- Ramones (Screeching Weasel album)
Infobox Album | Name = Ramones
Type =Tribute Album
Artist =Screeching Weasel
Released = 1992
Recorded = 1992
Genre =Punk rock ,pop punk
Label = Selfless
Producer =Mass Giorgini
Reviews =
Last album = "My Brain Hurts "
(1991)
This album = "Ramones"
(1992)
Next album = "Wiggle"
(1993) |"Ramones" is a 1992 album by
Screeching Weasel covering the first album byThe Ramones in its entirety. The band was approached to cover the album at a party for the completion of their fourth album, "Wiggle". Having just lost bassist Johnny Personality, the band was unsure of its future, and they claim that the recording of these covers helped revitalize them. For future Screeching Weasel songs, Ben would play second guitar and Danny Vapid moved back to bass, but, for this recording, Ben just sang since the Ramones only had one guitarist. ProducerMass Giorgini mixed the album just like the Ramones record, with the guitar panned hard to one side and the bass to the other. Very little was changed in terms of the songs themselves, though all were slightly faster than the originals. The album was recorded in approximately fifteen hours and released on vinyl on Selfless Records in a limited run of 1700 copies, 300 of which were on whitevinyl . Selfless repressed 300 copies of the album in 1993 with silkscreened covers. Further Ramones cover albums include "Leave Home" byThe Vindictives , "Road to Ruin" byThe Mr. T Experience , and "Rocket to Russia" byThe Queers (which Ben Weasel produced). This album was later repressed on CD, along with the four songs from 1997'sFormula 27 EP, on a collection entitled "Beat is on the Brat ".Track listing
*All songs by
The Ramones , except * by Jim Lee# "
Blitzkrieg Bop " – 2:12
# "Beat on the Brat" – 2:30
# "Judy Is a Punk" – 1:30
# "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" – 2:24
# "Chainsaw" – 1:55
# "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" – 1:34
# "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" – 2:35
# "Loudmouth" – 2:14
# "Havana Affair" – 2:00
# "Listen to My Heart" – 1:56
# "53rd & 3rd " – 2:19
# "Let's Dance"* – 1:51
# "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" – 1:43
# "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World" – 2:09Personnel
*
Ben Weasel - lead vocals
* Jughead - guitar
*Danny Vapid - bass
*Dan Panic - drums
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