This album was an unashamed attempt for the band to finally score a hit by putting the name of legendary producer Phil Spector on the back of the album sleeve and since this album's release many people have criticised it for many different reasons, many of them totally unfair. Most people's main citicism is that Spector's distinctive production style does not suit the band at all and that many of the Ramones own distinctiv trademarks are missing. This could not be further from the truth, Spector's 'big' sounding production suits the bands 'BBIIGG' sound perfectly and all of the bands superb trademarks are intact, chainsaw guitar and all. The only gripe I have with this album is the horrendous disco version of 'Baby I Love You' but as only one Ramone appears on this track backed by Spector's session musicians it can be forgiven. The other tracks are all essential classic Ramones. "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio", "Danny Says", "Chinese Rocks", "I Can't Make It On Time", "Let's Go" and "Rock 'n' Roll High School" are all classic Ramones anthems and the other tracks aren't far behind. In all this album is just as essential to Ramones or punk fans as any of their other albums.
Go on, treat yourself!