Title: bad production can't ruin good songs
Product review: Controversial.. blah blah..You already know the story.Phil Spector's production on this album is awful. The sound is muddy, the group's instruments are buried under layer after layer of god knows what, and if there's one band that has no need for friggin echo, it's the Ramones. All that said, there are some great songs here. It's the same 50s and 60s influenced Ramones of earlier albums. It's just unfortunately muted a bit by the production.My favorite song on the album is Danny Says. It's a really nice Velvet Underground homage (who themselves often paid tribute to the same type of music that the Ramones obviously loved). Danny Says is also the only song on the album which doesn't seem to suffer from Spector's overproduction. In fact, Spector may well have been the best producer the song could have possibly had.If you're a fan of the Ramones, you'll probably like the album. Whether you love it or not will probably depend on WHY you like the band.
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