The Ramones [IMPORT]

Ramones

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 2008)
• Original Release Date: May 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B00002DESX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,275 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The 1976 debut album by New York's beloved punk rockers, unavailable as an individual title on CD in the U.S. 14 tracks, including 'Blitzkrieg Bop', 'Beat On The Brat', 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue', 'Loudmouth' and 'I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You'. Also features the original artwork & full lyrics.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1,2,3, 4!, December 7, 2000

By	"[e-mail]" (Peekskill, New York United States) - See all my reviews

hey all,

I wholly reject anyone that says The Ramones didn't start Punk. C'mon. Sid Vicious was waving their debut around saying he wanted to sound just like them. The "brothers" Ramone graced CBGB'S littered stage in like '74, and their self-titled debut pre-dates any UK Punk band.

The Ramones! Junior High...I still have ADD and their two minute blasts brought a smile to my face. True, there are some bad songs("I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend") but for every one there's two tracks that redeem the band. Johnny Ramone didn't care if his creations only had like four chords, the boy just wanted to rock! and The Ramones early sets were only 17 minutes long...and if you wanted more? Tough!

Clearly outliving their Punk peers The Ramones have earned their place in history. I don't give a damn about the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame...Rock doesn't need one! and The Ramones don't care if their leather jackets are inside the building that does Rock a great disservice. It was a great experience seeing them. Their audience was surprisingly diverse...original first generation Punks, teens, pre-teens, and my father wearing his sweater vest dancing along to their rendition of Bobby Freeman! ha ha.

Dismiss any band that sounds just like The Ramones(death to The Queers!), this album is the real deal. slap it on the stereo, and dance along! oh, and pickup a guitar! the songs are easy enough to learn.....now go start a Punk band.

The Ramones will be missed, but certainly not forgotten.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Rock and Roll album of the last 25 years, March 12, 2001

By	Saucy Jack "notadrone" (NYC) - See all my reviews

With apologies to Kurt Kobain, I cannot think of another band that had the impact of THE RAMONES in the last 25 years.

You will swear you've heard these songs before. They are that catchy. The Ramones started punk rock without trying. They only wanted to rock out. But they could really only master four chords...so what did they do? They MASTERED four chords...after all, how many do you need to make great rock (punk rock)? And no band since has been able to play this style because The Ramones OWN it..

One last thing (chrissake - this review is taking me nearly twice as long as a RAMONES album!!) - the lyrics - (look them up online) you'll find that you're humming along to "53rd & 3rd" which is a catchy ditty about DeeDee scoring heroin at the intersection (which is the name of the song) by turning tricks. But you'd never know the content by the tone of the song...lol. The Ramones had a great sense of humor...

<editorializing on> ...now what do we get? Every rock band wants to be CEO and sings about making record deals...what is more perverse? The Ramones singing about nazis, girls, glue, monsters and heroin or a 'band' building a corporate identity on thier name?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best Punk Albums Of All Time!, February 17, 2001

By	M. Scagnelli (Brandon, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Ramones debut album was the first punk album. One could argue that the albums by MC5, the Stooges and, most notably, The Velvet Underground were the first punk albums. Although punk would not exist without these three bands, none of these bands are actually punk. The Ramones are truly the first real punk band. The Ramones self-titled debut ranks, along with The Clash, London Calling, and Machine Gun Etiquette as one of the greatest punk albums of all time. All 14 songs on their debut are short, catchy and full of energy. That is waht makes the Ramones so good. The standouts on this album are Blitzkrieg Bop, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and a great cover of Let's Dance. This is the Ramones best album and is essential to any punk fan.