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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Blitzkrieg Bop
2. Beat on the Brat
3. Judy Is a Punk
4. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
5. Loudmouth
6. 53rd & 3rd
7. Havana Affair
8. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
9. Glad to See You Go
10. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
11. I Remember You
12. Carbona Not Glue
13. Oh Oh I Love Her So
14. Swallow My Pride - (Single Version)
15. Commando
16. Pinhead
17. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker - (ABC Single Version)
18. I Don't Care - (Single Version)
19. Rockaway Beach
20. Cretin Hop
21. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
22. Teenage Lobotomy
23. Slug - (Demo)
24. Surfin' Bird
25. We're a Happy Family
26. I Just Want to Have Something to Do
27. I Wanted Everything
28. Needles & Pins - (Single Version remix)
29. I Wanna Be Sedated
30. Go Mental
31. Don't Come Close
32. I Don't Want You
33. She's the One
34. I'm Against It
DISC 2:
1. Rock 'N' Roll High School - (Ed Stasium mix)
2. I Want You Around - (Ed Stasium mix)
3. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
4. I'm Affected
5. Danny Says
6. Kkk Took My Baby Away, The
7. You Sound Like You're Sick
8. She's a Sensation
9. All Quiet on the Eastern Front
10. Outsider
11. Highest Trails Above
12. Psycho Therapy - (Single Version)
13. Time Bomb
14. Mama's Boy
15. I'm Not Afraid of Life
16. Too Tough to Die
17. Wart Hog
18. Howling at the Moon (Sha-la-la)
19. Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)
20. Endless Vacation
21. My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) - (U.K. 12 Version)
22. Somebody Put Something in My Drink
23. Animal Boy
24. I Don't Want to Live This Life (Anymore) - (U.K. b-side)
25. Love Kills
26. Something to Believe In - (Single Version)
DISC 3:
1. I Wanna Live
2. Bop 'Til You Drop
3. I Lost My Mind
4. Garden of Serenity
5. I Believe in Miracles
6. Pet Sematary - (Single Version)
7. Punishment Fits the Crime
8. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - (Single Version)
9. Main Man
10. Strength to Endure
11. Poison Heart
12. I Won't Let It Happen
13. Censorsh*T
14. Journey to the Center of the Mind
15. 7 and 7 Is
16. When I Was Young
17. I Don't Wanna to Grow Up
18. Scattergun
19. Makin' Monsters For My Friends
20. Crusher, The
21. Spiderman
22. Life's a Gas
23. She Talks to Rainbows
24. Any Way You Want It
25. R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
| Details | | Producer: | Bill Laswell, Craig Leon, Dan Kessel, Daniel Rey, David A. Stewart, David Kessel, Ed Stasium, Glen Kolotkin, Graham Gouldman, Jean Beauvoir, Phil Spector, Ritchie Cordell, Scott Hackwith, Tommy Erdelyi, Tony Bongiovi | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Ramones: Dee Dee Ramone (vocals, guitar); C. J. Ramone (vocals, bass guitar); Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Marky Ramone, Richie Ramone, Tommy Ramone (drums).
Additional personnel: Ben Tench, Dick Emerson (keyboards); Harvey Kubernik, Rodney Bingenheimer (hand claps).
Recording information: New York, New York (1976 - 1996).
Although the Ramones have been anthologized ad infinitum, the three-CD/one-DVD box set WEIRD TALES OF THE RAMONES outshines all other collections in terms of sheer volume, boasting 85 career-spanning tracks. The 2005 compilation also includes 3-D glasses for viewing sections of the beautifully oddball booklet, which is filled with comic art by SIMPSONS creator Matt Groening, MAD magazine fixture Sergio Aragones, and many other illustrators.
As the discs wind their way through 20 years (1976-1996) of the iconic New York City punk band's work, WEIRD TALES touches down on undisputedly classic songs--"Blitzkrieg Bop," "Judy Is a Punk," "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," "I Wanna Be Sedated," all revved up with the group's potent and immediately catchy three-chord attack--as well as latter-day gems (a hard-charging take on Tom Waits's "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" and a loving tribute to the SPIDER-MAN cartoon theme song) and rarities (the previously UK-only single "I Don't Want This Life [Anymore]"). Rounding out this mammoth offering is the DVD, which features loads of music-video clips and interviews, making this the ultimate package for hardcore Ramones fans. After all, where else can you see crazy caricatures of Joey Ramone and the boys in 3-D?
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - The first three Ramones albums are so full of energy, blood and guts that it's still hard to comprehend the fact that three of the group's founder members are dead.
3 stars out of 5 - [T]he Ramones lent punk-rock its basic three-chord palette, thus changing the course of popular music as we know it.
...To die-hard fans who already have all this stuff, the packaging alone is worth it.... - Grade: A
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