Permanent Vacation

在成功回到聚光灯下之后，史密斯飞船乐队开始协力打造他们的复出专辑，曾经为Bon Jovi、Scorpions、AC/DC、Kiss等众多乐队担任制作人的著名摇滚乐制作人Bruce Fairbairn开始为他们担任制作人，同时著名的词曲创作者Desmond Child和Holly Knight也开始参与到了Steven Tyler和Joe Perry的创作之中。1987年，史密斯飞船乐队的第九张录音室专辑《Permanent Vacation》正式发行，作为复出专辑，这张精心打造的作品中诞生了多首单曲榜前十名的打榜单曲，包括《Dude (Looks Like a Lady）》《Rag Doll》，并且还从这张专辑中诞生了著名的经典柔情单曲《Angel》。而这张专辑也名列排行榜的第11位，并且销量超过了300万张。

Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in August 1987 by Geffen Records.

The album marks a turning point in the band's career. It is their first album to employ professional songwriters, instead of featuring material solely composed by members of the band. This came as a suggestion of executive John Kalodner, who also pushed the band to work with producer Bruce Fairbairn, who remained with them for another two albums. It was also the first Aerosmith album to be promoted by heavy music video airplay on MTV. Though Done with Mirrors was intended to mark Aerosmith's comeback, Permanent Vacation is often considered their true comeback album, as it was the band's first truly popular album since their reunion. "Rag Doll", "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" and "Angel" all became major hit singles (all three songs charted in the Top 20) and helped Permanent Vacation become the band's most successful album in a decade.

The album features their cover of "I'm Down", a piano-driven Beatles song that appeared as a b-side to their single "Help" in 1965. This was Aerosmith's second commercially released Beatles cover, after "Come Together".

In limited production, the original album cover for Permanent Vacation did not feature the yellow Aerosmith wings logo. Instead, the album jacket only featured the black background covered in the red "Permanent Vacation" hula girl print. The yellow Aerosmith wings logo was actually on the outside of the plastic case rather than the inner album liner.

Permanent Vacation has sold over five million copies in the U.S.

In the UK, it was the first Aerosmith album to attain both Silver (60,000 units sold) and Gold (100,000 units sold) certification by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving these in July 1989 and March 1990 respectively.

The album's title was later referenced in Aerosmith's 1993 hit single "Amazing" from the album Get a Grip.