Leave Home (Dlx)

Ramones - Leave Home (Dlx)

Leave Home (Dlx)
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Artist: Ramones
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-06-19
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
  1. Glad To See You Go
  2. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
  3. I Remember You
  4. Oh Oh I Love Her So
  5. Carbona Not Glue
  6. Suzy Is A Headbanger
  7. Pinhead
  8. Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
  9. Swallow My Pride
  10. What's Your Game
  11. California Sun
  12. Commando
  13. You're Gonna Kill That Girl
  14. You Should Never Have Opened That Door
  15. Babysitter
  16. Loudmouth (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  17. Beat On The Brat (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  18. Blitzkrieg Bop (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  19. I Remember You (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  20. Glad To See You Go (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  21. Chain Saw (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  22. 53rd & 3rd (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  23. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  24. Havana Affair (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  25. Listen To My Heart (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  26. California Sun (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  27. Judy Is A Punk (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  28. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  29. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  30. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)
  31. Let's Dance (Live At The Roxy, Hollywood, CA 8/12/76)

Free Music Notes for Leave Home (Dlx)

Free Music Review: Essential.
Hit: 5 Stars

Great music just doesn't get better than the Ramones' first four albums, which rank along with 1965-66 Dylan, 1977-80 Elvis Costello and 1985-87 Husker Du as one of the most thrilling runs of albums ever. The Ramones' impact on rock music in the 1970's was huge during this period, first defining a genre, then setting it on its ear. Their eponymous debut, recorded in a very short time and on a shoestring budget, epitomized the DIY ethic of garage rock, and singlehandedly created the punk genre that was set to explode in the UK. When it came time to record their follow-up, while new UK punk bands were railing against the establishment, the Ramones opted for plain old rock & roll and a wickedly dark sense of humour.

Leave Home is no punk record; that's too basic a categorization. It's a classic rock & roll album, combining the ferocity of punk with the exuberance of early Sixties rock. Whether it's wide-eyed romanticism or sardonic nihilism, the key word here is fun, plain and simple.

What's surprising after all these years is how optimistic and romantic Leave Home is, hardly in keeping with the vitriolic punk aesthetic. On this album Joey Ramone is at his most wistful and vulnerable, especially on gorgeous songs like 'I Remember You', 'Swallow Your Pride', 'What's Your Game', and 'Babysitter'. It doesn't get any better than 'Oh Oh I Love Her So', a simple tale of love found at the Burger King, cavorting at Coney Island, and the realisation that "everything's gonna be real fine", echoing the early songwriting of Brain Wilson and Lennon-McCartney, encapsulating joyful energy perfectly.

Leave Home treads the fine line between the optimistic and satirical perfectly, and its other half is equally brilliant. The heavy production and the band's nasty sense of humour is dead-on on songs like 'Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment', 'Carbona Not Glue', the classic Todd Haynes-influenced 'Pinhead', the anti-military 'Commando', and the especially nasty 'You're Gonna Kill That Girl'. Best of all the darker songs is the wonderfully subversive 'Glad To See You Go', a song about killing one's lover just to be as notorious as Charles Manson, but brilliantly disguised as a bubblegum tune.

Not only is this new cd rerelease excellent in sound quality, but it also has a full live performance on the second half of the disc, recorded at their forst L.A. performance in 1976. The Ramones plow their way through sixteen songs in little over a half hour, wasting no time at all, perfectly capturing the energy of their early shows. If this great added bonus doen't convince you to buy this cd, nothing will.

The Ramones went on to peak with Rocket To Russia (arguably their most accomplished album) and Road To Ruin, but Leave Home remains my own personal favourite. It's the pure essence of everything that rock & roll has embodied for nearly fifty years: romantic, cheeky, energetic, and, most importantly, loud. And it was pulled off by four ugly goofs from Queens, proof they were just One Of Us. May their music live on forever...Gabba Gabba Hey.

Leave Home (Dlx) Poster

Slightly less primitive than the Ramones' debut, Leave Home is somehow more melodic, poppier, and heavier than its predecessor. "Glad to See You Go" name-drops "the passion" of Charles Manson, while the terrific "Commando" ("First rule is the laws of Germany / Second rule is be nice to mommy") brings to mind a funnier MC5. But "Oh, Oh, I Love Her So" is pure classic pop--metallic bubblegum and their first foray into the Beach Boys-inspired harmonies that would be used to greater effect on Rocket to Russia. The "bruddahs" even do a speeded-up version of "California Sun" to drive the point home. "Pinhead" gave birth to the "Gabba! Gabba! Hey!" rallying cry. This splendid remastered reissue includes the original artwork, superior sound, and excellent liner notes by heavy-metal Ph.D. Dr. Donna Gaines. Also included is the band's August 1976 L.A. debut show at the Roxy Theater. Leave Home is the album that clued in a lot of people that this band was more than a novelty. --Bill Holdship

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