Ramones

Y a la musique des crédits de Spiderman homecoming ☝️🤓

A classic one Love punk, still, i dont like that this one sounds identical in every fucking song

"Violence, drug use, relationship issues, humor, and Nazism were prominent in the album's lyrics." .... nazism ????brecim lol hned ze zacatku jsem ofc poznala blitzkrieg bop fun mi prisly hned treba judy is a punk, i wanna be your boyfriend, ..., ale overall ty pisnicky lowk zni vsechny uplne stejne, neprislo mi, ze by nejaka vylozene standoutla

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

Look, I get that this is probably one of the most important albums on the list...but it really is Blitzkrieg Bop + 12 worse Blitzkrieg Bops. And Blitzkrieg Bop isn't particularly good. Also I absolutely hate his singing.

Ramones have always been one of those bands I admired more than loved. When I was younger they felt too American, too wilfully dumb, too interested in saying “Beat on the Brat” or “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” and then wandering off before anyone could ask why. Compared with British punk, where even the provocations usually had a target, they could seem almost pointlessly shocking. I think I was listening for meaning in the wrong place. This time the penny dropped. Ramones isn’t just a masterpiece of brevity, it’s a masterpiece of form. One of the points of punk was to strip rock back to its essentials. The Ramones don’t just strip it down, they keep stripping. Middle eights? Gone. Instrumental indulgence? Gone. Elaborate arrangements? Gone. Even Please Please Me starts to sound faintly progressive by comparison. It’s almost as though someone asked, “What if every song was ‘I Saw Her Standing There’?” and the answer came back, “Every song. Ever.” The astonishing thing is that it never becomes boring. From a distance, everything sounds the same. Up close, it absolutely doesn’t. Once your ear adjusts to the album’s internal grammar, tiny changes become huge. “Beat on the Brat” becomes “the slow one”. A count to eight in “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” suddenly feels dangerously self-indulgent. By the closing track, a tempo change lands like a plot twist. I also found myself appreciating just how skilful Johnny Ramone’s playing really is. The relentless downstrokes create what feels like a continuous wall of sound, but it’s his left hand that performs the miracle. Chord changes happen at impossible speed without the momentum ever faltering. It shouldn’t work. Yet the guitar becomes this immense sheet of harmonic texture, with crash cymbals simply punctuating the changes. The sweetness surprised me too. Beneath the leather jackets and horror-film titles is a band hopelessly in love with early Beatles, girl groups and bubblegum pop. The backing vocals are genuinely lovely. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” and “Listen to My Heart” reveal a band whose emotional vocabulary is almost childlike in its directness. No introspection, no explanation, just declarations. What really unlocked the album for me, though, was thinking about Pop Art. The Ramones don’t seem to have formed a band so much as created a universe. Everyone is a Ramone. Everyone dresses the same. Every song lasts about two minutes. Every song begins with “1-2-3-4”. They don’t explain themselves any more than Warhol explained the soup cans. They simply present another one. Because we’re human, we can’t resist digging for hidden meaning anyway. That makes the occasional glimpse of reality, particularly “53rd & 3rd”, all the more striking. The comic-book world suddenly brushes against something that may actually have been lived, yet the band refuse to announce its importance. It’s simply another Ramones song. The biggest revelation, though, was that the apparent stupidity is anything but. The Ramones aren’t rejecting complexity. They’re rejecting options. They impose so many constraints on themselves that the only remaining complexity is in the execution. Any fool can be clever. It takes real confidence to know what not to do. The Ramones didn’t simplify rock. They found the point beyond which it couldn’t be simplified any further and still remain rock and roll.

Obviously the birth of punk is gonna get 5 stars.

The core of this album is the Ramones just taking 50s style pop songs and making them hard. Hard AF. Cool thing is no one had ever done that before. Which is part of what makes this album is great. What also makes this album is every song is great. Literally no clunkers. Every song is pop punk in its original form. This is perfection.

BEFORE: I've definitely heard it before, I know and like a lot of the songs and already I know it's a massively influential album. Outside The Clash and Refused, I've never been a big punk guy. AFTER: 29 minutes. Banger after banger. Nothing outstays its welcome. Like AC/DC, they have a formula that works and don't stray too far from it. Joey's idiosyncratic delivery, the early rock and roll influences and the backing vocals really elevate these simple but powerful songs. An absolute classic and worth listening with a pair of decent headphones. It's also nice to hear a band who are so upfront about what they want. HIGHLIGHTS: Everything. LOWLIGHTS N/A VERDICT: A wonderful album. Influential and catchy as hell. 5 stars.

Good punk

It's Ramones by Ramones - of course it's 5 stars! 14 songs, all rippers, done in less than half an hour. Sixties girl group arrangements played impeccably by seventies dirtbags. One of my favourites!

Gabba gabba.

An absolute classic.

Hey ho let's go!

Punk rock perfection!

Excellent album

Really liked it. Great vibes!

The root of the music I love the most. 3 chord, 2 minute pop songs. Ramones stand with The Clash as one of the two best punk bands of all time. Every track is brilliant, tough choosing a favourite. Yeah I love them. Favourite track: Judy is a punk

If you don’t rate this as a 5 - I don’t want to hangout with you and i dont trust you.

Foda, primeira música já vem no coração, eu com 8 anos jogando Tony Hawk na praia. Carai, o álbum todo é familiar pra mim, provavelmente meu irmão tinha esse álbum. Muita música boa e clássica. Começou muito bem, com as melhorinhas, 4 em sequência, mas depois foi baixando a qualidade. Mas mesmo assim, 4 músicas fodas, e com certeza voltarei a ouvir mais vezes elas. Então merece 5.

Classic NY Punk. Say what you want about the Ramones, they aren't the most technically impressive band, but I've never met anyone that hates this album. Maybe not their cup of tea, but nobody outright HATES them. That alone is impressive as hell.

A solid contender for most iconic album of the 70s. Maybe of all time. Despite being overplayed, it still just works. Fast, raw, direct, cool as fuck.

Forgot just how good this is. There is no let up in the assault on the ears. Took me back to adolescence again.

I would say that while the punk sound and vibe are repetitive, it just made me feel so joyful in a way I cannot explain. In some ways, it made me feel quite nostalgic for a long-gone version of the United States I remember. Absolute classic for a reason, and 1000% worth listening to!

What if we married Phil Spector girl groups to 1970s urban hellscapes

Maravilla de album, si bien los ramones son los patrones del punk.

Loved this album from many years

I may not listen to it much anymore, but where would music be without it?

This is real, this is me I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, now Gonna let the light shine on me Siempre lo he amado, creo que nunca había escuchado un álbum suyo de pi a pa y ahora los amo más. Tienen la corona y es claro.

Clásico. Atemporal. No es lo que escucho normalmente pero disfruté cada segundo.

I can't believe my good fortunes here, third great album in a row. I have loved the Ramones since probably 1980 when I was just a kid. I know the idea that their songs all sound alike but really they all sound fresh when you hear them and have so much energy. Many may disagree but I have to give this 5 stars for just the influence this band and all of these songs have had on me forever

The quintessential punk rock album. Nothing fancy, gets it done. I come back to this album on a regular basis because I think it's just a great album and it defined a genre shift.

Great album.

Majedaar

Love this one!

Ramones may have been born long before me, but somehow they have always felt like part of my own story. When I think about myself — rebellious, restless, forever young, always ready for a fight — their music is there. Every time I play this record, I want to grab the car, pick up my friends, and disappear onto the highway the way we used to on the coast: salty air, loud songs, messy laughter, and the feeling that the night could last forever. Some bands become memories. The Ramones became a way of moving through life. Long live the Ramones, always.

Fast pace perfect punk album

4.5/5

While punk has certainly taken many different turns since this album, it’s still so foundational, so fast, so fun. How do you not love it?

songs end abruptly but so fun to dance to! ahh! feel like going to paradise lost. makes me want to play the music really loud!!!! so driving and fun. got totally lost, loved it. reminded me of vinyl set. wondered how old they were when they recorded this and posed for the album cover. so cool. NY!!! wanna go to 53rd & 3rd hahaha. what was the reason. xo

un clásico. me encanta

I love this album.

Rate: 10/10. AGUANTEN LOS RAMONES!!!!!!!

Me recordó a cuando era adolescente

The Ramones strip rock music to the studs. Studio tricks, instruments outside the guitar/bass/drums triad, and anything resembling “deep” songwriting are all not only abandoned, but derided. All you need, the Ramones insist, are a riff, a hook, and an attitude. And you know what? They’re right. This is that rarest of rarities: a perfect album. Not perfect in the sense that there’s nothing WRONG with it, of course not. It’s basically the same song over and over; Joey Ramone can barely sing; the rest of the band can only play four or five chords at one speed; the lyrics are sorta subversive at best and absolute braindead schlock at worst. No, the Ramones’ debut is perfect because it captures the raw id of rock music in crystalline form. Everything the genre is about, on its most basic level, is here. Tldr: PT BOAT ON THE WAY TO HAVANA I USED TO MAKE A LIVING OFF OF PICKING DA BANANA

Massively influential album. They combined a range of unusual influences that are still important parts of modern punk. I'd say there's only one track that isn't top tier and even that is solid. The only thing I could say against it is that if I was to grab one Ramones album it'd be It's Alive, but while I think that's more enjoyable, this was clearly more influential

A seminal album not just in punk music but I believe music as a whole. The Ramones combine the melodicism of the beach boys, beatles and girl groups with the trash rock abrasiveness of the Stooges and the MC5 which was a unique combination for the time. The result is some very strong earworms that are noisy as all hell and songs that pretty much end before they start. The albums topics are all over the place with lot of it having unconventional and humourous elements. Some of the topics include drugs, love, Nazism, tropes, male prostitution. It has all the possible topics you could sing about! Oh, one more thing: "PT Boat on the way to Havana!?" (love that line so much.) (Ramones review done without mentioning "Blitzkrieg Bop." Phew.) Highlight Song/s: "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Judy Is A Punk", "Havana Affair" and "53rd & 3rd"

Que som maneiro de mais, bateu uma nostalgia grande escutando

Hey ho, let's go...if you want clever, fucking listen to shite like Genesis...oh so fucking boring. 5 "gazillion for attitude alone" stars.

Every song is better than the last, never thought id say it but long live 7th grade

In my opinion, this is THE punk rock record that you should listen to. Best Songs: Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Judy is a Punk, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue, Today Your Love Tomorrow the World Worst Songs: 53rd & 3rd

Obra maestra del punk

Do I need to listen to this album? I mean, I have listened to this more than anything else on this list so far. And to answer my question, yes I do!

Blitzkrieg bop such a classic.

This was a classic example of the late 1970's punk that came out of New York. I have always enjoyed the Ramones, and listening again to this after many years, I still found it enjoyable.

Awwww yeaaahhhhhhhh let’s fucking gooooo

A classic

I want to mosh. THE American punk band.

The first three Ramones albums are absolutely perfect in every way. A huge influence on my musical taste. Yes, I know all the songs sound the same, but that's the point. Get a formula that works and stick to it! Brilliant! If I had a time machine, the first thing I'd use it for is to go see an early Ramones gig at CBGBs. And then I'd go kill Baby Hitler. Priorities...

Banger after banger, what a listen!

Rock

OG punk. Finally learned the real lyrics to Blitzkreig Bop

Literally bangers top to bottom. inventive. Cool. the model.

Ground Zero

I would have been such a punk if I heard this earlier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Highlights: “Blitzkrieg Bop” “I want to be your boyfriend”

Blitzkrieg Bop is the best song on the Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 soundtrack.

Fast, fun, simple and catchy. 14 songs in 29 minutes to create an album that would inspire a movement.

Repetativ som faen, men det er helt greit når det som repeteres er helt rått!

Som album e det kanskje ikke det beste, men e så mange fete låte her at I må gi top score.

The album that really started punk, and it’s quite clear why - to me it sounds like this wonderful transition point between the Beatles and Nirvana in the “make it simple and make it tuneful” school of pop-punk. While many punk albums have sophisticated, political, and lyrically brilliant themes (The Clash, Manic Street Preachers as good examples), Ramones is the archetype of the other school of punk - vaguely anarchist, absurd and funny by turns, and with an intense focus on energy and the music itself. Coming as it did in the 70s, it’s a wonderful contrast to the dense and long-winded albums that surrounded it - a periodic stomach punch that rock music so often needs to find its way. You can’t help but dance to this album, which sounds live and frantic in its recording. The spirit of joyous, playful, and frenetic punk is so well captured that you can quite easily ignore that the sound can be repetitive and some songs aren’t really all that interesting to listen to on repeat. But when it hits, man does it hit - Blitzkrieg Bop is a statement piece, but Havana Affair and Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement also stood out for me. I have to give it 4 and 1/2 stars for a slight drag in the middle.

pretty similar songs but they're all really good fav song: Blitzkrieg Bop

Punk not dead

I moved every song to my liked songs list😜

I can't comprehend anyone not loving this.

A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few years about how TikTok is shrinking song length with an assumption that these changes are for the worst. The Ramones are here to tell you that short songs are not necessarily bad songs. Sometimes the sound gets a bit repetitive, but just wait two minutes and you’ll feet another song. 4.5 stars rounded up

I used to hate Ramones for being repetitive and just uninteresting compared to the hardcore stuff I was listening to as a teenager. Repetition is fine when you've perfected the formula and set up generations of future punks for success.

This is dood

Banger punk album, basically made the genre

Me gustó mucho, muy lindos temas ♡

Yeah fuck it this bangs let’s have ittttt PERFECT album to open a restaurant to. (Didn’t meant to rate NWA a 3 it’s a 4 are you CRAZY?)

BOLUDO, SON LOS RAMONES, TOMÁ MIS 5☆

Another one of the best debuts ever. I love the Ramones - I know the sound has been copied to death and they were far from virtuosos at their instruments, but this is everything you want out of a rock band - short, catchy songs, never pretended to be anything they're not, and widely influential and beloved to this day. Everything that made them great is evident on the first album - the odd sense of humor, the unique sound, the feeling that they're not getting what they're going for but stumbled on something new entirely. Some of its sentimental for me as a 13 year old but I gotta go 5 stars.

When it is about punk, this is the album you need to listen to.

Podría ser su grandes éxitos pero es su álbum de debut. 5/5, punto.

What else needs to be said about this? All killer and no filler, this is essentially ground zero for punk rock. Ramones mix their love for The Stooges and 60's girl groups on their debut and you have a winning formula. Everyone and their nan knows 'Blitzkreig Bop' and as overplayed as it is, it is insane to think it is the very first song on their first album. What a mission statement! This is bone-headed and proud, poor Joey can't even pronounce the word 'basement'!. We get a rare tender moment on the longing 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend'. The guitar work and basslines are beyond simplistic, but sound amazing. Dee-Dee's bass pops in the mix and Johnny's down stroking guitar playing resembles a chainsaw. I can't imagine how the last 50 years of rock music would look if these guys didn't come along.

I almost don't even have to listen to it, these songs are all burnt into my memory from constant listening to all of their albums back in the '70s and '80s. A genuine cultural touchstone with a leather jacket and a sneer. At the time, this was truly revolutionary stuff, and it threw the doors open for the whole punk rock scene that followed. Nothing makes me feel quite as mortal and old as the fact that they're all gone now (the original 4 anyway). This would be an excellent desert island disc, but the volume and energy would reach any ships passing by, and they'd offer to rescue you if you'd just turn that damn noise down. :-)

Simple almost naive songs, dodgy production , basic lyrics ( the second verse is the same as the first) all the while trying to not collapse in to a chaotic mess. 5 stars

Great

14 tracks in 29 minutes. efficiency

Rocket to Russia has the better songs, but recently I've been realizing that this is one of the best sounding punk albums there is. Just love how that guitar and bass combine to grind on like that! Like sure, it all sounds the same, but that's okay because you'll love how it sounds. Anyway, if you're a fan of punk or indie rock or anything like that, this is easily one of the most essential albums you'll ever hear.

I've listened to this album at least twice per year for the last 40 years. It is the epitomy if stupid fun. Highly recommended when motivation is needed for house cleaning.

One of my favourite debut albums. I remember reading that themes of the famines were unemployed and decided to they were going to spend their unemployment on instruments and learn to play, but nothing too complicated. And that is how they created their sound- simple catchy power chords with a rawness that I loved. When I started my first band, this album was like our bible. We always played blitzrieg bop and closed our sets with today your love at twice the speed. God bless you ramones.

Classic!!!

Is it punk? Yes. Is it pop? Yes. Is it dumb as hell? Yes. Is it smartly done? Yes. Does every song sound similar? Yes. Are the songs distinct enough? Yes. It's the Ramones. It's everything it needs to be, and nothing more. It's fucking perfect. 5/5.

Man I love the Ramones. Rocket to Russia will always be my favorite album, but their debut is such a classic.

Hey Daddio

Hey! Ho! Let's go!

more humor than I remember.

Hey! Ho! Let’s go!

Big Ramone Fan. Classic Pop Punk Album

no need for a long review here. speaks for itself. i learned how to play guitar by playing along to this album, totally formative for me.

Debut album. Punk. One of the best debut albums of all time. Also an album of mega influence. It's short, sharp and punchy. The complete opposite of the Prog and huge stadium Rock bands on the other end of the spectrum at the time. I like all that too but Punk was needed to strip it all back again. 29 mins flies by.

Not enough stars.

Another classic I grew up with. My Dad often talks about getting to see the original line-up at least three times. Not that I’m jealous. Favourite track: Judy is a Punk

Remember listening to this as a kid and loving it. Toddler is dancing around to it this morning. There’s just something innate about these jams

FUCK YES! How could anyone not like this album? It's energetic, has hooks, attitude, and, most of all, it's fun! Goddamn this band were great. If you've given this album anything less than a 5 then you should stop listening to music as you clearly have no idea about the importance of this band and *most importantly* their brilliance. Best Tracks: Blitzkrieg Bop; Beat on the Brat; Judy is a Punk

Excelente álbum!

gonna slap 5 stars on this, it just slapped, great punk rock

5/10 no los he escuchado tanto

De vuelta al rock and roll de los 50 sin tapujos y sin adornos. Solo rock

Unpretentious punk rock, rebel kids making loud music just for the sake of it. I love it SO MUCH, I don’t care that it’s repetitive, its catchy, energitic and FUN

Wow turns out I really internalised the “oh you’re wearing a Ramones t-shirt? Name five of their songs” discourse of the early 2010s because tell me why I thought I’d never listened to the Ramones, when I indeed know and love the Ramones?? Anyway, great album that had me banging my head on my otherwise bleak walk home. I’m flying against my fear that I’ve given too many 5 star ratings lately, but this is a 5 star album!

The British sound of 90

I wanna be your boyfriend amorrrrrrrr

Um dos álbuns mais importante da história! Simples, cru e direto. Mas tem ótimas músicas e é incrível ouvir a união do contrabaixo e os vocais! TRN VX Pro+.

Pioniers, klinkt lekker, veel van hetzelfde, maar ook precies goede lengte

Yeah, so good I listened twice!

This is the only Ramones album that you need, but you do need it. A huge influence, and one of the foundations of punk, this does what it needs to do and then gets the hell out. It's stupid in places, but in a smart way. And why spend time writing lyrics if you don't have to? Silly, fun and essential.

This is just crazy -- so much fucking energy, so upbeat, so pure. But also some f'd up imagery. But also blitzkrieg bop is now used in a friggin' cruise line ad. I'll admit, this music makes me want to move my body, and it makes me feel all sorts of different things, for good or bad.

Awesome debut

Day765 - i know i couldn’t write these songs but they’re so simple and fun. second verse same as the first. brilliant. we need some ramones in these trying times

Ramones (1976) Un disco que cambió la música para siempre en solo 29 minutos. Los Ramones no inventaron el punk, pero lo redujeron a su fórmula más pura y explosiva: power chords frenéticos, melodías de los 60 disfrazadas de ruido y letras que oscilaban entre lo absurdo (“Beat on the Brat”) y lo existencial (“I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement”). La producción, deliberadamente cruda, suena urgente y sin pulir, como si la grabación pudiera colapsar en cualquier momento. No hay solos técnicos, ni pretensiones: es rock ‘n’ roll despojado de todo lo superfluo. Canciones como “Blitzkrieg Bop” (con su famoso “Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!”) y “Judy Is a Punk” son himnos instantáneos, construidos para ser replicados por cualquiera con una guitarra y rabia. Más que un álbum, es un manifiesto: la respuesta neoyorquina al rock progresivo y la autocomplacencia de los 70. Su influencia es incalculable: sin este disco, no existirían el punk global, el hardcore ni gran parte del rock alternativo. Imperfecto, brutalmente repetitivo y genial. Un golpe seco en la cara del rock tradicional. 9/10

9/10 It only has one sound, but what a sound that is.

I first heard this album when I was 14 and it changed my life. I thank the Ramones, and I thank Hilly Kristal for giving them a place to play. Getting into this band got me into the rest of the CBGB regulars, and totally changed the way my brain processes music. People complain about how these songs all sound the same, but really, who else could take four power chords and make one of the most influential albums of all time? Nobody.

Short, fast, knowingly dumb. Lovely stuff.

It’s a punk classic. Short, simple and straightforward. 5/5

No. 94 I've heard some of the songs before. Haven't listened to the whole album until today. Happy that I finally got around to it.

I knew this was a 5 when I saw it as my album of the day even though I have not listened to this in full in a long time. If this it punk rock then are the Ramones the best punk band? I am so glad to have got this album and won't go so long without listening the next time.

I liked super rockstar vibes

the greatest punk album ever

Punk rock classic !!

The Ramones learned how to play one song and decided that was good enough. And you know what? They were right

Legendary.

The Ramones – Ramones Following the "abrasive" and "soulless" disappointment of the Dead Kennedys, the Ramones’ 1976 debut is an "immaculate" return to form that kept surprising me with every track. The album thrives on a "triumphant" momentum where the production feels structured and intentional; I loved how each song fades perfectly into the following one, "hitting while the iron is hot" and never letting the high-velocity energy dip. The opening four-song run—from the iconic "Blitzkrieg Bop" to the 60s-inspired soul of "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"—is a masterclass in "technical simplicity" that hits the "vintage" sweet spot perfectly. Even as I moved deeper into the LP, I kept stumbling upon new favorites like "Let’s Dance," which highlights the band's deep connection to a classic rock-and-roll heart. Unlike the "hearing warfare" of other hardcore records, this "body of work" is as fun as it is sophisticated, delivering a "punky" groove that sustains its technical interplay from start to finish. A perfect 4/5 that officially restores my faith in the genre’s ability to be both raw and "immaculate."

Not much to say here. This album is a classic and should be in everyone's collection.

Short and snappy with massive pop appeal. An evolutionary leap from the Beach Boys and Phil Spector (I know they worked with him) groups of the 60's -70's. This album is the blue print for so much that came after. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World is one of the greatest punk songs ever! Obvious five stars.

Beat on the brat...Beat on the brat...Beat on the brat with a baseball bat oh yeah!

Ramones: Ramones shaped me. I started listening to them at 6 and they opened a whole new world. I then started exploring music with my sister, found out punk and so much more. So I keep them very close to my heart. It's so freaking cachyyyyy. Listen... it's punk a bit pop and I love it.

Actually so excited for this one!! Blitzkrieg Bop was probably the first song I ever liked that was rock based. I remember watching my neighbour play guitar hero and liking the song when I was about 8. The song also reminds me of going to see Green Day in ‘24. I don’t know much about the rest of the album though so time to have a good listen. Beat on the Brat has very similar guitar tones Blitzkrieg Bop, but with less punch if that makes sense. Going into Judy is a Punk, oh yes. This is a fun song. If I’m being honest, I don’t love the vocals, but, I’m loving the sound overall. I can see how they were one of the inspirations for Green Day. There are 100% similar sounds in here. I Wanna be your boyfriend, a decent song, has some pretty musical moments. I’m actually appreciating how short this album is, not that I’m not enjoying it, but it feels like a cohesive, edited effort. Chain Saw brings back the fast paced guitars and drum beats. It feels like it took a moment to breathe before throwing everything right back at the listener. Now I wanna sniff some glue just made me laugh. It was just pure punk fun. I’m enjoying the style of this album a lot. The short songs that just feel like they exist to be played loud. I don’t wanna go down to the basement and Loudmouth continued this trend perfectly. Oh my god, the guitars on this album just keep scratching an itch on my brain. Havana Affair just started and I think I’m enjoying this more every second. To be fair, this album is slightly repetitive, but after two weeks of albums that weren’t entirely in my genre, having something that directly influenced one of my all time favourite bands has made me really happy. Listen to my heart was good, and so was 53rd & 3rd. None of these songs overstay at all and are exactly what they’re meant to be. Let’s Dance was so much fun. I don’t wanna walk around with you was also a great, danceable track. The closer was so great, even down to the title. Overall I have to give this album my first 5/5 ⭐️. It’s not perfect, but it is a foundational album in my music taste and was inspiration to bands that have my whole heart. I will 100% be coming back to this. I’m so glad this album came up today. I was having a good day anyway and this made it even better. 15/1089

Gabba Gabba Great.

Einfach nur geil, bestes album ever.

Manchmal haben Songs tiefgründige Bedeutungen. Manchmal will der Interpret nur Klebstoff schnüffeln. Mit einer halben Stunde ist das Album sehr kurz gehalten. Verhindert aber auch damit, dass es überhaupt langweilig werden kann... Die Songs sind nicht besonders divers, aber erfüllen zu 100% ihren Zweck - Unterhaltung Absoluter banger

A lot of people say all the songs sound the same. Luckily that song is good and only 29 minutes long.

Ive know this one for a long time. It's obviously a classic. One of the best and most influential.

When you’re in the right mood, the Ramones are just 🤌. Just crank it to an ear-bleeding level and succumb. I was thinking with this listen about how much the world of modern rock owes to Johnny Ramone. He created this sublime chainsaw guitar sound that became the template for so much guitar rock going forward. This album is probably a 4, but because it’s the ONLY Ramones album on the list . . .

Yep. It’s dumb and great.

Ramones are like The Beatles but dirtier and sexier. Yes, Tommy Ramone, I would love to be your boyfriend.

if you start the album with judy is a punk its a much richer listen, just fyi… still a 5 either way

El inicio de todo un movimiento cultural

Greatest Punk Band Ever!

Such a great album. I feel like the Ramones are THE pop punk band. And this is their self-titled album. If you can't enjoy this, you won't like punk.

debut album of the ramones, and yet another example of a historically significant band debuting at such a strong point, it's indescribable. when i think of punk rock in its infancy, the ramones are probably the strongest picture in my head. with crunchy guitars, slightly imperfect rhythms and joey's accented, quirky vocals where 80% of the lyrics are "oh yeah oh yeah hey hey oh oh oh oh yeah". a very short runtime, but all killer, little filler. sex, violence, and dancing so fast you'd probably hurt someone. HEY! HO! LET'S GO!

No skips here

top10

The album iconic punk rock.

banger

very good album! heard they had a significant effect on the punk rock genre so this feels legendary for me to be able to experience such diversity.

Hm

I get why teen punk rockers are insufferable

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 Walk Around with You

Already a big ramones fan! Love!

So good. So dumb. Love it

Could have lived with less Nazi references, but it’s really something to hear a bad arrive so fully formed. Their subject matter, style, and delivery are all in place right out the gates and it really a tour de force Completely unrelated, but I meant to rate San Quintin 4/5.

Already knew that one

Hell yeah!

Fifty years old and still sounds box fresh 🤩

Ground Zero of Punk. Sounds as good now as the day it was released. Blows by so quickly it’s over too soon. Fabulous melodies and some great harmonising makes this much more musical than you might expect given the lyrical content. 4.5* but pushed to the full 5 for its massive influence.

Ramones.

Fun punk!

A classic. Always good for a listen

A seminal statement, a defining work of the punk genre--a must-listen for anyone interested in punk and/or the evolution of rock n roll. Too much? I say no

Hey Ho, Let's Go! These words are engraved in my memory, and became a standard line in my household when it was time to leave. Now my kids say it too. My first Ramones album was "It's Alive", where they played their first three albums in less than an hour! I was sold - raw, energetic, uncompromising punk rock'n'roll, which somehow sounded completely different from the British punk bands I grew up with. So, this is an all-time classic - never mind the bollocks telling you that all the songs sound the same - it's Blitzkrieg Rock! 5/5

Powerhouse of 2 minute songs so good I listened to it twice wish I had 6 stars

Blistering debut, raw and fast paced songs that range from teenage angst to love songs written by Joey Ramone, it marked a New York scene with great songs and a quick listen too. I can listen to this album any day of the week because it's not as abrasive and unlistenable as other punk albums, the singing is very clear and fun and songs are catchy too.

Test

Iconic. As an enjoyer of punk, the similarities between tracks don't bother me - I acknowledge that it's probably annoying to the punk non-enjoyers! - and 14 tracks in under 30 minutes is the perfect serving size. I listened twice within 24 hours, and that's actually pretty rare for me with albums from this project!

very short but a classic

Finally, some good fucking music on this list. It's Ramones. It's staple punk. It's fucking good.

100% stem to stern imperfectly perfect. The end.

I learned to play bass along to this album 20+ years ago. The first and the best.

Happy to see this album today.

One of the greatest albums of all time…IMO

Oh no it’s all short and repetitive!!! That’s. The. Fucking. Point.

A sea change at 33 1/3 RPMs

Love ABBA

So good!! H loved it too

Havana Affair --> Listen to My Heart --> 53rd and 3rd....fuuuuuuuuck I pretty much have this entire album memorized

Big fan. Such a great album.

Where punk formally began and got its name. Say no more.

Super Dope

To me, the Ramones embodied what “punk” is. Each track overflows with the sheer, joyful, nihilistic abandon that makes punk so great. This is peak punk perfection. Full stop. 5⭐️

Fun 70s/80s grunge rock, starting off strong with Blitzkrieg Bop - enjoyable listen all the way through

short and punchy. a great, fun album

🍌🍌🍌

(100/100)

Easily one of the greatest punk albums of all time.

Classic punk album

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!

One of the most important albums ever made.

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!

A pioneer punk rock album. Very defied the sound. I enjoyed even if all the songs sounded the similar.

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.

5/5 no notes

Feckin Love the Ramones. Who wants dreary nihilistic shouting when you can having something as energetic and joyful as this. Wish I could seen them live when we were both younger...

Love

Fuck yeah!

Perfection.

Classic.

Ramones created a template that would inspire countless punk and alternative rock bands. The album's raw production, recorded for just $6,400, proved that you didn't need expensive studio polish to make powerful music - exceptional must listen.

Hey-ho I went and I koved it

Stands up well, less than half an hour and no time wasted.

First many Ramones albums are just perfect.

Absolute classic, banger after banger! 4.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes Owned: No. 5/1001, 5/18 (27%) Will I get? Already have Recommend: Yes

If I was a teenager in the 70s this would've made me want to start a band

SIMPLE. FAST. CATCHY. AMAZING.

Who doesn't like the Ramones man.

The music of 12 year old Kit's soul. Album cover: (A+) Hard.

Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Nur Hits!

If you’re into punk, it’s hard not to enjoy this album. The rhythm really stands out and keeps everything moving. Joey Ramone’s vocals are catchy and fit this music so well. The songs are fast-paced and energetic with a no-frills style, but they still manage to pull you in and stick in your head. Overall, I really enjoy these guys and what they bring to the table.

I have nothing profound to say about this album. I love the raw energy. I love the goofy lyrics. I love the buzz saw guitar. I love their street tough image. I love the Ramones. 5/5 #143

4.5 stars Simple, straight forward punk rock inspiration. Great short pop songs that blast through. Catchy, enjoyable, and endlessly replayable. While a few tracks are less strong, as a unit it all works. This isn’t just a historical relic to understand how punk rock came to be, this is a great listen that continues to be a fun listen.

This album is wonderfully chaotic. Most of the songs sound the same, however, I enjoyed the upbeat choas of the album

Best Song: Blitzkrieg Bop This is the first time that I listened to this through. Great album. I would have been one-year-old when this came out so I didn't have a chance to listen when it launched but I was able to make up for lost time. 5/5.

thoughts: for what they intended this to be, it’s perfect. they had their sound down from this debut. very fun, very bouncy, very influential. today your love, tomorrow the world, indeed. songs: "blitzkrieg bop", “judy is a punk”, “i don’t wanna go down to the basement” rating: 9.1/10

10/10 Let's not make this more complicated than it is. This bands one song is the best song ever written, which is why they just keep playing it over and over again. 7-28-2025

Debate the origins of punk all you want, but the Ramomes codified it sonically and visually. 50s and 60s rock and roll sped up and distorted, barked more than sang, with a nihilistic twist, and still catchy and singable as hell. Leather jackets, jeans, and jacked up haircuts. Attitude over musical proficiency. Direct and relentless. And you can still hear it ringing today.

Innovative. Simple. Catchy. Quick. Don't blink or it's over

i'll start off by saying, i don't really associate the ramones with punk entirely. the fact that it seems like they have a mid-60s pop song on every one of their albums makes it seem to me like they are aggressive pop rock. that being said, this shit rules, man. every song is short, sweet, and to the point. maybe the point is about sniffing glue or hitting someone with a baseball bat or kids losing their minds. but the album is fun as hell to listen to. the hooks are great and it just sort of oozes cool to me. i also sort of reject the idea of this album being "repetitive" because oh my god it's 29 minutes long. if you can't stomach this for less than a half hour, i don't know how you can stomach anything.

Absolutely iconic. No student of popular music can deny this album's role in the evolution of rock. I always like to think of the Ramones as a very disaffected, surly, east-coast version of The Beach Boys.

Pure rock n roll

I love this album and listen to it quite often. A great punk album that brought punk into the mainstream

A classic, bad enough to be good, was listening to it while sniffing my glue

65/1001. Repetitive. Repetitive. Repetitive. And the punk who I stole this line from, and gave a 1 couldn't even spell, so I must be right.

Very good

"The Ramones" is the debut studio album by American punk rock band the Ramones. Punk rock is the lone listed genre appropriately enough. The album received glowing reviews and is considered one of the greatest and most influential punk albums of all time and also influencing grunge rock and heavy metal. The album was produced by Craig Leon and has lyrical themes of violence, drug use, relationships, humor and Nazism. The bandmembers were Joey Ramone (lead vocals), Johnny Ramone (guitar), Dee Dee Ramone (bass, backing vocals) and Tommy Ramone (drums, backing vocals). The album was commercially unsuccessful on its release only reaching #111 in the US. In 2012, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for its artistic significance. "Blitzkrieg Bop" kicks things off literally with a fast beat and that blazing, simple guitar riff. "He, Ho, Let's Go!" It's about a young audience at a rock concert. Melodic, fast and beautiful. Joey's vocals are in the forefront in "Beat on the Bat." The lyrics are based on Joey's experience watching a mother going after her kid in his apartment building. Who knew "Beat on the Brat" could be a catchy chorus? The second and final single "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" finds the Ramones slowing it down. In an homage to the love songs of the 1950's/1960's, Joey is actually singing and Johnny fuzzed up his guitar tone. "Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue" opens with a driving start then slows down and then stops. They do that dynamic a few times and there's also a mini-guitar solo in this 1:34 song. I guess options were limited growing up in the 1950's/1960's. Things go a tad dark in "53rd & 3rd." It's a song that Dee Dee wrote and has co-lead vocal duties. A grinding-sounding song describing a male prostitute who kills his customer to prove his masculinity. Umm, I don't want to know if this is based on personal experience. What's not to like about an album with 14 fast, catchy and melodic songs that last 29 minutes? A driving, charging guitar and bass and pounding drums. Similar and simple beats and guitar riffs with various noises added like chain saws and handclaps. The vocal choruses are sometimes chanted, sometimes sung and never boring. The lyrics can be humorous, sophomoric and even serious. "They" say that there are no completely original songs and that all songs come from somewhere. I agree with that and also that this album has to be in a ton of musical genetic trees from music from the last 49 years. A true musical classic and a great album.

14 songs, 29:16. Perfect. Three chords and the truth is all you need for a great song, and The Ramones did it first and best.

My Ramones era was mostly dominated by the various compilation albums - Mania and All the Stuff and More albums - which included every song on this album. It's big and dumb and I love it. In 1992 the Ramones were on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno playing Censorshit (I think). Around that time, I wanted to go see them in concert with Motorhead at the Newport Music Hall which was only a 1500 person club - amazing in retrospect when you think of how legendary those bands have become since then. My grandmother was for some reason watching the Tonight Show with me and after she saw the Ramones, she said "I'll pay you not to go see them." Good memory. I did not see them, because no chaperone type figure was interested in taking me to Ramones and Motorhead. All of our loss.

so fun. Also reminded of my teenage LA days and how all my schoolmates’ parents were ex successful punk rockers and we’d get into all kinds of shows for free when we had no freaking idea what was going on.

😍

Love 70s punk. Great band and album

The perfect pop record

This is one of the most important albums of all time!!

Classic in every way. The Ramones are fun.

Short but awesome. A stone cold classic.

Quality songwriting? Nope. Brilliant musicianship? Nope. Deep themes? Nope. Diversity of sounds? Nope. Just 29 minutes of a band doing exactly what they do exquisitely. And changing the trajectory of music and culture while they are at it.

One sound, one note, one feeling. Who cares? It’s the Ramones! You can feel why they started a whole genre - I’d imagine this blowing people away back in the day.

A classic.

PERFECTO!!!

Best band ever! Only Punk Rock!

5 out of 5. Some may be tired of three chord punk but The Ramones do it well. Like it or not it set a standard.

The punkest of all punk.

A few timeless classics and fun deep tracks, 5⭐

Such a great record. No notes

An all time classic, takes me back to jr high. Simple and basic as it comes

Punx not dead!

OBRA MAESTRA

“bUt iT aLL sOuNdS ThE SaMe!!!” thats the POINT you stupid assholes!

29 minutes to set a template for the next 50 years of pop punk, for better or worse but this is great dumb fun that's so reductive that it borders in genius.

Fast and heavy riffs, cool lyrics. All time classic probably the greatest punk album ever in that it spawned a generation of others

Hard to rate this less than a five just based on influence, but it's also a really fun album. 5.0/5.0: Iconic

Perfect album

Rating: 5/5 Short Review: Raw, relentless, and basically allergic to overthinking. Ramones is like if a band tried to punch minimalism in the face and ended up creating a genre instead. It’s all downstrokes and no subtlety, and it works because it means it. Favorite Track: “Judy Is a Punk” Because it’s 90 seconds of perfect chaos, and it somehow manages to insult fascists and name-drop Berlin with the energy of a sugar-high raccoon on roller skates.

Iconic New York punk. This and Rocket to Russia are really great. Banger after banger, even if they are short songs.

No time to get bored!

WWII, horror movies, leather, 60s garage and surf rock aping, the Ramones took some really disparate ideas and started a whole new genre and movement. It's easy, breezy, fast, and fun. It's form over substance. It's a classic.

When the [Ramones] hit the street in 1976 with their self-titled first album, the rock scene, in general, had become somewhat bloated and narcissistic. The Ramones got back to basics: simple, speedy, stripped-down rock and roll songs. Voice, guitar, bass, drums. No makeup, no egos, no light shows, no nonsense. And though the subject matter was sometimes dark, emanating from a sullen adolescent basement of the mind, the group also brought cartoonish fun and high-energy excitement back to rock and roll.

HEY! HO! LET’S GO! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

influencers of my poetry with quick, buzzy and dumb. could i write poetry to this? y

Impossible to give this anything but five stars.