19-483: [REDACTED] Look up headfirst in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Head First or Headfirst may refer to: Music [ edit ] Head First (The Babys album) (1979) Head First (Badfinger album) (recorded 1974, released 2000) Head First (Goldfrapp album) (2010), or its title track Head First (Uriah Heep album) (1983) "Head First",
38-460: A Grip's cover art, depicting an image of a cow with a captive bead nipple ring through its udder and a brand of the Aerosmith logo, was designed by noted album-cover artist Hugh Syme . Music critic Steven Hyden has referred to the album's cover art as "the worst album cover ever", expressing surprise that Syme was responsible for it given his other work. An animal-rights group objected to
57-505: A property whereby a word comes before the words that modify it Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Head First . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Head_First&oldid=1206090039 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
76-467: A series of books on computer programming by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates HeadFirst PD , a library of public-domain software Headfirst Productions , a defunct UK video game studio Head First (TV series) , Australian 2010s TV documentary series "Head First", an episode of the sitcom The King of Queens Headfirst ( La Tête la première ), a 2012 Belgian film starring Alice de Lencquesaing Linguistics [ edit ] Head-first ,
95-481: A shit. Christgau highlighted "Cryin'" as "the classic" on the album, while saying that "the closest thing to a duff cut [is] the 'meaningful' Livin' on the Edge, which could be a hit anyway." He later ranked it 64th on his "Dean's List" accompanying The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll of the year's best albums, and assigned it an A-minus in his 2000 book Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of
114-457: A song by Aerosmith from the Get a Grip sessions Other media [ edit ] Head First (book series) , a series of books on computer programming by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates HeadFirst PD , a library of public-domain software Headfirst Productions , a defunct UK video game studio Head First (TV series) , Australian 2010s TV documentary series "Head First", an episode of
133-679: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Get a Grip Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Aerosmith , released in April 1993 by Geffen Records . Get a Grip was the band's last studio album to be released by Geffen before they returned to Columbia Records . Get a Grip featured guests including Don Henley , who sang backup on "Amazing", and Lenny Kravitz , who offered backup vocals and collaboration to "Line Up". As on Permanent Vacation and Pump , this album featured numerous song collaborators from outside
152-551: The Attic leads with nine million). This also made it their third consecutive album with U.S. sales of at least five million. Two songs from the album won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal , in 1993 and 1994. The album was voted Album of the Year by Metal Edge readers in the magazine's 1993 Readers' Choice Awards, while "Livin' on the Edge" was voted Best Video. The album originally had 12 songs and
171-452: The album as an addition in the track list. Alternate versions of other songs recorded during the sessions including " Deuces Are Wild ", " Lizard Love ", " Devil's Got a New Disguise ", and " Legendary Child " have since been released on various albums and soundtracks. Other songs were listed on the official Aerosmith website in the late 1990s. "Black Cherry", "Dime Store Lover", "Meltdown", "Rocket 88", "Wham Bam", and "Yo Momma" were listed on
190-516: The band including: Desmond Child , Jim Vallance , Mark Hudson , Richie Supa , Taylor Rhodes , Jack Blades , and Tommy Shaw . Get a Grip became Aerosmith's best-selling studio album worldwide, achieving sales of over 20 million copies. The album became the band's first album to reach number one in the United States and tied with Pump for their second best-selling album in the U.S., selling over 7 million copies as of 1995 ( Toys in
209-464: The cover art, but the band confirmed the image had been digitally altered and did not depict an actual act of animal cruelty. A special edition of the album was released in a fabric-covered case made to resemble cowhide. On June 27, 1994, Aerosmith became the first major artist to release a song as an exclusive digital download , making "Head First" available as a 4- megabyte WAV file to CompuServe subscribers. Around 10,000 users downloaded
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#1732790467076228-497: The crossroads and signing up with the devil, that you can look at the drugs as that: It can be fun in the beginning but then it comes time to pay your debt, and if you're not sharp enough to see that it's taking you down, then it really will get you." Many songs were written and recorded for the album that were either used as B-sides or never released. "Don't Stop" and "Head First" were released as B-sides, as well as "Can't Stop Messin'", which also appears on several special editions of
247-451: The free dictionary. Head First or Headfirst may refer to: Music [ edit ] Head First (The Babys album) (1979) Head First (Badfinger album) (recorded 1974, released 2000) Head First (Goldfrapp album) (2010), or its title track Head First (Uriah Heep album) (1983) "Head First", a song by Aerosmith from the Get a Grip sessions Other media [ edit ] Head First (book series) ,
266-488: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Head_First&oldid=1206090039 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages headfirst (Redirected from Headfirst ) [REDACTED] Look up headfirst in Wiktionary,
285-404: The lyrics page of the website. In 2005, Kalodner confirmed the existence of several of these songs, as well as "Trouble", "Strange", "13", and "Keep on Movin'". "Deuces Are Wild" was possibly recorded again during these sessions. Several songs are also listed on copyright repertoires, including "Ain't Gonna Break My Heart", "Good Thang", and "Jake". These songs can be traced to the year 1991. Get
304-661: The rest unadventurous and too "somber", negatively comparing "Livin' on the Edge" to a Bon Jovi song, and lamenting the outside contributions from songwriters and collaborators. Ultimately, Coleman determined that, "for a spirited half-hour or so, Aerosmith pretty much gets over on sheer awe-inspiring technique". Robert Christgau was more positive in a contemporaneous review for Playboy , saying that while it "occasionally exploits their rap connection", remains faithful to Aerosmith's template of "fast ones and slow ones; lyrically it's fuck me and fuck you", but with such superpro crunch and commitment that no good-timing headbanger will give
323-443: The sitcom The King of Queens Headfirst ( La Tête la première ), a 2012 Belgian film starring Alice de Lencquesaing Linguistics [ edit ] Head-first , a property whereby a word comes before the words that modify it Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Head First . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
342-556: The song in the first few days, even though at the time, most users accessed the service with a modem , meaning the download would have taken the better part of an hour. "Head First" was earlier used as the B-side for "Eat the Rich". Reviewing for Rolling Stone in 1993, Mark Coleman said he enjoyed the title song and compared the introductory track to the band's 1986 rendition of " Walk This Way " with Run–D.M.C. However, he found much of
361-477: Was scheduled to be released in the third quarter of 1992, but Geffen A&R executive John Kalodner listened to what had been recorded and thought it lacked variety and a radio-friendly song. So the band went back to write more songs with collaborators such as Child. Regarding songs that reflect on the band's history with drug abuse such as "Get a Grip" and " Amazing ", Steven Tyler declared: "We were saying you can point it back to some of those old beliefs about
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