Weird Tales of the Ramones is a box set compilation by American punk band the Ramones, released on August 16, 2005 by Rhino Records. The set was compiled by Johnny Ramone and contains 85 songs on 3 CDs, plus a DVD containing the 1990 documentary Lifestyles of the Ramones. The latter features the Ramones' music videos up to 1990, interspersed with interview clips with the band members and other pop culture figures, and the DVD adds the band's post-1990 videos, including the MTV-banned version of "Substitute". The box set also contains a special oversize comic book, focusing on the legend of the band, written and illustrated by multiple contributors, a 3D pair of glasses and a postcard to dedicated to Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee.
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| Released | August 16, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–1996 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 218:50 | |||
| Label | Rhino/WEA | |||
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| Compiler | Johnny Ramone | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[3] |
| Metro Times | (average)[4] |
| Mojo | [3] |
| The New York Times | (favorable)[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.6/10)[6] |
| Robert Christgau | (mixed)[7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
| Uncut | [3] |
The cover art and title is an homage to EC Comics issues from the 1950s.[9]
CD track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blitzkrieg Bop" | Tommy Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone | Ramones, 1976 | 2:12 |
| 2. | "Beat on the Brat" | Joey Ramone | Ramones | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Judy Is a Punk" | Joey | Ramones | 1:30 |
| 4. | "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" | Tommy | Ramones | 2:25 |
| 5. | "Loudmouth" | Dee Dee, Johnny Ramone | Ramones | 2:14 |
| 6. | "53rd & 3rd" | Dee Dee | Ramones | 2:20 |
| 7. | "Havana Affair" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Ramones | 1:56 |
| 8. | "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" | Dee Dee | Ramones | 1:35 |
| 9. | "Glad to See You Go" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Leave Home, 1977 | 2:10 |
| 10. | "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Leave Home | 1:40 |
| 11. | "I Remember You" | Joey | Leave Home | 2:18 |
| 12. | "Carbona Not Glue" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Leave Home | 1:50 |
| 13. | "Oh, Oh, I Love Her So" | Joey | Leave Home | 2:05 |
| 14. | "Swallow My Pride" | Joey, Dee Dee | Leave Home | 2:03 |
| 15. | "Commando" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Leave Home | 1:53 |
| 16. | "Pinhead" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Leave Home | 2:53 |
| 17. | "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (ABC Single Version) | Joey | Leave Home | 2:47 |
| 18. | "I Don't Care" (Single Version) | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Rocket to Russia, 1977 | 1:37 |
| 19. | "Rockaway Beach" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Rocket to Russia | 2:05 |
| 20. | "Cretin Hop" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Rocket to Russia | 1:55 |
| 21. | "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Rocket to Russia | 2:48 |
| 22. | "Teenage Lobotomy" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Rocket to Russia | 2:01 |
| 23. | "Slug" (Demo) | Joey | All the Stuff (And More) Volume One, 1990 | 2:22 |
| 24. | "Surfin' Bird" | Alfred Frazier, John Harris, Carl White, Turner Wilson | Rocket to Russia | 2:35 |
| 25. | "We're a Happy Family" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Rocket to Russia | 2:39 |
| 26. | "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin, 1978 | 2:41 |
| 27. | "I Wanted Everything" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin | 3:14 |
| 28. | "Needles and Pins" (Remixed Single Version) | Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche | Road to Ruin | 2:21 |
| 29. | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin | 2:29 |
| 30. | "Go Mental" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin | 2:40 |
| 31. | "Don't Come Close" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin | 2:44 |
| 32. | "I Don't Want You" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin | 2:26 |
| 33. | "She's the One" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin | 2:13 |
| 34. | "I'm Against It" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Road to Ruin | 2:07 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (Ed Stasium Mix; Recorded 1978) | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Ramones Mania, 1988 | 2:18 |
| 2. | "I Want You Around" (Ed Stasium Mix; Recorded 1978) | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology, 1999 | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | End of the Century, 1980 | 3:50 |
| 4. | "I'm Affected" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | End of the Century | 2:53 |
| 5. | "Danny Says" | Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee | End of the Century | 3:05 |
| 6. | "The KKK Took My Baby Away" | Joey | Pleasant Dreams, 1981 | 2:31 |
| 7. | "You Sound Like You're Sick" | Dee Dee | Pleasant Dreams | 2:41 |
| 8. | "She's a Sensation" | Joey | Pleasant Dreams | 3:25 |
| 9. | "All's Quiet on the Eastern Front" | Dee Dee | Pleasant Dreams | 2:12 |
| 10. | "Outsider" | Dee Dee | Subterranean Jungle, 1983 | 2:10 |
| 11. | "Highest Trails Above" | Dee Dee | Subterranean Jungle | 2:09 |
| 12. | "Psycho Therapy" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Subterranean Jungle | 2:34 |
| 13. | "Time Bomb" | Dee Dee | Subterranean Jungle | 2:09 |
| 14. | "Mama's Boy" | Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy | Too Tough to Die, 1984 | 2:09 |
| 15. | "I'm Not Afraid of Life" | Dee Dee | Too Tough to Die | 3:12 |
| 16. | "Too Tough to Die" | Dee Dee | Too Tough to Die | 2:37 |
| 17. | "Wart Hog" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Too Tough to Die | 1:54 |
| 18. | "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" | Dee Dee | Too Tough to Die | 4:06 |
| 19. | "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" | Joey, Daniel Rey | Too Tough to Die | 4:32 |
| 20. | "Endless Vacation" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Too Tough to Die | 1:47 |
| 21. | "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" (UK 12-inch Version) | Joey, Dee Dee, Jean Beauvoir | Animal Boy, 1986 | 3:54 |
| 22. | "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" | Richie Ramone | Animal Boy | 3:20 |
| 23. | "Animal Boy" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Animal Boy | 1:49 |
| 24. | "I Don't Want to Live This Life (Anymore)" | Dee Dee | B-side of "Crummy Stuff" UK 12-inch single | 3:28 |
| 25. | "Love Kills" | Dee Dee | Animal Boy | 2:20 |
| 26. | "Something to Believe In" (Single Version) | Dee Dee, Beauvoir | Animal Boy | 4:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "I Wanna Live" | Dee Dee, Rey | Halfway to Sanity, 1987 | 2:37 |
| 2. | "Bop 'Til You Drop" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Halfway to Sanity | 2:12 |
| 3. | "I Lost My Mind" | Dee Dee, Johnny | Halfway to Sanity | 1:33 |
| 4. | "Garden of Serenity" | Dee Dee, Rey | Halfway to Sanity | 2:37 |
| 5. | "I Believe in Miracles" | Dee Dee, Rey | Brain Drain, 1989 | 3:20 |
| 6. | "Pet Sematary" (Single Version) | Dee Dee, Rey | Brain Drain | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Punishment Fits the Crime" | Dee Dee, Richie Stotts | Brain Drain | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" (Single Version) | Joey | Brain Drain | 2:04 |
| 9. | "Main Man" | Dee Dee, Rey | Mondo Bizarro, 1992 | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Strength to Endure" | Dee Dee, Rey | Mondo Bizarro | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Poison Heart" | Dee Dee, Rey | Mondo Bizarro | 4:02 |
| 12. | "I Won't Let It Happen" | Joey, Andy Shernoff | Mondo Bizarro | 2:20 |
| 13. | "Censorshit" | Joey | Mondo Bizarro | 3:07 |
| 14. | "Journey to the Center of the Mind" | Ted Nugent, Steve Farmer | Acid Eaters, 1993 | 2:51 |
| 15. | "7 and 7 Is" | Arthur Lee | Acid Eaters | 1:51 |
| 16. | "When I Was Young" | Eric Burdon, John Weider, Vic Briggs, Danny McCulloch, Barry Jenkins | Acid Eaters | 3:13 |
| 17. | "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" | Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan | ¡Adios Amigos!, 1995 | 2:45 |
| 18. | "Scattergun" | C. J. Ramone | ¡Adios Amigos! | 2:29 |
| 19. | "Makin' Monsters for My Friends" | Dee Dee, Rey | ¡Adios Amigos! | 2:35 |
| 20. | "The Crusher" | Dee Dee, Rey | ¡Adios Amigos! | 2:25 |
| 21. | "Spiderman" | Robert Harris, Paul Francis Webster | Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, 1995 | 1:56 |
| 22. | "Life's a Gas" | Joey | ¡Adios Amigos! | 3:33 |
| 23. | "She Talks to Rainbows" | Joey | ¡Adios Amigos! | 3:13 |
| 24. | "Anyway You Want It" | Dave Clark | Greatest Hits Live, 1996 | 2:20 |
| 25. | "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." (Joey Ramone Vocal Version) | Ian Kilmister, Michael Burston, Phil Campbell, Phil Taylor | Greatest Hits Live | 1:24 |
DVD track listing
edit- "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?"
- "Rock 'n' Roll High School"
- "We Want the Airwaves"
- "Psycho Therapy"
- "Time Has Come Today"
- "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)"
- "Something to Believe In"
- "I Wanna Live"
- "I Wanna Be Sedated"
- "Pet Sematary"
- "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)"
- "I Believe in Miracles"
- "Strength to Endure"
- "Poison Heart"
- "Substitute" (MTV banned version)
- "I Don't Want to Grow Up"
- "Spider-Man"
- "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Live)
Personnel
editRamones
- Johnny Ramone – guitar
- Joey Ramone – lead vocals
- Dee Dee Ramone – bass guitar
- Tommy Ramone – drums (disc 1: tracks 1–25)
- Marky Ramone – drums
- Richie Ramone – drums (disc 2: tracks 14–26; disc 3: tracks 1–4)
- C. J. Ramone – bass guitar (disc 3: tracks 9–25)
Technical
- Johnny Ramone – compiler
- Bill Inglot – box set producer, remastering
- Jeff White – box set producer
- Sophia Fields – DVD producer
- Dan Hersch – remastering
- Hugh Brown – art direction, design
- Sheryl Farber – art direction
- Steve Vance – art assistance
References
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- ^ "Review: Weird Tales of the Ramones – Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ a b c "Weird Tales of the Ramones (1976–1996) CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ O'Connor, Rob (2005-08-24). "Record Review: Ramones / Weird Tales of the Ramones". Metro Times. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (2005-11-25). "Weird Tales of the Ramones - Review - NYTimes.com". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ "Ramones: Weird Tales of the Ramones | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2005-08-07. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ "CG: ramones". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ "The Ramones: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ "Jim Woodring Weird Tales of the Ramones CD Box Set Cover - Lot #62342 - Heritage Auctions". Heritage Auctions. September 30, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2024.