Ramones Mania Explained
| Ramones Mania |
| Type: | Greatest hits |
| Artist: | Ramones |
| Cover: | Ramones - Ramones Mania cover.jpg |
| Released: | May 31, 1988 |
| Recorded: | 1976–1987 |
| Genre: | Punk rock |
| Length: | 76:45 |
| Label: | Sire |
| Producer: | Ramones, Jean Beauvoir, Tony Bongiovi, Ritchie Cordell, Tommy Ramone, Graham Gouldman, Glen Kolotkin, Kevin Laffey, Craig Leon, Daniel Rey, Phil Spector, Ed Stasium, Dave Stewart |
| Chronology: | Ramones compilation album |
| Next Title: | All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Ramones Mania is the first greatest hits album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released on May 31, 1988 through Sire Records and consists of 30 Ramones songs, including some single versions ("Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," "Needles & Pins" and "Howling at the Moon"), a single B-side ("Indian Giver") and one previously unreleased take (the film version of "Rock 'n' Roll High School").
The album contains a booklet with a short history of the Ramones, including the release dates of all their albums. Their best-selling album, the compilation was their only album certified Gold in the United States, until their debut album went Gold in 2014.[1]
Ramones Mania was re-released on multi-colored vinyl for Record Store Day in 2010. A sequel was released in Japan in 2000. A tribute album titled Ramones Maniacs was released in 2001; it featured turn-of-the-century punk bands covering every song from Mania in the same order.[2]
Personnel
Ramones
- Joey Ramone – vocals
- Johnny Ramone – guitar
- Dee Dee Ramone – bass, background vocals; lead vocals ("Wart Hog")
- Tommy Ramone – drums (Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia)
- Marky Ramone – drums (Road to Ruin, "Rock 'n' Roll High School", End of the Century, Pleasant Dreams, Subterranean Jungle, "Indian Giver")
- Richie Ramone – drums, background vocals (Too Tough to Die, Animal Boy, Halfway to Sanity)
Technical
- Craig Leon – producer (Ramones)
- Tony Bongiovi – co-producer (Leave Home, Rocket to Russia)
- Tommy Ramone – co-producer (Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, Road to Ruin, Too Tough to Die)
- Ed Stasium – producer ("Rock 'n' Roll High School"), co-producer (Road to Ruin, Too Tough to Die), digital remastering
- Phil Spector – producer (End of the Century)
- Graham Gouldman – producer (Pleasant Dreams)
- Ritchie Cordell – co-producer (Subterranean Jungle, "Indian Giver")
- Glen Kolotkin – co-producer (Subterranean Jungle, "Indian Giver")
- Jean Beauvoir – producer (Animal Boy)
- Daniel Rey – co-producer (Halfway to Sanity)
- Ramones – co-producer (Halfway to Sanity)
- Arturo Vega – collage design, lighting director
- George DuBose – design coordinator, front cover photo
- Mark Weinberg – art director
- Ebet Roberts – back cover photo
- Ed Valentine – inner sleeve illustration
- Greg Calbi – digital remastering
- Kevin Laffey – compilation producer
Notes and References
- Web site: RIAA Gold and Platinum . March 2, 2009.
- Ramones Heaven.http://www.ramonesheaven.com/levykans/deadtri.html.
- Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
