I LOVE The Ramones. Not because of any perceived technical proficiency (their songs were delightfully basic and straightforward) but because if the first four albums are anything to go by, they're a band who sounded like they were about good clean fun, conjuring up songs without an overload of excessive piety and fuss. Simple rock and roll was their game, and it worked out brilliantly to boot. Great material through and through. I've already reviewed their eponymous debut album, as well as Rocket to Russia, and now I'm reviewing their second album, Leave Home. Released in the same year as Rocket to Russia, it's not as good, but nonetheless still a very good album and definitely worth buying and listening to. Filled with classics such as their excellent cover of "California Sun", the assertively brilliant "Glad to See You Go"as well as the deliciously somber "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment." "I Remember You" sounds like a Blondie song, and I love that. "Oh Oh I Love Her So" is appropriately named, because it's one of the best on the album. It's punk rock in its element. A great album all around. Now, go out and get it. A-
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