Ramones
by Ramones

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

Shit hot debut. The worlds introduction to the Ramones. The do recycle their riffs a bit on this and on future albums, but overall, it didn't matter. They were the kings of garage punk rock. Brilliant.

From DJFresh-Rock 12/29/2024 03:49 | #306699

One of the coolest records of all time, and a storming debut, this LP lives up to its hype and delivers power, influence and credibility. One of the definitive punk statements.

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While the quality of this record may come into question the influence and importance of it cannot be denied. They just seem to capture this pure rock sound that is full of energy and is just loud. They perfectly captured the feeling and emotions of the people at the time and have done this ever since with the huge number of people who have listened to this and shared in their passion. What has given it this staying power is the short and sweet style of song they go for. This makes it extremely accessible from everyone from the 70's to the present day listeners as it is impossible to deny the catchy nature and infectiousness of several of these tracks. However, there are several issues with this album with one of them being how repetitive the songs become by the end. It also isn't anything special or experimental musically with most of the instrumental work being rather simple. Overall, there were better punk acts who released better records in the future but this one just captured that raw sound and deserves a huge amount of praise for its influence.

Album Rating: 82.29
(1,152/14)

1.Blitzkrieg Bop. 81
2.Beat On The Brat. 81
3.Judy Is A Punk. 83
4.I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend. 85
5.Chain Saw. 85
6.Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue. 84
7.I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement. 95
8.Loudmouth. 72
9.Havana Affair. 96
10.Listen To My Heart. 80
11.53rd & 3rd. 77
12.Let's Dance. 87
13.I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You. 73
14.Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World. 73

This one and The clash debut are the only punk albums you should listen

It is not a bad album, but it gets more repetitive with every track and by the end I was tired of it.

Musically, of course, this record isn’t excellent. Pretty simple garage band sound here. What makes this record great is its return to old rock and roll. These songs, essentially, are early 60s bubble gum pop songs but with guitar distortion, bad New York accents, and about 50 extra beats per minute.

Proving, I suppose, that you don’t need complexity to have a meaningful voice.

From Jboy56 12/20/2021 13:45 | #277701

For a certain generation, this is the most important album. It is not clear which started the landslide to destroy station rock and disco, but nevertheless, the effect is obvious.
But to be honest this is not my cup of the, although the simpleness and anger make this a must-listen for music lovers.