Road To Ruin
by Ramones

Road To Ruin by Ramones
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 1,906th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 267 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (33rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (356th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,906th)

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Road To Ruin is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Ramones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ramones is Ramones which is ranked number 232 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,928.

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Road To Ruin rankings

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Overall rank: 1,906th | 1970s rank: 356th | 1978 rank: 33rd

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77/100 (from 267 votes)
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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 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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From 02/14/2020 23:21 | #247799
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.
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From 11/29/2018 13:45 | #225858
For me Go Mental and I Wanted Everything are the best tracks on this album. Only just behind Rocket to Russia.
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From 11/26/2017 18:12 | #202104
First album with Marky replacing Tommy, almost as good as the first three.
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From 02/03/2016 18:16 | #158602
Completes the best tetralogy of albums ever.
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From 10/11/2014 09:54 | #123992
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.
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One of my fav Ramones songs 'I wanna be sedated'.
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From 06/18/2011 03:39 | #23193
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.
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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
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