Ramones - Road to Ruin (Dlx)
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Free Music Review: Perhaps the band's greatest achievement...
Hit: 5 Stars
When it came time to sit down and record this record (as they were called back then), the Ramones, as Legs McNeil points out in his brilliant liner notes, knew they weren't going to catch any breaks. Life as rock 'n roll musicians wasn't going to be all about hit singles and celebrity status. Instead, it was going to be work - lots of work - and maybe never getting the widespread recognition they sought and deserved. Other bands would have packed it in. Not these guys. They delivered a spectacular tour-de-force with Road To Ruin, a CD I like today just as much as I liked it when I bought it in 1978.Suffice it to say that "I Wanna Be Sedated" is not the best song on this disc. That said, it is emblamatic of what makes this CD great - great hooks, great lyrics, stupendous guitar playing, and a back beat that just won't quit.
While I think "It's Alive" is a spectacular live recording of the Ramones at the peak of their powers, I would have preferred to have seen them when they toured to support this album. That must have been a blast: "Rockaway Beach," "Havana Affair," "Commando," Cretin Hop" and "She's The One" all in the same set.
Oh yeah, including some of the music from Rock 'N' Roll High School on this CD does give you some idea about what that tour must have been like.
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Free Music Review: If you're tired of Greatest Hits packages.....
Hit: 5 Stars
It seems to be, sadly enough, that the Ramones are more popular now with the mainstream than ever. Now that three members are dead, Ramones fans are sprouting up all over the place. With the death of Joey, Dee Dee, and now Johny, everyone is getting hooked on 'Ramones Mania'. Too bad Frank Zappa didn't also get the recognition he deserved after his death, but that's another subject.
If you are one of the 'Joey or Johny come latelys' and have already purchased Ramonesmania and the double CD boxset, you may be interested in their actual albums. If so, Road to Ruin is a popular choice among die hard Ramoners as their best album.
It goes without saying that "I wanna be sedated" is the most popular Ramones song (my personal favorite is Shock Treatment). It's here along with "I just wanna have something to do." But for songs that didn't make their 'greatest of' packages, you can discover great material like 'Go Mental', 'I don't want you', and 'Needles and Pins'. For years I thought Needles and Pins was a Ramones original. You learn something new everyday.
Well the original punks may be gone, but they'll never be forgotten. Don't embarress yourself with only greatest hits CDs. Show everyone you're true blue and buy one of their actual albums.
Rock on.
Free Music Review: Road to Ruin and Rocket to Russia are best Ramones albums
Hit: 5 Stars
When I listened to this album for the first time,I already knewabout the work of The Ramones and I owned some of their best
albums(Rocket to Russia,Ramones,Leave Home,Too Tough to Die),but
Road to Ruin easily stands as the greatest(with Rocket right be-
hind it).This record shows true Ramones-aggressive,angry,frustra-
ted and,most important,full of energy!First song tells you every-
thing-powerful guitar riffs of "I Just Want to Have Something to
Do" are hitting you right in the guts and you just have to think
-Ramones have never sounded better!Every other song on the album
is either strong and aggressive-Don't Want You,I Wanted Everything,I'm Against It,Bad Brain,the classic I Wanna Be Sedated,or full of pain and sadness-Questioningly.This is true
punk,and Ramones first four albums and their 8th Too Tough to Die are offering the best punk rock music,with Ramones,of course,as the greatest and most important punk band ever.Check
out the bonus tracks-there is "Ed Stasium version" of Rock'n'Roll High School(much better than the one on End of the
Century)and amazing live recording of Blitzkrieg Bop,Teenage Lo-
botomy,California Sun,Pinhead,She's the One-all from R'n'R High
School movie soundtrack.
Free Music Review: The Ramones At Their Best
Hit: 5 Stars
Much like The Clash's London Calling, Road To Ruin is The Ramones' standout album and boasts some of their biggest hits. Road To Ruin showcases the band at the peak of their 20-year career, way back in 1977. The Ramones' fourth release contains hits such as "She's The One" and the infamous "I Wanna Be Sedated", and I'm happy to report that there are absolutely no filler tracks on this record, which is rare for an album that has 17 songs on it.
It's probably a waste of time, but being the obsessive compulsive person that I am, I feel the need to pinpoint the band's talent. From Dee Dee's hypnotic basslines and poignant lyrics, to Joey Ramone's sour yet irresistable vocal delivery, to Tommy, the backbone of the band, Road To Ruin has no weak spots. (And don't even let me get started with the guitar...I swear, Johnny Ramone could do more with 3 or 4 chords than anyone of his time.)
The Ramones were one of the greatest and most influential bands ever, and although almost none of their tracks were over 2 and a half minutes long, every one of their songs were catchy, upbeat, well-structured, and most importantly, fun to listen to. Pick up Road To Ruin now!
Free Music Review: The Ramones' Best (?)
Hit: 5 Stars
Don't listen to the likes of Legs McNeil (whose inappropriate liner notes all but damn this album as some kind of sell-out. Note to Rhino: why be so apologetic?). The fact is, you can pretty much defend any Ramones album as being their best, well beyond the indisputable classics of the 1970s (my other favorites - "Halfway to Sanity," "Brain Drain," and "Adios Amigos," none of which are considered great by allegedly in-the-know rock critics). In many ways, "Road to Ruin" is their best album, the one that truly marks the end of an era for the band, their euphoric highs with their disenchanted lows. It mixes strung-out nihilism with gooey bubblegum so deftly that its simplicity, once again, somehow managed to fly way over people's heads. In any case, the greatest punk was founded on bubblegum aesthetics, and the Ramones knew this better than anyone on the planet at the time...and "It's A Long Way Back" is the greatest album closer ever.