Don't Worry About Me

Spin - 8 out of 10 - "...A slice of goofball life-lust....standing on the shoulders of the Ramones sound, letting its unflapable power sustain him..." Q - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A markedly better album than anything The Ramones produced after their '70s heyday..." The Wire - "...A speedy set of originals and covers with the same streetwise bravado and impish sense of fun that he had when he was fronting The Ramones..." Entertainment Weekly - "...A testament to the uplifting power of rock, and a welcome addition to The Ramones' oeuvre..." - Rating: A- NME - ('1-2-3-4!' out of 10) - "...It sounds like a great lost Ramones album....He's bitter and tired, harsh, sad and disappointed but finally ready and sure that he's moving on. It is perfect." Mojo - "...A fine pop-punk record which bristles with 'joie de vivre'..." Alternative Press - 7 out of 10 - "...If you fell for [the Ramones'] shtick once, you'd proably fall for it again....[Joey] explores the grittier side of the Ramones sound..." Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5- "...A big loud punk-rock record that makes you feel alive....every bit as great as those final Ramones records..." CMJ - "...11 short, sticky and infectious songs [of] universal gold..." Rolling Stone (2/28/02, pp.57-8) - 3.5 stars out of 5- "...A big loud punk-rock record that makes you feel alive....every bit as great as those final Ramones records..." Spin (3/02, pp.129-130) - 8 out of 10 - "...A slice of goofball life-lust....standing on the shoulders of the Ramones sound, letting its unflapable power sustain him..." Entertainment Weekly (2/22/02, p.146) - "...A testament to the uplifting power of rock, and a welcome addition to The Ramones' oeuvre..." - Rating: A- Q (2/02, p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A markedly better album than anything The Ramones produced after their '70s heyday..." Mojo (3/02, p.114) - "...A fine pop-punk record which bristles with 'joie de vivre'..." Alternative Press (4/02, p.80) - 7 out of 10 - "...If you fell for [the Ramones'] shtick once, you'd proably fall for it again....[Joey] explores the grittier side of the Ramones sound..." The Wire (2/02, p.63) - "...A speedy set of originals and covers with the same streetwise bravado and impish sense of fun that he had when he was fronting The Ramones..." CMJ (3/18/02, p.5) - "...11 short, sticky and infectious songs [of] universal gold..." NME (2/9/02, p.36) - ('1-2-3-4.' out of 10) - "...It sounds like a great lost Ramones album....He's bitter and tired, harsh, sad and disappointed but finally ready and sure that he's moving on. It is perfect."

A posthumous release for Ramones vocalist Joey Ramone. 'Don't You Worry About Me' was recorded three months before his untimely death in 2001. It features 11 tracks, including a cover version of the Louis Armstrong classic 'What A Wonderful World' and '1969' by The Stooges.|

2001年4月にこの世を去ったラモーンズのヴォーカリスト、ジョーイ・ラモーンによる遺作ソロ・アルバム。亡くなる数か月までを制作に費やした本作は、ジョニー・ラモーンの〈ワン、ツー、スリー、フォー!〉という掛け声はないものの、ラモーンズ時代のサウンドと彼の声がなんら変わらないぶん、寂しさが募る。ミスフィッツのジェリー・オンリーやマーキー・ラモーンもゲストで参加。アルバム・ タイトルだけで胸が熱くなる。
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