Ramones discography

The Ramones were an American punk rock band from New York City. Their discography consists of fourteen studio albums, seven 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 albums14
Live albums7
Compilation albums16
Music videos32
EPs1
Singles71
Films10

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]

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. 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] 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. Their first and only cover album, Acid Eaters, was released in 1994, just one year 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]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[24]
AUS
[25]
CAN
[26]
NLD
[27]
NOR
[28]
NZ
[29]
SWE
[10]
UK
[7]
Ramones
  • Released: April 23, 1976
  • Label: Sire
111 48
Leave Home
  • Released: January 10, 1977
  • Label: Sire
148 45
Rocket to Russia
  • Released: November 4, 1977
  • Label: Sire
49 79 36 31 60
Road to Ruin
  • Released: September 22, 1978
  • Label: Sire
103 99 25 32
End of the Century
  • Released: February 4, 1980
  • Label: Sire
44 53 41 27 36 48 10 14
Pleasant Dreams
  • Released: July 20, 1981
  • Label: Sire
58 87 35
Subterranean Jungle
  • Released: February 28, 1983
  • Label: Sire
83
Too Tough to Die 171 49 63
Animal Boy
  • Released: May 19, 1986
  • Labels: Sire, Beggars Banquet, Ariola, RCA, Barclay
143 94 37 38
Halfway to Sanity
  • Released: September 15, 1987
  • Labels: Sire, Beggars Banquet, Ariola, RCA, Barclay
172 68 43 78
Brain Drain
  • Released: May 18, 1989
  • Labels: Sire, Chrysalis
122 41 75
Mondo Bizarro
  • Released: September 1, 1992
  • Labels: Radioactive, Chrysalis
190 41 87
Acid Eaters
  • Released: December 1, 1993
  • Labels: Radioactive, Chrysalis
179 48 26
¡Adios Amigos!
  • Released: July 18, 1995
  • Labels: Radioactive, Chrysalis
148 16 62

Live albums

Title Album details Peak positions
SWE
[10]
UK
[7]
It's Alive
  • Released: April 1979
  • Label: Sire
38 27
Loco Live[31]
  • Released: March 1992
  • Label: Sire
Greatest Hits Live[32]
We're Outta Here![33]
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: MCA
You Don't Come Close[34]
  • Released: May 2001
  • Label: Dynamic Italy
NYC 1978[35]
  • Released: August 2003
  • Label: King Biscuit
Live on Air[36]
  • Released: January 2011
  • Label: Westworld

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[24]
BEL
[37]
CAN
[26]
SPA
[38]
SWE
[10]
UK
[7]
Ramones Mania (The Best of 1976–1988)
  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: Sire
168 84 47
All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (First and second albums plus extra tracks)[39]
  • Released: May 1990
  • Label: Sire
All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (Third and fourth albums plus extra tracks)[40]
Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (The Best of 1975–1996)
  • Released: July 1999
  • Label: Rhino
46 32 13 74
Ramones Mania 2 (The Best of 1989–1996)[42]
  • Released: April 2000
  • Label: Phantom
Masters of Rock: Ramones (The Best of 1989–1995)[43]
  • Released: August 2001
  • Label: EMI
Best of the Chrysalis Years (The Best of 1989–1995)[44]
  • Released: May 2002
  • Label: EMI
27
Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (The Best of 1975–1996)[45]
  • Released: October 2002
  • Label: WEA
The Chrysalis Years (Final four albums plus Loco Live)[46]
  • Released: December 2002
  • Label: EMI International
61
The Best of the Ramones (The Best of 1989–1995)[47]
  • Released: May 2004
  • Label: Simply the Best
Weird Tales of the Ramones[48]
  • Released: August 2005
  • Labels: Rhino/Warner Bros.
Hey Ho Let's Go: Greatest Hits (The Best of 1976–1989)[49]
  • Released: June 2006
  • Label: Rhino
Essential[50]
  • Released: July 16, 2007
  • Label: Chrysalis
Opus Collection: Rockaway Beach[51]
  • Released: August 14, 2012
  • Label: Starbucks Records
153
The Ramones: All the Best (2CDs)[52]
  • Released: December 12, 2012
  • Labels: EMI International / WEA / Chrysalis
_
Morrissey Curates The Ramones
  • Released: November 28, 2014
  • Label: Rhino
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not certified.

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Certification Album
US
[8]
US MDR
[53]
AUS
[25]
BEL
[37]
IRE
[54]
NL
[27]
SWE
[10]
UK
[7]
1976 "Blitzkrieg Bop" b/w "Havana Affair"[55] 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 "I Remember You" b/w "California Sun/I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" (recorded live at The Roxy, Los Angeles) Leave Home
"Swallow My Pride" b/w "Pinhead" 36
"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 "I Want You Around" 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"
1983 "Psycho Therapy" b/w "My-My Kind of a Girl" Subterranean Jungle
"Time Has Come Today" b/w "Outsider"
1984 "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" b/w "Smash You" 85
[B]
Too Tough to Die
1985 "Chasing the Night" b/w "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)"
"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" b/w "Go Home Ann"/"Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" 81 Animal Boy
1986 "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" b/w "Animal Boy" 69
[C]
"Something to Believe In" b/w "Love Kills"
"Crummy Stuff" b/w "She Belongs to Me" 98
1987 "A Real Cool Time" b/w "Life Goes On" 85 Halfway to Sanity
"I Wanna Live" b/w "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)"
1989 "Pet Sematary" b/w "All Screwed Up" 4 Brain Drain
"I Believe in Miracles" b/w "Zero Zero UFO"
1992 "Poison Heart" b/w "Censorshit" 6 69 Mondo Bizarro
"Strength to Endure" b/w "The Ballad of Tipper Gore"
1993 "Touring" b/w "Cabbies on Crack"
"Journey to the Center of the Mind" b/w "Surfin' Safari" Acid Eaters
"Substitute" b/w "Can't Seem to Make You Mine"
1994 "7 and 7 Is" b/w "Out of Time"
1995 "I Don't Want to Grow Up" b/w "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." 30 ¡Adios Amigos!

Music videos

Year Video Director
1979 "Do You Wanna Dance?" Allan Arkush, from Rock 'n' Roll High School movie.[56]
"I Want You Around"
"I Just Want to Have Something to Do"
1980 "Rock 'n' Roll High School" Mark Robinson[57]
"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?"
1981 "We Want the Airwaves" Craig Leiber, Kirk Heflin, Maureen Nappi[57]
"It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)" Craig Leibner[58]
"The KKK Took My Baby Away"
1983 "Psycho Therapy" Frances Delia[57]
"Time Has Come Today" Demyan, Schiro[57]
1984 "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" Frances Delia[57]
1986 "Something to Believe In" Bill Fishman, Preacher Ewing[57]
"Somebody Put Something in My Drink" (Rough Cut) George Seminara[58]
1987 "I Wanna Live" Bill Fishman, Preacher Ewing[57]
1988 "I Wanna Be Sedated" Bill Fishman[57]
1989 "Pet Sematary"
"Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" George Seminara[57][59]
1990 "I Believe in Miracles"
1991 "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Live)
1992 "Poison Heart" Samuel Bayer[60]
"Strength to Endure" George Seminara[59]
"Touring" (Original Version) John Cafiero[61]
1994 "Substitute" Tom Rainone[59]
1995 "I Don't Want to Grow Up" Jonathon Dayton, Valerie Faris[59]
1996 "Spiderman"

Films

Year Film Director Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1976The Blank GenerationIvan Kral, Amos Poe[62]
1979Rock 'n' Roll High SchoolAllan Arkush[63]
1990Lifestyles of the RamonesGeorge Seminara[64]
1993"Rosebud" (The Simpsons)Wes Archer[65]
1998Ramones – Around the WorldMarky Ramone[66]
2002The Ramones and IRusty Nails[67]
2003End of the Century: The Story of the RamonesJim Fields, Michael Gramaglia[68]
2004Ramones: RawJohn Cafiero[69]
2006Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny RamoneMandy Stein[70]
2007It's Alive 1974–1996George Seminara[71]

Tribute albums

Full album tributes

YearAlbumArtistRecord company
1992RamonesScreeching WeaselSelfless Records
1994Leave HomeThe VindictivesSelfless Records
1994Rocket to RussiaThe QueersSelfless Records, Liberation Records
1996End of the CenturyBoris the SprinklerClearview Records
1997It's AliveParasitesClearview Records
1997Pleasant DreamsBeatnik TermitesClearview Records
1998Road to RuinThe Mr. T ExperienceClearview Records
1998Too Tough to DieJon Cougar Concentration CampLiberation Records
2000Too Tough to DieThe McRackinsClearview Records
2001Ramones ManiacsVariousTrend Is Dead! Records
2004Subterranean Jungle[72]Tip ToppersRamones Fans Norway
2011Halfway to Sanity[73][74]KobanesFixing A Hole Records

Other tributes

YearAlbumArtist(s)Record Company
1987RamonesOperation IvyMetropolis Records
1991Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the RamonesVariousTriple X Records
1996Rocket to RamoniaThe HuntingtonsBurnt Toast Vinyl
1998Blitzkrieg Over YouVariousNasty Vinyl
1999File Under RamonesThe HuntingtonsTooth and Nail Records
2001Glue Sniffin' ShockerReloadReload Music
2002Strength To Endure: A Tribute To Ramones & MotorheadRiotgun. & Bullet TreatmentBasement Records
2002The Song Ramones The SameVariousWhite Jazz Records
2002Ramones Forever: An International TributeRadical Records
2003We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to RamonesColumbia Records
2004Sniffin' Glue: A Las Vegas Tribute to the RamonesAfternoon Records
2005Guitar Tribute to the RamonesTribute Sounds Records
2005The Rockabilly Tribute to RamonesCMH Records
2005Pan for Punks...A Steelpan Tribute to the RamonesTracy ThorntonPandemic Records
2006Brats on the Beat: Ramones for KidsVariousGo-Kart Records
2007Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of the RamonesRockabye Baby Records
2008Bossa n' RamonesMusic Brokers Records
2008Rocket from PolandDumbsPasażer Records
2011Osaka RamonesShonen KnifeGood Charamel Records
2018Songs in the Key of JoeyAaron Stingray and the Brooklyn ApostlesBlitzkrieg Cat Records

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