Leave Home

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Rathbone, Oregano (September 2017). "Ramones – Leave Home (40th Anniversary Edition)". Record Collector. No.470 . Retrieved 2018-11-21. Home_ doesn't stray very far from the three simple rules that defined the Ramones' debut: keep it LOUD, FAST and SHORT. I suppose you should also add catchy, memorable, witty, ironic, subtly intelligent, etc., but in the spirit of the Ramones I'm going to keep this review simple.

Sire Records Inc., Marketed by ABC Records, Inc., L.A., Calif. 90048. N.Y., N.Y. 10019. Printed in U.S.A. Sire Records, Inc./ Marketed by ABC Records, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. 90048. New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed in U.S.A.

Missed the hit parade

Very much the same as the debut but this time the production is much better and Joey's just a little bit more discernable. For Leave Home the idea was simple: tidy up a few rough edges and let the hooks do the talking. The band – Joey, guitarist Johnny, bassist Dee Dee and drummer Tommy, who co-produced with Tony Bongiovi – were keen to show that their songwriting chops had progressed, even in such a short space of time. The most notable shift comes with their prioritising of refrains that could easily be caught and repeated if, say, they were heard blasting from the radio through car speakers. Lander, Dan (2010). Music IS Rapid Transportation... from the Beatles to Xenakis. Charivari Press. ISBN 978-1-895166-04-0. Waksman, Steve (2009). This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-94388-9.

Out Now: Ramones: The Sire Years (1976–1981)". Rhino Entertainment. 2013-10-31 . Retrieved 2014-01-25.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. But it's far from a carbon copy of its predecessor. For starters the studio budget had gone up allowing the band to get a smoother sound and a better producer. 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. The band would infamously give themselves over to pop on 198o’s End of the Century, enlisting primo arsehole Phil Spector – still at that point just the Wall Of Sound pioneer and not yet a convicted murderer – to buff their music to a shine. Next to that record Leave Home is a far more authentic reach for mainstream acceptance built on the belief that, on their own scuzzy merits, Ramones songs were as melodically potent as anything swimming around in the upper reaches of the charts. a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Leave Home – Ramones". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14 . Retrieved 2014-01-26. Rolled out in January 1977, the LP was initially dismissed in some quarters as a good release that doubled down on a successful formula. Of course, that’s true on the surface—Ramones songs are Ramones songs. But it doesn’t take into account the intent and execution. a b c d Begrand, Adrien (2003-06-26). "The Ramones: Leave Home". PopMatters . Retrieved 2014-01-26.