Ramones Mania

Infobox Album
Name = Ramones Mania
Type = compilation
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fwxqt5ldhe link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=ramones link]
Last album = "Halfway to Sanity"
(1987)
This album = Ramones Mania
(1988)
Next album = "Brain Drain"
(1989)

"Ramones Mania" is the first Ramones compilation. 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. [cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php |title=RIAA Gold and Platinum |accessdate=2008-05-09 ] The album was certified gold in Argentina (more than 30.000 copies sold) in 1993 as well.

Track listing

All songs written by the Ramones except as noted.

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

Notes

Personnel

*Joey Ramone – lead vocals
*Johnny Ramone – guitar
*Dee Dee Ramone – bass, backing vocals
*Marky Ramone - drums
*Tommy Ramone - drums
*Richie Ramone - drums

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