Road To Ruin
by Ramones
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Ramones bestography
Road To Ruin is ranked 4th best out of 28 albums by Ramones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ramones is Ramones which is ranked number 227 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,850.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Road To Ruin track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Road To Ruin rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 16/41 | 3 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 28/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 17 Music Albums of 1978 | 5/17 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 18 Music Albums of 1978 | 5/18 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 Pt 2 | 19/26 | - |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 22 Music Albums of 1978 | 13/22 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Dankel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | 80 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rolling Stone 1978 Critics Best Albums | 5/6 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 215 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 894 | |||
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Road To Ruin ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/21/2026 22:05 | mrmcrook | 1,132 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2026 14:09 |  AAL2014 | 4,302 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 14:43 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Road To Ruin forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5374): By DankelRoad To Ruin comments
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/11/2014 09:54 | #123992 | TOP COMMENT
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Definitely much more pop oriented than than their first three albums, but it works well.It's probably best known for I Wanna Be Sedated, but everything here is good. (Edited)
People want to talk about the Ramones as a "punk" band which does them no justice. Yes, they pretty much invented punk but that was more of an accident. The Ramones were a pop band more than anything, and since this is their most sing-along album, it is also their best.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/18/2011 03:39 | #23193 | TOP COMMENT
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I believe you miss out on the historical context if you call Ramones a pop band, and even by today's standards the music is too aggressive and the vocals too snotty to be considered pop. That said, this is another solid punk-rocker although not reaching the same heights as the self-titled debut or Rocket to Russia.
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/14/2020 23:21 | #247799 | TOP COMMENT
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Ramones fourth album has a different drummer and the sound is more modern with very clean production. It’s hard for me to decide whether their 2nd, 3rd or 4th album is their 2nd best after the debut.
Whenever I think about cruising around with my friends in high school, this is the first album/8-track I think of. Good times!
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