Weird Tales of the Ramones

Weird Tales of the Ramones
Weird Tales of the Ramones
Compilation album by The Ramones
Released	August 16, 2005
Recorded	1976–1996
Genre	Punk rock
Length	218:50
Label	Rhino/WEA
Producer	Bill Inglot; Jeff White; Sophia Fields;
Compiler	Johnny Ramone
Ramones compilation album chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
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]

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.

The cover art and title is an homage to EC Comics issues from the 1950s.^[9]

CD track listing

Disc 1
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

Disc 2
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

Disc 3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
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

"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

Ramones

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

^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2005-08-16). "Weird Tales of the Ramones (1976–1996) – The Ramones | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
^ "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.

[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2005-08-16). "Weird Tales of the Ramones (1976–1996) – The Ramones | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[2] "Review: Weird Tales of the Ramones – Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[cduniverse-3] "Weird Tales of the Ramones (1976–1996) CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[4] O'Connor, Rob (2005-08-24). "Record Review: Ramones / Weird Tales of the Ramones". Metro Times. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[5] Sanneh, Kelefa (2005-11-25). "Weird Tales of the Ramones - Review - NYTimes.com". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[6] "Ramones: Weird Tales of the Ramones | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2005-08-07. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[7] "CG: ramones". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[8] "The Ramones: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[9] "Jim Woodring Weird Tales of the Ramones CD Box Set Cover - Lot #62342 - Heritage Auctions". Heritage Auctions. September 30, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

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