RAMONES LEAVE HOME SONGS FULL

Their cover of The Riviera's California Sun makes perfect sense, and Joey's rendition of I Remember You is as sweet a love song as you could get. The latter again landed them in trouble, getting the album withdrawn and re-released with an alternative track (the b-side, Babysitter).īut alongside the heady rush of the full-on approach was 'da brudders' love of 60s surf-pop and Phil Spector romanticism. Subject matter-wise it was business as usual, with songs about fairground freaks (Pinhead), right-wing militarism (Commando), mental illness (Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment), misogyny (Glad To See You Go) and low rent drug abuse (Carbona Not Glue) all served with a good dose of humour. Tommy Bongiovi (second cousin to Jon Bon Jovi, fact fans) had won his engineer's spurs with no one less than Jimi Hendrix, and his production, while only taking off a few of the edges, allowed the band to refine their sound. For starters the studio budget had gone up allowing the band to get a smoother sound and a better producer. But it's far from a carbon copy of its predecessor.

RAMONES LEAVE HOME SONGS FULL

With most of the material written at the same time as their debut and having been performed live for over twelve months (how else would they have made up a full hour-long set list?), Leave Home is more of the same. It contained another 14 tracks of three-minute-or-less, three-chord dumbness. Thus, it was nearly a year later that their follow-up finally hit the shelves – the title referencing the fact that, following their UK tour, the band were now world-travellers.

It took a good year for the band's reputation to spread beyond the environs of New York, so far ahead of their time were they. The album peaked at 148 on the Billboard 200 despite its critical acclaim as well as the band members expecting more commercial success.Always lumped in with the class of '77 in terms of punk's first wave, The Ramones first album had actually been unleashed very early in 1976. Critics also said the album was less groundbreaking than their debut but had humorous and enjoyable pieces. The track was replaced with 'Babysitter' in the United Kingdom and ' Sheena Is a Punk Rocker' in the United States (prior to its inclusion on Rocket to Russia) both 'Carbona' and 'Babysitter' were included on the 2001 expanded edition.Ĭritical reception for the album was generally favorable, with several reviewers pointing out the fact that it highly resembled the band's debut album. The song ' Carbona Not Glue' was taken off the album because it potentially violated the trademark of the stain-removal product Carbona. Some tunes were more pop-oriented, while others, like 'Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment' and 'Pinhead' were loaded with distorted guitars and had a more punk rock sound. The songs in Leave Home concentrate on various themes, with the musical tones being diverse as well. It was also promoted with several tour dates in the United States and Europe. The album spawned three singles, but only one succeeded in charting. The front photo was taken by Moshe Brakha and the back cover, which would become the band's logo, was designed by Arturo Vega.

The album had a higher production value than their debut Ramones and featured faster tempos. Songs on the album were written immediately after the band's first album's writing process, which demonstrated the band's progression. It was released on January 10, 1977, through Sire Records, with the expanded CD being released through Rhino Entertainment on June 19, 2001. Leave Home is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Ramones.

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