Track Listing
1. I Wanna Be Sedated
2. Teenage Lobotomy
3. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
4. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
5. Beat on the Brat
6. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
7. I Wanna Live
8. Pinhead
9. Blitzkrieg Bop
10. Cretin Hop
11. Rockaway Beach
12. Commando
13. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
14. Mama's Boy
15. Bop 'Til You Drop
16. We're a Happy Family
17. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
18. Outsider
19. Psycho Therapy
20. Wart Hog
21. Animal Boy
22. Needles and Pins
23. Howling at the Moon (Sha-la-la)
24. Somebody Put Something in My Drink
25. We Want the Airwaves
26. Chinese Rocks
27. I Just Wanna Have Something to Do
28. Kkk Took My Baby Away, The
29. Indian Giver
30. Rock 'N' Roll High School
| Details | | Playing Time: | 76 min. | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass); Tommy Ramone, Marky Ramone, Richie Ramone (drums).
Producers include: Tommy Erdelyi, Ed Stasium, Phil Spector, Tony Bongiovi, Ritchie Cordell.
Engineers include: Tommy Erdelyi, Ed Stasium.
Recorded at Sundragon Studios, Media Sound, Intergalactic Studios, New York, New York; Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Kingdom Sound, Long Island, New York from October, 1976 to December, 1985.
RAMONES MANIA is a double album's worth of 30 bona fide Ramones classics. Each song is a revelation in its own right, from the Ramones call-to-arms, 1976's "Blitzkrieg Bop" to the chugga-chugga of 1987's "I Wanna Live." The Ramones' prime years are highlighted by selections from each of their outstanding albums.
All the classics one would expect are present and accounted for, including "Rockaway Beach," "Beat on the Brat," and "Teenage Lobotomy." Also included are such well-chosen tunes as "Commando," "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg," and the Dee Dee/Johnny Thunders/Jerry Nolan/Richard Hell ode to dope "Chinese Rocks." Of interest to Ramones completists is the hard-to-find B-side "Indian Giver," a bubblegum hit in its own right, and a song so good that a lesser band would have made it an A-side. As either an introduction or a single-disc career overview, RAMONES MANIA is indispensable.
Editorial Reviews
-the Ramones prime years are highlighted by selections from each of their outstanding albums. The only problem with RAMONESMANIA is its brevity. Thirty songs aren't a heck of alot for a band that put out 42 indispensable numbers on the first three albums alone! The nice people at Sire Records have nevertheless done a nifty job of sifting through the Ramones catalogue to load RAMONES MANIA for liftoff. All the classics one would expect are present and accounted for, including Rockaway Beach, Beat on the Brat and Teenage Lobotomy. Also included are some well chosen almost-rans such as Commando, Bonzo Goes to Bitburg and the better-known-by -the Heartbreakers Chinese Rock. Of interest to Ramones completists is the hard to find B-side Indian Giver, a song so good that a lesser band would used it as a lead-off single on an album. Whether as an introduction or a just as a best of compilation, RAMONES MANIA is an indispensable album.
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