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Track Listing
1. Blitzkrieg Bop
2. Beat on the Brat
3. Judy Is a Punk
4. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
5. Chain Saw
6. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
7. I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement
8. Loudmouth
9. Havana Affair
10. Listen to My Heart
11. 53rd and 3rd
12. Let's Dance
13. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
14. Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
15. I Don't Wanna Be Learned / I Don't Wanna Be Tamed - (previously unreleased)
16. I Can't Be - (previously unreleased)
17. Glad to See You Go
18. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
19. I Remember You
20. Oh Oh I Love Her So
21. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
22. Suzy Is a Headbanger
23. Pinhead
24. Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy
25. Swallow My Pride
26. What's Your Game
27. California Sun
28. Commando
29. You're Gonna Kill That Girl
30. You Should Have Never Opened That Door
31. Babysitter
32. California Sun
33. I Don't Want to Walk Around With You
| Details | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass); Tommy Ramone (drums).
Producers: Tony Bongiovi, Craig Leon, Tommy Erdelyi, The Ramones.
Engineers: Rob Freeman, Jack Malken, Ed Stasium.
Includes liner notes by Oedipus.
Exploding into the stale vacuum of music in 1976 were four lads from the working-class burg known as Queens, New York: The Ramones! Projecting non-image as image, the Ramones invented worlds with every new song, populating their fantasies with characters like Sheena The Punk Rocker and Suzy The Headbanger. They were successful simply because they knew how to write great rock & roll--all energy, swagger and bravado; no solos, no chops, and no classical themes sprucing up concept albums.
Though Joey Ramone's lyrical concerns often focus on horror movies, there's a song for every occasion, whether you want to sniff some glue, score some horse on "53rd & 3rd," or make out with a "Babysitter." The story goes that The Ramones were originally going to play covers, but discovered it was easier to just write their own songs. In truth, they wrote maybe one or two tunes, then re-wrote them and re-wrote them, creating albums of minimalist anthems and universes out of the same few chords and themes. Keep listening, and soon enough you too will be pogoing down the Bowery, singing "Hey Ho! Let's Go" without a care in the world.
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