The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
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Artist: The RamonesEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-06-19
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Cretin Hop
- Rockaway Beach
- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
- Locket Love
- I Don't Care
- Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
- We're A Happy Family
- Teenage Lobotomy
- Do You Wanna Dance?
- I Wanna Be Well
- I Can't Give You Anything
- Ramona
- Surfin' Bird
- Why Is It Always This Way?
- Needles & Pins (Early Version)
- Slug (Demo)
- It's A Long Way Back To Germany (U.K. B-Side)
- I Don't Care (Single Version)
- Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Single Version)
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Free Music Review: Best of the Best
Hit: 5 Stars
It's so passe to give favorite reviews glowing reviews - it seems that if an album is beloved, it deserves some kind of classic status.
With Rocket to Russia, the Ramones earn this album's classic status from the first groove. This captures the humor of their first LP and melds it with punk cum Beach Boys feel. Their sound is completely original, but warmly familiar, and all of the tunes are written rightly and cleverly. This isn't hardcore, but it certainly seemed hardcore when it was released (not even Saturday Night Live would touch them), and it's completely unpretentious. Even people who weren't initially fond of the Ramones have slowly come to appreciate their special genius - and Rocket to Russia captures that genius as well as any of their records. My signed copy is a prized possession.
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"Our records have the bitterness of life in them," quoth Dee Dee Ramone, and Rocket to Russia brought the pain. Despite carrying on the celebratory tone of the Ramones' debut and Leave Home in the likes of "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," "Cretin Hop," a tribute to dirty "Rockaway Beach," and covers of the Trashmen and "Do You Wanna Dance?" their third LP displays a dark humor that's less jokey than the previous releases' goofs on bad mental health and dysfunctional relationships. The group's best-produced of its first three releases, Rocket achieves an almost smooth texture thanks to a clean mix and increased use of Beach Boys-inspired vocal harmonies. Still, the joyous grind of Johnny's guitar is front and center for much of this enduring album. Rhino's refurbished version offers five bonus tracks, including a rough early version of "It's a Long Way Back to Germany" and a demo, "Slug," which imagines (?) a world crawling with insects. --Rickey WrightAlternative Rock Music CDs
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