Ramones Mania

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Ramones Mania
Compilation album by Ramones
Released May 31, 1988
Recorded 1976–1987
Genre Punk rock
Length 75:33
Label Sire
Producer Ramones, Jean Beauvoir, Tony Bongiovi, Ritchie Cordell, Tommy Erdelyi, Graham Gouldman, Glen Kolotkin, Kevin Laffey, Craig Leon, Daniel Rey, Phil Spector, Ed Stasium, Dave Stewart
Professional reviews
Ramones chronology
Halfway to Sanity
(1987)		 Ramones Mania
(1988)		 Brain Drain
(1989)

Ramones Mania is the first compilation by the American punk band the Ramones. It includes thirty Ramones songs, including some single versions, namely "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," "Needles & Pins," and "Howling at the Moon", a B–side, "Indian Giver" and one previously- unissued song version, the stereo movie mix of "Rock 'n' Roll High School".

The album contains a 50-page booklet with a little history about the Ramones, including the release dates of all their albums. This was their best selling album, it is the only Ramones album to be certified Gold in USA.[1] The album was certified gold in Argentina (more than 30.000 copies sold) in 1993 as well.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by the Ramones except as noted.

  1. "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Joey Ramone) – 2:29
  2. "Teenage Lobotomy" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:00
  3. "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (Joey Ramone) – 3:50
  4. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" (Joey Ramone) – 1:40
  5. "Beat on the Brat" (Joey Ramone) – 2:30
  6. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (single version) (Joey Ramone) – 2:47
  7. "I Wanna Live" (Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey) – 2:36
  8. "Pinhead" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:42
  9. "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Tommy Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:12
  10. "Cretin Hop" (Tommy Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 1:55
  11. "Rockaway Beach" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:06
  12. "Commando" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 1:50
  13. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (Tommy Ramone) – 2:24
  14. "Mama's Boy" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Tommy Ramone) – 2:09
  15. "Bop 'Til You Drop" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 2:09
  16. "We're a Happy Family" (Joey Ramone) – 2:39
  17. "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" (Joey Ramone) – 3:57
  18. "Outsider" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:10
  19. "Psycho Therapy" (Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:35
  20. "Wart Hog" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 1:54
  21. "Animal Boy" (Dee Dee Ramone , Johnny Ramone) – 1:50
  22. "Needles & Pins" (Single edit) (Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche) – 2:20
  23. "Howling at the Moon (Sha–La–La)" (Single edit) (Dee Dee Ramone) – 3:25
  24. "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" (Richie Ramone) – 3:23
  25. "We Want the Airwaves" (Joey Ramone) – 3:20
  26. "Chinese Rock" (Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell) – 2:28
  27. "I Just Wanna Have Something to Do" (Joey Ramone) – 2:41
  28. "The KKK Took My Baby Away" (Joey Ramone) – 2:31
  29. "Indian Giver" (Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom, Bo Gentry) – 2:47 [2]
  30. "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (Stereo movie mix) (Joey Ramone) – 2:14

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album Billboard

Year Chart Position
1988 Billboard 200 166[3]

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – US Gold[1] June 27, 1994

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b "RIAA Gold and Platinum". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=ramones&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved on March 2, 2009. 
  2. ^ Originally issued as a B–side on the "A Real Cool Time" UK 12" single. It also appears on an "I Wanna Be Sedated" promo disc, released on 1988 to promote the Ramones Mania collection.
  3. ^ "Billboard album chart history-The Ramones". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5489&model.vnuAlbumId=751597. Retrieved on March 2, 2009. 
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