmith to come up with the year's best metal album." "Aerosmith is still the reigning king of the hard-rock double entendre," wrote Rolling Stone. "But Pump – like, real subtle – has more going for it than locker-room laughs, such as the vintage high-speed crunch (circa Toys in the Attic) of 'Young Lust', the sassy slap 'n' tickle of 'My Girl' and the kitchen-sink sound of 'Janie's Got A Gun'." "Messrs Tyler and Perry," observed Hi-Fi News & Record Review, "have cleaned up their act, hoovered their nostrils, added a few more items of choice veg to their cod-pieces and come up with a stonker." Spin placed it at No. 279 on their list of "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years", and said "Aerosmith gets no respect for locating that perfect sweet spot between the shamelessness of ‘80s sleaze-metal and the self-aware wink of proto-ironic ‘90s MTV culture". Loudwire ranked the album fourth in their ranking of Aerosmith studio albums, and said, "'Pump,' like its multiplatinum predecessor, 'Permanent Vacation,' unabashedly catered to '80s hair metal trends with glossy mega-productions like "Love in an Elevator" and the Grammy-winning "Janie's Got a Gun," but it also did a commendable job of reviving the vintage Aerosmith style on loads of amazing tunes". Track listing Personnel Aerosmith Steven Tylerlead vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Joe Perryguitar: second solo on "Love in an Elevator", slide guitar on "Monkey on My Back", backing vocals Brad Whitfordguitar: lead guitar on "Voodoo Medicine Man" and first solo on "Love in an Elevator" Tom Hamiltonbass guitar, backing vocals on "Love in an Elevator" Joey Kramerdrums Additional personnel Bob Dowd – backing vocals on "Love in an Elevator" Catherine Eppsspoken intro (Elevator Operator) on "Love in an Elevator" Bruce Fairbairntrumpet, backing vocals on "Love in an Elevator" The Margarita Horns (Bruce Fairbairn, Henry Christian, Ian Putz, Tom Keenlyside)brass instruments, saxophones John Websterkeyboards Randy Raine-Reuschmusical interludes (glass harmonica on "Water Song", Appalachian dulcimer on "Dulcimer Stomp", didgeridoo on