Sad. The best cut is "I'm Affected" (note double-edged title); the second best is a Ronettes remake (Joey outsings Andy Kim); the third best is a ballad about their manager (now departed). They also remake two of their own songs--"Judy Is a Punk" (good sequel) and "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (unnecessary Spectorization)--and one of the Heartbreakers' (inferior). And take on the Sports and Joe Jackson with a song about the radio that would be the worst they'd ever written were it not for "This Ain't Havana" and "High Risk Insurance," in which the group's reactionary political instincts finally escape that invisible ironic shield (bet Johnny provided worse-than-Barry-McGuire rhymes like "on your way to life's promotion/You hinder it with emotion"). Phil Spector doesn't make that much difference; his guitar overdubs are worse than his orchestrations, and they're not uncute. But this band sounds tired. B+

its called a double entendre

also goes to show that high energy makes bad songs better

>>127168076 (OP)
>in which the group's reactionary political instincts finally escape that invisible ironic shield
wut

>>127168076 (OP)
no the best song is danny says

I guess this album proved the Ramones weren't Van Halen and shouldn't try.

>>127168076 (OP)
>with a song about the radio that would be the worst they'd ever written
what a FUCKING pleb holy shit, he doesn't get the Ramones at all
I want to give him the benefit of the doubt cause he wrote this review when the record was new, but imagine saying you're a Ramones fan and hating Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
cuckgau is wrong yet again

I still think tis is one of their worst albums.
Tis is one of those times when Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" was more of a liability than an asset.
They should've of stuck with Craig Leon, and Ed Stasium as producers. (And Tommy Ramone. Don't expect me to use his real name, since I don't want to look it up to spell it correctly. I can't even pronounce it, let alone spell it)

>>127170569
As anon said. They sound like they're live in Wembley Stadium and this band just isn't supposed to do that.

>>127168076 (OP)
I remember when all 4 of the Ramones were edgy and raw and rude. It was 1984 and they were screaming through the streets, pissing wherever they wanted, ripping people's noses off. This was great for their PR. One time, they hijacked the air raid siren in my hometown of Hoedown, and they blasted this song over it when it was supposed to broadcast a nuclear missile alert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngVXg8W6K4

>>127168307
he's saying they're insufficient leftist