Best of the Chrysalis Years explained

Best of the Chrysalis Years
Type:	greatest
Artist:	The Ramones
Cover:	Ramones - Best of the Chrysalis Years cover.jpg
Released:	May 28, 2002
Recorded:	1989–1995
Genre:	Punk rock
Length:	42:10
Label:	Chrysalis
Producer:	Jean Beauvoir Bill Laswell Daniel Rey Ed Stasium Scott Hackwith
Chronology:	Ramones compilation album
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	The Chrysalis Years
Next Year:	2002

Best of the Chrysalis Years is a compilation album made up of tracks from the Ramones' five albums on Chrysalis Records (UK): Brain Drain, Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, ¡Adios Amigos!, and Loco Live. It was released on May 28, 2002, by EMI International. The album was re-released in 2004 with a new track listing as The Best of The Ramones.

Best of the Chrysalis Years was released nine days before Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone's death.

Track listing

1. "Pet Semetary" - (Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)
2. "Don't Bust My Chops" - (Dee Dee Ramone/Joey Ramone/Daniel Rey)
3. "Ignorance Is Bliss" - (Joey Ramone/Andy Shernoff)
4. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (live)" - (Joey Ramone)
5. "Teenage Lobotomy (live)" - (The Ramones)
6. "Surfin' Bird (live)" - (Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Carl White/Turner Wilson)
7. "Poison Heart" - (Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)
8. "Anxiety" - (Marky Ramone/Skinny Bones)
9. "Take It as It Comes" - (Jim Morrison/John Densmore/Robby Krieger/Ray Manzarek)
10. "Cretin Hop (live)" - (The Ramones)
11. "Rockaway Beach (live)" - (Dee Dee Ramone)
12. "I Wanna Be Sedated (live)" - (Joey Ramone)
13. "Out of Time" - (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
14. "Somebody to Love" - (Darby Slick)
15. "Rock And Roll Radio (Live)" - (Joey Ramone)
16. "Blitzkrieg Bop (live)" - (Tommy Ramone/Dee Dee Ramone)
17. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" - (Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan)
18. "Got a Lot to Say" - (C.J. Ramone)