Leave Home

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Leave Home
Ramones studio album

Publication
(s)

January 10, 1977

Label (s) Sire Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Punk , rock

Title (number)

14th

running time

30:48

occupation
  • Ed Stasium - sound engineer, choral singing
  • Bob Clearmountain - sound assistant

production

Tony Bongiovi, T. Erdelyi

Studio (s)

Sundragon Studios , Manhattan

chronology
Ramones
(1976) 		Leave Home Rocket to Russia
(1977)
Leave Home (1977)
Leave Home (1977)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Leave Home
  UK 45 04/23/1977 (1 week)
Singles
Swallow My Pride
  UK 36 08/06/1977 (3 weeks)

Leave Home is the second music album by the American punk band Ramones . It was first published in January 1977 and contains only pieces of music that were part of the group's repertoire before the 1976 debut album Ramones was released. The title Leave Home (German: " Leave Home ") alludes to the fact that at the time the album was released, the band had been able to increase their popularity beyond their hometown of New York through intensive tours . Leave Home is counted by critics and fans - like the rest of the first four studio albums - as one of the "classics" in the work of the Ramones.

History of origin

The album was recorded from October 1976 under the direction of producer Tony Bongiovi and Tommy Ramone as co-producer in the New York sound studio Sundragon Studios . The recordings document a sonic leap in quality compared to the debut album: the band now had a slightly higher studio budget - around US $ 10,000 - so that greater emphasis could be placed on mixing and production. On Leave Home , the Ramones worked for the first time with sound engineer Ed Stasium, with whom - as a sound engineer and later also as a producer - they were to cooperate again and again until the band split up in 1996. Stasium contributed choral singing to some of the songs on the album. All pieces on Leave Home were broadcast live by the band in the studio in just a few attempts ( takes ) recorded on added later recording tracks ( overdubbing ) was almost completely eliminated.

The pieces of music on the album (selection)

As with the first album by the Ramones, the band recorded the songs on Leave Home in the recording studio in the order in which the band members wrote them; in the same order they were released on the album. Exceptions are the cover version of the song California Sun as well as the pieces inserted in place of Carbona Not Glue from the second edition of the album . Half of the songs on the album deal with mental disorders (Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment, What's Your Game), violence (Glad To See You Go, You're Gonna Kill That Girl), as well as themes brought about by horror and war films are inspired (pinhead, command, You Should have Never Opened That Door) .

Glad To See You Go

The first piece on the album, a composition by Dee Dee Ramone , is dedicated to his ex-girlfriend Connie Gripp, with whom the Ramones bassist had a long relationship that was characterized by alcohol and drug consumption as well as violence between the two. Dee Dee Ramone wrote the piece immediately after the breakup. In the lyrics he fantasizes about shooting his partner to "become as famous as [the notorious US criminal] Charles Manson " . Dee Dee Ramone commented that the continued relationship with this woman might have cost him his life. The violent lyrics right at the beginning of the album meant that several radio DJs in the US refused to put Leave Home on their programs.

Pinhead

On Leave Home is the first track written by Dee Dee Ramone, Pinhead, whose nonsense text formula "Gabba Gabba Hey" should become the band's second "battle cry" - alongside the "Hey Ho, Let's Go" already introduced on the debut album . The phrase "Gabba Gabba Hey" became a central show element in all Ramones concerts; Singer Joey Ramone held a large banner with this motto in front of the concert audience at every live performance of "Pinhead". The song Pinhead is inspired by the American horror film Freaks from 1932 by director Tod Browning . The film dialogue "Gobble gobble - we accept you, one of us!" Was used by the Ramones in only a slightly different form as the intro of the song and also inspired the band's "battle cry".

Carbona Not Glue

The first edition of Leave Home also includes the title Carbona Not Glue - a song that youthful drug use the text (where the inhalation of fumes from household chemicals) satirizes . In terms of content, the lyrics are a continuation of this theme, which the Ramones first dealt with on their debut album with the piece Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue . The music of this composition by guitarist Johnny Ramone is influenced by an album by Eddie Cochran , according to him . With a playing time of 1:53, Carbona Not Glue is the second shortest track on the album after the song Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment .

Band manager Danny Fields had attributed the song Carbona Not Glue to the greatest potential for a chart hit when released as a single even before the album was released . A single release was prevented by trademark concerns - in the USA Carbona is the brand name of a range of household cleaning products. On the LP the piece was at the instigation of the commissioned distribution company (according to a statement by Johnny Ramone in response to the demand of the Carbona manufacturer for an omission ) from the second edition of the album through the hit single Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (USA, D) or replaced by the song Babysitter (UK). The copies of the first edition of the album produced in relatively low quantities with Carbona Not Glue (for example, only about 5,000 in the UK) were in later years for fans wanted collectibles in the United States appeared several bootlegs ( bootlegs ) of the piece on vinyl and since in the 1990s also on CD.

The song Carbona Not Glue remained the band in live repertoire, but only appeared again in 1992 to an official Ramones album - as a hidden track ( Hidden Track ) CD-US issue on the live album Loco Live. Only a new edition of Leave Home by Rhino Records in 2001 contained - in addition to further bonus material - the song again in its original position in the track list (see below).

California Sun

This only cover version on the album is a composition from 1961 for which the composer Henry Glover and the music publisher Morris Levy own the US copyright . In 1964, the surf rock band The Rivieras took fifth place on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with their version of the piece . The version of the Ramones is played at a significantly higher tempo than the original. A live version of California Sun appeared on the B-side of the second Ramones single in the US and UK in February 1977.

Commando

The title of the play is inspired by an Italian war film from 1962, Marcia o crepa, starring Stewart Granger , which was shown in the US under the title Commando (in Germany as Marschier und krepier ). The lyrics describe a military command and mixes references to the Vietnam War and East Berlin with a parody of military discipline. The “rules” listed are “the laws of Germany”, “be nice to mom”, “don't talk to communists ” and “eat kosher salami”. Commando appeared in May 1977 along with the song I Don't Care on the B-side of the single Sheena Is A Punk Rocker .

Johnny Ramones' autobiography, published posthumously in 2012 , is entitled Commando; an allusion to the fact that the guitarist was known for taking care of the group's internal discipline with the Ramones.

Track list

(As in the first edition. All titles by the Ramones, unless otherwise stated)

  1. Glad to See You Go - 2:13
  2. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment - 1:43
  3. I Remember You - 2:20
  4. Oh Oh I Love Her So - 2:05
  5. Carbona Not Glue - 1:53
  6. Suzy Is a Headbanger - 2:12
  7. Pinhead - 2:45
  8. Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy - 2:15
  9. Swallow My Pride - 2:08
  10. What's Your Game - 2:38
  11. California Sun (Henry Glover / Morris Levy) - 2:03
  12. Commando - 1:55
  13. You're Gonna Kill That Girl - 2:42
  14. You Should Never Have Opened That Door - 1:56

Total running time 30:48 minutes (CD version)

Bonus title of the new edition 2001

(All tracks live recordings except babysitter )

  2. Babysitter - 2:44
  3. Loudmouth - 2:08
  4. Beat on the Brat - 2:36
  5. Blitzkrieg Bop - 2:13
  6. I Remember You - 2:17
  7. Glad to See You Go - 2:03
  8. Chain Saw - 1:51
  9. 53rd & 3rd - 2:27
  10. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - 2:22
  11. Havana Affair - 1:53
  12. Listen to My Heart - 1:47
  13. California Sun (Henry Glover / Morris Levy) - 1:58
  14. Judy Is a Punk - 1:23
  15. I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You - 1:31
  16. Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World - 2:52
  17. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue - 1:28
  18. Let's Dance (Jim Lee) - 2:06

Single outcouplings (selection)

The tracks on the album published on singles were mostly combined with pieces that only appeared on LP with the album successor Rocket to Russia , released in the same year :

  • Feb. 1977 - Side A: I Remember You , Side B: California Sun (Live) / I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You (Live). Sire 6078 603
  • May 11, 1977 - A: Sheena Is a Punk Rocker , B: Commando / I Don't Care . Sire 6078 606 (UK charts: # 22)
  • 08, 1977 - A: Swallow My Pride B: Pinhead / Let's Dance (Live). Sire 6078 607

literature

  • Jim Bessman: Ramones - an American Band (English). St. Martin's Press, New York 1993. ISBN 0-312-09369-1 .
  • Dick Porter: Ramones - The Complete Twisted History . Plexus Publishing Ltd. 2004, ISBN 0-85965-326-9 .
  • Everett True: Hey Ho Let's Go - The Story Of The Ramones (English). Omnibus Press 2002, ISBN 0-7119-9108-1 .

Web links

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  1. ↑ The album Leave Home on chartsstats.com The Ramones in the UK charts (officialcharts.com)
  2. ↑ “The title refers to the Ramones leaving New York to go on tour of the United States and the world” - Johnny Ramone in: Commando: the autobiography of Johnny Ramone, p. 60. Abrams Image, New York 2012. ISBN 978- 0-8109-9660-1
  3. ^ A b c Dick Porter: Ramones: The Complete Twisted History, p. 75
  4. ^ Everett True: Hey Ho Let's Go, p. 78
  5. ^ A b Johnny Ramone: Commando: the autobiography of Johnny Ramone, p. 153. Abrams Image, New York 2012. ISBN 978-0-8109-9660-1
  6. ↑ Everett True: Hey Ho Let's Go, pp. 83 ff.
  7. ↑ Interview contributions by Dee Dee Ramone, Eileen Polk and Danny Fields in: Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain: Please Kill Me - the uncensored history of punk, p. 261 ff. Standard work on the history of US punk from 1967–1992, German-language edition. Koch International GmbH / Hannibal, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85445-237-9
  8. ↑ Ben Edmonds: Thirty Years of the Ramones . Article about the early days of the band, interview with Ramones Art Director Arturo Vega, in: Mojo - The Music Magazine, November 2005 issue, Issue 144, p. 79. Publisher: Emap Performance Ltd., 2005
  9. ↑ The lyrics of Glad To See You Go contain an allusion to the potentially deadly Russian roulette . Quote: "Gonna take a chance on her, one bullet in the cylinder, and in a moment of passion get the glory like Charles Manson." (German: "With her I will risk it: a bullet in the drum [of the revolver] - and in a moment of passion I get the [same] fame as Charles Manson.")
  10. ↑ John Holmstrom, Legs McNeil: We're A Happy Family . Article on the Ramones in Spin Magazine, Volume Two Number Five, Aug 1986, p. 69. Spin Publications, New York NY 1986
  11. ↑ a b c Jim Bessman: Ramones - an American Band, p. 73
  12. ↑ Jim Bessman: Ramones - an American Band, p. 72
  13. ^ Everett True: Hey Ho Let's Go, p. 84
  14. ↑ Quoting from the lyrics: "Ran out of Carbona, mom threw out the glue, ran out of paint and roach spray too." (German: "Carbona is all, Mutti threw away the glue, paint and cockroach spray are all too.") Quoted from Jim Bessman: Ramones - an American Band, p. 73 f.
  15. ↑ a b Jim Bessman: Ramones - an American Band, p. 74
  16. ↑ Official website of the US household cleaning brand Carbona (accessed May 28, 2012)
  17. ↑ “The Carbona company made us pull the song from the album. They didn't want us singing about sniffing the stuff, but I thought the song was funny. " (German: "The Carbona company got us to take the song off the album. They didn't want us to sing about sniffing the stuff, but I thought the song was funny.") - Johnny Ramone, in: Commando: the autobiography of Johnny Ramone, p. 153. Abrams Image, New York 2012. ISBN 978-0-8109-9660-1
  18. ↑ Everett True: Hey Ho Let's Go, p. 80 f.
  19. ↑ Ramones - Loco Live (audio CD, 1992), Track 17. Sire Records / Warner Bros. Records Inc. 9-26650-2
  20. ^ Nugent, Stephen, Anne Fowler, Pete Fowler: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955–1974 . In: Gillett, Charlie, Simon Frith (Eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 293
  21. ^ A b c Everett True: Hey Ho Let's Go, p. 337: Band discography
  22. ↑ The film Marcia o crepa / Commando on the International Movie Database / IMDb website (English; accessed on May 29, 2012)
  23. ↑ Johnny Ramone: Commando: the autobiography of Johnny Ramone . Abrams Image, New York 2012. ISBN 978-0-8109-9660-1