Customer Reviews

Adios Amigos

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Is this album better than all the other Ramones albums?

-No.

Is it worse?

-No.

Did it shatter the Pearl Jam-laden pretentious heaviness of that era?

-Nope.

Will it make VH1's Top 100 Album lists?

-Don't make me laugh.

Will you get street cred from the guys still wearing Mohawks for owning it?

-Survey says: no.

Are you going to be able to avoid getting static from your neo-prog, Radiohead-listening friends when they see it in your CD collection?

-Doubtful.

How about your little sister, the Dixie Chicks fan?

-Uh-uh.

Your brother, the PhishHead?

-That's a no.

Is there any pop trend buoying or sustaining this music?

-Gonna have to answer in the negative.

Should you buy it?

-Yes. YES. Y-E-S!

(Thanks, Joey.)

As long as the Ramones are in the mood for spanish... This record is a must for anyone and everyone who ever liked the Ramones, and now even more, after Joey's passing away (by the way, bye to Dee Dee and Johnny too)...indeed, as you may know by now, Adios Amigos is the last studio album from the Ramones (fitting, since the title is the spanish for "Goodbye my Friends"), and as far as i' m concerned, is their best! Anyhow, it is MY favorite... why? up until the time i got this album, I had liked the Ramones, listened to them every now and again but i didn't own any of their records...but then I bought this and... I was hooked for a lifetime! I immedaitely became a "Pinhead" for life! (althought some of my friends would argue that it was just a matter of finally acknowledging it...) The very essence of the Ramones is here, brilliantly produced by Daniel Rey. "I don't wanna grow up" is a classic in the vein of "Blitzkrieg Bop"; "The Crusher" is hilarious, "Scattergun" is great... But above all, "Life's a Gas": even before Joey's passing, this song was always my favorite, but now... it means so much to me... I look forward to play a cover of this song with my band...
Bottom Line: the record is everything the Ramones always were, and that's the best anyone can say (and by the way, the phrase "Arriva los Ramones!" included in the sleeve is wrong... it's "Arriba los Ramones!")
GET IT NOW!It's a 9 star record!
Gabba Gabba Hey!

R I P Joey You Are Gone But Never Will Be Forgotten.This album deserves 10 stars. as the great kiss said A world without hero's is no place for me. Joey Ramone 1951-2001 Goodbye friend

This album's excellence has been oveshadowed by the fact that it was the Ramones's last. But the truth is that this album can compete with "Road to Ruin" and "Mondo Bizarro" for the best second tier Ramones album. Of course it cannot compare to "The Ramones" or "Rocket to Russia" but still a worthy album. This album is one of the Ramones more beautiful ones. Songs like "Baby I Love You" and "Life's a Gas" compare in beauty to "Pet Cemetary" and even "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend."

This is the last studio recording the Ramones will ever make,and it is one of their greatest.It starts with the perfect cover of Tom Waits's "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"and takes off with great songs like the beautiful and care free "Life's A Gas". Great butt kickin songs like "Have A nice Day" "Scattergun" and "Got Alot To Say" all sound like their early material. "Born To Die In Berlin" was a great song written by Dee Dee among others. Joey's "She Talks To Rainbows" is a corny but enjoyable song. "Take The Pain Away" and "Not For Me To Know" have really deep and painful lyrics which make them interesting. Also the hidden track "Spiderman" really shows the Ramones still had their humor and love for comic books. Adios Amegos is the perfect goodbye album for the Ramones, though it is very sad and unbelievable that this is the last recording the greatest American band will ever record, its good to know that the Ramones will never be forgotten for all that they accomplished and all that they have influenced. Long live The Ramones.

I just started listening to this again after nearly wearing it down from overuse when it came out in 96 and i must say that this album is simply amazing. I'm surprised at the "stand out" tracks that people mention while reading their reviews...Scattergun and Cretin Family get tiresome after a while but.....

It's Not For Me To Know,Take The Pain Away,Have A Nice Day & Got A Lot To Say are not only the best songs on this record but some of the best RAMONES songs I've ever heard....the other tracks are also excellent but the 4 above are just pure gold. If you don't own a RAMONES record, pick this up, Too Tough To Die and Rocket to Russia

Do You Wanna Dance???

SURE DO!!!!!!!

FSIOU!!!!!

I'm not of the standard view of the Ramones -- that heard-it-all-before line about how great the band was in the late 70s but only spotty after that. Baloney. The Ramones did their best work starting with "End of the Century" (1980) and just about everything after that. "Adios Amigos" makes a convincing case (if one were needed) for revisionism. "Life's a Gas" and "I Don't Want to Grow Up" are absolute masterpieces, distilling everything you loved about the Ramones. The CD stands with "Pleasant Dreams," "Too Tough to Die" and "Mondo Bizarro" as the band's best.

Yes, I know. All the other young whipper-snappers out there from the Offspring to Blink 182 to Good Charlotte have had their moments. But truth to tell, they just don't have the heart, power or chops of the Ramones. They were pure New Yawk, pure fun, and in a class by themselves. It's hard to accept that Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee are all gone from this world, having taken their place in what one hopes is rock n' roll heaven. They will never be replaced.

The Ramones could teach all these new grunge whippersnappers a few lessons with this gem. Stripped down to basics and cranked up to 11, the tracks are short, fast, and furious. The Ramones practically invented Punk in 1976 in stink palace CBGB's and have regretably made this album their swansong. All good things must come to an end.

Boy, can you sense the irony in the opener, "I Don't Want to Grow Up"? You'd've thought Tom Waits wrote it just for them--it's damn near perfect! Like almost every Ramones album for the last fifteen years (excluding the first four albums, "Pleasant Dreams" and "Animal Boy") "Adios Amigos" contains some great stuff along with some mediocrity. "SHe Talks to Rainbows" is beautiful--boy, was Joey a hippie in the old days or what? "Life's a Gas" is pleasant indeed. CJ handles his vocal turns just fine. I really think the last song, "Born to Die in Berlin" is terrific: it hearkens back to the WWII/German references on the first few albums that stemmed from departed bassist DeeDee's childhood. This song just grinds with frustration and aggression, with a great Stooges-like riff that captures an anger the Ramones rarely showed. A great show-stopper to end their final album with. Man, I love these guys!

You know, if they had just made all their albums this good, they wouldn't have had to quit. This is an astounding album, especially considering they hadn't done anything this good since "End of the Century." Everything on this albums works, and "I don't wanna' grow up," "Life's A Gas," "Cretin Family," "Scattergun," "She Talks to Rainbows," and "Born to Die in Berlin" are all instant Ramones classics. If you just buy their first five albums and this one, you will think that they are the best band in the history of rock. Wow, I miss the Ramones.