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The Ramones were an American punk rock band from New York City. Their discography consists of fourteen studio albums, ten live albums, sixteen compilation albums, seventy-one singles, thirty-two music videos and ten films. The band formed in early 1974, and upon signing with Seymour Stein of Sire Records, the Ramones released their self-titled debut album on April 23, 1976.[1] Despite the recording process only taking a week and being on a budget of $6,400,[2][3] the album has since become their most accoladed and iconic release.[4][5] 1977's Leave Home was the band's follow up album, released less than a year later, also through Sire.[6] While it was the first album to chart in the United Kingdom,[7] it did not chart as well in the United States as Ramones, nor their third record, Rocket to Russia, which was released in late 1977.[8] Road to Ruin was the band's fourth studio album and their first to feature a change in the band member line-up, with drummer Marky Ramone replacing Tommy Ramone.[9]
| Ramones discography | |
|---|---|
| |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 10 |
| Compilation albums | 16 |
| Singles | 71 |
| Music videos | 32 |
| Films | 10 |
It's Alive, released in 1979, was the Ramones' first live album, and only one to chart.[10][7] The band's following studio album, 1980's End of the Century, was their only record produced by Phil Spector and their most successful album commercially, peaking at #44 on the United States Billboard 200 and charting in six other countries.[11] In 1981 they released Pleasant Dreams with producer Graham Gouldman who, according to the album's critics, sparked a change in the Ramones' style of music, beginning a transition away from classic punk rock, surf punk and British punk sounds toward heavier punk rock, heavy metal and acid rock elements.[12][13][14] Subterranean Jungle, released in 1983, would be the band's final release to chart within the top 100 of the Billboard 200, and was also the final release before firing Marky as drummer. Richie Ramone would be the band's new drummer for 1984's Too Tough to Die,[15] which was produced by former drummer Tommy alongside Ed Stasium.[16] While the album was critically acclaimed for having similar characteristics to the band's earlier albums, their next release, 1986's Animal Boy, incorporated more contemporary production techniques and sounds, including synthesizers.[17][18]
Richie's final appearance would be on 1987's Halfway to Sanity, with Elvis Ramone briefly replacing him for two performances in August before Marky was brought back into the band.[19][20] The band's first compilation album, entitled Ramones Mania, was released in 1988 and would go on to be certified Gold in the United States. 1989's Brain Drain would be their final album to feature Dee Dee Ramone as bassist, as well as their last to be released through Sire.[21] The Ramones signed to Radioactive Records and released Mondo Bizarro in 1992 with new bassist C.J. Ramone.[15] Despite being the band's least successful studio album in respect to the Billboard 200, it went Gold in Brazil in 2001. During the turn of the 80s and 90s, the band had 3 hits in the top 40 of national chart Modern Rock Tracks, being them Pet Sematary, Poison Heart and I Don't Wanna Grow Up (cover of Tom Waits). Their first, and only, cover album, Acid Eaters, was released in 1993, just a year and a half before the band's fourteenth and final studio album, ¡Adios Amigos!, produced by Halfway to Sanity producer Daniel Rey.[22] Although the Ramones disbanded in mid-1996, thirteen compilation albums and four live albums have been released since then.[23]
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [24] |
AUS [25][26] |
CAN [27] |
NLD [28] |
NOR [29] |
NZ [30] |
SWE [10] |
UK [7] | |||
| Ramones |
|
111 | — | — | 185 | — | — | 48 | — | |
| Leave Home |
|
148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | |
| Rocket to Russia |
|
49 | 79 | 36 | — | — | — | 31 | 60 | |
| Road to Ruin |
|
103 | 99 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 32 | |
| End of the Century |
|
44 | 53 | 41 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 10 | 14 | |
| Pleasant Dreams |
|
58 | 87 | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | |
| Subterranean Jungle |
|
83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Too Tough to Die |
|
171 | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 63 | |
| Animal Boy |
|
143 | — | 94 | — | — | — | 37 | 38 | |
| Halfway to Sanity |
|
172 | — | — | 68 | — | — | 43 | 78 | |
| Brain Drain |
|
122 | 130[33] | — | — | — | — | 41 | 75 | |
| Mondo Bizarro |
|
190 | 93 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 87 | |
| Acid Eaters |
|
179 | — | 48 | — | — | — | 26 | — | |
| ¡Adios Amigos! |
|
148 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 62 | |
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [10] |
UK [7] | ||
| It's Alive |
|
38 | 27 |
| Loco Live[34] |
|
— | — |
| Greatest Hits Live[35] |
|
— | — |
| We're Outta Here![36] |
|
— | — |
| NYC 1978[37] |
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— | — |
| Live At The Roxy: August 12, 1976 |
|
- | - |
| Live In Glasgow: December 19, 1977 |
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- | - |
| Live At The Palladium: New York, NY (12/31/79) |
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- | - |
| It's Alive II |
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- | - |
| Triple J Live At The Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, July 8, 1980 |
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- | - |
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [24] |
BEL [38] |
CAN [27] |
SPA [39] |
SWE [10] |
UK [7] | |||||
| Ramones Mania (The Best of 1976–1988) |
|
168 | — | 84 | 47 | — | — |
| ||
| All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (First and second albums plus extra tracks)[40] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (Third and fourth albums plus extra tracks)[41] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (The Best of 1975–1996) |
|
— | 46 | — | 32 | 13 | 74 | |||
| Ramones Mania 2 (The Best of 1989–1996)[43] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Masters of Rock: Ramones (The Best of 1989–1995)[44] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Best of the Chrysalis Years (The Best of 1989–1995)[45] |
|
— | — | — | 27 | — | — | |||
| Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (The Best of 1975–1996)[46] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Chrysalis Years (Final four albums plus Loco Live)[47] |
|
— | — | — | 61 | — | — | |||
| The Best of the Ramones (The Best of 1989–1995)[48] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Weird Tales of the Ramones[49] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Hey Ho Let's Go: Greatest Hits (The Best of 1976–1989)[50] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| Essential[51] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Opus Collection: Rockaway Beach[52] |
|
153 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Ramones: All the Best (2CDs)[53] |
|
_ | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Morrissey Curates The Ramones |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Ramones: The Sire Albums (1981-1989) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not certified. | ||||||||||
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certification | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] |
US Alt [54] |
AUS [25][33] |
BEL [38] |
IRE [55] |
NL [28] |
SWE [10] |
UK [7] | ||||
| 1976 | "Blitzkrieg Bop" b/w "Havana Affair"[56] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Ramones | |
| "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" b/w "California Sun/I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" (recorded live at The Roxy, Los Angeles) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1977 | "Swallow My Pride" b/w "Pinhead" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | Leave Home | |
| "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" b/w "I Don't Care" | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 22 | Rocket to Russia | ||
| "Rockaway Beach" b/w "Locket Love" | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1978 | "Do You Wanna Dance?" b/w "Babysitter" | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Don't Come Close" b/w "I Don't Want You" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | Road to Ruin | ||
| "Needles and Pins" b/w "I Wanted Everything" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1979 | "She's the One" b/w "I Wanna Be Sedated" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Rock 'n' Roll High School" b/w "Do You Wanna Dance? (Live Version)" | – | – | 41 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 67 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | ||
| 1980 | "Baby, I Love You" b/w "High Risk Insurance" | – | – | – | 25 | 5 | – | – | 8 | End of the Century | |
| "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" b/w "Let's Go" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | |||
| "I Wanna Be Sedated" b/w "The Return of Jackie and Judy" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
|
Times Square | |
| 1981 | "We Want the Airwaves" b/w "You Sound Like You're Sick" | – | [A] | – | – | – | – | – | – | Pleasant Dreams | |
| "She's a Sensation" b/w "All's Quiet on the Eastern Front" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "The KKK Took My Baby Away" b/w "Don't Go" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1983 | "Time Has Come Today" b/w "Psycho Therapy" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Subterranean Jungle | |
| 1984 | "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" b/w "Smash You"/"Street Fighting Man" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 [B] |
Too Tough to Die | |
| 1985 | "Chasing the Night" b/w "Howling At the Moon (Sha-La-La)"/"Smash You"/"Street Fighting Man" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" b/w "Go Home Ann"/"Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | Animal Boy | ||
| 1986 | "Something to Believe In" b/w "Somebody Put Something in My Drink"/"(You) Can't Say Anything Nice" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Crummy Stuff" b/w "Something to Believe In"/"(And) I Don't Wanna Live This Life" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 98 | |||
| 1987 | "A Real Cool Time" b/w "Life Goes On"/"Indian Giver" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | Halfway to Sanity | |
| "I Wanna Live" b/w "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1989 | "Pet Sematary" b/w "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"/"Life Goes On" | – | 4 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | Brain Drain | |
| "I Believe in Miracles" b/w "All Screwed Up" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1992 | "Poison Heart" b/w "Chinese Rocks"/"Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"/"Rockaway Beach" | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | Mondo Bizarro | |
| "Strength to Endure" b/w "The Ballad of Tipper Gore" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1993 | "Journey to the Center of the Mind" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Acid Eaters | |
| "Substitute" b/w "7 And 7 Is"/"Out Of Time" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1994 | "7 and 7 Is" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1995 | "I Don't Want to Grow Up" b/w "She Talks To Rainbows" | – | 30 | — | – | – | – | – | – | ¡Adios Amigos! | |
| 1996 | "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Greatest Hits Live | |
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Do You Wanna Dance?" | Allan Arkush, from Rock 'n' Roll High School movie.[57] |
| "I Want You Around" | ||
| "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" | ||
| 1980 | "Rock 'n' Roll High School" | Mark Robinson[58] |
| "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" | ||
| 1981 | "We Want the Airwaves" | Craig Leiber, Kirk Heflin, Maureen Nappi[58] |
| "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)" | Craig Leibner[59] | |
| "The KKK Took My Baby Away" | ||
| 1983 | "Psycho Therapy" | Frances Delia[58] |
| "Time Has Come Today" | Demyan, Schiro[58] | |
| 1984 | "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" | Frances Delia[58] |
| 1986 | "Something to Believe In" | Bill Fishman, Preacher Ewing[58] |
| "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" (Rough Cut) | George Seminara[59] | |
| 1987 | "I Wanna Live" | Bill Fishman, Preacher Ewing[58] |
| 1988 | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | Bill Fishman[58] |
| 1989 | "Pet Sematary" | |
| "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | George Seminara[58][60] | |
| 1990 | "I Believe in Miracles" | |
| 1991 | "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Live) | |
| 1992 | "Poison Heart" | Samuel Bayer[61] |
| "Strength to Endure" | George Seminara[60] | |
| "Touring" (Original Version) | John Cafiero[62] | |
| 1994 | "Substitute" | Tom Rainone[60] |
| 1995 | "I Don't Want to Grow Up" | Jonathon Dayton, Valerie Faris[60] |
| 1996 | "Spiderman" |
| Year | Film | Director | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Blank Generation | Ivan Kral, Amos Poe[63] | |
| 1979 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | Allan Arkush[64] | |
| 1990 | Lifestyles of the Ramones | George Seminara[65] | |
| 1993 | "Rosebud" (The Simpsons) | Wes Archer[66] | |
| 1998 | Ramones – Around the World | Marky Ramone[67] | |
| 2002 | The Ramones and I | Rusty Nails[68] | |
| 2003 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia[69] | |
| 2004 | Ramones: Raw | John Cafiero[71] | |
| 2006 | Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone | Mandy Stein[73] | |
| 2007 | It's Alive 1974–1996 | George Seminara[74] |
|
| Year | Album | Artist | Record company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Ramones | Screeching Weasel | Selfless Records |
| 1994 | Leave Home | The Vindictives | Selfless Records |
| 1994 | Rocket to Russia | The Queers | Selfless Records, Liberation Records |
| 1996 | End of the Century | Boris the Sprinkler | Clearview Records |
| 1997 | It's Alive | Parasites | Clearview Records |
| 1997 | Pleasant Dreams | Beatnik Termites | Clearview Records |
| 1998 | Road to Ruin | The Mr. T Experience | Clearview Records |
| 1998 | Too Tough to Die | Jon Cougar Concentration Camp | Liberation Records |
| 2000 | Too Tough to Die | The McRackins | Clearview Records |
| 2001 | Ramones Maniacs | Various | Trend Is Dead! Records |
| 2004 | Subterranean Jungle[76] | Tip Toppers | Ramones Fans Norway |
| 2011 | Halfway to Sanity[77][78] | Kobanes | Fixing A Hole Records |
| 2019 | Animal Boy[79] | The New Rochelles | |
| 2021 | Mondo Bizarro[80] | K7s | Family Spree Recordings |
| 2022 | Leave Home | The Canceled Sitcoms | Blitzkrieg Cat Records |
| Year | Album | Artist(s) | Record Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Ramones | Operation Ivy | Metropolis Records |
| 1991 | Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones | Various | Triple X Records |
| 1996 | Rocket to Ramonia | The Huntingtons | Burnt Toast Vinyl |
| 1998 | Blitzkrieg Over You | Various | Nasty Vinyl |
| 1999 | File Under Ramones | The Huntingtons | Tooth and Nail Records |
| 2001 | Glue Sniffin' Shocker | Reload | Reload Music |
| 2002 | Strength to Endure: A Tribute to Ramones & Motörhead | Riotgun. & Bullet Treatment | Basement Records |
| 2002 | The Song Ramones The Same | Various | White Jazz Records |
| 2002 | Ramones Forever: An International Tribute | Radical Records | |
| 2003 | We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones | Columbia Records | |
| 2004 | Sniffin' Glue: A Las Vegas Tribute to the Ramones | Afternoon Records | |
| 2005 | Guitar Tribute to the Ramones | Tribute Sounds Records | |
| 2005 | The Rockabilly Tribute to Ramones | CMH Records | |
| 2005 | Pan for Punks...A Steelpan Tribute to the Ramones | Tracy Thornton | Pandemic Records |
| 2006 | Brats on the Beat: Ramones for Kids | Various | Go-Kart Records |
| 2007 | Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of the Ramones | Rockabye Baby Records | |
| 2008 | Bossa n' Ramones | Music Brokers Records | |
| 2008 | Rocket from Poland | Dumbs | Pasażer Records |
| 2011 | Osaka Ramones | Shonen Knife | Good Charamel Records |
| 2018 | Songs in the Key of Joey | Aaron Stingray and the Brooklyn Apostles | Blitzkrieg Cat Records |
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