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| 1. Mama's Boy | |||
| 2. I'm Not Afraid Of Life | |||
| 3. Too Tough To Die | |||
| 4. Durango 95 | |||
| 5. Wart Hog | |||
| 6. Danger Zone | |||
| 7. Chasing The Night | |||
| 8. Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) | |||
| 9. Daytime Dilemma | |||
| 10. Planet Earth 1988 | |||
| 11. Human Kind | |||
| 12. Endless Vacation | |||
| 13. No Go | |||
| 14. Street Fighting Man | |||
| 15. Smash You | |||
| 16. Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) | |||
| 17. Planet Earth 1988 | |||
| 18. Daytime Dilemma | |||
| 19. Endless Vacation | |||
| 20. Danger Zone | |||
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This was the first Ramones record I actually owned. By now you have certainly looked over the reviews here, ranging from complete bile to rave reviews. I think it depends on what you expect from the record. With The Ramones, its all about where you were. I had this album on repeat during a pretty sweet time in my life, my first band, my first girlfriend...That beautiful period where you taste adult freedom before responsibility crashes in. Longer for some than others. For me it is a soundtrack to some great times.
Your feelings on this album also depend greatly on which side of the band's schizophrenic split personality you vibe best with. Johnny's no nonsense "shut up and play" punk rock, Joey's bittersweet outsider romance tales, or Dee Dee's volatile, absurdest tendencies. This is Dee Dee's record more than anybody else's. Joey's absence due to various illnesses resulted in Dee Dee's vocals (described in the liner notes as somewhere across between Popeye and a chainsaw) on two tracks, in which the guys acknowledge the US hardcore scene's (Bad Brains, Black Flag, Minor Threat et al all worshiped them) devotion to the Ramones. It also resulted in 'Durango 95' which may be the first punk rock instrumental.
It is also one of the most politically aware Ramones records, I often wonder what ultra-conservative Johnny thought when thrashing his guitar to Joey singing songs like 'Planet earth 1988' or 'Howling at the moon' ("There's no law, no law anymore I wanna steal from the rich and give to the poor" Joey sings on 'Howling) this is not to say that the old school Ramones young and fun lyrics had subsided at all as "They say you're just an awkward kid you flipped your lid you flipped your lid" from 'All alone in the danger zone' attests. 'Dangers of Love' features one of the greatest choruses you'll ever hear anywhere. Honestly.
So it doesn't match the uncomplicated heady thrill of the classic first three records. Nobody ever could really, I don't know if anybody ever will, but by that time The Ramones were looking elsewhere anyway. The spirit was still very much intact at this point in their career, in Everett True's Ramones bio, Johnny is quoted as saying that he had no problem using session guitar players on his record. Why? because he didn't see the point wasting studio time by getting them to teach him what they could play in five minutes. Overall, the inclusion of a slightly dated production job, keyboards and synths etc doesn't actually harm the sounds at all.
Another reviewer might suggest not to start with this one, to work up to it. Well I did and I turned out Fiiiiiiiiiiine.
Your feelings on this album also depend greatly on which side of the band's schizophrenic split personality you vibe best with. Johnny's no nonsense "shut up and play" punk rock, Joey's bittersweet outsider romance tales, or Dee Dee's volatile, absurdest tendencies. This is Dee Dee's record more than anybody else's. Joey's absence due to various illnesses resulted in Dee Dee's vocals (described in the liner notes as somewhere across between Popeye and a chainsaw) on two tracks, in which the guys acknowledge the US hardcore scene's (Bad Brains, Black Flag, Minor Threat et al all worshiped them) devotion to the Ramones. It also resulted in 'Durango 95' which may be the first punk rock instrumental.
It is also one of the most politically aware Ramones records, I often wonder what ultra-conservative Johnny thought when thrashing his guitar to Joey singing songs like 'Planet earth 1988' or 'Howling at the moon' ("There's no law, no law anymore I wanna steal from the rich and give to the poor" Joey sings on 'Howling) this is not to say that the old school Ramones young and fun lyrics had subsided at all as "They say you're just an awkward kid you flipped your lid you flipped your lid" from 'All alone in the danger zone' attests. 'Dangers of Love' features one of the greatest choruses you'll ever hear anywhere. Honestly.
So it doesn't match the uncomplicated heady thrill of the classic first three records. Nobody ever could really, I don't know if anybody ever will, but by that time The Ramones were looking elsewhere anyway. The spirit was still very much intact at this point in their career, in Everett True's Ramones bio, Johnny is quoted as saying that he had no problem using session guitar players on his record. Why? because he didn't see the point wasting studio time by getting them to teach him what they could play in five minutes. Overall, the inclusion of a slightly dated production job, keyboards and synths etc doesn't actually harm the sounds at all.
Another reviewer might suggest not to start with this one, to work up to it. Well I did and I turned out Fiiiiiiiiiiine.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album has so many memories for me. I used to listen to it every Friday night when I was getting ready to go out. Songs like Howling At The Moon, Danger Zone and Chasing The Night really got you in the mood for a great night out. A considerably heavier album than anything they had done previously but it felt very refreshing at the time and proved that the Ramones were adaptable for the eighties. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After spending four years with very few highlights the Ramones started work on what was to be their last bona-fide classic. It also marked a welcome return of producers Tommy Erdelyi and Ed Stasiums (producers of their first 3 classic albums) and a sense of direction that was lacking previously was back with a vengeance here.
The opener "Mama's Boy" pounds in a classic mid-tempo Ramones style and immediately blows away their lukewarm previous two records. This is quickly followed by "I'm Not Afraid Of Life" (slow and moody) and the anthemic "Too Tough To Die" which easily equals anything they'd recorded before. "Durango 95" (which became their set-opener) is a condensed instrumental of the Ramones sound which acts as an introduction to Dee Dee's "Warthog". This track and "Endless Vacation" show the band had been paying attention to the up and coming hardcore acts such as Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys and presented Dee Dee in his full glory sounding like Popeye on crack!
The next highlight (which is difficult to seperate in such a superb record) is "Howling At The Moon". This features a (one-off) synthesiser and keyboard heavy production by Dave Stewart, that at first is off-putting but soon grows on the listener (like their Phil Spector recordings). The song is classic Ramones but with a bizarre eighties twist supplied by Stewart.
The other songs may not stand out as much but are still great. "Humankind" is Richie Ramones first composition for the Ramones and fits in just fine (even if his look didn't!). Dee Dee goes political on his songs (sung by Joey) "Danger Zone" and "Planet Earth 1988", and even if the details are no longer relevant, the songs' message still is. The songs tunes are memorable enough too. Finally Joey goes 50's rock 'n' roll on "No Go" (a great upbeat closer) and gets strangely un-Ramones-like on the highly catchy "Chasing the Night". The original album ends here but the bonus tracks on the CD are also excellent. The single b-sides "Smash You" (a great song that would have made the album even better) and a cover of the Stones' "Street Fighting Man" are pretty-much essential Ramones. The demos and Dee Dee vocal versions of "Planet Earth" "Danger Zone" and "Too Tough To Die" are interesting, and the unreleased songs "Out Of Here" and "I'm Not An Answer" don't boast the best sound quality but it's hard to see why they weren't released, especially with some of the lame songs they recorded later. Too Tough To Die was their last truly great album and the CD reissue only makes it better.
The opener "Mama's Boy" pounds in a classic mid-tempo Ramones style and immediately blows away their lukewarm previous two records. This is quickly followed by "I'm Not Afraid Of Life" (slow and moody) and the anthemic "Too Tough To Die" which easily equals anything they'd recorded before. "Durango 95" (which became their set-opener) is a condensed instrumental of the Ramones sound which acts as an introduction to Dee Dee's "Warthog". This track and "Endless Vacation" show the band had been paying attention to the up and coming hardcore acts such as Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys and presented Dee Dee in his full glory sounding like Popeye on crack!
The next highlight (which is difficult to seperate in such a superb record) is "Howling At The Moon". This features a (one-off) synthesiser and keyboard heavy production by Dave Stewart, that at first is off-putting but soon grows on the listener (like their Phil Spector recordings). The song is classic Ramones but with a bizarre eighties twist supplied by Stewart.
The other songs may not stand out as much but are still great. "Humankind" is Richie Ramones first composition for the Ramones and fits in just fine (even if his look didn't!). Dee Dee goes political on his songs (sung by Joey) "Danger Zone" and "Planet Earth 1988", and even if the details are no longer relevant, the songs' message still is. The songs tunes are memorable enough too. Finally Joey goes 50's rock 'n' roll on "No Go" (a great upbeat closer) and gets strangely un-Ramones-like on the highly catchy "Chasing the Night". The original album ends here but the bonus tracks on the CD are also excellent. The single b-sides "Smash You" (a great song that would have made the album even better) and a cover of the Stones' "Street Fighting Man" are pretty-much essential Ramones. The demos and Dee Dee vocal versions of "Planet Earth" "Danger Zone" and "Too Tough To Die" are interesting, and the unreleased songs "Out Of Here" and "I'm Not An Answer" don't boast the best sound quality but it's hard to see why they weren't released, especially with some of the lame songs they recorded later. Too Tough To Die was their last truly great album and the CD reissue only makes it better.
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UNFORTUNATELY THEY WEREN'T!...
I recall when the band brought this album out in the early Eighties that they were tempting fate by the title. Read more
Published 19 months ago by J. McCarraher
Too Tough To Die
First of all, if you're new to the Ramones, don't start here! Get the classic albums first: Ramones (the slower and heavier debut -- the real heart of punk, which... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2006
Good not great
Ramones are one of my favorite bands but to be honest this album is patchy and I'd disagree with the reviewer who rates it their last 'classic' album - for example, 1992's 'Mondo... Read more
Published on 6 July 2004
i tell no tales i do not lie
Brilliant this is Rock N Roll at its best , here the ramones try a few different styles that work great together even better than the classic road to ruin album its also got a... Read more
Published on 8 May 2001
most definately to tough to die
johnny had almost died after a street fight hence the title. Dee Dee Ramone goes hardcore, Dave Stewart helps out on that elusive hit single. (It never came). Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2000 by andymiles67@yahoo.co.uk
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