This collection of cover tunes (a tribute to the Ramones' heroes) yields some interesting results. The Rolling Stones, the Who, Creedence and Dylan all filtered through the...
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Tearing through a bunch of psychedelic and garage rock classics from the 1960s, the Ramones regain much of the fun and abandon of earlier records, making Acid Eaters easily...
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One of the greatest live albums of all time, It's Alive captures the Ramones at their absolute peak. Recorded at London's Rainbow Theater on New Year's Eve 1977, the album...
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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...
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Between 1976 and 1978, the Ramones could seemingly do no wrong, and It's Alive, the album that preserved their 1977-going-on-1978 New Year's Eve show in London for the ages,...
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A topical edge creeps into the Ramones' universe with the rousing "We Want The Airwaves" and the minimalist "This Business Is Killing Me." Pick of the litter, though, is the...
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The group reportedly wasn't happy with this Graham Gouldman-produced album, but it holds up well -- one of their more solid '80s releases. ~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music...
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Ramones Mania is a relentless collection of 30 tracks from the Ramones' first ten albums, ranging from the classic Ramones to the less-than-classic Halfway to Sanity....
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Themes of mental instability continue with "Psycho Therapy" and the quartet gets down with a cover of "Little Bit O' Soul." They also hit an all time high in grammatical...
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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...
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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...
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A new record deal and the addition of an enthusiastic new bassist (C.J. Ramone) revitalized the Ramones, making Mondo Bizarro the band's strongest release in years....
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Elemental and essential. Moods swing from infatuation ("I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend") to disaffection ("I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You"), to foreboding ("I Don't Wanna Go...
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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...
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Bill Laswell's production doesn't do much for the songs. The strongest tracks--"Pet Sematary" and "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)"--were produced by Jean...
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All the Stuff (And More), Vol. 1 compiles the Ramones' first two albums -- Ramones and Leave Home -- onto one compact disc, adding a handful of B-sides, demos, and live...
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The second volume of All the Stuff (And More) compiles the Ramones' third and fourth albums -- Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin -- onto one compact disc, adding several...
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The Ramones' big goodbye hearkens to the past ("Cretin Family," Tom Waits's aptly titled "I Don't Want To Grow Up") and features the return of Dee Dee--at least to the...
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The Ramones' long kiss goodnight was the longest in rock & roll history, beating out the Who's march into history books by spreading it out over the course of over two...
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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...
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On the Ramones' Greatest Hits Live, the world's first punk band trots out its classics ("Blitzkrieg Bop," "I Wanna Be Sedated," etc.) along with two new studio tracks:...
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Up to now, all anyone alien to the Ramones' peculiar chainsaw bubblegum snort needed for a proper nutshell overview was both volumes of All The Stuff (And More) and the...
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In a way, the Ramones are an ideal band to anthologize. No matter how cohesive their records were (or not), their albums always played like collections of singles and since...
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This live document from the archives of the King Biscuit Flower Hour dates from January, 7, 1978, a week after the Ramones' landmark New Year's Eve gig in London that later...
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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...
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Yes, the Ramones were one of the greatest, best bands of their time, but the single-disc 2002 Rhino compilation Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits is not the place to...
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Appearing one year after Rhino's Ramones box set Weird Tales of the Ramones, and appearing four years after Rhino's first single-disc Ramones collection Loud, Fast Ramones:...
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