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Rocket to Russia (Lp)

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I bought this on vinyl. On tape. On CD. Now I've bought it again on CD -- and the remastering and the bonus tracks are worth every penny I've spent on this title since the '70s.

I bought this on vinyl. On tape. On CD. Now I've bought it again on CD -- and the remastering and the bonus tracks are worth every penny I've spent on this title since the '70s.

You absolutely need this if you are at all interested in punk rock. It is more poppy than their debut but better than Leave Home. The best songs, in my opinion are the simplest ones: Surfing Bird and Happy Family. This is one of my favorite all-time albums. Throw away your Blink 182 ... and get into the Ramones.

You could put this record on at a FUNERAL and people would start bopping their heads, and maybe even dance. It just doesn't get any better!

I got into the ramones in the late middle 70's when music was the pits and then I heard Rocket to Russia. I think that it is one of Rock's best albums made both in beat and vocals. I think it is a well written album and signifies the idea that punk was fun yet political in nature.
I highly reccomend this album as well as the Live album,anthology which is a good chronilogical representation and pleasent Dreams.

Besides the Beatles, the Ramones were the best rock band ever. Why? Neither band compromised on anything they did. This album encompases their best effort. Their junior outing produced a professional sounding album before that got bored with the sound they made famous and started to experiment (like the acoustical parts of Road To Ruin).
Just fast catchy tunes that that don't sound juvenile or rushed. If your new to the Ramones, you could try this album first, though most will try 'Ramones Mania', and that will do fine. But when you want more to explore, start here.
Plus, this album is as a whole, is also on 'All The Stuff And More Part 2', and includes Road To Ruin too.

Rocket to Russia is my favorite album ever,I just can't live
trough a day without Cretin Hop or We're a Happy Family.RTR shows
Ramones at their best.Everything's here:Johnny s beautiful,comma-
nding,hard,but still melodic guitar,Joey s amazing voice,full of
emotions,Tommy's non-stop loud beating,and,of course,DeeDee's
simple,but enjoyable bass lines,and his lyrics(okay,it says songs
are written by the Ramones,but,since DeeDee was the main lyric
writer and composer in the band,I think the praise should go to him).Song are classic Ramones style:you have Joey's great poppy
oriented love songs and ballads(Her Today,Gone Tommorrow,Locket Love),and DeeDee's punk classics(We're a Happy Family,Teenage Lobotomy,Cretin Hop...)There is nothing more to say.This is the
third of Ramones first five albums,...

I like a lot of music, everything from uh Louis Armstrong to the Germs, but brother this is the best of em' all. This album is perfection, every time I play it I feel even more alive. So what did Rhino do, they made it better!!! First off, the fidelity is unbelievable. For all of you that have "All This Stuff And More Vol 2", you can throw that away cause here is the real thing! Not to mention you get the bonus cuts that you did on "ATSAMV2", including 2 of the greatest cuts they never released, S.L.U.G.(recorded at Gold Star Studios no less) and, It's A Long Way Back To Germany (well it was a b-side). Do yourself a favor and order this now!!!!!! RIP Joey

I cant believe all of u americans, why dont u ever give a chance to ramones...i will not say the typical "they made the punk rock, blablabla...".One of the real reasons cuz they quitted, it`s that they were tired of he unrecognizement of u.s.a.They couldnt believe that they selled no more than 2.000.000 lp on his entire carreer;the same number that green day did with dookie!!
I miss them a lot, i`m from argentina, they were like the beatles here(on Marky`s words)...all i want to say, is that when a good band appear, give them a chance, no matter if they dont look good or if they dont play like Steve Vai...

They were funny, loyals to his ppl, good persons(i had the chance to know all of them)and they`re gone, now...

On Johnny`s words "i love Elvis, and his gone, but i still buy his records and listen them again and again"...Please, lets do the same;thx ramones!

(excuse my english, thx!)

Like the Clash, the third time was the charm for the kings of Queens, who hotwired 1960s sincero-spunk ("Locket Love," "Do You Wanna Dance?") with 1970s chainsaw punk (which they singlehandedly invented on their debut and perfected on "Leave Home"), and somehow wound up in a dead heat with the Beach Boys for first place in the title bout for greatest surf combo ever ("Rockaway Beach," "Surfin' Bird" and especially "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"). In the process, the protoboyz from da 'hood absolutely shredded anything and everything gobbed up by London's Class of '77 (listen to any Damned records lately?), not to mention their CBGB's peers (the combined careers of Blondie, Television and Talking Heads weren't as influential as "We're A Happy Family"). Even the pinheads-in-straightjackets schtick ("Cretin Hop," "I Wanna Be Well," "Teenage Lobotomy") sounded fresh, frenetic, fun and especially funny, unlike "I Don't Care," which reads like a suicide note written in her lipstick and left on the windowsill. The demo/outtake flotsam is better on the other reissues, but that's mostly because it's impossible to improve on perfection, crystallized in Tommy's four glorious every-drum-at-once beats that kickstart the last chorus of "Rockaway Beach," which rivals the first three minutes of the Stones' "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'?" as the most astounding, gut-wrenching, giddy, grand and life-affirming rock and roll moment ever. Gabba gabba get it before it gets you.