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- Artist: The Ramones
- Album: Ramones
- Label: Sire
- Year of Release: 1976
- ME Rating: Indie Classic
- Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-03-29
RecommendOne cannot deny the impact The Ramones had on pop music. They opened the doors for many to follow as well as making their style of pop/punk accessible to the masses. And all the did was cut rock back down to the bare essentials - 3 chords and some very simple lyrics! With their debut album they had alot to prove. They had this "new" type of punk (many say that the Ramones created the actual genre) and they were presenting it in the most basic form - 4 guys in leather coats. The pulled it off by starting the album off with the ever familiar sounds of "Blitzkreig Bop" (Hey Ho Let's go) and just never let up. Even Joey Ramone never thought they would be this successful. Never heard the Ramones, oh - Never mind....
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on 2008-05-20 psychoticbarber Said:
Ramones is the first release by the progenitors of punk, the Ramones. It's a blast that ends in a flash; at only twenty-nine minutes, I can put both it and their second record on the same CD. Joey (Vocals), Johnnie (Guitar), Dee-Dee (Bass, Backup Vocals), and Tommy (Drums) Ramone -- all stage names, of course -- make up this classic punk band.
This album scores serious points with me simply by being one of the first punk albums ever made. The music itself is very rough, but that was what made it different, and that is not a negative here. The wall of noise brings with it the emotions of being in a screwed up world, where fathers lock their children in basements (I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement) and mothers chase children with baseball bats (Beat On The Brat). Look for very simple instrumental work on this record.
The only thing about this album that occasionally perturbs me is Joey's singing style. Sometimes the noises he makes aren't really words, and I'm not used to that. Also, due to the lack of musical skill in the band, it's easy to get lost in the record, sometimes to forget where you are, because a lot of it sounds kind of the same.
Somehow, through it all, it still sounds like it stands as the birth of a genre, and I'm not quite sure how that works, but here it is. The Ramones will forever stand a head above the rest, and this album shows that clearly.
Rating: 9/10
on 2008-02-24 Bushywebb Said:
this is one of those recordings that makes all talk of vinyl/cd/digital irrelevant. The worse quality format you have, the better it sounds - mine is vinyl, spanish pressed and wharped - sounds EXCELLENT!
Rating: 8/10
on 2008-02-23 JoeyRamone200 Said:
Great songs, Great album, Great review...GREAT RAMONES!
HEY, HO, LET'S GO!
Rating: 10/10
