Buy the Rhino reissues instead!

I'm 38 years old, and I've been a die-hard Ramones fan since 1979. I bought this album when it first came out, and, of course I loved it back then. But, the older I get, the more I realize that the TRUE Ramones sound was defined on the first 8 albums, all of which have been re-released by Rhino with bonus tracks and demos on each cd. The cds also have great liner notes about what was going on woth the band during the time they recorded the album.



Animal Boy has it's moments, as in Apeman Hop, Animal Boy, and Love Kills. BUT, this album also had the weak stuff like "Something To Believe In" and "Crummy Stuff".



If you are an old time fan, then you might want this just so you can say "Hey, I got all the Ramones albums", but if you are just starting out, get Too Tough To Die and then all of the other re-issues.



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Great Album from the Greatest band

This is one of the Best Ramones albums, The Production is not bad, there is a little too much "synth" of some songs, like "She Belongs to Me", which is not a bad song but it is probably my least favorite slow Ramones song and the production makes it sound pretty weak, but thats alright.
Other songs like "Somebody put something in my Drink" and "Love kills" (which has the greatest "punk" riff ever), "Mental Hell" and "Animal Boy" totally make up for any weakness.

The Synths do sound great on "Something to believe in" and "Bonzo goes to Bitburg", which is one of the greatest Ramones songs.

Dee Dee sings on "Love kills" and "Eat that Rat", "Love Kills" is an amazing song and "Eat that Rat" is O.k.,

"Hair of the Dog" is a great song although it doesn't really stand out, and "Crummy Stuff" is also a great song that doesn't really stand out to me. "Apeman Hop" is another great song which would be greater without the Tarzan Backing vocals,
But I like it anyway.

This album has some of my Favorite Ramones songs. like
"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg"
"Mental Hell"
"Love Kills"
"Somebody put something in my drink"

The rest of the album is great, the only Filler is "Freak of Nature", which is really cool, but kind of weird.
and "Eat that Rat", which is also really cool in its own way.
There is no BAD song on the album, and I listen to it all the time.
If you're looking to buy a Ramones album from the Late 80's era, than I suggest this one first.

JUST A GOOD ROCK & ROLL ALBUM

I can still remember when this album came out in 1986. I went to see the Ramones live right after it's release and they performed several tracks from it. Maybe I'm just being biased in my review of it because of my love for everything Ramones, but this is just a great straight forward rock & roll record. You really don,t find many albums coming out now where every track is worth while.