July 06, 2017

Ramones - Leave Home (1977)

*Japanese first pressing. 
Contains 14 tracks total.
Country: U.S.A
Genre: Punk Rock
Label Number: WPCP-3142

© 1977-1990 Sire Records
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Of course the Ramones' second album, Leave Home, is simply more of the same -- 14 songs, including one oldie ("California Sun"), delivered at breakneck speed and concluding in under a half-hour. The Ramones have gotten slightly poppier, occasionally delivering songs like "I Remember You" that are cloaked neither in irony nor seedy rock & roll chic. Still, the biggest impressions are made by the cuts that strongly recall the debut, whether it's the ersatz Beach Boys of "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," the singalong of "Pinhead," or the warped anthems "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" and "Commando." Song for song, it's slightly weaker than its predecessor, but the handful of mediocre cuts speed by so fast that you don't really notice its weaknesses until after it's all over.

tags: ramones, leave home, 1977, flac,

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