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The Ramones - Brain Drain (1989)

Track listing:
  1. I believe in miracles 3:16
  2. Zero zero ufo 2:21
  3. Don't bust my chops 2:28
  4. Punishment fits the crime 3:02
  5. All screwed up 3:55
  6. Palisades park 2:12
  7. Pet sematary 3:24
  8. Learn to listen 1:48
  9. Can't get you outta my mind 3:19
  10. Ignorance is bliss 2:35
  11. Come back baby 3:54
  12. Merry Christmas (I don't want 2:01

Notes

Though it contains one of the Ramones' biggest radio hits, "Pet Sematary" (written for Stephen King's movie of the same name), 1989's Brain Drain finds the "bruthas" from Queens at an all-time inspirational low. And since the aforementioned track is actually reviled by most of the band's hardcore fans, the listener has to make do with opener "I Believe in Miracles" and closer "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight), which bookend the amazingly dull tracks in between with the record's only bright moments. The final Ramones album recorded for Sire Records (their label from day one), Brain Drain was sadly also the last to feature bassist and creative leader Dee Dee Ramone.