▁Live ▁A id ▁and ▁H ands ▁Ac ross ▁America . ▁ ▁L yr ical ▁them es ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁range ▁from ▁band ▁members ' ▁fr ustr ations ▁with ▁one ▁another , ▁themselves , ▁and ▁loved ▁ones , ▁to ▁more ▁polit ically ▁them ed ▁songs — a ▁r ar ity ▁in ▁Ram ones ▁music . ▁" My ▁Bra in ▁Is ▁H anging ▁U ps ide ▁Down ▁( B on zo ▁Go es ▁To ▁Bit burg )" ▁saw ▁the ▁Ram ones ▁critic izing ▁U . S . ▁President ▁Ron ald ▁Re agan ▁for ▁his ▁controvers ial ▁visit ▁to ▁a ▁military ▁c emetery ▁in ▁Bit burg , ▁Germany , ▁despite ▁Johnny ▁Ram one ▁disag ree ing ▁with ▁the ▁song ' s ▁message . ▁Crit ically , ▁Animal ▁Boy ▁was ▁not ▁nearly ▁as ▁acc laimed ▁as ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁To o ▁T ough ▁to ▁Die , ▁receiving ▁generally ▁mixed ▁reviews . ▁Crit ics ▁were ▁quick ▁to ▁point ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁had ▁st rayed ▁far ▁from ▁their ▁original ▁style ▁and ▁were ▁experiment ing ▁with ▁several ▁gen res ▁by ▁this ▁point . ▁However , ▁the ▁album ▁chart ed ▁in ▁four ▁different ▁countries , ▁including ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁ ▁Background ▁By ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁considerable ▁amount ▁of ▁conflict ▁between ▁band ▁members . ▁Le ad ▁singer ▁Jo ey ▁Ram one ▁went ▁so ▁far ▁as ▁to ▁withdraw ▁from ▁the ▁writing ▁process , ▁after ▁having ▁been ▁a ▁vital ▁part ▁of ▁it ▁on ▁previous ▁records . ▁Jo ey ▁re called :