| Product Summary | | Label: UNIVERSAL CAN/ZOOM | | UPC: 00008811127329 | | Release Date: 8/6/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 63994247 | | Item#: M2FT59 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1995 Radioactive Records J.V.
(C) 1995 Radioactive Records J.V.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); C.J. Ramone (vocals, bass); Marky Ramone (drums). | | Recorded at Baby Monster Studio, New York. | | Personnel: Joey Ramone (vocals, background vocals); C.J. Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dean Markley (strings); Marky Ramone (drums, cymbals). | | Recording information: Baby Monster Studio, New York, NY. | | Photographer: George DuBose. | | Rumored to be The Ramones' final album, ADIOS AMIGOS isn't so much a summing up as it is a quick trip down memory lane, a farewell message or two, and a whole bunch of parting gifts from the kings of American punk rock. You didn't expect them to get all teary-eyed, but then you probably never figured them for the smart guys they are either. The Ramones have always had a way of sounding brainless no matter how clever they were, and now they manage to slip some sentimentality into the act as well. | | ADIOS AMIGOS includes an ode to a pro wrestling loser ("The Crusher") and a brilliantly dumb anthem for burn-outs ("Got A Lot To Say"), along with such classic Ramones-isms as "I don't wanna open a can worms and I don't want any Spaghetti-O's," which newest Ramone C.J. utters during "Makin' Monsters For My Friends." Dee Dee Ramone, whom C.J. replaced, emerged from the shadows to co-write six of these songs. Johnny Ramone's guitar hammers along joyously--his punk and hardcore riffs constantly running up against pop changes in classic Ramones style. But here The Ramones save their biggest pop moments for pointedly life-affirming messages: "Life's A Gas," for example, consists of Joey la-la-la-ing and crying out the title over and over in his thick Queens accent, while Johnny power-chords his way through innocent 1950s pop changes. | | But, hey, these are still The Ramones, and elsewhere on ADIOS AMIGOS they warn you not to believe anyone who tells you to "Have A Nice Day." And Dee Dee's seemingly final message about a lonely drug death, "Born To Die In Berlin," turns out to be a false serious ending. After fifteen seconds of silence comes an unlisted punk-pop ode to Spiderman that doesn't seem to say "good bye" so much as it seems to say "gabba gabba hey." |
Producer: Daniel Rey |
Engineer: Bryce Goggin |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/04/1995 | | Original Release Date : 1995 | | Catalog ID : 11273 | | Label : Radioactive Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 33m : 51s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00008811127329 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (7/13-7/27/95, p.111)
- 3 Stars - Good - "...The album contains some of their angriest, most powerful material in years, reflecting the alienation of wizened outsiders rather than the snotty adolescent rebellion that had become a Ramones cliche....the best Ramones album in years..."Entertainment Weekly (7/14/95, p.56)
- "...confirm[s] their blitzkrieg bop not only hasn't aged but is timelier than ever. Let's hope this isn't the swan song hinted at in the album title." - Rating: A- Q (7/95, pp.127-128)
- 3 Stars - Good - "...a lively reminder that they are not yet ready for the sheltered housing complex..." Uncut (p.135)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[A] good way of saying goodbye." Alternative Press (10/95, p.74)
- "...the first good, solid Ramones album in years..." NME (Magazine)
(6/24/95, p.54)
- "...ADIOS AMIGOS is the return of gimpoid lyrics over cretin punk tunes with only the smallest hangover from the [Ramones'] metal years..." |
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