Greatest Hits

by Ramones

Overview

Appearing one year after Rhino's Ramones box set Weird Tales of the Ramones, and appearing four years after Rhino's first single-disc Ramones collection Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits -- which itself appeared after Rhino's excellent double-disc Hey! Ho! Let's Go!: The Anthology -- Rhino's 2006 collection Greatest Hits serves up 20 of the group's basics. Unlike 2002's Loud, Fast Ramones, Greatest Hits makes no attempt to cover anything other than the group's peak period: the first 16 songs cover 1976's Ramones through 1980s End of the Century, with a selection apiece from Pleasant Dreams ("The KKK Took My Baby Away"), Subterranean Jungle ("Outsider"), Brain Drain ("Pet Sematary") and Too Tough to Die ("Wart Hog"). This makes for a tighter, better listen than Loud, Fast Ramones, even if it's hard not to feel that Rhino might have gone to the well one too many times with this release. After all, as good as this music is, how many times can it be shuffled around on compilations? (And since the skimpy liner notes for this set are cribbed from the Weird Tales box -- there is a letter coding to illustrate each of the Ramones albums and which drummers and bassists played on what, but half of the albums with coding aren't represented at all -- this can't help feel a little bit like an afterthought.) Nevertheless, anybody looking for a concise collection of the group's basics will not feel let down by this Greatest Hits, which does indeed offer 20 tracks of prime Ramones rock & roll. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/06/2006
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227001520
Rank:	21970

Tracks

1. Blitzkrieg Bop
2. Beat on the Brat
3. Judy Is a Punk
4. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
5. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
6. Pinhead
7. Commando
8. Rockaway Beach
9. We're a Happy Family
10. Cretin Hop
11. Teenage Lobotomy
12. I Wanna Be Sedated
13. I Just Wanna Have Something to Do
14. Rock 'N' Roll High School
15. Baby, I Love You
16. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio
17. The KKK Took My Baby Away
18. Outsider
19. Pet Sematary
20. Wart Hog

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ramones   Primary Artist
C.J. Ramone   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Dee Dee Ramone   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Joey Ramone   Vocals
Johnny Ramone   Guitar
Marky Ramone   Drums
Richie Ramone   Drums
Tommy Ramone   Drums

Technical Credits

Matthew Abelson   Audio Production
Dani Barnard   Audio Production,Compilation Producer
Ellie Greenwich   Composer
Ed Stasium   Producer
Douglas Colvin   Composer
Joey Ramone   Composer
Ritchie Cordell   Producer
Dee Dee Ramone   Composer
Steve Woolard   Project Assistant
Johnny Ramone   Composer
Jean Beauvoir   Producer
Hugh Brown   Photography,Art Direction
Jeffrey Hyman   Composer
Marky Ramone   Photo Courtesy
Scott Hackwith   Producer
Ramones   Composer
Thomas Erdelyi   Composer,Producer,Associate Producer
Glen Kolotkin   Producer
Daniel Rey   Composer,Producer
Phil Spector   Composer,Producer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Richie Stotts   Composer
Graham Gouldman   Producer
Jimmy Hole   Design
Craig Leon   Producer
Bill Inglot   Remastering
Gie Knaeps   Photography
Tony Bongiovi   Producer
Sheryl Farber   Project Assistant
Matt Abels   Compilation Producer
Gilbert Kaufman   Project Assistant
Daniel Hersch   Remastering