End of the Century

Ramones - End of the Century

End of the Century
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Artist: Ramones
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
  1. Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  2. I'm Affected
  3. Danny Says
  4. Chinese Rock
  5. The Return of Jackie and Judy
  6. Let's Go
  7. Baby I Love You
  8. I Can't Make It on Time
  9. This Ain't Havana
  10. Rock & Roll High School
  11. All the Way
  12. High Risk Insurance
  13. I Want You Around (Soundtrack Version)
  14. Danny Says (Demo)
  15. I'm Affected (Demo)
  16. Please Don't Leave (Demo)
  17. All the Way (Demo)
  18. Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio? (Demo)

Free Music Notes for End of the Century

Free Music Review: Production matters
Hit: 2 Stars

Phil Spector should have been on trial for murder years ago. Murder of an entire band's appeal. I'm a pretty big Ramones fan, and I'll be the first to admit their later work is totally lame, but the blood of this record is on Spector's probably alreadly bloodied hands. (I mean, chances are, right?) Don't get me wrong, his wall of sound works some places - - pretty much of all of his work with The Righteous Bros. is quality i.e. "Unchained Melody", but "End of the Century" is totally flat. Even still, the music on it is only OK. If someone somewhere pulled a "Let It Be...Naked" on this album I would at most give it 2.5 stars. Anyway, save your money. Personally, I wouldn't even check this out at the library.

End of the Century Poster

Expanded & remastered edition of their 1980 release features the original Phil Spector-produced 12-song album plus 6 bonus tracks and a hidden track (a Joey Ramone radio spot). Bonus tracks, 'I Want You Around' & the previously unreleased demos 'Danny Says', 'I'm Affected', 'Please Don't Leave', 'All The Way' & 'Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?'. Slipcase. 2002.
End of the Century is the musical documentation of a form looking for rebirth. Having burned itself out in four short years by 1979 (that's a short century!), punk rock cast about for a spark to reignite the flames. The Clash found it in political rage and musical wanderings; the Ramones found it by infusing their already well-honed pop sensibilities with a huge dose of pathos. Who'd have thought these boys--the same ones who cried "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" and who wanted to "Beat on the Brat (with a Baseball Bat)"--had it in them?

The concept looks great on paper. Combine the famed "Wall of Sound" producer Phil Spector with the three-chord, three-minute, speed-laced ditties of the Ramones--and it sounds even better on vinyl. The Ramones never needed any help sounding massive, but Spector's production brings out subtleties hidden within, making Johnny's lone Mosrite guitar blaze like a bomb squadron, coaxing some evocative and emotional singing from Joey, even (gasp!) shading some of the songs with strings--punk-rock sacrilege in those days. The Ramones live up to the task by writing some of their best--and most overlooked--songs to date. "Rock & Roll High School" and "Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?" are exhilarating (and somewhat nostalgic) bids for commercial recognition. Even the covers here--"Baby, I Love You" and "Chinese Rocks"--transcend the original source and become solid members of the Ramones' community of songs. Though they've been accused of rewriting the same album over and over, End of the Century proves the Ramones were much smarter, more adventurous, and more innovative than we'd ever expected. --Tod Nelson

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