Ramones

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Truthfully, every song by the Ramones sounds exactly the same, with different lyrics. Fun music, but repetitive as hell.

2,5

I almost died listening to this boring ass album I almost crashed it felt like a 29 minute long song (nightmare). Good in the mix but sucks fat cock to listen to as an album

EY O LETSGO. ramone mega pop? tönt mega noch chindermusig. i wanna be your boyfriend, okaaay. gits en basischere song? macht gad nüüüüt mit mir. bin bi loudmouth und äääh jo s isch immer s glich und git mer nüüüüüüt. havana affair? ok ok. listen to my heart okay jo ich los au uf mis herz und bin hert am struggle mit dem album. s passiert mer z wenig und s rockt afoch nöd würklich? 53rd and 3rd töbt immerno gnau glich, ich verstoh dass es e gegebewegig zum pomierte rock vode ziit isch aber us hütiger sicht ischs afoch für mich nöd spannend. dasch es zwei. sorry. ramona

The Ramones are okay.

70’er punkrock, rowdy, energisk, lidt for uslebent

It's pretty repetitive.

There's really only one song on this - and it's not even a particularly good one.

I enjoyed it slightly more than the first time I listened. Unfortunately, my main complaint that it was too repetitive is still there. There’s a ton of energy on this record, but I’d rather just listen to The Stooges or The Clash.

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The ultimate punk rock band. Completely lacking in substance and existing solely as a stylistic endeavor. These songs are garbage but at least they short.

It was fine. A bit too repetitive and no song stood out as different from the next. Also means that no song was bad, but overall it wasn’t a memorable listening experience. I might be a bit too harsh as this is my first album and I’m not sure how I want to do my ratings. Would have LOVED to hear this live.

Blitzkrieg Bop is decent, but I didn’t to hear it on repeat for 29 minutes

Better than I was expecting. Energetic but it's pretty much he same song all the way through.

ser repetitivo não me incomoda desde que o som prenda minha atenção. o que não foi o caso. minha nota não é por achar ruim e sim porque não tenho nenhum sentimento grande pelas músicas

It’s fun but gets pretty tiresome even at the length. Once you’ve heard the first few songs (which are great) you’ve pretty much heard everything you need to hear.

Song tunes are all very similar.

Beat on the brat Let's dance Le guitariste connaît-il plusieurs accords/rythmes ? Par pitié soulagez ma douleur et tuez moi.

Ramones • Ramones (1.5) favorites - Listen to My Heart, Chain Saw least favorites - Beat on the Brat, I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement To me, these songs all more or less sound the same. (Not necessarily the lyrical content, but the guitar strumming patterns, vocal delivery, and compositions.) Now these next points are my personal preference, so I am well aware these could be very ill informed and wrong, but I digress. When it comes to listening to music, I much more enjoy when you can clearly make out every word someone is saying throughout a song. The ‘shoutyness’ of these songs doesn’t do many favors when it comes to making the lyric’s intelligible. Throughout this album, there also doesn’t seem to be much vocal variety, nor is there much lyrical variety within one song. The The mixing of these tracks all feel as though the instrumentals are MUCH farther forward than the vocals, only amplifying the feeling of everything running together. Even though this album is only 29 minutes long, I couldn’t help but keep checking my phone to determine if it was over. I will give credit where credit is due and say that I do enjoy the guitars in this album. (And God, there’s a lot of them.) The instruments all blend together well throughout, and there aren’t moments the composition seems jarring. (Comparatively to the rest of the record.)

Very early start of Punk rock good chord progression but did not like the vocals on it per say.

Я не понимаю. Хей хо летс гоу это хорошо, а в остальном -- ну не моё, пожалуй.

Felt AI generated

I think this was one long song, punctuated by rests where they scribbled in a single chord change before starting the next section, leaving tempo and rhythm untouched.

Every song sounds nearly the same, I found it tiresome by the end of the album. Definitely a unique sound and a key to the punk genre, but I just don't love it.

Blitzgkirigk bop good else mid af

I know the simplicity of the songs is the point but 50 years later it’s no longer novel or edgy, it’s mostly just monotonous and boring. Obviously hugely influential and I like the one song, just not 14 times in a row. 2.2

Whole album sounds the same

Percussive and all sounds the same

I understand the significance of this album to pop music as a whole but it felt very repetitive. The same handful of chords and very similar rhythm lines throughout. Not one of my favs on the list so far

como tudo q é punk, é repetitivo e nada criativo. porém são iconicos e isso não se pode negar

I was looking forward to the album. I clearly recognized the punk and I had probably forgotten what punk meant. Somehow I hardly noticed the difference between the songs. Everything sounded very similar. And then it was actually enough to listen to one song. That was fun, but that was enough. 2/5

I was already familiar with Blitzkrieg Bop, and it is a great song. I understand this album is historically important, but just going by the music present here, I don't find the album as a whole particularly interesting. In my mind, none of the other songs add anything further that wasn't already done with the first song. This brings down the album a good bit for me.

Pretty much what I expected. Classic ramones

Pretty boring, vocals are weird

5 songs sounded pretty similar

I'm so impressed that a band had the balls to release a 30 minute album consisting of one song remixed 13 times. Consistent, dope sound, for sure a big change for the music scene in it's era. However, not nearly enough variety to really be a worthwhile album.

my rating is all about what i vibe with and i didn’t really care for it.

Very repetitive. Every song sounds the same

I'm generally not a punk rock fan, and this album didn't change my mind. Fast, short, samey songs with washed out vocals. At least the project was short. 2/5.

I've never been a big fan here. I even checked that I hadn't accidentally set it on repeat because the songs were all sounding the same. Apparently this band is on "50 greatest artists of all time" lists. I get that they maybe launched a genre so "most influential" might be more apt.

the ramones suck 2/5

Wanted to like it. First track good, rest pretty blah.

Mwah, veel van hetzelfde

Was i on repeat? Or did every song sound the exact same.

Boring. Couple fun songs in there but the majority all sounded the exact same, no distinguishing features. Did enjoy how each song blended into the next pretty seamlessly though

Ok, but very samey.

Thank god these songs don't last any longer

A little agressive and without much content.

Have never liked the Ramones. I have no problem with them, and recognize their historical significance, but their music has always been too simple and uninteresting for me. I really don't like the singer's voice, which makes it hard to get into any of it. Their music is just boring to me.

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i thought every song sounded the same haha.

I knew the song Blitzkrieg Bop and I know other songs by the Ramones, but the overall album was a little bit disappointing to me.

Faktiskt ett väldigt tråkigt album. Låtarna är i princip likadana, lyriken är kass, gitarren är dålig, samma trummor… jag är besviken. Fortfarande bättre än mycket annat men förväntade mig mer av ett så uppskattat band/album.

I think if I was a teenager in 1976, this would be awesome. I know this was a very influential album for a lot of people but I don't think it stands the test of time. I've obviously heard Blitzkrieg bop a million times but I don't think I've ever heard any of the other songs before and they all sound very similar. I can appreciate it as a building block to a lot of bands like the Mistfits and other bands of that era, but on it's own, it's a bit of a one trick pony.

Ok but nothing special

cool and raw early punk but very similar from start to finish. nonetheless this must have influenced so many other bands afterwards

I never got the Ramones. Blitzkrieg Bop is a banger (although ruined by the advert), but it's all so samey after that.

Kind of an overrated album imo - didn't find a lot of difference between some of the songs.

Pink Flag, The Clash, Television, Sex Pistols, and The Talking Heads would all release next year and are all 10x more interesting. The best thing I can say about this album is that it inspired better bands, and blitzkrieg bop is a fun song. I don't hate the Ramones and I wouldn't turn them off, but I just find them really boring most of the time. When loudmouth came on I had to check to make sure the album wasn't repeating. I wonder if any other reviews mentioned that all of the songs sound the same? 2.5 (rounding down)

sounded dated, recognized some songs that ive heard 1000 times

Blitzkrieg Bop is certified fun. But oh god did they use to make rock music for us guys lmao, like just only guitar chord progressions and drums, not super interesting in the modern day. Lmao Blitzkrieg Bop starts with "AO", but Chain Saw starts with "OA" and sounds similar. I rest my case.

I know they are historically significant, but I have never been able to get into them.

I get why this album was so impactful at its time but I have never been fan of the punk genre in the first place and i find the songs very repetitive. All of this making it quite hard to really appreciate it so many years later.

Punk must be the most ironic genre out there. A genre that is usually political, anti-authority, anti-establishment, anti-mainstream... Then you have band alike Sex Pistols who are outfitted by one of the most prolific fashion designers in the world, Vivian Westwood.. You get songs by the Ramones like 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend' - which is pretty bubble gum pop - or a song that could've been written by Donny Osmond or Barry Manilow but with those 3 chords that punk rockers only know. I this album those 3 chords are basically only used. In different order of course! They stay true to the punk definition of not complicated and minimal instruments. Vocals aren't bad. As far as punk goes. But this album is basically the same riff and drum beat the whole way through. I would love to sit down and talk about punk rock to someone who is very passionate about it. Because I don't get its appeal.

I spent the entire duration of this reading the same comments from one guy on youtube. They're mostly incoherent, but there's a certain charm to the more understandable ones so I tried to translate one 「To be honest. I heard Romanes like this. Year 1978. We're in the Volga delta. Tourists. It's dark already. We have a radio. We throw the wire in a tree. Ooh! Oh my god. Here. Here! I remember. The rythm. Romanes. Oh my chic Romanes!」 The thought of a guy who seems to be off his rocker reminiscing about the time he got to hear "Romanes" is pretty romantic. I believe him when he says they are "special in the mouth". Even if I don't see it that way.

it's wank

Good initial song. Bad and repetitive album otherwise

Opet meh, ali zanimljiva pricica iza albuma. Najbolje pjesme: 1. Blitzkrieg Bop

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This project's insistence on the album format is sometimes fatigueing. Some of the best songs in the history of recorded music, are found on albums that are not really that notable. Ramones deserves a spot in musical history. This is, however, not a very good album. Listen to Blitzkrieg Bop and Havana Affair, and take the rest of the day off. 2.1

Ok, I like the Ramones but apparently in small doses. A whole album was tough. Everything sounded the same and I was waiting for it to end. I feel like you could just listen to Blitzkrieg Bop and it would be like you've heard the rest of them. Maybe teenage me would've been more into it?

Was never into the Ramones.

I don’t know why, but the Ramones have always reminded me of speeded up ‘50s teeny-booper rock. Pretty repetitive & a bit boring, but I do appreciate that it’s the founding of a genre. As someone else said, could be fun to have on in the background of a party. Glad I heard it, but wouldn’t listen to it again. There’s a huge difference between ‘good’ music & ‘interesting’ music, & every single person gets to decide what that is for themselves. When this album abruptly ended after 20-something minutes, everyone in the room said “Huh. That was interesting.”

Seminal but boring.

It's good for what it is. All the songs are similar and I think not very interesting. This is an album I would listen to every 10 years or so and that would be enough.

All sounds the same.

Obviously know the first song as it’s been in what seems like a hundred commercials. The rest of it all sounds the same. I’m not sure I’d be able to tell when a new song started if there wasn’t a pause in between. Not my favorite.

Album didn’t do much for me but I am appreciative of the influence they had on later bands (Nirvana, Metallica, Green Day).

Not a favorite of mine. 4/10

Punk is not my thing, I find it mindless and uninteresting.

no es para mi, la base de las canciones es muy repetitiva

Enjoyed listening to this but other than I wanna be sedated and blitzkriep bop - nothing really caught my attention. 2.5/5

2 good songs everything else sounds the same with different lyrics

Not my kind of music. Skipped through it pretty quickly, however wasn’t unbearable.

Didn't like this at all

Fortsatt ikkje så altfor punkete av meg

Ik weet dat muzikanten en produceren hiermee weglopen, maar ben ik nou echt de enige die vind dat de nummers allemaal op elkaar lijken.

Nooit veel aan gevonden. Elk nummer is een hele minimale variatie op steeds dezelfde gitaar riff. Destijds denk ik wereldschokkend, wat deze mannetjes deden, maar ik vind het echt rete suf.

Too high energy for me! The only song I liked " Do you want to dance "

klingt irgendwie alles gleich aber besser als gestern und vorgestern

Too shouty

DNF, i couldn’t get through it, it’s just not for me

2.35/track. Very repetitive.

fun songs but I just can't stand those vocals

Has not aged very well.

ay oh let's go

Man, I just don’t care. I don’t like punk, and in terms of punk, it’s above average. But every song sounds the exact same. Usually if I can’t pick a top 3, it’s because almost every track was awful. But here, I just can’t tell the difference. None of them stand out in the slightest, except for Blitzkrieg Bop. But even that sounds like all the other ones, it’s just a slightly better song. Totally mediocre album. Not impressed. 4/10 Top 1: 1. Blitzkrieg Bop

Same song over and over and over again. I never had a Ramones t-shirt back in the day and I won't be getting one now either.

Blitzkrieg Bop is a great song but the rest of this album I literally couldn't tell when one song ended and the next began.

Sounds like a breakthrough work for its time, but hard to listen to today and sounds a little to all the same.

Energetic, but repetitive. Somehow felt longer than it is. Didn’t really care for this one.

All the edgy kids in the 70's/80's would be all over this. This is the album you parents dont understand haha. I dont think it has too much to offer now days. Also the singing is kinda bad.

First 2 songs: Repetitive as all hell Boring, boring, boring.

Undoubtedly influential in Punk across the world, the Ramones, hailing from the Queens, are an important piece of musical history. With catchy chord powered thumping, the lads discuss a surprisingly wide array of social issues and influences. The album grows old rather quickly, but at least I didn't listen to the extended edition. A lot of the songs are better looked at individually for their breakdowns than trying to pull something from the album in its' entirety. 2.5/5

- Blitzkrieg Bop

J'ai bien aimé, mais c'était vraiment plat et un peu répétitif. J'aurais bien aimé que ça soit un peu plus "dynamique".

There's too much guitar playing the same chord over and over again. It's generally pretty okay, but there's just too much noise. It is great for a song or two, but for a whole album it's too much. The singing is kinda bad, and it definitely isn't good for a whole album back to back to back. If someone were to play any of these songs, I would think that's chill. If someone wanted to play the whole album I would ask "why". The songs are just too similar for me to want to listen to the whole album, I'll take just one or two songs, thanks. As music, it might be a 4, but as an album, I think it's like a 2.

this is not my favorite. at all.

My young dad would loved it.

Sex Pistols and Clash were better. 2/5

Tracks all very similar….

High tempo, high energy. A classic of punk rock, I felt like every song kind of sounded the same. It’s not to speak ill of the album, but it just wasn’t for me.

was about 30% longer than could hold my attention, but I liked most individual songs, but fell of pretty quickly after the chainsaw sound blasted through my car speakers, fucking wrecking my eardrums. variety is the spice of life. 2.5

this was the same song like 30 times. it was good the first 2 times

Iconic opening "Blitzkrieg Bop", othereide uneventful Punk Rock.

eh boy. Never listened to it front to back, won't need to again.

Et viktig album, men ikke nødvendigvis et som kommer til å ende opp i min faste rotasjon. Det mangler en edge, et sinne som fins i den britiske punken. Litt repetitivt for min smak, så albumet føles fryktelig langt selv om det bare varer i 30 minutter, MEN, det er noen absolutte bangers her. Beste låter: Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the brat Verste låter: Listen to my heart, Havana Affair

Eh? Setter pris på historie, men dette syntes jeg ikke holdt seg så godt. Ensformig og gjentakende som helhet. Favorittlåt: Blitzkrieg Pop

It was the same song for 30 minutes. Everyone who has ever worn a Ramones shirt owes me financial compensation for the emotional hardship I felt as I watched my expectations for this album crash into the floor in a fiery explosion. An extra star for Blitzkrieg Bop

I love hearing the same words over and over again

Loved Ramones in the 8th grade. Haven’t really listened to them since. Now it kinda just sounds like nursery rhymes for punks 2.5/5

Enjoyed Havana Affair the most and also the iconic Blitzkrieg Bop but the rest of the album was disappointing from a musical aspect for me, extremely repetitive and very short song lengths. The way that Joey Ramone sings the word "Massacre" on the song "Chain saw" makes me want to rip my heart out and shove it down my own throat.

# 87 : It's listenable, but seems very repetitive in beat and sound. Not much happening here and it's only short. The Ramones are one of those bands for which you appreciate the influence but don't really want to hear again. Fav Track : Blitzkrieg Bop Listened : 13/10/2023

While a lot of the songs blended together and were pretty samey, it was a pretty interesting and solid listen for an album that was a early forbearer of punk

I understand that these guys were one of the original pioneers of the punk music, and maybe it's because punk isn't a genre that interests me, but I didn't really find this album interesting at all. The music is bland and repetitive and the lyrics appeal to a certain... age demographic that I'm no longer in. Just feels cheesy I guess. Maybe if I was a teen in the 70s this album would do more for me.

repetitive and kind of just got boring. liked the blitzkrieg bob and chain saw but quit halfway through. good for vibes but songs don’t really hold up.

Great opening song, but every song after sounded pretty much the same

Proof that every once in awhile a group of musicians can make some money and have an impact on the music industry without actually having much talent

Not great. Simple repetitive. Maybe it was influential at the time but it’s hard to listen to somewhat now. I can feel the nostalgia maybe?

His voice sounds a bit like Bowie on track 2. All kinda the same song. He can’t say massacre either. Very samey all the way through. Average. Prolly a 2 tbh

Very iconic, knew the singles and the rest of it sounded exactly like I expected to. Think this one falls into the 'very influential on music I like but not that good itself ' category. It sounds thrown together which is very punk but the drums in particular sound terrible. Once you've heard blitzkrieg bop you don't need the other songs really. Musically very important, glad it happened, probably won't listen again.

Not really my taste though there was nothing on it I hated

From the first track, "Blitzkrieg Bop," it's apparent that the Ramones are content to stick to a single formula: fast, distorted power chords, simple drum beats, and repetitive vocals. While punk rock is known for its raw energy and straightforwardness, this album takes it to an extreme that ultimately becomes grating. I have heard this song many times, sure it's a bit catchy. Certainly nothing extraordinary. The lack of musical variety throughout the album is astonishingly evident. Each song seems to blend into the next, making it difficult to distinguish one track from another. This homogeneity of sound quickly becomes a flaw. As the album fails to engage the listener beyond the first couple of tracks. The lyrics on this album are a total disappointment. While punk often deal with themes of rebellion, socio-political commentary, or personal expression. The lyrics here rarely go beyond surface level phrases. Tracks like "Beat on the Brat" and "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" come off as banal shock value attempts, lacking any substantial message. Even when the band attempts to tackle more serious topics, like in "53rd & 3rd," the lyrics remain disappointingly vague and fail to evoke any real emotion. The album is a one-dimensional letdown that lacks the depth and variety necessary to make it a truly engaging piece. While it may have had an impact on the punk rock movement, its lasting influence is more a testament to the band's marketing and branding than the actual musical content. The album ultimately lacks the raw emotion that many other punk albums have, with not much to make up for it.

If you gave me 2 hours, I could recreate any single track from this album. In fact, if you gave me a week, I could probably recreate this whole album. And I’ve never played an instrument. And guess what? That’s exactly how long it took The Ramones to produce this album. It amazes me how much of this album I hear in modern-day punk bands, as if the members of the genre never learned different drum patterns exist or bothered to explore the genre beyond its barebones roots. Having said that, I don’t necessarily think this album is unlistenable, it’s just flavorless. Every song sounds so similar that none stood out except for the opening track because I’ve heard it through radio play countless times. The every song on the record opens with the same basic premise and most have that same simplistic backing drum track. I guess you can say that all have different lyrics but none really resonated with me to the point where I could identify it as a different track from the last. In a recent review of the new Burger King Italian Chicken Sandwich, food critic ReviewBrah said this “All the ingredients are here, so I don’t understand how it can be possible for this to just taste like nothing. And be as dry as it is.” Maybe I just hate punk tho. Favorites: Blitzkieg Bop Least Favorites: The rest

first two songs come out swinging then the rest of the album sounds the same tbh

Man, this really is just the same kinda song on repeat right? I mean, I really like Blitzkrieg Pop and Beat on the Brat is also nice, but listening to this album from front to back is a real challenge for my. Still 2 stars because the songs individually are still okay.

All of these song sound the same.

I get how this album is influential, but wow every song sounds almost exactly the same.

Not my cup of tea

More fucking punk - and I don't care if this is seminal or bleeding edge, it's still shite

no es para mí.

So after the first track you realise the whole album is the same track played with very little variation and other numb lyrics. They play with raw energy and manage to pull off a couple of rocking beats, but as an album it's not great. Dare I sat the Ramones were always over hyped.

Really not my thing. All the songs sound the same.

This all sounds so flat and samey. Getting real sick of punk.

Overall personally I didn’t enjoy it as much as a lot of others. However I understand the influence that it had, but falls flat for me personably. 6/10

This record was a necessary step in the evolution of music. It's been done a lot better by thousands of bands after them, but they couldn't have done it without this record. Favorite song: I don't want to walk around with you.

It’s fine. I appreciate that it ushered in punk rock to the public consciousness but I don’t particularly enjoy listening to a whole bunch of three chord songs in a row. The singles are good on their own.

The mix is poor, even if it is intentional. I feel like better mix would have complemented this album’s strength, the energy. The songs proved to be repetitive to the point where if anything changed it would standout. Drums are so background that you sometimes forget they’re there. Not my vibe overall. 3.5/10

Very boring

I don't think punk is my jam. All of these songs sound the same. Blitzkreig Bop is a bop.

This whole album made me want to sniff some glue Every song sounded the exact same to me Seems like the key to making a 70s punk album is just the same chord and repeat the same words over and over

More short songs! They all start the same but keep the same intensity throughout which is cool. I know this is a cornerstone album in punk rock history but it still seems like Blitzkrieg Bop and then a bunch of other similar songs to Blitzkrieg Bop. Idk I liked some of the other punk much more.

I used to like this. But it's really quite boring

Yeah.. all the songs sound the same. Nothing very exciting. Gets annoying quick. I can handle one song here and there and that's enough lol. 3/10

Jackson Pollock Ideas: Wow the first track lol. Blitzkrieg pop extremely recognisable. Ok his voice is kinda frustrating. Not loving it but not hating it right now. Feels like a 3. Ok it got super repetitive and annoying really quick. Couldn't finish it. Its a 2. Favourite songs: Blitzkried Least Favourite songs: All after half way Overall: The first track sounds pretty innovative and cool. From there on in my enthusiasm was slowly worn down by the repetitive nature of the tracks and the grinding vocals from the lead singer. Additionally the guitars seemed to have little variation with the rhythm remaining constant. I imagine if you like this its fine, it doesn't sound like "bad music", but it certainly ain't my music. Low 2/5

I’m not sure how I feel about this album. Every song feels pretty similar. Only Blitzkreig Bop and I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend felt distinct. And hearing “1-2-3-4” in every song is repetitive. 53rd and 3rd is an interesting song, too. It’s got a more interesting melody. Let’s Dance is fun, too. Is that an organ I’m hearing? Different note: The Ramones are American but they sound super British to me. Overall, I can see how it would've been pretty startling and fresh when it came out. But I don't think I'd add this album to my rotation.

Certainly important and innovative but also a bit basic and one-note.

Pure punk repetitive. Totally captures the times. But still. 1 good song. I wanna be sedated! (Not on this album).

Funny for a couple of songs, but then gets tedious very quickly.

One of those...I should really listen to "_______" kind of albums, so I was excited when it came up. 29 minutes later I thought how this really should have been an EP. Some catchy songs and melodies, but not enough variation over 14 tracks. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

Sounds like some regular old punk man I’m sure this is probably influential or sum but I’ve heard this album a bunch of other times

Falls off pretty quick. Most songs sound very repetitive and cliche.

nelabai, visos dainos kazkokios vienodos, meh, fone tinka, siaip neklausyciau

Best Song: Blitzkrieg Bop. I can't even tell if this is the best song, or if I just like it more because it is at the beginning of the album and you hear it first before realizing that the band can't write any other type of song and you're about to hear the same thing 13 more times. Worst Song: I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You. It's just so fucking dumb. Overall: Every song is the exact same. It starts at full speed, with no ramp up and continues unabated at the same uninteresting pace for 2-3 minutes while the band shouts some random phrase (probably the title of the song) over and over. Its only gift is its brevity.

Like a monotonous, thudding hangover. Two half decent songs: Blitzkrieg Bop Let’s Dance

90% of this album sounded like it was trying to be one long Sex Pistols song. I thought the driving, attacking, instrumentation kept energy high throughout the album. Although there was zero evolution or exploration of musical ideas beyond power chords and simple progressions. The short track lengths gave the listener continual hope for the introduction of a new idea, but instead resulted in a continual bombardment of general monotony and complacency. The band relies too heavily on the general popularity of the punk aesthetic and the simplistic "whinge-ing" of the lyrics and vocal delivery, while in the end achieving nothing. 2/5

I feel bad giving this a two, but all the songs blended together and it got boring. Despite being very short, each song didn't feel like two minutes. Maybe I'd like a different Ramones album more. My favourite song was Blitzkrieg Bop.

I have mixed feelings about this album. It's fast, it's punchy, it's wildly influential, it's innovative, it's capital-P Punk... but it's also the same song 14 times over. It's decent.

Just beats you over the head.

3 chords, loud and all the songs are the same. I guess thats punk rock

Tutte uguali sono alla fine 2 canzoni, non sono male le due canzoni in se, ma neanche niente di che, rock trasgressivo. BAANAANAS

Outside of Blitzkrieg Bop, which is a fun track (albeit one I don’t like enough to regularly listen to), there’s not much here. Straightforward and samey instrumentation, slurred (almost incoherent at times) singing, simplistic lyrics and a lack of any real edge or emotion makes this pretty low-tier punk rock for me. Almost every song is extremely repetitive, and very little stands out from the rest. The only track that really breaks the formula is “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”, which instead of being a fast tempo, repetitive punk song with simplistic lyrics is a mid tempo, repetitive pop love song with simplistic lyrics. Yay? Overall, not impressed. They may have been the “first true punk band” and helped inspire a lot of the punk aesthetic, but compared to what later punk and rock groups have done, this album just doesn’t hold up.

Decent album

if you like punk you'll probably love it. I don't

Good, but not really my vibe. I can see how this changed the course of punk music, but it lacks the punch that I look for in songs; both in terms of the low end of their instruments and in terms of content. The songs are over before I can groove, and that’s if I can grove because it is just repetition on the guitar and drums. Now obviously, that’s not why people come this genre, which I why I would never make a serious review of a genre I don’t regularly consume.

I don't find the Ramones that interesting. A single track is punchy, punky, and energetic. A whole album just becomes repetitive.

Blitzgreig is a banger but all the other songs sounds the same

Not very punk in my opinion, almost pop music. All got very samey but not terrible either.

Started strong but got boring pretty quickly. I just don’t like punk.

Although I was raised partially on rock, I was born in the 90s and the Ramones never really popped up on my radar. Still, I was always aware of their name and some of their biggest hits. I was therefore sorely disappointed to discover that, after going through this entire album, I cannot count myself a Ramones fan. Apart from the music all sort of sounding the same – there were a few times where I honestly didn't realize that I'd moved on to the next track – I don't really get how this band became as big as it did. To me, their music is a PEZ dispenser of short, fast, and uninspired guitar riffs accompanied by abrupt and goofy vocals. Great for background music to silly commercials or fun film montages, maybe, but I can't imagine enjoying an entire Ramones concert...

5/17/2022 - ALBUM #110 Today's Album: "Ramones" by Ramones - Oh boy is this album ever grating and obnoxious. Now, after giving this a casual listen and thinking that exact sentiment, I really tried to have an open mind going into my more in depth listen to try to get anything out of it, but wow does this album just get more and more insufferable as it goes on. It starts off really promising with the gigantic hit Blitzkrieg Bop, which sets a great tone for the record with these really crunchy guitar chords and some really punky and confident lead vocals. The HEY HO LETS GO chants add so much energy to this track and it really made me think I was getting into something amazing. The next track Beat on the Brat has some really nice aspects to it and I think the chorus is really fun despite the very strange mixing choices, but it is obviously a step down from the last track and the rest of the album just follows suit. Ranging from decent to unlistenable, the rest of the songs start with the same overblown 3 chords that the guitarist keeps cranking out and the moany, whiny, and lazy vocal performance just gets less charming and more unlistenable with each track. I really tried to put myself in the mindset that this punky project is going to have some production choices that I will just not agree with, but when the issue comes not from the production but the song writing, it really gets hard for me to stay invested and look past the flaws when so much of this project is just poorly put together. Each track feels like it goes on much longer than it actually does and the overall >30 minute runtime feels like an absolute slog to get through. Overall, this album has a lot going for it and I really see the start of something special (as in it is pioneering a genre), but as a standalone album it just isn't worth my listen. Listen to Blitzkrieg Bop and leave the rest unless if you're really into punk, but even so I don't think you'll get a ton out of it. Highlights: Blitzkrieg Bop Score: 4.5/10 A downhill slope

Blitzkreig Bop is a BOP. Then the rest of the album basically sounds like variations on Blitzkreig. It’s very repetitive and suffers from no variety whatsoever.

So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive. So repetitive.

Boring, but for name 2*

repetitivo

Starts out great but I think it really overstays it's welcome by the end. It's just an incredibly meat and potatoes, detached punk album for me. Even with the short length it felt like a drag.

Hey ho let's go I apparently have never heard a Ramones song before. The Havana banana song was kinda fun, all in all not something I would listen to. My mum was born the year this came out, 46 years ago.

You've definitely heard Blitzkrieg Bop before. Even if you think you haven't, there is a 100 percent chance you have. The song isn't even that good, why do so many people use it!? The rest of the album is just really boring. It's vanilla ice cream served at a restaurant after a decently good dinner with your parents, it's the most basic Punk Rock you can get. Also the vocalist sucks ass lmao

No siis. Vaikka mulla on historia ramojen kaa niin onhan tää nyt hyvin monotonista, itseään toistavaa ja semi tylsääkin soitantaa. Ei tätä sillee ilokseen kuuntele. Muutama biisi, niinku beat on the brat on toki klassikkoja syystäkin, mutta ei ne nyt tätä pelasta. Aika vissiin kultaa muistot tai ehkä mun maku on vaan todella paljon kehittynyt.

I liked some of the songs but like not as an album. You know? And we're meant to be rating these as albums

All sounds the same to be honest

Good

Didn’t mind it too much, it’s short and punchy. Doesn’t leave much of an impression though and feels a bit superficial. Find it strange people hang on to stuff like this and The Clash, apart from looking quite cool there isn’t much substance.

I get it - they were ahead of their time. That said, it's a bit of a hard listen given my enjoyment of more modern punk. Better as a history lesson than a listen.

I did like a couple of songs that are iconic, but the rest were all similar to one another and did not stand out in the lyrics department either. If you heard one or two Green Day songs, you really heard them all... Same applies here

Ahh the memories 🤫

obviously a fantastic opener, brings me back to Tony hawk which just goes to show this songs broad appeal over time "Second verse, same as the first" chainsaw doesnt start with a chainsaw but some sort of circular saw? meh a 2

it's fine and that's kind of it

All the tracks sound the same & the singer's voice is annoying.

For years I have seen Ramones shirts, heard amazing remarks about the Ramones, and the hype I had heard about them was so great I thought they were God’s gift to music. When I listened to them for the first time, and after this album listen now, I truly believe there may not be a more overrated band than the Ramones. Don’t get me wrong, they have a couple “bops” (pun intended), but overall I think their discography is criminally average at best. Now, I’m not the biggest punk fan in the world, but there is quite a good bit of punk that I enjoy, despite what my previous punk reviews on this site have you believe (I haven’t really enjoyed the punk on this list thus far that I have received). With that said, I think the album is a 1/5, however I will give it a 2/5 for historical importance to the punk genre.

influential, and a couple of good tunes but really pretty pish.

As important as this may have been it’s not aged well. The songs are basic but I get the impression they are decent musicians pretending to be bad ones. Unlike their punk peers they don’t have much to say. 2/5

I might be upsetting the music gods, but I didn’t like this album. If the goal was for every song to sound the same, A+, 5 Stars. The reason it gets 2 stars is solely because of Blitzkrieg Bop.

Solid debut. Iconic. I struggle with their LPs because 1) so many tracks blend together, and 2) there's a lot of filler of so-so songs.

Every song sounds the same

Ok, but I'm not big on punk

All of the songs have the same droning high pace base line in the back - not my favorite

Every song sounds the same. Appreciate who they are, but boring album overall

Seemed pretty repetitive (the songs had similar structure and chord progressions were always the same) although this might be a characteristic of punk-rock. The Lyrics were probably the most interesting, being much more diverse than the instruments. Overall this album was an interesting listen but I got slightly bored after the 9th song

Herkenbare klanken, compositie en mastering. Leuke stereo mix in Now I wanna sniff some glue. Worden veel dezelfde instrumenten met dezelfde akkoorden gebruikt. In let's dance hoor ik op de achtergrond wel een hammond orgel, maar dit is geen prominent onderdeel van de mix. Overall een beetje een monotoom album wat niet echt verrast.

Quite catchy songs but for me there is not enough depth in the instruments, voice and lyrics.The songs are also very similar and have a lot of repetition. The constant guitar rif in the right also gets old very fast. Did not finish

A lot of very similar songs, no question it's the Ramones.

A O 2 ✨

simple, lacklustre bop rock

Hating Blitzkrieg Bop did not help. The album was a little dull, but at least the songs are short little ditties.

Not a fan of this… enjoyed some of the singles but an entire long player is just not great! Sorry Ramones!

Blitzkrieg Bop? More like Blitzkrieg flop.

It’s a good thing this album is 29 minutes. I’d give it two stars if it was shorter.

Plaine and boring

I realised today that you can go back and rate albums you've missed. I picked this one because it's the shortest so far and it's late at night. I didn't really pay attention to the lyrics but I didn't like the sounds enough for it to have been worth it anyway. No idea what this is supposed to evoke. It was listenable but I can't give it more than a 3/10.

was kinda bad. i don’t like it

Asa buns albumul acesta .Ma lasa fara cuvinte .inafara de Blitzcrieg Pop care face referinta la hitler si tacticile lui de razboi.E foart obositor,e acelasi riff al basistului care se repeta la infinit .Simt cum sufletul meu este extras si supt in stil balzacian.E genul de album care iti inrautateste relatia cu familia ta.Te face sa devii avar ca Costache Giurgiuveanu.Din punct de vedere istoric ,probabil a creat o noua nisa pentru rockerii din aceea perioada.Proabil reprezenta un nou pas inainte cu "sunete noi".AStfel,nu intelege cum albumul acesta a ajuns aici si tine ipostaza aceasta de mit al culturii rock.

musicas fav: blitzkrieg bop

jedes lied klingt gleich, der typ kann 0 singen und schlecht gemixt ist es auch

all the songs sounded the same to me i’m sorry to anyone who enjoys their music but it was painful to listen to - i still listened to the whole thing anyways

Shit fake punk. Worst of the worst.

im gunna skip this one jay said was shit

DNF. I hate this. They cant song and what are they saying.

Still as influential today as it was when it came out. After listening to this, I was influenced to listen to better music. Hookless dragging cretin punk sludge that somehow makes thirty minutes feel like thirty hours. The Ramones are pack of talentless mooks who conflate playing well with playing loud and so sling out the same bland rock riffs for fourteen tracks while the lead singer belches out first draft lyrics with a voice that could only have be obtained by spending an evening smashing needles of horse tranquilliser into the base of his thick skull.

After the first song-all the others sound the same.

какой-то тинейджерский рок, ваще не понравилось

I guess this was fresh and raw back in the 60's but all of it sounds the same to me. Never been a Ramones fan and a fresh listen hasn't changed that.

As tshirt sellers ramones are up with the best. Musically this is pap of the highest order. Silly without any humour

Listened on a walk. As far as punk goes, I love and agree with everything the movement stands for. But as a pure listening experience, I cannot stand the stuff. One dimensional, grating, and worst of all - boring. I thought it was just because I'm getting old but then I remember that I've always hated The Ramones, and the fact they were so influential remains a mystery to me to this day.

Don't like it. at all. That vocal tone is not pleasant.

Maleta

Kommer inte lyssna

Blitzkrieg Bop is good, 13 more times of that not so much...

I never saw much appeal to the Ramones and I still don't. I imagine they get a lot of credit for starting punk and probably had some fun live shows. I can tell they had a good sense of humor. But musically I don't find it very interesting and it's certainly not something I'd choose to listen to. Sorry dad

have the rolling stones killed

Man I really thought I was going to like this album. I usually like rock like this but every one of the 14 songs sounded so similar that the fatigue set in quickly. 1.5/5

Not really my genre, I thought many songs sounded so similar

I like them but man way too repetitive. I need a little more than 1, 2, 3, 4! And the same 4 chords being rearranged for every song.

This is not my type of music

Here I am, face to face with the foundational album in my least favourite genre of music. It starts off well with Johnny Ramone intonating the word 'bop' in a really cute way on Blitzkrieg Bop. A couple songs in I was still on board but it soon fell apart. I don't think I will ever like the simple brash abrasiveness of your average punk song.

One of the most endearing things about the Ramones is that it evokes the feeling that anyone can create music, even 8 year olds. One of the least endearing things about the Ramones is that it evokes the feeling that 8 year olds wrote and played this. The good news is it sounds like 8 year olds mixed and recorded this. At least the leather jackets are pretty sweet.

The songs all started to sound the same from some point on.

meh

you can’t even tell when a song ends or a song starts. they all have the same beat.

meh, kinda repetitive

This will sound similar to other reviews on here - but this basically sounded like the same song 14 times. The vocals I thought were terrible, sometimes incomprehensible. I admit I've never "got" punk and most punk I've heard I just don't rate at all - from the singing to the music. I appreciate some simplicity and the whole idea of the punk movement - but musically for me it's a barren wasteland.

Didn’t really do much for me. Felt like the same song over and over and not a particularly good song at that

Nuh uh

If only the whole album didn't sound like one song... maybe that's just not my genre

Ramone are junk

I wanna sniff some glue to forget that I listened to this. Fortunately, there’s a song for that.

1/10 - Not a fan of this band or album. - Think they literally use about 3 chords on the entire album. - Every song sounds the same, mainly cause you can’t understand any of the lyrics over the 3 chords crying out the guitars. - If you like energetic early punk rock then this might be exactly what you want to hear. However for myself it’s not for me, but that’s art for ya! So I’ll quit Romoaning.

An insult to humanity that this is on the top 1001 albums of all time.. Was enjoying at first 2 classic songs until the same 3 thrashy chords and song rhythm got very boring

Yawn

I’ve never understood why they’re held in such high esteem, it sounds like some greasy record executive heard punk and put together the punk Monkees, the Punkees if you will, the difference being that the Monkees had tracks. The best thing about Ramones is the logo, the second best is how they mastered the manipulation of time itself, making 29 minutes feel like 2 hours.

Stupid teen screaming

Heard it before. In fact I've heard it multiple times because each time I thought "I've never listened to any Ramones albums" before checking my stats and realizing I have, in fact, listened to this very album already. Nothingburger of an album and the most overrated punk band ever 1/5

boring… not much content? exhibitionist. the songs don’t mean anything and all sound the same

For a lot of the hooks it’s just the title of the song over and over until you get bored of it. There are really simple power chords in the background of each song. The electric guitar and drums are very prominent parts of this style. Very catchy to be honest. Blitzkrieg Bop, let’s dance, and Beat on Brat really stick out to me on this album. A very punk rock album of the 70’s. Not my cup of tea and this is my rating so it’s getting a 1 out of 10.

Every track begins with "one two three four..." As for the cover picture, the guys on the far left and far right bought their wigs from the same place.

One hit wonder. 30 minutes I will never get back.

Blitzkrieg pop is leuk. Maar alle volgende nummers zijn gewoon hetzelfde. Zonder de 1, 2, 3, 4 tussen alle nummers zou ik oprecht niet geweten hebben wanneer het volgende nummer zou beginnen. Tijdens Blitzkrieg pop dacht ik aan 4 sterren, er blijft er jammer genoeg maar 1tje over

Minha tese é de que o Punk fez com que o Rock andasse uns passos para trás. Uma música simplória. Mas se como movimento tem sua relevância na cultura popular e talvez merecesse um disco no livro, poderiam ter colocado "Mondo Bizarro", que traz algo bem mais interessante. Este aqui é repetitivo e cansativo e se não fosse a estratégia da contagem progressiva (1, 2... 3) antes de cada faixa, não haveria como o ouvinte saber que acabou uma e começou outra.

About 37 minutes longer than it needed to be. It just kept going.

I can’t do it. 1

Punk

Shocked that I never really listened to the Ramones before. Now having done so, I realize I wasn’t missing much. I found it hard to discern many of the songs from one another. They definitely have their own sound and that sound is in every song without fail. That’s both good and bad. It’s like they want every one of their songs to be a rock anthem and it becomes tired. I don’t really have an ear for instruments but it sounded like a lot of the same chord progressions in each song. Literally didn’t realize the song had changed at one point because it sounded the exact same. Maybe I’m being overly harsh, but had higher hopes for the band that was plastered on every teenagers shirt in the 2010s.

Me parece muy muy original que una marca de camisetas se haga tan popular que acabe incluso sacando un disco. Y el disco no está para ser de una marca de camisetas, la verdad.

it’s the same song over and over . 1

I just don’t like the Ramones. Too milk toast to be punk, not talented enough to be anything else.

Not good! I won’t pretend to know much if anything about punk, but if this is it, I’d rather listen to congressional hearings. Repetitive, lazy chords and lyrics in the first few tracks give the listener necessary context for the same repetitive lazy chords and lyrics experienced in later tracks. Am I crazy or do tracks 7-9 literally have the actual exact same guitar progression?? Listen to Ramones Ramones if you want 29 minutes to feel like 29 hours.

“It was edgy, avant garde, it pushed the envelope while promoting violence and drug use!!” https://youtu.be/xXNy5YvF6l0?si=H0RgT5Gv6HMDRo5T Dumb, repetitive simple lyrics with the same chords in each two minute song; self described as a “return to pop” during a period of highly produced albums. It’s incredible to me how much this gets a pass from reviewers. How many reviewers feel the same way about a song like Gucci Gang? Surely Lil Pump’s punk enough with that endeavor, no?

OK, I gave them a chance. Not my type of music... far from it. I actually got this album from a friend, never played it. One of my clients has a "Ramones museum" here in Sweden. A little surprised that the album made it to this list. Where is Lee Clayton's "Naked Child" in that context?

adri: 2, la canción que más me ha gustado "i wanna sniff some glue" y creo que después de 8 canciones con el mismo ritmo en absolutamente todo hasta me apetece hacerlo de verdad. Ha sido un sueño febril digno de las alucinaciones de alguien perdido en el desierto mar: 1, no he soportado, todo es igual

I don't like punk so I just picture a fight scene in a movie when I hear music like this.

Repeat words and riffs over and over. I just don’t get it I guess. There’s like 16 unique words in every song.

3 hours, demos AND I hate the singer's voice? 1 star for sure. I only like their blitzkrieg pop song that's IT

Are the Ramones 13 years old? Because if so this is a great start to forming a band. Some nice ideas and decently played, well done boys. Or if they were grown men at the time of recording, this is shit.

didnt listen coz the cover was shot in black and white so i though they were black so i didnt listen

i am rex and i am homo. lol

From the energetic opening track of Blitzkrieg Bop this album is indeed a "bop," until that song ends. Probably the shortest album I've listened to. And the mixing isn't too great, particularly on the vocals and drums. Additionally, Most of the tracks sounded alike except I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and Blitzkrieg Bop (both were also the only tracks written by drummer Tommy Ramone, so he did a good job). I felt I had already heard everything they could do with Blitzkrieg Bop. I'm aware the Ramones were one of the most influential bands on punk rock, so I'd like to give them more, but the album doesn't particularly impress me at all. 30 minutes of playing the same song but with different words and a slight different beat. Notable tracks: Blitzkrieg Bop, I wanna Be Your Boyfriend

Boring. Didnt finish. Stop giving me dad rock

Couldn’t wait for this to end

I can listen to a couple of songs, but not the whole album again.

i never want to

aye oh lets go. every song on this album sounds the same ngl. not good tbh

Couple of decent songs but the whole album was not for me. 1/5

Boring to me

Not a fan. Too repetitive with both lyrics and beat.

Didn’t listen, shits garbo

I like bands than can play. The Ramones cannot, like most Punk bands. Their music sounds like the same song played over and over again. Simple, raw, but clumsy. It's hard to imagine that this record was considered hot and trendy at some point in time.

Sod off

intro to chain saw made my heart stop

Not quite my tempo. 175bpm, to be exact.