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        Ramones [Expanded]

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        Blitzkrieg Bop [Remastered Version]
        		 2:14
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        02
        Beat On The Brat
        		 2:33
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        Judy Is A Punk
        		 1:33
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        I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
        		 2:25
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        Chain Saw
        		 1:57
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        Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
        		 1:36
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        I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement
        		 2:40
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        Loudmouth
        		 2:15
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        Havana Affair
        		 1:57
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        Listen To My Heart
        		 1:59
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        53rd & 3rd
        		 2:22
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        Let's Dance
        		 1:52
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        I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
        		 1:43
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        14
        Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
        		 2:17
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        15
        I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend [Demo Version]
        		 3:02
        16
        Judy Is A Punk [Demo Version]
        		 1:37
        17
        I Don't Care [Demo Version]
        		 1:55
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        18
        I Can't Be
        		 1:57
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        19
        Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue [Demo Version]
        		 1:42
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        I Don't Wanna Be Learned / I Don't Wanna Be Tamed
        		 1:05
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        You Should Have Never Opened That Door [Demo Version]
        		 1:54
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        Blitzkreig Bop [Remastered Single Version]
        		 2:12
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        Total Tracks: 22   Total Length: 44:47

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        Ira Robbins co-founded Trouser Press magazine in 1974. (Think of it as a pre-Internet music blog). He was later pop music editor at Newsday and has written for ...more »

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        The punk Magna Carta — in less than a sitcom time slot
        2001 | Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.

        Among the many style-defining virtues (need a list? start with breakneck speed, ingeniously simple songwriting, economy of lyrics and cymbals, a wall of barre-chord guitar and four-four pounding, Joey's oddball singing, playful brutality) of this 1976 landmark, Ramones keeps it tight, snapping off 14 three-chord nuggets — including a durable sports stadium theme ("Blitzkrieg Bop"), plot sketches for a day-long grindhouse film festival, a courageous admission of Dee Dee's lurid past ("53rd and 3rd"), patriotism ("Havana Affair"), a touchstone cover (Chris Montez's "Let's Dance") and a tender romantic ballad ("I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend") — in less than a sitcom time slot. The closeness of seven bonus demos to the final versions should come as no surprise: unreconstructed consistency was Johnny's religion.

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        Ground Zero

        MadDogM13

        They made better songs and cleaner-sounding records than their first, but this is the punk rock Big Bang. So you need it for history as well as to accompany jumping around the living room with your kids.

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        Ramones!!

        eulitt2009

        Some of the best Ramones songs ever!! An absolute must have in your collection!!!!

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        Mind Forming

        norfolkcalling

        This album, with Rocket to Russia, made me what I am today. At times I considered them a gateway-band to more "serious" bands, punk or otherwise, but I'm amazed how the music and sincerity stand the test of time. The energy, the goofiness, the fury--no Ramones album is purer than this one. God bless the Ramones.

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        Rhino’s 2001 expanded reissue of the Ramones’ seminal debut album would have been welcomed if it had simply brought the original album back in print. It may have been available as part of the wonderful All the Stuff & More, Vol. 1 compilation, but there’s nothing like hearing the original album in a concentrated blast of gleeful primitivism — unless it’s hearing it in this expanded form with eight bonus tracks. Apart from the final cut, the single version of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” these are all demos, some appearing on All the Stuff & More, some appearing on a 1997 7″ on Norton Records, some previously unreleased. It would be misleading to call these bonus cuts revelatory, even if they do confirm the group’s affection for pop, but they’re all welcome additions to the album, especially since they do contain “I Can’t Be” and “I Don’t Wanna Be Learned/I Don’t Wanna Be Tamed,” songs that never made it to Ramones albums, plus early versions of “I Don’t Care” and “You Should Never Have Opened That Door.” On top of the music is the 20-page booklet, containing full artwork and lyrics, tons of rare photographs, and notes from Donna Gaines. It’s a terrific package, and it’s not just for the dedicated Ramones or punk fan — it’s essential for any rock library. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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