The Ramones - Discography !!install!! May 2026

Six months later, they did it again. Leave Home is a superior record to its predecessor in almost every way. The production is cleaner (thanks to Tony Bongiovi, cousin of a then-unknown Jon Bon Jovi), but the sneer is sharper.

Too Tough to Die is ferocious. Wart Hog is pure thrash. Mama's Boy is hilariously creepy. I'm Not Afraid of Life is a rare optimistic Joey lyric. The album didn’t sell, but it restored their credibility. For the first time in years, critics remembered the Ramones were dangerous. Key Tracks: Bonzo Goes to Bitburg , Something to Believe In , My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) The Ramones - Discography

Censorshit attacks Tipper Gore’s PMRC. Touring is a bitter, hilarious complaint about life on the road. It didn’t sell, but it proved that even after 16 years, The Ramones could still write songs that mattered. Key Tracks: Surf City , Journey to the Center of the Mind , Somebody to Love Six months later, they did it again

Their only full album of covers. Acid Eaters sees The Ramones paying tribute to 1960s psychedelic rock: The Who, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane. It’s a fun, lightweight record. Purists dismiss it. But hear Joey sing Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane) and you realize: The Ramones were always psychedelic, just at 180 BPM. Too Tough to Die is ferocious

Produced by Ritchie Cordell (of Tommy James & The Shondells), this album feels like a band running on fumes but refusing to die. It’s inconsistent: a clunky cover of Time Has Come Today (The Chambers Brothers) drags the middle. But Outsider (later covered by Green Day) is a classic, and Highest Trails Above shows Dee Dee’s surprising melodic growth.