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Pretty generic (uncreative) by todays standards but it was prob a bit better listen back then. But if you look at what else was out around then this is really mid with only a few songs that caught my ear.
What can I say absolute classic
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.
Blitzkrieg Bop is just okay. The album was very subpar for me.
Fun and funky but got a little repetitive towards the end.
blitzkrieg bop - восторг, невозможно на месте устоять. в остальном альбом хороший, энергичный, но не впечатлил
It's pretty much the same song over and over and the lyrics are ridiculously simple....but the formula works. At the time, it must have been so refreshing during the age of bloated rock acts like Styx, Boston, etc. I love the fake British accent and the whole "who gives a fuck" vibe of songs like "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Beat on the Brat."
1234!! Some groundbreaking motherfuckers right here. It's a simple formula, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Feel like these songs would sound even better live, seeing these guys in NYC in the 70s must have been an absolute blast. That fun 2000s indie sleaze new york scene led by The Strokes owes everything to this band, down to the penchant for leather
Yea a lot of the songs are repetitive, so what? Its the Ramones. Do the songs rock? Hell yea they do
rolled my eyes when i got this assignment. but i've literally skipped the past ~5 (i keep getting SHIT) so i decided to lock in. BLITZKRIEG BOP- yeah yeah yeah ok whatever. aye-oh lets go. i honestly quite like joey's voice and the overall production of this song despite how corny and ubiquitous it is BEAT ON THE BRAT- completely devoid of any sort of feeling and already establishing the repetitiveness of this record JUDY IS A PUNK- i could literally scream omg why is every song IDENTICAL with stupidass lyrics to boot! I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND- slop CHAIN SAW- so far the most inventive track here, the first i can see myself listening to again. why does he pronounce 'massacre' like that though? SNIFF SOME GLUE- fun. probably has the clearest resemblance to contemporary punk and is a clear blueprint to later work. BASEMENT- i am trying to stay charitable but my patience is wearing thin... how is this SO tedious. i also thought this album was released much earlier; the fact that it's from 1976 only aggravates my disinterest. like, the kinks released s/t a decade prior. LOUDMOUTH- ok. HAVANA AFFAIR- literally didn't realize the previous song had ended and a new one began lol. i do honestly like the lyrics of this one though. LISTEN TO MY HEART- kind of a gem for me. uninspiring and same, but i appreciate it. 53rd and 3rd- ok im literally at wits end. can we wrap this up. LETS DANCE- i don't like joey's voice anymore!!! SHUT UP!!!! i will spare the final two tracks from any kind of comment lest my review becomes just as tedious as this album was. maybe someone pissed in my cheerios or something but this is just sooo. insufferable. i'ma give it 2 stars though because there WERE a couple tracks i enjoyed, and i would be remiss to not take into consideration their (unexplainable) influence on future music. i wish this site had half-stars though, cause it's more like a 1.75...
2.5 - it was alright but so so simple and I get it yes punk is like thay but its just not what im looking for other than for a fun vibe sometimes.
Potentially unpopular opinion but I think Ramones are overrated.
Get an additional star for it's length... My ears get tired after a couple of songs. Remones has recorded better albums.
A truly great album from start to finish. It's amazing how many classics can be squeezed into 29 minutes. Driving fast punk. Impossible to single out best tracks, a masterpiece. Unfortunately I can only give a max of 5 stars
Punk rock. Like the same song 10 times, but fortunately that song is 2 minutes 30 seconds and fun.
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.
It all sounds the same to me.
Boy these blokes dropped like flies in the early 2000's, huh? Anyways, this album is definitely good, but undoubtably overrated. My first time listening to this back to front and yeah, it does get quite repetitive over 14 songs with the same singing and bass. Only the drum work and guitars feel different in pretty much half of these songs. There's nothing more to say about this really. We all know what the Ramones sound like and their enormous legacy on an otherwise way less popular genre.
Are the Ramones overrated? Probably. But I’ve seen their logo stretched across enough massive sets of tits in shitty bars to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Imagine your entire career being based off the success of one song. 5/10
Picking a highlight song from this album seems pointless as they're more or less all the same song. If my score was measured by cultural and musical impact this would score top marks as throughout my life I have been unable to escape Blitzkrieg Bop, I fucking hate that song. It does serve as a good sign that if it is in a piece of media or a movie trailer that those involved in making this are lazy and creatively bankrupt so I can save myself sometime and avoid it. Despite a lean runtime of 29 minutes, it feels extremely bloated. I am glad that basically every musical act that cites these guys as an inspiration are better than this. Highlights: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
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!
A lot of fun catchy songs but outside of the hits this album is pretty repetitive and forgettable
Not really a punk fan, but i recognize the importance of this album and the Ramones.
Loved this!! Straightforward and cathartic
Hugely influential- every punk album owes this a debt
Cute!
Just alright. Really punky not my thing plus all songs sound the same.
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
It's cool and all but pretty repetitive
Exactly what a punk album should be. Short fast songs that make you want to move.
About 37 minutes longer than it needed to be. It just kept going.
Short, simple hard driving songs.
the hits are decent but the rest of the album gets old fast, just not my thing
Just not for me. Maybe too straightforward.
I can’t do it. 1
3.0 - Ok
It was fine, but the album did not age well. sound too generic
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.
Not as much of a bop as the blitzkrieg would have led me to believe.
Punk rock AF
A punk classic. Very familiar with this album as I’ve been listening to it since I was 12. Almost perfect, starts out strong and ends strong, just suffers a little in the middle from being a little to repetitive/samey. But extremely influential and original for its time 9/10
Pretty much delivered on what I expected, like a lot of music, it's classic status is relevant to the impact in the era it was made. It's good but it doesn't quite live up to it's lofty status.
Oi oi
Aways felt that this album never quite lived up to its iconic status
Punk epic.
One, two, three, four... Second verse, same as the first! Ramones is very repetitive, and very listenable. Extra star for the punkness!
Definitely need to take some drugs before listening to this next time
They have quite the interesting sound. It's reminiscent of many other artists but I can't quite place what they sound like. Very good and surprisingly unique.
Great but won't listen to every day
Great album. Great debut. The original punk record! A bit repetitive but why switch the recipe when it tastes so good?
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.
My coworker pretended not to know who this was to make me feel old.
Blitzkrieg Bop is an iconic song but on first listen the whole album kinda sounds like it over and over. Listening again and it grows on you and you can hear its influence on later bands. I heard things similar to Horsegirl, who are in turn heavily inspired by 90s bands so I assume that sound is one that has been passed down for a few generations with the Ramones playing a big role in its development.
Classic punk rock, love it!
Pretty fun; short. I liked Blitzkrieg Bop in particular.
They're the AC/DC of first wave punk. Fun up to a point.
Somehow this album made me nod and drum along whilst simultaneously wanting it to stop
Worse than I remember. Can barely hear the guitar om half the songs.
Thought this was going to be better. Hard to actually hear what was going on. But of a shame
Musically just so basic, nothing I can enjoy about it
I wanted everything, especially the guitars to be louder
Les 2 premières chansons sont entraînantes mais ensuite le rythme est toujours le même d’une pièce à l’autre et ça devient un peu fatiguant :(
Là on jase… pour les deux premières tounes. Après, c’est trop tout le temps la même chose. 3/5
Punk for 50 year olds who think they’re still hip.
To me, nit as solid as Rocket to Russia. But still great Ramones. I saw them live in the mid 80s. They had faded some by then. But to imagine this music leaping from amps in the early days of punk must have been exhilarating.
This is a good album, but not great enough to bring me back for repeated listens. It's incredibly repetitive, but I guess that's kind of the point. It was super influential, so many bands and artists that came after were obviously inspired by them. For me though, they're more of a Greatest Hits band than an Album band.
3/5
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.
I'm typically not a fan of Punk Rock music, but their debut album is good! Hi! Ho! Let's go. Favorite Track: "Blitzkrieg Bop".
Fuck yeah.
7/10 Favorite: Blitzkrieg Bop
Blitzkrieg Bop is so good. Didnt like the rest. Ramon's just not for me.
Day 55 First listen- Iconic and the riffs and the songs are so catchy! (3.5/5)
Such a great album - all time classic.
Great album from the early punk group, helping define the genre in the 70s. Of course blitzkrieg bop could do that on its own.
Some bangers (Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World), a dagger to the ear (53rd & 3rd), and the rest blend together into a solid punk medley. Classic punk sounds wrapped up in ~29 minutes.
All of the songs sound exactly the same
Great album by Ramones!
Absolute classic.
Not as fun as I was expecting tbh!
Expected to get a little more out of this one but I was underwhelmed. It's got a lot of similar-sounding songs that run together and something about the sound didn't click for me. "Blitzkrieg Bop" ended up being the best track (not surprising).
Didn’t do much for me, though I did enjoy it much more than the other punk-esque projects I’ve listened to so far. Can definitely see how they were very influential in music during their time.
Absolutel banger beginning to end. 15 songs, 29 minutes, nit a wasted second
1. Blitzkrieg Bop I know it from spiderman, it was good in that movie and great on its own. the sound is super fun 2. Beat on the Brat Good, but extremely repetitive 3. Judy Is a Punk Liked it, repetitive but doesnt really feel like it 4. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Dont like it, a bit too mellow and once again, repetitive 5. Chain Saw its pretty fun, but i cant get over the way they say massacre 6. I Dont Wanna Go Down to the Basement i like the music, the lyrics i just dont get 7. Loudmouth At this point im kinda getting sick of the album. the repetition of lyrics and musical progressions is becoming really grating 8. Havana Affair I think alot of their songs would benefit from being about a third of the length 9. Listen to my heart This song has 7 different lines. this song is 80% repeats 10. 53rd & 3rd holy moly I think i would have liked this song if it stoped at the minute and 50 second mark Didnt finish the album, not a fan. i honestly think this made me far more appreciative of the criticisms people have of punk. I think i would listen to any of these songs individually and enjoy them, but the album as a whole contains everything i dislike in an album: no build up of music, sound, and lyrics, it feels more like a compilation of songs than a peice of art genuinely designed to tell a story, and far, far to repetitive. I really thought i would enjoy this so im quite sad
decent
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Most of the songs are under two minutes, and the whole album is less than half an hour. It doesn’t stop on each track—it just rushes by like a whirlwind, fast and exciting. Simple and pure punk.
Hits fast and ferocious the entire album.
Love the Ramones, but the end of the album did feel a little repititive.
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.
I'm sure it was influential at the time, but now it just sounds like fairly generic old punk
Super!
A worthwhile listen given it’s a classic, era defining album. I was familiar with several of the songs but they all start to sound the same about halfway through the album.
Hugely influential for its time and stacked with the best songs The Ramones ever did. Not a great album to listen to as an album as all the songs kind of blend into one long power chord rhythm. Still a lot of fun though.
Repeat listen
I didn't like punk much in the 70's. Nothing has changed, all too shouty for my taste.
Classic
Raw. Punk rock not really my think I don’t think.
6/10 they have better songs in my opinion
Blitzkrieg znałam i lubię, natomiast reszta piosenek o ile również w fajnym klimacie to po prostu brzmi jak jedno i to samo. Generalnie ok ale do całego albumu nie wrócę. Wrócę natomiast do tej pierwszej piosenki, fajnie sobie ja przypomnieć.
Generally boring and not something I would choose to listen to, but undeniable how impactful this album and sound were for punk to come. The song structures and progressions remind me a lot of early/basic rock and roll, but the guitar tones and vocals are more aggressive.
Maybe not the most melodic but certainly influential.
précurseur et dynamique.
Certainly groundbreaking but i find it monotonous and too long
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.
Ace
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...
Ramones I don’t think I’ve actually listened to this in its entirety before, which is odd as I think the Ramones are fantastic, and I loved the double CD Anthology/Best of I had (although it had nearly half the songs from this album on it) I don’t think I’ve noticed the amount of Beach Boys-esque harmonies on many of their tracks, like on Blitzkrieg Bop, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and Chain Saw, but it's clearly a huge part of their minimalist rock’n’roll, garagey, pop, pre-punk recipe, something the Velvet Underground did, a band they obviously descended from. And a bit like Black Sabbath with metal they pretty much invented punk and influenced hundreds of bands, and then saw much of the genre disappear down musical cul-de-sacs of noise and thrash, with nothing interesting to say, forgetting the superb pop intelligence that makes these relatively simple, fast, stripped back, three-chord songs sound fresh and thrilling, even 50 years later. It’s also interesting comparing them to Kiss from yesterday. Both albums released in 1976, both around 30 minutes, both guitar, bass and drums, and both doing variations on a particular song style, but whereas Kiss feels generic and staid, this feels exciting and infectiously great. I don’t think there is a weak song, and even if there is it’ll be done in 2 minutes anyway, but there are a few obvious standouts; Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Judy is a Punk, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue, I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement, 53rd & 3rd and their cover of Let’s Dance. Obviously there are some questionable lyrics, which although tongue in cheek at the time, probably weren’t a million miles away from what Johnny Ramone actually thought, but that tension between the melodies, tempos, guitars, drums and lyrics is definitely part of what makes the whole thing great. It's a glorious 29 minutes of smart-dumb, joyfully nihilistic bubblegum-garage and an easy 5. ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ Playlist submission: Ubiquitous but fantastic, Blitzkrieg Bop
Opening with their blueprint, 'Blitzkrieg Bop', with its flatly distorted guitars, Motown-influenced harmony, and driving rhythm - it's a tour de force. Apparently the album wasn't too popular at the time, although it clearly helped codify the punk sound, with echoes obvious in the likes of The Adverts, Cramps and all that. It's less snarling and bitter than the Pistols and revels more in cartoonish violence such as the brilliant 'Beat on the Brat'. Motown and early rock n roll influences are clear. This is basically encouragement to any budding garage bands, the way The Sonics were ten years before. There are many moments when the songs blend into one, which I suppose is the danger of having a completely rigid approach ('Glue' into 'Basement' into 'Loudmouth' highlight the similarity). Unlike The Strokes (clearly influenced), what you're buying into is the manifesto, the push back against prog and staidum rock, rather than individual songs. That being said there are plenty of individual highlights.
Classic
Love
I've listened to the Ramones on and off before, but I've never listened to their debut all the way through. The tracks are energetic and make me want to move, but I found them sounding a little too similar. But enjoyable none the less.
Punk
Fuck yeah!
Punk hasn't been my genre since high school, and even then it was mostly later skate punk and ska, but nothing old school like this. Although I was obviously aware of the Ramones before this, I didn't ever give them true consideration. Now I'm thinking about taking a tour through the rest of their catalog: https://www.reddit.com/r/ramones/comments/14yzlfu/albums_ranked/
Extremely cohesive - sounds like it could've been recorded in one session then chopped up - although quite samey and repetitive.
bem bao
Started strong - have always like Blitzkrieg Bop - but the guitar riffs felt redundant by like song five
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.
An obvious blueprint for so many bands. But it's a little stale in its execution and variety.
-been getting so many good punk albums lately! this is a classic and i’m glad i got to listen to it -it was pretty good, not my absolute favorite i’ve heard of the genre but i can understand the impact a band like this had back in the day -Favorites are Blitzkrieg Bop, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, and Let’s Dance
This is a fun album. Is it a good album? Not really, but it’s fun. The same drums and vocals are throughout this whole album and it’s almost like one 29 minute long song. Maybe id give it a 3 if I didn’t already listen to this album this year already, it’s not the sorta album to listen to more then once in your life
You know, this skating music ain't too bad. It's got a consistent and safe beat throughout the whole album, but it works really well. Simple, catchy and just fun like some guys want to just rock.
Ramones, YES! Great Album? Not really. Great songs though.
I’m a Ramones fan. I’m sure this album was included because of the huge punk influence it generated, but Road to Ruin is a better album in my opinion and not on the list (this is the only Ramones album on the list)
Influential and important, but not necessarily good. Starts off solid but its pretty samey and towards the end the performances become less exciting and the vocals rougher. Sorry to all the punkheads who think its the best album ever :((
I like punk. All of it sounded the same though.
7.5/10 The first proper punk album and probably my favourite in the genre so far. Relentless energy, melodic but hard. Bass and drums really stood out. Am a fan of the 1-2-3-4! that starts most of the songs. Best: Blitzkrieg Bop
First instinct - noisy, quick, and unclean. But on second listen, it’s better! Songs more distinct. I appreciate it and blitzkrieg bop is in fact a bop. Buuut not particularly impressed.
3 Stars (8/15)
Almost every track had the same sound as the previous one on this record. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it sure does get boring quickly. Favourite Track(s): Blitzkrieg Bop, Judy Is a Punk Least Favourite Track(s): I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, Chain Saw
Fun good old old school punk nothing to exciteing but enjoyable highlights: beat on brat, Judy is a punk, blitzkriek bop
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.
Perfection.
good songs for a good mood
Classic.
It sounds like The Ramones. It just drones on, but it’s ok.
I loved the catchiness and the energy, but it started to sound samey pretty quick.
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.
Oye-ght
- pas mal de tounes qui se ressemblent - à réécouter
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
3.5 One of those where I have to average the legacy (4.5) and the actual music (2.5). On the former, founding punk, can hear elements of this in every single punk album thats come since. Groundbreaking. On the latter, every song blends into one, it sounds way too 'polished' for a punk record, drums are too clean, although that might be wall of sound limitations on old recordings. Lyrics are terrible, but to be fair that's true for a lot of punk artists that I like. It's interesting to see where a genre finds it's footsteps, but it doesn't always hit the mark.
Stone cold classic!
If I was a teenager in the 70s this would've made me want to start a band
Disgusting voices
starten på new york punk i 1976, med noen skikkelig gode punk-låter. Åpner veldig hardt, men kan virke litt repetativ mot andre halvdel.
An important album, but not my favorite to listen to. Blitzkrieg Bop is a classic, but the rest is a bit tedious to get through.
3.5 Fun. Probably monumental for its time. Certainly the cover looks modern it's used so much. But gets pretty repetitive there. I like let's dance.
this probably went hard in 1976
Some strong pros and cons here. I appreciate the far-reaching influence and ingenuity of this album, but I don't think it's particularly good, itself. It is short, though - so, I'll give it an extra point for not taking up too much of my time. Plus, without this, we wouldn't have Rob Zombie's version of 'Blitzkrieg Bop'; and that track turned up to 11 has gotten me through many a day in corporate America - so, that's worth another point.
The same song 14 times. It was short though. Probably because they ran out of ideas.
1. Bop - 2 2. Beat - 1.5 3. Punk -1.5 4. Boyfriend - 1 5. Chain - 1.5 6. Glue - 1.5 7. Basement - 1 8. Loudmouth -1.5 9. Havana - 1 10. Heart - 1.5 11. 3rd - 1 12. Dance - 1 13. Walk - 1.5 14. Love - 1.5
Everything sounded the same. The only way I knew the next song started was because of the few seconds delay between songs. 3 stars.
This album is the embodiment of really fun punk. It's the epitome of saying 'Fuck you nerds, I'm going to play cool music.' And at this time in music history there are quite a few progressive rock nerds to flip off. I get the criticism that this is a bit repetitive of an album but they really had to drive the point home.
Loved this album. I knew the band but didn’t realize how good they were.
I am honestly kind of tired of the hype punk has around it, can't seem to find the importance that people give to the message of the songs and the fight against society, or whatever
Blistering sounds, filled with so much energy and youth. Still, incredibly listenable. Fantastic genre defining album.
SIMPLE. FAST. CATCHY. AMAZING.
Who doesn't like the Ramones man.
Can recognize how iconic the music is here, esp Blitzkreig Bop, but just not my preferred flavor of music.
Great Album, fun and bouncy. Listened with headphones, which was a little annoying with the hard panning of rhythm instruments on the left channel, melodic in the right, and vocals in center. Switching to Mono made it sound a bit weak. But this is not a criticism on the album, only a minor annoyance
It's fine! I get that it's like the Ramones or whatever but oh my god every single song sounds the same! The singing is very frog like which I don't love. They're all upbeat but it sounds like 30 mins of the same song over and over. I really can understand where the song length comes from, they were a club band, performing for 20 mins of straight sound! It kept the crowd engaged! But I'm not a teen in NYC in the 70s at a club show. I'm a grown woman in 2025 in my dining room. Seeing them live, seeing them at the time they were revolutionary, and listening to this album now are different things. I just don't think it's held up the way other albums have. The first song is good and really well known and that's cool. But like... otherwise? I truly don't get the hype for this album. I really think everyone just knows that the Ramones are "cool" so they like this album because they think it's cool. Which like... was this historic for the time? Sure!!! And that's super great. But the first pancake isn't always the best pancake and that's okay.
I can see where some would think this album is repetitive but it’s straight ahead rock and roll, no frills.
Simple, yet classic
The music of 12 year old Kit's soul. Album cover: (A+) Hard.
If every song was as good as Blitzkrieg Bop it would be a 5. None of the other songs live up to that one but it's a great listen overall. All sound pretty similar but that's a good sound so I don't mind. Plus, less than 30 minutes!
It brings a smile to my face when I see an album is a tight thirty minutes. The album cover is funny. Their shoes are so dirty, and their haircuts are so bad. "Blitzkrieg Bop" is an awesome song. They're starting with the only song I know. I must forge onwards into the unknown. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" is a banger. This is an important message. This album flew past me, but I liked it. Almost every song sounded the same, but I did like that sound. The songs and albums are so short that its hard to find time to get bored with any of it. I think they get a little more interesting on later records, but this one showed the bones of The Ramones pretty well. 7/10
Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Nur Hits!
6/10
3,5
This was cool, but the album feels like every song is the same throughout.
Respect to the Ramones and their influence on others. Their sound is iconic and brings a smile to my face, even though it’s not my favorite. Listening to this entire album, I realized that the delivery and sound are too homogeneous. It all starts to sound the same. Influential & talented, but not enough variation to keep me interested for a whole album. It’s a 3.
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.
Still like blitzkreig bop, the rest all sounds the same. It does sound good for the 70's has the punk roots in it, but still has some of the campy-ness of the era.
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.
Fast, repetitive songs - actually one song is like the other. Funny text.
This album is wonderfully chaotic. Most of the songs sound the same, however, I enjoyed the upbeat choas of the album
Not bad but probably overrated - I think you had to be there to get it.
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.
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Ah the Ramones, a band adored by 2-13yr old girls…according to H&M. Loved it, woke me up and set me up for a sunny Saturday! Also, a 29 minute album?! Quite the treat amongst some of these endurances. Solid 4.
On first listen I was reminded why I don't listen to the Ramones that much, it's fun but dumb, almost more pop than punk. But at second listen it gets more fun and you manage to sing along, now I have been listening to this for 3 or 4 hours already I lost track of time. It is a perfect record in some sense, I respect it for what it is and maybe I had been a kid or a teen when this came out I would've held it in an even higher regard. 4/5.
i don't really like the vibe of the album. the sound is quite hard to hear, even when the sound is louder than the background track. most of the instrumentals are repeats of the last song and it didn't give a sense of new songs, instead just a long song with some pauses in the middle.
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: 13/1001 The simplicity of this album makes it great. It's such a raw garage punk band sound. It's truly nothing special but is boppy enough. It's kind of stupid but not bad. Not sure I'll be listening again, but glad I did once. For 30 minutes, whatever Podium: 1. Blitzkrig Bopp 2. Judy Is a Punk 3, Kusteb to My Heart Gotta give it a 2/5 overall. It was engaging but sub-par without being bad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A fun listen that gets pretty samey
This album turns out to be ok. A bit samey maybe but there are a few stand out tracks.
It was okay but felt REALLY repetitive. My fav song was I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend. That one I actually liked a lot.
Don’t be a Loudmouth and just listen to this. I know that Judy Is a Punk, but she knows what she’s talking about. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue.
it’s the same song over and over . 1
Nice but all songs sound the same Tracks to Track: Blitzkrieg Bop, I Wanna Be Sedated (from diff album)
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
First of all, as a person who has studied a little bit of music production, I find it so weird that the guitar sounds so low and it os behind everything else. This basically means that the drums and bass totally overshadows the guitar, making it very hard to distinguish what it is doing. With that being said, when talking about the songs, I think they are just alright. They won't do anything particularly fancy. They are very simple punk songs played by people having fun. I'm not feeling crazy about this record, but I'll say it is a quite decent album.
Classic. Lots of the same if we're being honest.
Started off interested and then realized every song is the same song. Painfully repetitive by the end. 2.5
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
Very difficult to rank
Not as good as I'd have liked
I liked the rapid fire nature and its cool that it pioneered punk but then again it also pioneered that punk vocal style that I just can’t get behind, I can really only give this a 3 and that feels slightly generous
Always wondered why the Ramones are so influential and memorable. I've heard some of their singles and they're... OK. 2 and 3 chord songs with good energy, but not really special. So I listened to this whole thing trying to keep my mind wide open, even trying to remember this was made 1976 and they were breaking ground for the punk movement. They do make a lot out of their simple song structures and the energy Is good. Admittedly way better than a lot of punks! But overall, it's too same-y throughout. tempo, energy, vocals, and the chuggy guitars all blend together. It almost sounds like one long song. If a song by them came on, I'd listen to it, I've even caught myself in the past singing "I wanna be sedated." But I sure wouldn't just decide to grab a Ramones album to listen to.
Not good
Quite repetitive in both lyrics and riffs. No need to relisten to this because I heard the same song 14x. 2 star
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.
Hearing this at 13 was formative. Hearing it now... still great, but every song is very very similar.
When I was in high school and was sort of gathering what music I really like, I started off with the easy artists with the Ramones being one of them. I used to really like them but now I’m in college and think they’re kind of bland now. Before you stop reading now here me out, I know and understand how influential and important they are to music especially since they are one of the stepping stones to rock music in the 70s like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and even their rivals the Sex Pistols. But I think in the year 2025, their music is just good enough but I definitely don’t think they are the best to ever play punk music. The music itself like the instrumentation is actually pretty good. While simplistic, it definitely is listenable and sounds great even today. The lyrics while at times can be catchy, could also be too simple and even repetitive. While influential, I think the Ramones are good but not as amazing as everyone tries to make them out to be. But I will say this, if there is an album to start off listening to louder/harder music, it’s this one! Favorite Tracks: Blitzkrieg Bop, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, I Don’t Want To Go Down To The Basement, Listen to My Heart Rating: 3/5
I know it’s like influential or whatever, but just felt kinda meh to me. Maybe I’d think differently if more songs had the lasting power of blitzkrieg bop.
Oh THAT’S the blitzkrieg bop lol hey ho lets go not a huge fan of their style of vocals… some fun quick bops though glad i listened but idk just really not for me 45/100
Very energetic punk music with a huge knack for catchy pop melodies. I can definitely see why so many people hold this album in high regards.
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.
Pass
Pure rock n roll
The same two songs repeated over and over? And that might be generous. Nice and short though...
Even though I’m not really into punk, I have to admit this album surprised me in a good way. It’s simple and raw, but there’s a lot of energy and charm throughout. The songs are short and straight to the point, and while there’s not much variation, it actually works well. Tracks like Blitzkrieg Bop and Judy Is a Punk really stick. I’m not a punk fan, but Ramones' debut has something special. Full of energy and a solid album, even for someone who’s not usually into punk. 4/5
I love this album and listen to it quite often. A great punk album that brought punk into the mainstream
Classic fun
Short and sweet
Solid, not their best, but a harbinger of things to come!
Fuxking love RAMONES!
Eh beh.. devo dire che li conosco dalla colonna sonora di “SpiderMan Hemecoming” e spaccano
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
Ramones? Isn’t that one of the early punk bands who had cultural impact but who’s music is not comprehensible in hindsight? Does this need 1h of wikipedia reading to enjoy? Oh it sounds like a school band. Guitar plays the same 3 chords throughout the album. The base player stays on the chord base always. The drums are base/snare in stupidly. The singer sings with the same voice. So it seems this is not about the music but the message. So let’s read wikipedia then. After 15m reading of wikipedia: I get the appeal of the lyrics: „beat on the brat with a baseball bat“ is funny as well I want to sniff glue as being the first positive song after all other songs start with „I don’t want“. But that won’t be enough to motivate me to listen to the album again. Sure critiques loved it but it’s just not enjoyable.
Enjoyable album but didn’t blow me away
"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.
This album spawned a whole new generation of music. I can't say that I like it that much, but I appreciate the huge contribution it had to the punk genre.
It’s easy to see how this influenced two generations of simple yell-y punk music. Fun time.
I know it’s groundbreaking and all, being among the first punk records, and there’s no denying the energy. But boy do three chords go a long way - skip from song to song after thirty seconds, and it all just sounds like one long extended riff. Too much of the same for me.
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.
Half hour of the same sound with 13 brief interludes
Very influential band I know and it must have been quite something in 1976! Always enjoy listening to a couple of songs by the Ramones but a full album is a bit of a struggle!
Meh
I just don’t like the Ramones. Too milk toast to be punk, not talented enough to be anything else.
It’s a defining album for punk rock. Repetitive yes but it’s just fun to sit back and enjoy. it’s a staple for this genre and a must listen.
An album that hits like a big huff of glue. Basic teeny bopper rock and roll played louder faster harder and beyond the competence of the band, so sloppier. Catchy hooks, close harmonies, boundless bounding energy. Very funny how they mix angsty teenage stuff with songs about turning tricks in midtown.
Sneaky bubblegum sweetness wrapped inside a leather jacket. "I wanna be your Joey Ramone, pictures of me on your bedroom door, invite you back after the show, I'm the queen of rock and roll." - Sleater-Kinney
Everything kinda blended together. Did not dislike it, but expected to like it more.
Ramones are alright. They defined the "punk" generation when they rolled out this album and some of those songs are earworms you can't stop thrumming in your brain. Buuuut, doesn't it kinda sound like a flat soda? I mean I loves me some fuzz rock guitars but it sounds like the guitarist was in another room when they hit the record button (and I'm listening to the 2016 remaster version). Still, they stand out among the pack by forging a new direction in music at the time, and I appreciates that.
Talk about starting off with a bang! I think the Ramones can be summed up with just how Blitzkrieg Bop sounds. And then, Beat on the Brat is awful...not my 'sense of humor'. I'll give them props for popularizing (and commercializing?) US punk, and it is an enjoyable listen. Much better than that Adverts album, that's for sure. I think my favorite of the non-BB tracks is Havana Affair. This is a 3.5, as I like other albums of theirs a bit more.
Punky punk. Lots of good classics.
I enjoyed it. But it didnt really stick with me the rest of the afternoon like some of the others. it did inspire some other listening though.
It all kinda sounded the same. There were a few moments where I thought the song was just repeating. 1 - would not listen to again 2 - if some one played it, I'd probably just zone it out 3 - didn't hate it, didn't love it 4 - saved some songs from the album 5 - would buy the album or already own it
pretty classic, short and punchy was appreciated
Never heard front to back and better than expected.
Catchy start. I’ve only listened to their hits. Starting at “….Sniff Some Glue” it felt like I was in “the song that never ends.” It started to get a bit repetitive for me. “53rd and 3rd” was refreshing considering all the other tracks on the back half. I think I’d still listen to a compilation of hits but as an album it wasn’t something I could jam on as a whole again. Not the worst album I’ve rated 2 but I can’t give it a 3 based on other albums I’ve rated 3.
This is fine. Luckily its short lived and some of the songs are catchy but that's about it.
I understand the Ramones' impact on music and specifically Punk in the United States, but I can't stand em. They're on the softer side of Punk which never really landed with me. God speed to all of you who like them.
I can appreciate, culturally, what they've done for the zeitgeist, but that doesn't mean I have to ENJOY listening to them.
A lot of groundbreaking albums can sound a little flat when you go back to them decades later. This is a foundational text in my beloved punk rock, though I always respected the Ramones more than I actually liked them. "Blitzkrieg Bop" is an undeniable classic, and "Judy is a Punk" is awesome, though I can more or less skip the rest of this album and stick to the hits.
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.
Clearly foundational, though straight punk isn’t usually my first choice for listening.
A lot of the songs had the same sound but I liked a few of them specifically
no me convenció, es como punk comercial no se
Fun album. I’ve always liked the Ramones because my sister did. I knew Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, and I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend going in. Nice short entertaining songs.
This album is one giant song. Everything sounds the same.
Both the songs and the album are only bearable because of their short runtime. Nothing stands out in a good way. Every song is the same. You could listen to 30 seconds of the album and know the whole thing. Oh, the mix on and after Let's Dance is way better than the earlier portion of the album. I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You has Cut Copy in the background? xD Okay, the last three songs convince me this might actually be a pleasant enough listen if the mix for the whole album were better. Alas, we have what we have (and this is a 2017 remaster, I guess it was even worse before that), and what we have gets a... 1.5*.
Great punk energy to this album; you're either going to connect with the spirit of the Ramones and the propulsive driving beat and guitars of these short songs or you'll find it repetitive and overly simple. This album's main issue is that the first 3 tracks are classics that the rest of the album doesn't live up to. Standouts: the above mentioned 'Blitzkrieg Bop', 'Beat on the Brat', and 'Judy is a Punk'
Beat on the Brat for President
Good. Ol' standard
Generous 4? Probably 3.5 on another day. 29mins long is good though.
En 1976, le paysage musical est une fresque complexe. Le rock progressif étale ses épopées de vingt minutes, le hard rock remplit des stades avec des solos de guitare interminables et le disco commence à imposer son hégémonie scintillante. C'est dans ce contexte de grandeur qu'un pavé est jeté dans la mare. Un pavé brut, sale, et d'une simplicité désarmante : le premier album des Ramones. Evaluer cet album aujourd'hui est un exercice périlleux, qui impose de jongler entre sa révérence historique quasi-sacrée et une écoute objective, près de cinquante ans après sa sortie. Car si "Ramones" est sans l'ombre d'un doute l'un des disques les plus importants de l'histoire du rock, il n'est pas, en tant qu'oeuvre complète, un chef-d'oeuvre sans failles. Ce qui frappe instantanément, dès les premières secondes de "Blitzkrieg Bop", c'est l'urgence. Le fameux "Hey! Ho! Let's Go!" n'est pas une simple invitation, c'est un cri de guerre scandé à toute vitesse. Tout est là : la guitare de Johnny Ramone, un mur de son saturé construit sur trois accords martelés en downstroke ; la basse de Dee Dee, simple, rapide, qui suit la rythmique sans jamais chercher à s'en échapper ; la batterie de Tommy, métronomique et frénétique ; et la voix de Joey, nasillarde, à la fois détachée et juvénile, qui raconte des histoires d'ennui adolescent, de violence cartoonesque et de désirs frustes. Cet album balaie d'un revers de main la virtuosité, la complexité harmonique et les ambitions poétiques du rock de l'époque. Les chansons sont courtes, dépassant rarement les deux minutes trente. Les structures sont réduites à leur plus simple expression : couplet-refrain-couplet-refrain. Pas de solo de guitare alambiqué, pas de pont atmosphérique, pas de fioritures. C'est du rock'n'roll primitif, distillé jusqu'à son essence la plus pure et injecté d'une dose massive d'amphétamines. Des titres comme "Beat on the Brat", "Judy Is a Punk" ou "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" sont des instantanés d'une jeunesse américaine désoeuvrée, filmée sans filtre et avec un humour noir décapant. La production, signée Craig Leon et Tommy Ramone, est à l'image de la musique : brute de décoffrage. Le son est sec, direct, sans la réverbération et le polissage qui dominaient les productions de l'époque. C'est le son d'un groupe qui joue dans un garage, et c'est précisément ce qui fait sa force et son authenticité. Pour cette audace, pour avoir créé à lui seul le plan directeur de ce qui allait devenir le punk rock et avoir influencé des milliers de groupes, de The Clash aux Sex Pistols jusqu'à Green Day et au-delà, cet album mérite une place au panthéon car il est le point zéro, le Big Bang Punk. Une fois l'impact historique mis de côté, l'écoute intégrale de "Ramones" révèle sa plus grande faiblesse : sa redondance. La formule, si révolutionnaire soit-elle, est appliquée avec une rigueur quasi dogmatique sur les quatorze titres de l'album. Le tempo est presque constamment ultra-rapide, les structures rythmiques varient peu, et le mur de guitares de Johnny, bien qu'efficace, devient monolithique sur la durée. Passé le choc des premiers morceaux, une certaine lassitude s'installe. Les chansons, prises individuellement, sont pour la plupart excellentes. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" est une pépite de pop bubblegum sous une couche de cuir noir, une démonstration touchante de leur sensibilité mélodique. "53rd & 3rd" offre une incursion plus sombre et personnelle dans le passé de Dee Dee. Mais enchaînées les unes après les autres, elles peinent à se distinguer. L'album fonctionne moins comme un voyage avec des reliefs et des dynamiques variées que comme un sprint continu. Là où un "Never Mind the Bollocks" des Sex Pistols, pourtant tout aussi punk, parvenait à varier les atmosphères et les riffs, "Ramones" reste obstinément fidèle à son propre cahier des charges. Cette uniformité est à la fois sa force conceptuelle et sa faiblesse musicale. Au final, écouter l'album "Ramones" est une expérience éprouvante. C'est un disque qu'on admire pour son courage et son influence, une collection de singles fantastiques, mais qui, en tant qu'album de 30 minutes, peut paradoxalement sembler long. "Ramones" est un album 5 étoiles pour son importance historique et un album 3 étoiles pour son expérience d'écoute globale. Il est indispensable à toute discothèque rock qui se respecte, ne serait-ce que pour comprendre d'où vient une immense partie de la musique des cinquante dernières années.
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.
Wait. What. The Yanks invented Punk? (Yes, I know the debate. But I’ve never had any real interest in the birth of the three chord band, so never paid attention to it…)
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Big fan of the one singular song they have on this album. Everything else is just that song again. Okay, maybe a bit harsh - there's two songs on here. Not bad, but not the most amazing either. 2/5 stars.
All over very quick and does blend into one. But you can't deny it was a novel approach and it's influence is fairly undeniable 3.5*
Kickass. The original punk band, and the second greatest thing to come out of Queens. The music is fast and intense, and even ignoring the classic banger "Blitzkrieg Bop" there are a lot of real... Well, bops on here. "53rd and 3rd," Judy is a Punk," "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You," "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," they all hit. The songs have a consistent sound without necessarily sounding the same. Not every song hits perfectly, I will admit. But with no song going for a full 3 minutes, and most under 2:30, nothing really wears out its welcome. Damn good punk album.
Perfectly serviceable punk with some classics (Blitzkrieg Bop). Overall for me, old school OG punk is just a bit too simplistic and one note for me to really get into. A lot of the songs sound similar, the singing is very one note throughout. Love how prominent the bass is in the mix though.
Fun album
Hugely influential, though a bit samey
Love 70s punk. Great band and album
What would we do without the Ramones?
Fun party music.
Great album from one of the OG punk bands
All the tunes sound very similar to me except with different lyrics. They are fun though.
“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?
Straightforward, take no prisoners unrelenting driving rhythms and melodies. Doesn't overstay its welcome (much) at 29 minutes. I guess it could be more varied in its sonics but they know what they're about. I can see a generation of kids picking up a guitar after listening to this and then learning to play along. Is that Cut Copy's Dan Whitford singing the woo-oohs in "I don't wanna walk around with you"? Sounds just like him.
This album disappointed me. A lot of the songs sound the same. Blitzkrieg Bop still hits though.
While violating a lot of my grading standards (repetitive), I will take a scarlet 'H' for being a Hypocrite. Catchy and signature sound to mark a generational shift, or frankly a F*CK you to the pomp and circumstance of what rock n' roll gatekeepers expected of its genres artists.
Very repetitive, but I kinda like it
Enjoyable punk
Every song kind of sounds the same but it’s fun
A lot of reh reh reh to which I say eh
didn't realize how repetitive and simple the lyrics and riffs were, but not necessarily in a bad way. had only heard blitzkreig bop. The rest was ok, i guess fun to put on if you are in a punk rock mood.
The perfect pop record