' s ▁first ▁compilation ▁album , ▁Ram ones ▁Man ia ▁( 1 9 8 8 ). ▁" Jo ey ▁was ▁always ▁encourag ing ▁me ▁to ▁write ▁songs ," ▁explained ▁Rich ie , ▁" but ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁really ▁need ▁the ▁encourag ement ." ▁This ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁band ▁featured ▁the ▁drum mer ▁as ▁a ▁song writer ▁since ▁original ▁drum mer ▁Tommy ▁Ram one , ▁with ▁Jo ey ▁reasoning ▁that ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁make ▁Rich ie ▁feel ▁like ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁band ; ▁he ▁felt ▁past ▁drum mers ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁so ▁much ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁band , ▁nor ▁any ▁good ▁at ▁writing , ▁and ▁called ▁Rich ie ▁a ▁" regular ▁Phil ▁Collins ." ▁Johnny ▁would ▁later ▁say ▁the ▁album ▁needed ▁better ▁production ▁quality , ▁comment ing ▁that ▁the ▁guitar ▁moments ▁did ▁not ▁sound ▁like ▁he ▁had ▁performed ▁them . ▁" The ▁producer ▁on ▁[ An imal ▁Boy ], ▁Jean ▁Beau voir ," ▁Johnny ▁related , ▁" was ▁selected ▁by ▁the ▁label , ▁not ▁us ." ▁ ▁Mark eting ▁and ▁promotion ▁For ▁the ▁album ' s ▁front ▁cover , ▁the ▁band ▁wanted ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁photo ▁with ▁a ▁mon key ▁from ▁the ▁Bron x ▁Z oo . ▁George ▁Du B ose ▁originally ▁took ▁the ▁picture ▁in ▁the ▁zoo ' s ▁mon key ▁house , ▁but ▁this ▁photo ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁zoo ▁director . ▁The ▁zoo ▁would ▁not ▁allow ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁borrow ▁a ▁ch imp ▁for ▁photograph ing , ▁so ▁Du B ose ▁decided ▁to ▁try ▁h