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#77701 Blitzkrieg Bop 2:13 02 Beat On The Brat 2:32 03 Judy Is A Punk 1:32 04 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 2:26 05 Chain Saw 1:56 06 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 1:36 07 I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement 2:40 08 Loudmouth 2:15 09 Havana Affair 1:57 10 Listen To My Heart 1:58 11 53rd & 3rd 2:21 12 Let's Dance 1:52 13 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 1:43 14 Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World 2:17
With the three-chord assault of "Blitzkrieg Bop," The Ramones begins at a blinding speed and never once over the course of its 14 songs does it let up. The Ramones is all about speed, hooks, stupidity, and simplicity. The songs are imaginative reductions of early rock & roll, girl group pop, and surf rock. Not only is the music boiled down to its essentials, but the Ramones offer a twisted, comical take on pop culture with their lyrics, whether it's the horror schlock of "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement," the gleeful violence of "Beat on the Brat," or the maniacal stupidity of "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." And the cover of Chris Montez's "Let's Dance" isn't a throwaway -- with its single-minded beat and lyrics, it encapsulates everything the group loves about pre-Beatles rock & roll. They don't alter the structure, or the intent, of the song, they simply make it louder and faster. And that's the key to all of the Ramones' music -- it's simple rock & roll, played simply, loud, and very, very fast. None of the songs clock in at any longer than two and half minutes, and most are considerably shorter. In comparison to some of the music the album inspired, The Ramones sounds a little tame -- it's a little too clean, and compared to their insanely fast live albums, it even sounds a little slow -- but there's no denying that it still sounds brilliantly fresh and intoxicatingly fun. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals Tommy Ramone – drums
#77701 Glad To See You Go 2:13 02 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 1:44 03 I Remember You 2:21 04 Oh Oh I Love Her So 2:09 05 Carbona Not Glue 1:55 06 Suzy Is A Headbanger 2:14 07 Pinhead 2:44 08 Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy 2:16 09 Swallow My Pride 2:10 10 What's Your Game 2:41 11 California Sun 2:08 12 Commando 1:52 13 You're Gonna Kill That Girl 2:44 14 You Should Have Never Opened That Door 1:59
Of course the Ramones' second album, Leave Home, is simply more of the same -- 14 songs, including one oldie ("California Sun"), delivered at breakneck speed and concluding in under a half-hour. the Ramones have gotten slightly poppier, occasionally delivering songs like "I Remember You" that are cloaked neither in irony nor seedy rock & roll chic. Still, the biggest impressions are made by the cuts that strongly recall the debut, whether it's the ersatz Beach Boys of "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," the singalong of "Pinhead," or the warped anthems "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" and "Commando." Song for song, it's slightly weaker than its predecessor, but the handful of mediocre cuts speed by so fast that you don't really notice its weaknesses until after it's all over. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – Lead vocals Johnny Ramone – Lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – Bass guitar, backing vocals Tommy Ramone – drums, producer
#77701 Cretin Hop 1:55 02 Rockaway Beach 2:06 03 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 2:49 04 Locket Love 2:11 05 I Don't Care 1:39 06 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 2:49 07 We're A Happy Family 2:39 08 Teenage Lobotomy 2:01 09 Do You Wanna Dance 1:55 10 I Wanna Be Well 2:28 11 I Can't Give You Anything 2:01 12 Ramona 2:38 13 Surfin' Bird 2:37 14 Why Is It Always This Way 2:22
The Ramones provided the blueprint and Leave Home duplicated it with lesser results, but the Ramones' third album, Rocket to Russia, perfected it. Rocket to Russia boasts a cleaner production than its predecessors, which only gives the Ramones' music more force. It helps that the group wrote its finest set of songs for the album. From the mindless, bopping opening of "Cretin Hop" and "Rockaway Beach" to the urban surf rock of "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" and the ridiculous anthem "Teenage Lobotomy," the songs are teeming with irresistibly catchy hooks; even their choice of covers, "Do You Want to Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird," provide more hooks than usual. the Ramones also branch out slightly, adding ballads to the mix. Even with these (relatively) slower songs, the speed of the album never decreases. However, the abundance of hooks and slight variety in tempos makes Rocket to Russia the Ramones' most listenable and enjoyable album -- it doesn't have the revolutionary impact of The Ramones, but it's a better album and one of the finest records of the late '70s. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals Tommy Ramone – drums, producer
#77701 I Just Want To Have Something To Do 2:41 02 I Wanted Everything 3:18 03 Don't Come Close 2:45 04 I Don't Want You 2:26 05 Needles and Pins 2:21 06 I'm Against It 2:07 07 I Wanna Be Sedated 2:29 08 Go Mental 2:42 09 Questioningly 3:21 10 She's the One 2:13 11 Bad Brain 2:25 12 It's A Long Way Back 2:22
The loud-and-fast, campy-and-catchy formula began to wear a little thin by the time of the Ramones' fourth album, Road to Ruin. Following the exact same blueprint as its three predecessors, Road to Ruin simply doesn't yield the same results as the other records. In part, it's because the band sounds a little forced on the harder numbers, but the main problem lies with the undistinguished material. "I Wanna Be Sedated" is a classic, and "Questioningly" proves that the Ramones are just as effective when they slow the tempo down, yet much of the record sounds like the Ramones trying to give the people what they want. Since they were still in their prime, such nondescript material sounds good, but the record has neither the exuberant energy or abundant hooks of Ramones and Rocket to Russia, and it's the first suggestion that the Ramones may have painted themselves into a corner. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone - Lead vocals Johnny Ramone - Lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone - Bass guitar, Backing vocals Marky Ramone - Drums
#77701 Do You Remember Rock And Roll Radio 3:49 02 I'm Affected 2:53 03 Danny Says 3:05 04 Chinese Rock 2:28 05 The Return Of Jackie And Judy 3:12 06 Let's Go 2:37 07 Baby, I Love You 3:45 08 I Can't Make It On Time 2:33 09 This Ain't Havana 2:18 10 Rock 'N' Roll High School 2:17 11 All The Way 2:28 12 High Risk Insurance 2:09
Road to Ruin found the Ramones stretching their signature sound to its limits; even though there were several fine moments, nearly all of them arrived when the group broke free from the suddenly restrictive loud-fast-hard formula of their first records. Considering that the Ramones did desire mainstream success and that they had a deep love for early-'60s pop/rock, it's not surprising that they decided to shake loose the constrictions of their style by making an unabashed pop album, yet it was odd that Phil Spector produced End of the Century, because his painstaking working methods seemingly clashed with the Ramones' instinctual approach. However, the Ramones were always more clever than they appeared, so the matching actually worked better than it could have. Spector's detailed production helped bring "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" to life, yet it also kept some of the punkier numbers in check. Even so, End of the Century is more enjoyable than its predecessor, since the record has stronger material, and in retrospect, it's one of their better records of the '80s. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – Lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass,guitar,backing vocals Marky Ramone – drums Steve Douglas – saxophone Barry Goldberg – piano, organ Jim Keltner - drums
#77701 We Want The Airwaves 3:21 02 All's Quiet On The Eastern Front 2:12 03 The KKK Took My Baby Away 2:30 04 Don't Go 2:46 05 You Sound Like Your Sick 2:41 06 It's Not My Place (In The 9 to 5 World) 3:23 07 She's A Sensation 3:25 08 7-11 3:33 09 You Didn't Mean Anything To Me 3:00 10 Come On Now 2:32 11 This Business Is Killing Me 2:39 12 Sitting In My Room 2:31
End of the Century didn't make the Ramones into the stars they so wanted to be, so they hooked up with another '60s icon, Graham Gouldman, for its follow-up, Pleasant Dreams. Oddly, Gouldman directs the band away from their bubblegum, British Invasion, and surf fetishes toward acid rock and heavy metal. They still manage to squeak out a couple of irresistibly catchy songs, but the production is too clean to qualify as punk, and the music itself has lost sight of the infectious qualities that made their earlier records such fun. Yet those flaws seem endearing compared to the metallic meanderings of their late-'80s records. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals Marky Ramone – drums Additional Dick Emerson – keyboards Dave Hassel – percussion Graham Gouldman - backing vocals Russell Mael - backing vocals Ian Wilson - backing vocals Deborah Harry - backing vocals Kate Pierson - backing vocals Cindy Wilson - backing vocals
#77701 Little Bit O' Soul 2:43 02 I Need Your Love 3:08 03 Outsider 2:10 04 What'd Ya Do? 2:23 05 Highest Trails Above 2:09 06 Somebody Like Me 2:32 07 Psycho Therapy 2:34 08 Time Has Come Today 4:24 09 My My Kind Of Girl 3:31 10 In The Park 2:36 11 Time Bomb 2:09 12 Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think Of You 3:06
Tentatively returning toward punk, or at least new wave, the Ramones turned in their most enjoyable record since Rocket to Russia with Subterranean Jungle. Producers Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin were the heads of the edgy power pop and punk label Bomp!, so they steered the Ramones back toward the '60s pop infatuation that provided the foundation for their early records. It's a strategy that pays off well -- for the most part, the group's originals are so punchy and catchy that they make the pair of covers superfluous. Comprised of a set of unabashedly hook-laden songs and driven by more subtle rhythms, Subterranean Jungle may not be a punk record in the strictest sense of the word, yet the Ramones haven't sounded quite as alive in a long, long while. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – Lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass,guitar backing vocals Marky Ramone – drums (on all tracks apart from track 8) Additional Walter Lure - extra guitar Billy Rogers - drums on track 8
#77701 Mama's Boy 2:09 2 I'm Not Afraid Of Life 3:12 03 Too Tough To Die 2:37 04 Durango 95 0:55 05 Wart Hog 1:54 06 Danger Zone 2:08 07 Chasing The Night 4:27 08 Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) 4:07 09 Daytime Dilemma 4:32 10 Planet Earth 1988 2:54 11 Human Kind 2:42 12 Endless Vacation 1:47 13 No Go 3:03
With the Ramones' original drummer, Tommy Erdelyi, producing, the group returns to simple, scathing punk rock on Too Tough to Die. The group takes the big guitar riffs of Subterranean Jungle and makes them shorter and heavier. the Ramones' rhythms are back up to jackhammer speed and the songs are down to short, terse statements. The results read like a reaction to hardcore punk, but the Ramones are more melodic than any hardcore band, as well as smarter than most. Apart from the occasional foray into pop, such as the surprisingly effective Dave Stewart-produced "Howling at the Moon," the album is a sterling set of lethal punk, the best the Ramones had made since the end of the '70s. It was also the last great record they would ever make. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5, 12 Richie Ramone – drums, backing vocals Additional Walter Lure - extra guitar (on some tracks) Jerry Harrison - synthesizer ("Chasing the Night") Ben Tench - keyboards ("Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love)")
#77701 Somebody Put Something In My Drink 3:25 02 Animal Boy 1:52 03 Love Kills 2:20 04 Apeman Hop 2:04 05 She Belongs To Me 3:55 06 Crummy Stuff 2:06 07 Bonzo Goes To Bitburg 3:58 08 Mental Hell 2:39 09 Eat That Rat 1:38 10 Freak Of Nature 1:33 11 Hair Of The Dog 2:21 12 Something To Believe In 4:07
Animal Boy wasn't a very happy record for the Ramones. Since the release of Too Tough to Die (a slight return to form) nearly two years earlier, the band's fortunes had gone from bad to worse; interest in the band kept dwindling with every release and the "bruthas" were constantly at each other's throat. But their desperation only became apparent when they started seriously altering their sound in search of a lucky break. With Animal Boy, producer Jean Beauvoir (of Plasmatics infamy) attempted to update the band's sound with the commercial conventions of the day, meaning keyboards and synthesizers. Opener "Somebody Put Something in My Drink," for instance, wastes an aggressive vocal performance from Joey Ramone by supporting it with a shamelessly polished synthesizer backing track. The balls-out title song momentarily simplifies things once again, but the album continues to progress in hit-and-miss fashion, culminating with the unbearably soft "Something to Believe In" -- with bright synths taking over completely and no guitar in sight, it is a career low. Of note, the album does contain one of the band's most clearly political statements in first single "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg," written about President Ronald Reagan's ill-advised visit to Germany's Bitburg cemetery, the site of many Nazi graves. Interestingly, the song was later retitled "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down" prior to the album's release, after vehement protests from guitarist Johnny Ramone, a fervid conservative. One of many mid-'80s blunders, Animal Boy is best left forgotten from the Ramones' otherwise remarkable late-'70s legacy. --Eduardo Rivadavia
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Love Kills" and "Eat That Rat" Richie Ramone – drums, backing vocals Additional Walter Lure - extra guitar (on some tracks)
#77701 I Wanna Live 2:37 02 Bop 'Til You Drop 2:12 03 Garden Of Serenity 2:26 04 Weasel Face 1:50 05 Go Lil Camaro Go 2:03 06 I Know Better Now 2:39 07 Death Of Me 2:40 08 I Lost My Mind 1:33 09 A Real Cool Time 2:38 10 I'm Not Jesus 2:55 11 Bye Bye Baby 4:35 12 Worm Man 1:53
Although Halfway to Sanity still bears remnants of the heavy guitar attack of Animal Boy, it's actually a much sharper record than its predecessor, since it doesn't ignore the Ramones' trashy pop roots. There's still a noticeable lack of consistent material, yet cuts like "Go Lil' Camaro Go" and "I Know Better Now" have solid hooks, and a handful of other songs suggest that the Ramones could have handled their second decade a little more gracefully than they actually did. It may not be as strong as Subterranean Jungle or Too Tough to Die, but in many ways, Halfway to Sanity is the last time the Ramones still sounded like they mattered. --Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I Lost My Mind" Richie Ramone – drums, backing vocals Additional Debbie Harry – backing vocals on "Go Lil' Camaro Go" Walter Lure - extra guitar (on some tracks)
#77701 I Believe In Miracles 3:19 02 Zero Zero UFO 2:25 03 Don't Bust My Chops 2:28 04 Punishment Fits The Crime 3:05 05 All Screwed Up 3:59 06 Palisades Park 2:22 07 Pet Sematary 3:30 08 Learn To Listen 1:50 09 Can't Get You Outta My Mind 3:21 10 Ignorance Is Bliss 2:38 11 Come Back, Baby 4:01 12 Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) (Single Version) 2:03
Though it contains one of the Ramones' biggest radio hits, "Pet Sematary" (written for Stephen King's movie of the same name), 1989's Brain Drain finds the "bruthas" from Queens at an all-time inspirational low. And since the aforementioned track is actually reviled by most of the band's hardcore fans, the listener has to make do with opener "I Believe in Miracles" and closer "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)," which bookend the amazingly dull tracks in between with the record's only bright moments. The final Ramones album recorded for Sire Records (their label from day one), Brain Drain was sadly also the last to feature bassist and creative leader Dee Dee Ramone. --Eduardo Rivadavia
Joey Ramone - lead vocals Johnny Ramone - lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on Punishment Fits the Crime, synthesizer Marky Ramone - drums
#777LOS ANGELES – “Hey ho, let’s go!” With that call to arms the Ramones launched their recording career and changed the face of music forever, spawning punk rock and reinvigorating the ailing art form known as rock ’n’ roll. Formed in the Forest Hills section of Queens, NY in 1974, the Ramones were completely original, forging a whole new sound and direction for music and giving birth to punk.
Rhino explores the incomparable footprint of the Ramones’ musical legacy with a boxed set featuring the band’s seminal first six albums. RAMONES: THE SIRE YEARS (1976-1981) includes the band’s 1976 eponymous debut, Leave Home (1977), Rocket To Russia (1977), Road To Ruin (1978), End Of The Century (1980), and Pleasant Dreams (1981), each presented with their original running order and artwork. The set will be available on October 29 for a suggested list price of $39.98. An expanded digital version of the set, titled THE SIRE YEARS (1976-1989), features a total of 11 studio albums, including the six in the physical box as well as Subterranean Jungle (1983), Too Tough To Die (1984), Animal Boy (1986), Halfway To Sanity (1987), and Brain Drain (1989).
With the 1976 release of their debut album the Ramones issued a manifesto with their groundbreaking sound, inspiring countless others to pick up guitars and rock. Ramones contains 14 tunes—including classics like “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Beat On The Brat,” “Judy Is A Punk,” and “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”—and runs a tight 32 minutes, thanks to the fact that every song clocks in well under three minutes (and many under two).
The Ramones’ sophomore effort Leave Home saw the band expanding their sound slightly by including more melodic songs like “What’s Your Game,” “Swallow My Pride,” and “I Remember You.” But the chain saw guitars were still sharp in songs like “Glad To See You Go,” “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment,” and “Pinhead,” with its classic “Gabba Gabba Hey!” chant.
Rocket To Russia continued the Ramones’ full-scale assault on the indulgent arena rock of the day with another 14 blistering tracks, including the classics “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” and “Teenage Lobotomy.” The disc also features the band’s reworkings of “Do You Wanna Dance?” and “Surfin’ Bird.”
The fourth and final Ramones disc of the 1970s, Road To Ruin, was the first to feature a three-minute-plus song, “I Wanted Everything.” The album also contained “I Wanna Be Sedated,” perhaps the best-known Ramones track ever and their signature cover of “Needles & Pins.”
End Of The Century found the Ramones indulging their love for the sounds of the ’60s with storied pop hitmaker Phil Spector behind the boards for his last commercial release as producer. The “Wall Of Sound” treatment of songs like “Baby, I Love You,” “Danny Says,” and “Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?” helped make the album the Ramones’ most commercially successful effort ever.
The Ramones followed up with Pleasant Dreams in 1981, an album that saw the band letting their pop influences show. Produced by Graham Gouldman (ex-10cc), the disc contains some of the band’s most infectious tracks, including “We Want The Airwaves” “The KKK Took My Baby Away,” and “She’s A Sensation.”
Personnel: Joey Ramone – lead vocals Johnny Ramone – lead guitar Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar, backing vocals Tommy Ramone – drums
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