Permanent Vacation
by Aerosmith
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Aerosmith bestography
Permanent Vacation is ranked 7th best out of 35 albums by Aerosmith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Aerosmith is Toys In The Attic which is ranked number 829 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,088.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Permanent Vacation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Permanent Vacation rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 74 Music Albums of 1987 | 47/74 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 32 America Usa 4 | 52/58 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1987 | 37/71 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1987 | 17/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 94 Music Albums of the 1980s | 90/94 | 1 |
| 2026 | Finky | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s Pt 2 | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 33 Music Albums of 1987 | 28/33 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s Pt 2 | 31/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 148 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 394 | |||
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Permanent Vacation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2026 21:30 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,769 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 02:53 |  AAL2014 | 4,335 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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The album that brought Aerosmith back into the big league. Permanent vacation, is a thoroughly enjoyable rock'n'roll record. Obviously designed to be successful, it saw the band employing professional songwriters, such as Desmond Child, to work alongside them to bring a more commercial edge to the songs. You have to say it worked. Dude looks like a lady, is a total classic, as is, rag doll, heart's done time, and, Angel. There other excellent moments in, hangman jury, and a cover of The Beatles, I'm down. A super slick rock record and a lot of fun.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/24/2010 04:06 | #10942 | TOP COMMENT
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The bad boys of Boston are back with a bang (sure, technically they were back already on the last outing but nobody really noticed). Changing directions somewhat and almost abandoning the blooze they are now a bit too pop for some taste buds, but if you can savor that this is a treat. A bit of an uneven affair with Rag Doll and Dude Looks Like a Lady sticking out, but with just a few exceptions this is almost up there with Toys in the Attic.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/06/2012 21:58 | #39608 | TOP COMMENT
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Not quite a full recovery, but a step in the right direction... Magic Touch? Even Steven Tyler looks back and shakes his head.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/01/2012 17:52 | #36302 | TOP COMMENT
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Hot off of their "walk this way" collaboration, they return with some straight-forward pop-rock. "Ragdoll", "Dude (Looks like a lady)" and "angel" were the radio hits.
Not a bad comeback, but preferred them when they were 'living on the edge' (Edited)
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