Road to Ruin: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition ［3CD+LP］

構成数 : 4枚
合計収録時間 : 03:09:25
The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass, background vocals); Marky Ramone (drums). Producers: T. Erdelyi, Ed Stasium. Reissue producers: Bill Inglot, Gary Stewart. Engineers: T. Erdelyi, Ed Stasium. Principally recorded at Media Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Legs McNeil and Arturo Vega. Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (Digiprep Studios). Personnel: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Marky Ramone (drums). Liner Note Authors: Ed Stasium; John Holmstrom; Roy Trakin. When the Ramones started work on their fourth album, Road to Ruin, in early 1978, they were in something of a bind. Their previous three albums had helped spark the punk revolution and established them as one of the greatest bands in the long and checkered history of rock & roll, but they weren't getting the sales that their label wanted or breaking out in the mainstream the way some of their N.Y.C. compatriots like Blondie had. The Ramones also wanted those things, so they made some major moves. One switch was personnel-based, as Tommy Ramone passed the sticks to Marc Bell, who had played with Dust and Richard Hell. Tommy stayed on as producer, though, and he and Ed Stasium enacted the biggest revamp. Once the band had laid down the basic tracks for the new batch of songs, the pair painstakingly added guitar, bass, and keyboard overdubs and mixed them to get a much fuller and polished sound. By the time they were done, sometimes barely anything from the original sessions remained. This approach worked well with the more diverse songs the band brought to the album. Along with the usual batch of three-chord rockers (including some new entries in the I Wanna/Don't Wanna category), they wrote jangling pop songs ("Don't Come Close") and melancholy ballads (Dee Dee's painfully introspective "Questioningly"), and covered the Searchers' "Needles and Pins" with a lightly poppy touch. The expanded arrangements work really well on these songs -- the twanging bassline and keening guitar solo add a surprisingly effective country touch to "Don't Come Close" -- and they don't dilute the powerful punch of the thundering rockers like "I Don't Want You" and "Bad Brain." The classic "I Wanna Be Sedated" is a perfect example of how well the new approach worked for the band. The guitar overdubs give the song a huge sound, the massive handclaps and Bell's thumping drums drive the beat home like jackhammers, and Joey's voice comes through like a 1,000-watt beacon. His vocals reached their peak right around this time; he carried the faster songs with authority and dug into the ballads completely, transmitting an almost painful amount of emotion. It's clear throughout that Tommy and Stasium definitely had the best interests of the band in mind as they aimed the sound a little closer to the mainstream, and the changes they made served to open it up in interesting ways. Sure, some of the raw power of the previous albums was lost, but it was replaced by deeper feelings and emotion. The question was whether Ramones fans really wanted those two things, or did they just want more songs about Sheena. That's debatable, but what's clear is that the band's noble efforts didn't pay off with the general record-buying public, and Road to Ruin was their worst-charting release to that point. ~ Tim Sendra
エディション : Deluxe Edition

【Disc 1】
《Original Mix Remastered》
01. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
02. I Wanted Everything
03. Don't Come Close
04. I Don't Want You
05. Needles And Pins
06. I'm Against It
07. I Wanna Be Sedated
08. Go Mental
09. Questioningly
10. She's The One
11. Bad Brain
12. It's A Long Way Back

《40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix》
13. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
14. I Wanted Everything
15. Don't Come Close
16. I Don't Want You
17. Needles And Pins
18. I'm Against It
19. I Wanna Be Sedated
20. Go Mental
21. Questioningly
22. She's The One
23. Bad Brain
24. It's A Long Way Back

【Disc 2: Rough Mixes & 40th Anniversary Extras】
01. I Walk Out (2018 Mix) *
02. S.L.U.G. (2018 Mix) *
03. Don't Come Close (Single Mix)
04. Needles And Pins (Single Mix)
05. I Just Want To Have Something To Do (Basic Rough Mix) *
06. I Don't Want You (Basic Rough Mix) *
07. I'm Against It (Basic Rough Mix) *
08. It's A Long Way Back (Basic Rough Mix) *
09. I Walk Out (Basic Rough Mix) *
10. Bad Brain (Basic Rough Mix) *
11. Needles And Pins (Basic Rough Mix) *
12. I Wanna Be Sedated Take 2 (Basic Rough Mix) *
13. I Wanted Everything (Basic Rough Mix) *
14. Go Mental (Basic Rough Mix) *
15. She's The One (Basic Rough Mix) *
16. Questioningly Take 2 (Basic Rough Mix) *
17. S.L.U.G. (Basic Rough Mix) *
18. Don't Come Close (Basic Rough Mix) *
19. I Wanna Be Sedated (Backing Track) *
20. I Don't Want You (Brit Pop Mix) *
21. Questioningly (Acoustic Version) *
22. Needles And Pins (Acoustic Version) *
23. Don't Come Close (Acoustic Version) *
24. I Wanna Be Sedated ("Ramones-On-45 Mega-Mix!")

【Disc 3: Live At The Palladium, New York, NY, December 31 1979】
01. Blitzkrieg Bop *
02. Teenage Lobotomy *
03. Rockaway Beach *
04. I Don't Want You *
05. Go Mental *
06. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment *
07. I Wanna Be Sedated *
08. I Just Want To Have Something To Do *
09. She's The One *
10. This Ain't Havana *
11. I'm Against It *
12. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker *
13. Havana Affair *
14. Commando *
15. Needles And Pins *
16. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend *
17. Surfin' Bird *
18. Cretin Hop *
19. All The Way *
20. Judy Is A Punk *
21. California Sun *
22. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You *
23. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World *
24. Pinhead *
25. Do You Wanna Dance? *
26. Suzy Is A Headbanger *
27. Let's Dance *
28. Chinese Rock *
29. Beat On The Brat *
30. We're A Happy Family *
31. Bad Brain *
32. I Wanted Everything *
(* ・・・未発表曲)

【LP: 40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix】
《Side 1》
01. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
02. I Wanted Everything
03. Don't Come Close
04. I Don't Want You
05. Needles And Pins
06. I'm Against It

《Side 2》
01. I Wanna Be Sedated
02. Go Mental
03. Questioningly
04. She's The One
05. Bad Brain
06. It's A Long Way Back