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| Name | Leave Home |
|---|---|
| Type | Studio album |
| Cover | Ramones - Leave Home album cover.jpg |
| Artist | Ramones |
| Released | January 10, 1977 |
| Genre | Punk rock |
| Recorded | October 1976 at Sundragon Studios, New York |
| Length | 30:49 |
| Label | Sire (US & UK)Philips (Europe) |
| Producer | Tony Bongiovi, Tommy Ramone |
| Last album | Ramones (1976) |
| This album | Leave Home(1977) |
| Next album | Rocket to Russia (1977) |
Many fans and critics point to the more polished pop sensibilities of the second album as evidence of the band's evolving musical skill and style. The second album was recorded at the relatively upscale Sundragon Studios in Manhattan, New York.
Craig Leon, the producer of the first album, Ramones, had left Sire Records by fall 1976 and was replaced by Tony Bongiovi. Bongiovi had mentored drummer Tommy Ramone while the two were working together at the Record Plant producing Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys album. Tommy also assisted with production on the album, a role he would repeat for many later albums.
When Sire Records suddenly switched distributors from ABC Records to Warner Bros. Records (who had bought the label), yet another version of the album was released, with "Babysitter" being replaced by "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", then a non-LP single already planned to be on the next Ramones album in a different mix.
This release included both "Carbona Not Glue" and one of its replacements, "Babysitter." The former was put back in its original place in the track sequence, and the latter was included at the end of the album, preceding the live bonus tracks. While the single mix of "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" was not included here, it can be found on Rhino's expanded reissue of Rocket to Russia, as well as on multiple Ramones compilations, including the anthologies Ramones Mania and .
The Beastie Boys sampled the song "Suzy Is a Headbanger" on their 1989 album Paul's Boutique. The sample is found at 3:45 into the song "High Plains Drifter."
In a live 2009 performance of the song Beautiful Day on The Late Show With David Letterman, U2 frontman Bono sang lyrics from "I Remember You", and name-checked Joey Ramone in a tribute to New York City.
La Vida Bohème, a venezuelan band, paid homage to The Ramones and this song in their single "Radio Capital" repeatedly singing "Gabba gabba hey!".
New York Radio station WNEW refused to play the song "Glad to See You Go" due to its off-the-cuff reference to Charles Manson. The song was actually written by Dee Dee about his volatile ex-girlfriend, Connie."Pinhead" was inspired after the band attended a screening of the 1932 film Freaks when a show in Ohio was canceled. The song became, along with "Blitzkrieg Bop", something of an anthem for the band, as the chorus of "Gabba gabba hey," based on the line from the film "gooble gobble, gooble gobble, one of us, one of us" (uttered in the song as "gabba gabba/we accept you/we accept you/one of us") became a rallying cry for the band. At many shows a roadie named Bubbles in a pinhead mask would take to the stage at the end of the show, carrying a large sign with the phrase written on it.
"California Sun" is a cover song originally recorded by The Rivieras in 1964 and also covered by The Dictators.
Category:1977 albums Category:Albums produced by Tony Bongiovi Category:Ramones albums Category:Sire Records albums Category:Philips Records albums
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