The Real Ramona Explained

The Real Ramona
Type:	studio
Artist:	Throwing Muses
Cover:	Throwing Muses-The Real Ramona (album cover).jpg
Released:	February 18, 1991
Recorded:	July–November 1990
Studio:	Eldorado Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Dust Bowl Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Alternative rock art pop^[1]
Length:	40:10
Label:	4AD, Sire
Producer:	Dennis Herring
Prev Title:	Hunkpapa
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Red Heaven
Next Year:	1992

The Real Ramona is the fourth studio album by Throwing Muses, released in 1991. It peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart.

Reception

NME named The Real Ramona the 35th best album of 1991.^[2] In a retrospective review, Andrzej Lukowski of BBC Music wrote that, with The Real Ramona, Throwing Muses wrote an "album of great pop songs, but when they did so, they [in] no way surrendered their intrinsic otherness – two decades of indie-pop later, it still sounds arresting.^[3]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Throwing Muses

• Kristin Hersh – guitars, vocals
• Tanya Donelly – guitars, vocals
• Fred Abong – bass guitar
• David Narcizo – drums

Technical personnel

• Dennis Herring – production
• John Beverly Jones – engineering
• Csaba Petocz – re-mixing on "Not Too Soon"
• Paul Q. Kolderie – re-mixing on "Red Shoes"
• Throwing Muses – re-mixing on "Red Shoes"
• Doug Sax – mastering
• David Narcizo – design
• Jim Anderson – front photography
• Andy Catlin – band photography

Notes and References

1. Book: Segretto, Mike. 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. 2022. 1991. 506-507. Backbeat. 9781493064601.
2. Web site: Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1991. NME. October 10, 2016. May 8, 2018.
3. Web site: Throwing Muses The Real Ramona Review. BBC Music. Andrzej. Lukowski. 2010. July 16, 2013.
4. Web site: Throwing Muses. Official Charts Company. May 8, 2018.