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Track Listings
| 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 & 3rd | |||
| 12. Let's Dance | |||
| 13. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You | |||
| 14. Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World | |||
| 15. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend | |||
| 16. Judy Is a Punk | |||
| 17. I Don't Care | |||
| 18. I Can't Be | |||
| 19. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue | |||
| 20. I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed | |||
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CD =Remastered 1976 Album + 8 Bonus Tracks=
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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
By Neale Harmer
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Never underestimate the power of music. When I first heard this album in 1976 it changed my life. I'd always loved music but in the mid seventies the only guitar-based music coming out was prog rock or teenybop. This LP, the Ramones' first, changed all that - forever. It had fourteen songs in half an hour (the longest was 2:35!) and the songs had titles like 'Blitzkrieg Bop' and 'Beat On The Brat'. This was neither prog rock nor teenybop! The production harked back to the early days of rock 'n' roll in that the primitive recording made it sound loud at any volume. The bass guitar was in the left speaker and the rhythm guitar was on the right, with the drums and vocals in the middle - and virtually no overdubs! Back then, a Nick Kent review in the NME said something like "this record will destroy your speakers" and although time has lessened it's shock value, time cannot diminish this albums' power. It's hard to believe that anyone hasn't already got this record. If you like punk then you should already have this. If you're a music historian you'll already know that this album is as influential as "Sgt Pepper". If you drive a car you'll need this blasting out as an antidote to all the dullards driving around with disco music at full volume.
Rhino Records have done a fabulous job on all the other Ramones 2001 reissues - "Leave Home", "Rocket To Russia" and "Road To Ruin" are all essential purchases - and this album is no exception. The mastering is far superior to any previous Ramones CD compilations/reissues, being as close to the original (vinyl!) sound as is possible. The sleeve notes are extensive (and actually written by someone who was there) and the booklet is packed with rare photos, the lyrics and the original artwork.... Read more ›
Rhino Records have done a fabulous job on all the other Ramones 2001 reissues - "Leave Home", "Rocket To Russia" and "Road To Ruin" are all essential purchases - and this album is no exception. The mastering is far superior to any previous Ramones CD compilations/reissues, being as close to the original (vinyl!) sound as is possible. The sleeve notes are extensive (and actually written by someone who was there) and the booklet is packed with rare photos, the lyrics and the original artwork.... Read more ›
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By "buryblue2"
Format:Audio CD
Essential listening! if you buy any album in the next year and you don't already have this (where have you been!) buy it as this is a classic.
The Ramones are the godfathers of punk and this album probably encouraged a whole generation of bands to give it a go. The album does sound a bit like an angry wasp trying to explode and the Ramones rip through a bunch of great songs from the anthem Blitzkreig Bop to true love songs like Chainsaw and I wanna be your Boyfriend.
Love this album it is simply great. Rest in peace Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee you can be proud of this.
I have to say this is probably my favourite and most listened to album of all time.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By philatkin
Format:Audio CD
What more is there to add? This is rock and roll stripped of all impurites, no superfluous intros, no guitar solos, average song length 1 min 58, and it is both the best record ever made and the most influential 30 minutes in the history of popular music. If you dont have it, buy it. Now.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Enough has been said about the impact of this band and their contemporaries playing at CBGBs, such as Blondie and Television. It's popularly supposed that the fun and excitement generated by The Ramones' stripped down pop was needed to flush away the pretence of prog and hard rock and give music back to 'the kids on the streets.' Actually, it didn't and the main reason to be thankful for it was to give us an alternative. Most of the people I knew who liked punk rock continued to listen to the so-called dinosaurs as well. Even so, you can trace the music of most indie bands from 1976 to the present back to this stuff. Considering The Ramones' musical limitations, the repetitive drum patterns, the d-u-m-b vocals and the bar chords, it's remarkable that they've been unsurpassed in this field.
'Blitzkrieg Bop' is one of the best pop singles of any decade and 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend' suggests what The Searchers might have sounded like had they been a punk band. There are no lame tracks here;it's all buzzing guitar, crashing cymbals and no padding. 'Havana Affair' is imaginative and '53rd & 3rd' evocative. I agree with the reviewer who says that the repetitive nature of the tracks lends a sameness to the album at times, but the brevity of each item compensates for that. There will always be debate too about some of the lyrics, which allow a wide range of interpretations. The violence of 'Loudmouth' and the Nazi references of 'Today Your Love...' are the most pointed examples.
'Ramones' was artistically very influential, though not so commercially; The Sex Pistols finished the job. Best of all, though, this album is a blast.
'Blitzkrieg Bop' is one of the best pop singles of any decade and 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend' suggests what The Searchers might have sounded like had they been a punk band. There are no lame tracks here;it's all buzzing guitar, crashing cymbals and no padding. 'Havana Affair' is imaginative and '53rd & 3rd' evocative. I agree with the reviewer who says that the repetitive nature of the tracks lends a sameness to the album at times, but the brevity of each item compensates for that. There will always be debate too about some of the lyrics, which allow a wide range of interpretations. The violence of 'Loudmouth' and the Nazi references of 'Today Your Love...' are the most pointed examples.
'Ramones' was artistically very influential, though not so commercially; The Sex Pistols finished the job. Best of all, though, this album is a blast.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Jim Barker
Format:Audio CD
...The Ramones' terse, punchy, arrogant and downright dirty debut album (which, co-incidentally, has been superbly transferred to CD) is the best punk record ever made. You want songs of rebellion and violence? You got 'em! You want tracks that are so loud and fast that they sound like sub-machine gun fire? They're here too!
The Ramones is not a clever record - no drawn-out solos, no turntablism (it was too early for that), no in-your-face rap diatribe (ditto), no 9-minute epics about Satanic worship. In fact, half its attraction lies in its unwitting charm and innocent acceptibility - the traditional strands of popular music (the love song; urgent, frenzied rock 'n' roll anthems) are interwoven with bombasts about glue sniffing, people who talk to much and scary things in basements. Not only that, but even the most inept of guitar players could play along. And the vocals? Well, the late Joey Ramone was hardly Frank Sinatra...
And it is for these reasons that The Ramones' debut is punk's best statement. Not only for the sheer aural assault and increased blood pressure levels that it gives, but also because it blatantly said, in true punk fashion, that if you want to go and do it, go do it. A 'call-to-arms' in fact. If punk was about DIY, "The Ramones" (musically at least) is Texas, Do-It-All and B&Q all rolled into one. With some Dulux Emulsion thrown in for good measure.
Forget about the over-produced, ugly, badly-dressed punk 'rawkers' of today. Here's some 28 minutes that could (and hopefully will) change their lives. Not only that, but in its incessant bravado and character - not to mention amazing rock 'n' roll songs - "The Ramones" is one of the five best albums ever made.
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Life Changing Album.
Where to Start with this album. I first listened to The Ramones when I was 16 years old. From the off I knew this was the music that I was looking for. Read more
Published 4 months ago by G. Templeton
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Classic album from a classic band.
If you love 70s punk music then this is a must for your collection. Great classic album with some classic tracks.
Published 4 months ago by Nails69
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Gabba Gabba Hey!
They say that you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when something truly startling happens. Read more
Published 6 months ago by salopian
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Hey, Ho, Let's (Po)Go
There is probably no more archetypal an image of 1970s punk than that on the cover of The Ramones seminal 1976 debut album. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Keith M
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Life Changing
One. Few records changed the world.
Two. This did.
Three. Buy it. Then buy Ramones Leave Home.
Four. Dance to them.
Gabba gabba hey.
Two. This did.
Three. Buy it. Then buy Ramones Leave Home.
Four. Dance to them.
Gabba gabba hey.
Published 16 months ago by Faustino Beardsley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tsunamis of Change
The big bang theory began with the emitting cries of joy when the needle stylus punctured the grooves on this album and the euphoric residue mainlined through the tinny speakers... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heh, ho, let's go!
To proclaim this the quintessential Punk record is risibly insufficient praise for the self-titled debut album by those esuriently energetic New Yorkers, the Ramones. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2010 by One as Yet Very Indistinct
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Won't waste your time - if you like Sex Pistols, I guess you will like this one as well.
Published on 8 April 2009 by 1972, male, civil servant, married, 2 kids
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A Genuine Slice Of Real Classic Punk!!!!!
This album is as iconic as the band that recorded it. A true punk classic - it is music from the streets - music from the gutter -this is what real punk was, totally no frills... Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2008 by Paul Houghton
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A Vital, Ferocious, Essential Record
This album captures perhaps the most fierce, controlled burst of aggression ever recorded.
The Ramones were a primary inspiration of British late `70s punk, and one... Read more
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Published on 28 Oct 2005 by Tiny Montgomery
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