The Ramones Album - Acid Eaters
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Customers rating:
(25 ratings)
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Release Date:1994-01-04
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Type:Audio CD
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Genre:American Punk, New York Punk, Pop, Pop/Rock Music, Punk, Rock
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Label:Fontana Mca
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UPC:008811091323
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Approx. Price:$11.98
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Review - Amazon.com :
The Ramones play the Amboy Dukes! The Ramones play the Troggs! The Ramones play the Stones! Each new chestnut can render veteran fans speechless, and that's the point of Acid Eaters, of course. In addition to offering short, sharp two-minute blasts of nostalgia, these 12 tunes make the case once more for the Ramones as essential rock archetypes: There have been punks before and since, but have any really done it better? It's a shrewd move: The Ramones still sound like the Ramones, even if their new A-list originals are fewer and further between, and the results are certainly more fun than the inferior covers heard from other, bigger bands. But the set list is more conservative than the title suggests. Too many of the songs are staples of classic rock radio, and true fans will wish the Ramones simply covered Nuggets, Lenny Kaye's influential collection of real acid-eating garage bands from the '60s.--Jim DeRogatis Customer review - 2004-04-13
- Not the best...Acid Eaters is by no means a bad album, it just doesnt hold up to the Ramones standards. Releasing an entire album of 60s phycodelic cover songs doesnt seem to be a good idea for the Ramones and the results are mixed. Some songs on here are very enriched by the Ramones touch and manage to sound very punk. But other songs are a little boring. I did notice that Joey doesnt seem to be giving 100% on this album. The songs that CJ sings have alot more energy than the ones Joey does. However, the Substitute and When I was Young are excellent, excellent songs. Joeys vocals on when I was young sent chills down my spine; he managed to sound as desprate as on Needles and Pins from the Road to Ruin Album. Journey to the Center of the Mind, Shape of things to come and My back pages are all great tunes as well. Some of the other songs seem very forced though. All in all, a mixed bag. I would recomend this album to hardcore fans only. Customer review - 2004-09-19
- "Acid Eaters" is a trip.I admit, this isn't the best "Ramones" disc ever, but it's something fun. I actually think half of these covers work really well, it's the other half that's just so-so. Overall I'd call this a must for the fanatic, but others could pass on it. I will say this though, most cover songs usually make me want to hear the artist covered, but in this case, I just want to hear more "Ramones".
Customer review - 2000-06-06
- Awesome!A record full of tracks that influenced the Ramones, it is the more unexpected songs here that are the best. "Somebody To Love", "My Back Pages" and "Journey To The Center of the Mind" are great, while there are no really bad songs on the tape. Nobody can make a song sound the way the Ramones can, so if anybody out there likes oldies, but ever thought that they somehow lacked energy, this album might change your mind. It was the best Ramones album released in years when it came out.
Customer review - 1999-07-18
- Inspired Last GaspThis is a great CD full of cover versions done in the great Ramones style. Highly recommended!
Customer review - 2004-10-09
- Take It As It Comes...The title of my review comes from a track on Mondo Bizarro (which I also own and love). Yeah some folk get heated because it is a album of covers and they might have come to it with the mind frame of wanting new material---but weighing it on its own will let you find a really fun album.
Pick up Mondo Bizarro while you are at it and have some fun!!!!
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