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pitchfork

9.5

“This 40th anniversary three-disc reissue of the second Ramones album is littered with alternate mixes, all attempting to achieve a precise balance of muscle and effervescence.”

Too Tough to Die (Deluxe Edition)

rollingstone

8.0

“The Ramones’ eighth studio album is an exhilarating summation of all that they do so well, from the classic thrash of "Mama’s Boy" and "Human Kind" to the big-beat balladry of "I’m Not Afraid of Life." But Too Tough to Die is also a significant step forward for this great American band: along with such […]”

Pleasant Dreams

rollingstone

8.0

“Pity the poor Ramones. Where once they led the charge of the punk brigade, da brudders four now eat the dust of ambulance-chasing snobs smitten by avant-funk, the new psychedelia and Spandau Baloney. After four masterpieces of heavy metal, go-go and the noble failure of last year’s Phil Spector-produced End of the Century, is it […]”

Brain Drain

pastemagazine

7.9

“Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at the Ramones’ 1989 swan song—an album written and recorded as the punk titans’ reverence was fading away, one member wanted to pursue a rap career, and the band was fracturing straight down the middle.”

End of the Century

pitchfork

6.4

“For 1980’s End of the Century, the Ramones abandoned their tough, fast and loud dynamic to work with Phil Spector. It was one of the oddest pairings in punk history.”

Acid Eaters

rollingstone

6.0

“Bowie did it with Pinups, Guns n’ Roses with The Spaghetti Incident? — delivered supercharged covers of the music that influenced them. Now the Ramones, fondly revisiting the proto-grunge of ’60s gods (Stones, Animals, Who), cult faves (Love, Troggs) and crazies (Amboy Dukes, Seeds), offer the pyschedelectable Acid Eaters. The rockers smoke, but it’s the […]”