Ramones

There's a fine line between genius and stupid. The Ramones sit happily on that line, huffing the marker used to create it.

Repetive repetive repetive

The greatest punk album by the greatest punk band. Ever. Full stop. Each track overflows with the sheer, joyful, nihilistic abandon that makes punk so great. Haters gonna hate ... but they're wrong. This is peak punk perfection. Full stop.

I mean, it's all the same song. It honestly is. It's fine enough but you'd be hard-pressed to find a lot of differences.

This album flies by. Most songs are less then 2 minutes long, nothing overs stays it's welcomes. It just punches you in the ears for 30 minutes and then stops. Perfection Blitzkrieg Bop is one of the greatest songs ever.

I do declare, the compositions on this phonograph from this band of young miscreants all sound exceedingly similar! Can you imagine the nerve?!? How audacious! Quick, someone fetch me my fainting couch! I do believe I am having the vapors…Oh, my!

"Ay, oh, let's go!" A great way to start this 1001 album journey. I like the Ramones; their music has a charming simplicity that I'm sure encouraged countless people to pick up their instruments and play. Everything sounds very DIY--basic drum patterns, power chords, nothing fancy. That's the purest nature of punk rock. As an album, this didn't exactly hold my attention, as it starts to blend together very quickly, but its value is very apparent to me. For a debut album, this does a perfect job establishing a signature sound. Favorite tracks: Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Let's Dance Album art: Pretty badass band photo. The cover looks surprisingly modern. I could see a band doing an album cover like this in the last decade. Also I have to point out that the Ramone on the far right looks exactly like Coconuthead from Ned's Declassified.

That was 14 of exactly the same song for me. If there wasn’t a gap between each song I would have that the album was 1 x 29min 16sec song. 1/5

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Gabba gabba hey! The perfect Friday record. Poppy, upbeat, positive and catchy as hell. Try not having a giant smile on your face while listening.

Just one of the best rock records ever. That's all.

It is no coincidence that punk can be defined as "worthless" and "trick" because I feel like I am being duped by anyone who praises this album. Obnoxious singing, tedious rhythms, and nothing of value.

I mean, to me, this is another prime example of how punk shines best. It is tight and catchy, but still has rough edges and a lack of polish that really digs in to you.

One of the most classic songs starts out this album that is more than twice as long as David Bowie’s album the same year. By length I do mean tracks because time wise it is ten minutes shorter. I think back to when Freddie Mercury told the executives when pitching Bohemian Rhapsody: “I pity your wife if you think six minutes is long”. Maybe David Bowie taught Freddie, I’m not sure. But the Ramones certainly are of the philosophy “get in and get out”. As much as I am a fan of shorter songs, can a song that is ninety seconds long be considered a song? It is pretty wild to see how far punk rock has come from the Ramones. Loved the cool use of a chainsaw on the song Chain Saw but then the beat goes right back to their last four songs. At least each song ends before I even have a chance to skip it due to their length. Again, these are great songs to have on in the background of a party or a punk rock type gathering but I wouldn’t listen to it otherwise. Now they want to sniff some glue. I did do a quick play through of three or more songs and they all started with the exact same drums and guitar riffs. I could sing Blitzkrieg Bop during each of these songs and my tempo wouldn’t be off at all. Ok I even tried another two songs and it was the same. I’m laughing as I write this because Listen to My Heart starts out different but quickly goes right back to the beat. They became famous from this so who am I to tell them what success looks like.

Stone cold classic. Messy, scrappy and as punk as you like. Fun from start to finish

Fuck yeah the Ramones

hey ho! Let's go! hey ho! Let's go!

Ramones = Ramones

This album designates the Ramone's signature sound, fundamental punk rock, nothing fancy. While I enjoyed the listen, all of the songs started meshing. I enjoyed it, but I wish there were more originality instead of doing one sound well 14 times.

Pretty much just the intro track was enjoyable.

One trick ponies sure, but what a trick it is.

It’s hard to not like this band. Great melodies. Easily one of the most influential bands of all time. Idk how much I’d ever listen to them, but they’re undeniable.

In elementary school I had learn to play guitar because of guitar hero. I could play up to 6 chords, and did I think I was cool and would get all the girls in high school. In my first year high school, there was a performance night. The music teacher scouted all 4 people in our class who could play an instrument and put them together in a band. There was this nerdy kid who could actually play the guitar, and I was demoted to bass. We’d practice some times after class, and made it actually sound like something. Fast forward to the performance night, in the auditorium, all the parents there. I was so nervous. The first band got up the stage and started playing. Blitzkrieg Bop. I knew the guys, they were 2 years above me and secretly I always thought they were so cool. Swinging guitars around, headbanging, the whole punk performance etcetera. I knew the song because it was in a Tony Hawk game, and thought it was awesome. My first introduction to punk music. However, the nerves got me. After some more acts we were due. I got the bass guitar, and managed to forget the 4 notes I had been rehearsing for weeks. We got up and I was shaking. Our guitarist started playing, unbothered. I fucked up. Didn’t know what the fuck I was doing. Right there I had a realization. I could never play guitar. I could never be in a band. I would never be as cool as the kids playing Blitzkrieg Bop, let alone be as cool as the Ramones. I was forever traumatised by stage fright. And the worst part is, we played You Belong To Me by Taylor fucking Swift, I was demoted to bass, forgot the 4 notes I was supposed to play, and the nerdy guitar kid who’d actually put in the time got all the attention after.

first three (EDIT: four) songs are great and set the template for EVERYTHING else, of course. one of those bands for which you appreciate the influence but don't really want to hear again

I liked the song Ramones off the album Ramones by Ramones where the lead singer said ahh were the Ramones hear us Ramone

This is way too boring to be so popular, what the hell is going on. Blitzkrieg Bop is a decent opener right up until you realize that's the only song on the album. A 29 minute runtime is a grace from God. If I was in the 80s and this was the only album I had, I think I'd not give a fuck about music.

I mean, if you really, really, really like Blitzkrieg Bop this is great. Because it’s literally just 30 minutes of the same inane song. No amount of attitude and cool leather jackets can change the fact, that Ramones is one of the most overrated bands to ever release a record. Best: Blitzkrieg Bop Worst: Blitzkrieg Bop (the next 13 times)

I never got around to the Ramones back in my can-I-afford-another-REM-or-Talking-Heads-album days. And it looks like this came out same year as the Clash’s first album which is more compelling to me. But, they inspired some of my favorite bands, U2 and as Sleater-Kinney to name just two… so I will round up to make sure they get the credit they deserve.

I was doing a pilates class a few years back. It's one of things I need to do as an aging man to maintain some sense of mobility. The instructor complimented my Ramones t-shirt. "Oh yeah", I said, "I saw them at the Hordern Pavilion in 1989" "Cool", he replied. "I was born in 1994." Suddenly I felt really old. But that did nothing to diminish my love of the Ramones or my memory of being 18 years old, in the mosh pit of that 6000 capacity show. They came out and tore through about 45 songs in a blistering set before an adulating crowd. It wasn't until I saw the documentary End Of the Century years later that I realised that this was a much bigger venue and enthusiastic crowd than the Ramones typically played to in the States, where they never really got bigger than the club circuit. That documentary also showed how formative the Ramones were on my taste. This is an all-time classic album with some all-time classic songs on it. It's fast and loud, but the songs are really catchy, funny, but also gritty and serious. This album is both informed by the past (girl group harmonies, Stooges aggression), but also sets the tone for much music to follow. You hear the influences of the Ramones all over music to this day, and their look and iconography is also everywhere. Charles Shaar-Murray went to New York in 1975 and wrote notes on the nascent punk scene for the NME. He rightly identified the Ramones as the best band on the scene, but bemoaned that they would never put out a record. He was right on the first point, but wrong on the second. They ended up being the longest lived of all the CBGBs bands, and probably the most influential, even if commercial success evaded them. I love the Ramones, and especially this first album where they perfectly reveal their whole vision. Of all the records I have listened to from the 1001 albums list, this is one of the few that you really must hear. 5 million stars.

I fucking love this album. It took me a while to get into the Ramones, but every song on this album is fun. It must have been so awesome to live in New York in the late 70s, apart from the insane levels of senseless violence 5/5

Now we’re talkin. Love the Ramones. Bring it on baby! I mean Blitzkrieg Bop is legendary.

Happy Birthday Punk. Literally. So what if all the tracks sound the same? It's punk innit. Fack off you prog dinosaur wanker.

"brevity is the soul of wit" - B̶i̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶S̶ Ramones every album should contain 14 songs and a sub-30 minute length

So what if all the songs sound the same? They're all a jolt to the neck.

Hell. Yes. I live for The Ramones. Every song is a winner on this album. The tighest 29 minutes in punk rock history.

What can I say absolute classic

A truly great album from start to finish. It's amazing how many classics can be squeezed into 29 minutes. Driving fast punk. Impossible to single out best tracks, a masterpiece. Unfortunately I can only give a max of 5 stars

Ramones I don’t think I’ve actually listened to this in its entirety before, which is odd as I think the Ramones are fantastic, and I loved the double CD Anthology/Best of I had (although it had nearly half the songs from this album on it) I don’t think I’ve noticed the amount of Beach Boys-esque harmonies on many of their tracks, like on Blitzkrieg Bop, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and Chain Saw, but it's clearly a huge part of their minimalist rock’n’roll, garagey, pop, pre-punk recipe, something the Velvet Underground did, a band they obviously descended from. And a bit like Black Sabbath with metal they pretty much invented punk and influenced hundreds of bands, and then saw much of the genre disappear down musical cul-de-sacs of noise and thrash, with nothing interesting to say, forgetting the superb pop intelligence that makes these relatively simple, fast, stripped back, three-chord songs sound fresh and thrilling, even 50 years later. It’s also interesting comparing them to Kiss from yesterday. Both albums released in 1976, both around 30 minutes, both guitar, bass and drums, and both doing variations on a particular song style, but whereas Kiss feels generic and staid, this feels exciting and infectiously great. I don’t think there is a weak song, and even if there is it’ll be done in 2 minutes anyway, but there are a few obvious standouts; Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Judy is a Punk, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue, I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement, 53rd & 3rd and their cover of Let’s Dance. Obviously there are some questionable lyrics, which although tongue in cheek at the time, probably weren’t a million miles away from what Johnny Ramone actually thought, but that tension between the melodies, tempos, guitars, drums and lyrics is definitely part of what makes the whole thing great. It's a glorious 29 minutes of smart-dumb, joyfully nihilistic bubblegum-garage and an easy 5. ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ Playlist submission: Ubiquitous but fantastic, Blitzkrieg Bop

Wow - A Punk staple - although, they really cross the line of Punk and Rock, since they manage to really make an approachable and listenable punk Rock album. (as opposed to PIL or Sex Pistols_)

This is the 150th album I’m rating. I've only listened to I Wanna be Your Boyfriend and that was because of the Avril Lavigne thing. Adding to my Playlist - Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Judy is a Punk, I Wanna be Your Boyfriend, Chain Saw, Now I Wanna Sniff some Glue, I Don't Wanna go Down to the Basement, Loudmouth, Havana Affair, Listen to my Heart, 53rd & 3rd, Let's Dance, I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You, and Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World. Not Adding to my Playlist - I Wanna be Your Boyfriend - The first time I listened to this I thought this was awful trash a lot worse than Lavigne's song but maybe I've gotten desensitized to punk from this list. All in all I liked 14/14 songs. Annoying like every punk album but in a good way like Germfree Adolescents.

Perfect bopping with no fat and perfect tunes. What a blitzkrieg of an album - end to end.

Absolutnie widzę się 40 lat temu słuchając tego albumu kilka razy dziennie, odkładającego na ramoneskę wszystkie zarobione pieniądze. Utwory co prawda za krótkie, żeby cokolwiek się w nich rozwinęło - jest mocna, szybka perkusja, są elektryki, głośne wokale i całość razem daje zaskakująco pozytywne brzmienie. I to chyba przepis na dobrą płytę, bo dziś też słucham jej już piąty raz, za każdym razem czerpiąc z tego przyjemność. Nie ma co tu kombinować, zasługują na wysoką notę jak mało kto w tym zestawieniu.

My 25th birthday music!!! From Spider-Man was awesome!!

I wasn't excited to see this one come up, but as soon as I listened it was immediately a favorite. Energetic and naughty, humorous and provocative, it fired me up good. I love "I Don't Wanna go Down to the Basement." I love Joey Ramone's articulations.

Pure, unbridled PUNK ROCK This is the most important album in punk easy (not the best mind you, that honour would probably go to the band's third effort Rocket To Russia or London Calling).

Just wow. That energy.

Never really listened to the Ramones before but after listening to this album, I may have to start. I'm a huge fan of punk type music (Blink-182, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, *honorary mention* Lil Peep) but I've also not been a huge fan of Rock music. I know that some of the bands I've listed are also considered to be Punk Rock bands, but I see them more as Punk than Rock. But with this album, you can really call it Punk Rock, and I like it, a lot. As soon as I finished listening to it, I listened to it one more time, and then another. It's a perfect blend of Punk and Rock and you can really feel it. Real rocky instrumentals with that great mix of Punky vocals and lyrics. It makes you wanna smoke a cigarette in class and flip the bird at your bloody teacher. Blitzkrieg Bop is a classic (Shout out Jimmy Neutron) and I really like I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, Havana Affair, and Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue. It's a very fun album to listen to and it's almost like they're just rumbling when they sing sometimes and at this point, I'm rambling but it's because I'm trying to finish this review up so I can go listen to it again and throw rocks at birds while wearing all black. Oops, almost forgot to tear some holes in my jeans, I guess I'll be going now. ……… Are you still here? BUZZ OFF ASSHOLE *Double middle fingers*!

Los padres del punk rock.

I love this album. It's short and fast and fun. The Ramones are great.

One of the best punk albums of all time

An absolute classic, been jamming to Blitzkrieg Bop since Pro Skater 2

Very different technicality-wise to yesterday’s ELO album but both worth the same amount of credit for breaking ground I think. Ramones have worked out their formula here and although the songs aren’t radically different from each other the noise they make is great and essentially the foundations of punk.

Was never a fan but cannot deny how three chords riffs made me keep listening

It's pretty much the same song over and over and the lyrics are ridiculously simple....but the formula works. At the time, it must have been so refreshing during the age of bloated rock acts like Styx, Boston, etc. I love the fake British accent and the whole "who gives a fuck" vibe of songs like "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Beat on the Brat."

1234!! Some groundbreaking motherfuckers right here. It's a simple formula, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Feel like these songs would sound even better live, seeing these guys in NYC in the 70s must have been an absolute blast. That fun 2000s indie sleaze new york scene led by The Strokes owes everything to this band, down to the penchant for leather

Yea a lot of the songs are repetitive, so what? Its the Ramones. Do the songs rock? Hell yea they do

Absolute punk classic, it sounds a bit repetitive, but I appreciate what it has done for the music scene.

Good shit.

The Ramones!!! I know every word (not that there are that many). Jesse Covington took me to see them at the Masquerade. I think it was their last tour, though we didn’t know it at the time. Drivin n Cryin opened. I was 15 or 16, it was summery sunny but not hot. Jesse Covington was in love with me and we could not get enough of that three-chord noise. When I think about how special it was to grow up in Atlanta, this day comes to mind. I would have told you at the time, it was one of the best days of my life.

I like the Ramones, have done for years, and always enjoy throwing them on for a spin every so often. I’m torn between giving this a 3 or a 4, mainly because whilst I like them I also think that a lot better bands and albums exist out there. I can enjoy an album whilst appreciating it’s not the greatest album (or band), or even close to being, out there. So… fun album. Guess I’m giving it a 3.

Nr. 29/1001 Blitzkrieg Bop 4/5 Beat on the Brat 3/5 Judy is a Punk 4/5 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 4/5 Chain Saw 3/5 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 3/5 I Don't Wann Go Down to the Basement 3/5 Loudmouth 2/5 Havana Affair 3/5 Listen to my Heart 3/5 53rd & 3rd 3/5 Let's Dance 3/5 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 3/5 Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World 3/5 Average: 3,14 A bit repetitive, but still enjoyable

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“Have the Rolling Stones killed” “But sir, those aren’t…” “Do as I say!”

Repetitive

Come on. What was that

Hate Punk

Easily one of the greatest punk albums of all time.

Melodically beautiful, sonically blastful and lyrically irreverent. Overall, really raw and dirty, especially for the time they debuted. Idc if it's not an "artwork" or smt this is the bible of punk rock. Simple and yet perfect 🤘

Upbeat punk with a touch of doo-wop. Still pretty hard to beat.

Yes!

It’s a classic for a reason.

They massa-creed this record

The best thing about the Ramones is just when their schtick starts to get old the song is over

Perfect! The songs are short and to the point while having a real punch.

Perfect album.

Remind misfits

I think it’s a 5. A few tracks right after Blitzkreig bop aren’t amazing, but then the rest of the album flows so well. It’s good enough, I get how influential this album was. Poppy enough, punchy, great simple guitars. Love it

Simplistic, repetitive nonsense. Love it. Really easy to listen to and although I don’t think I’ve ever listened to it as an album before, I seem to know most of the songs. Massively influential and a classic of its type. Really enjoyed it as well.

fucking perfect

So grungy so great

This was the first album I ever owned, it influenced so much.

I honestly don't even think this is punk. Or at least what most people think of punk. It's less annoying. It's just more straightforward rock with loud guitars and sometimes that's all you need. Another group I'm shocked only has one album on this list as Rocket to Russia isn't bad either.

I heard this album when ten years old and it made me want to learn the guitar. That was in the early 00's not the 70's - such is the endurance and power of these songs.

R A M O N E S RAMONES!

Liked it way more than the pixies if that’s even comparable.

Good album The Ramones are Punk Rock Legends!!!

Great album!

American Punk Rock: Patient Zero This is where American punk started. Three-chord buzzsaw guitars, matching monikers, "Hey Ho, Let's Go" and beating on brats with baseball bats. Queens, NY's finest, The Ramones, turned popular music on its head in 1976 with their seminal self-titled debut. With 14 tracks in a little under half an hour, Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy stomp through the album without fuss or fantasy. Guitar solos? Boring! Mind expanding passages? No time for that. Just give us crunchy power chords, catchy melodies and leather jackets. Music had gotten too frivolous and over-indulgent by the mid-70s, and The Ramones had had enough of it. What they did with their debut (and what The Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash would do with their debuts a few months later) brought punk rock into the public consciousness. Punk bands would get faster, slower, heavier, louder and more experimental in the succeeding years, but punk as we know it started here. All the songs on this album sound the same, yes, but that's the genius of the record. The Ramones were rebelling against everything that was indulgent about popular music at the time. Stuff your flares and whimsy, here's some fast and loud assaults on your eardrums. There is not a single American punk band in existence that can't cite the Ramones as a key influence [and probably most non-American punk bands too]. 'Ramones' is one of the most important albums ever made and, not unlike AC/DC or Motörhead, The Ramones wouldn't stray that far from the sound that defined their debut. Best songs: Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Judy is a Punk, 53rd & 3rd, Today Your Love, Tommorow the World 5/5

Exactly what a punk album should be. Short fast songs that make you want to move.

Ramones, Ramones 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Fascinating shit. They're dirty. You don't need to go far to see it. Look at the cover. Dirthead hair. Ratty canvas sneakers. But then get into the music. 53rd and 3rd, he ain't looking to hook up, score. He's hustling for middle aged guys looking to get off. Punk rock brought this to the fore... sometimes your addictions mean you're selling yourself to get what you need. That's a dirty part of punk rock nobody had seen yet. Not with Iggy. And the Brits weren't saying this part... yet (Shane Macgowan would later give is a sorta "everyone did it" kind of explanation ... if you need cigarettes or booze and a handjob is gonna take care of your money situation for a few days, well) Anyway, but the music is iconic. I don't give a shit for Blitzkrieg and the garbage that oughta be retired. That's not our fault though or theirs. It's like Rhino or Island or someone taking all of Bob Marley's "clean" (white student-friendly) songs and releasing the posthumous Legend. It's inoffensive. It kinda sucks. It's all some of us know. But the sheer joy of I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend or Let's Dance and their surf rock and doo-wop callbacks..... like it surprises me Scorsese doesn't put this stuff in his movies, it's that heartfelt. And it's the blueprint for the White Stripes and other tight garage rock revivalists. No Ramones? No Strokes. Massive stuff you cannot deny.

It's the Ramones!

Perfect punk primitivism.

The calm before the storm, even if that particular calm was still a rampaging blast. What's less is more and more is what's less and The Ramones was perfectly in tune (well, maybe not perfectly) with what was happening amongst them and what could very well become afterwards. This is what rock and roll had ceased to be by 1976, as the commercial and corporate conversion of a rebellious genre had taken hold. In a span of less than thirty-five minutes, The Ramones essentially reminded anyone who would listen what it was supposed to be and, in doing so, added fuel to the fire of what would become known as punk rock. Nothing here is polished, peachy and keen, what you've got is some gruff rough stuff; the kind of music that would launch a thousand other likeminded bands but none of them could ever replicate this.

Absolutely foundational for punk. Great music, and one of those cases of "there's nothing extra in the way." You can't strip anything more out of these songs.

Fuck yeah.

Great album from the early punk group, helping define the genre in the 70s. Of course blitzkrieg bop could do that on its own.

Absolutel banger beginning to end. 15 songs, 29 minutes, nit a wasted second

Hits fast and ferocious the entire album.

I need a weighty word that isn't "quintessential", because music reviews use that word too much. This is American Punk Rock. It's the (very good) picture next to the definition in the dictionary, it's the formula you'd read in the textbook, it's what you're handed if you walk into a record store and say "one punk rock, please", or the first record you play for someone who grew up in an separatist cult and has never heard punk rock before. Except “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” because that song is corny and below them and I hope Tommy caught more grief for writing it than he ever did for being so short. I’m giving this my first 5star rating.

Brilliant songs, fast, funny and dumb. New York’s daftest sons absolutely smash it. Favourite songs on this listen were Judy is a punk and Havana affair.