Too Tough to Die

Ramones - Too Tough to Die

Too Tough to Die
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Artist: Ramones
Brand: Too
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Music Label: Rhino
Product features:
  • RAMONES TOO TOUGH TO DIE
Soundtracks:
  1. Mama's Boy
  2. I'm Not Afraid of Life
  3. Too Tough to Die
  4. Durango 95
  5. Wart Hog
  6. Danger Zone
  7. Chasing the Night
  8. Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)
  9. Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)
  10. Planet Earth 1988
  11. Humankind
  12. Endless Vacation
  13. No Go
  14. Street Fighting Man
  15. Smash You
  16. Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La) (Demo)
  17. Planet Earth 1988 (Demo)
  18. Endless Vacation (Demo)
  19. Danger Zone (Dee Dee Vocal Version)
  20. Out of Here
  21. Mama's Boy (Demo)
  22. I'm Not the Answer=20
  23. Too Tought to Die (Dee Dee Vocal Version)
  24. No Go (Demo)

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Music Review: Ramones renaissance
Rating: 5 Stars

After three albulms of experimenting with pop, the Ramones returned to form with 'Too Tough To Die', their eighth release. Tommy and Ed Stasium, as Dee Dee acknowledges in Billy Altman's short booklet, were unsurpassed at capturing the Ramones in production, and this reunion lives up to expectations.

This re-mastered albulm opens with the fleshed-out punk "Mama's Boy", and veers through everything from pop ("Howling At The Moon", "Chasing the Night") to hardcore ("Wart Hog", "Endless Vacation"). Despite this wandering, it's difficult to find a mis-step to break the monotony of this gushing review.

The re-mastering work continues to be expertly performed, adding texture, depth, and clarity to even the rawest tracks. This albulm, strong enough on its own, has been given a royal treatment with twelve bonus tracks, one of which may be one of the best Ramones covers ever; "Street Fighting Man", rescuing a song that was formally an object of punk mockery. The appeal of the demo versions could well be lost on the casual listener; some of them are mostly unpolished forms of the studio track, although Dee Dee's version of "Planet Earth 1988" has a blistering rawness the original lacks.

This is a much more mature effort than the classic first four releases, as one might expect from a band that was a decade old as of the first pressing of this albulm. One can hear the Ramones acknowledging (or even upstaging) what other innovators did with the punk sound they created in the '70s, and still hear some lingering polish from their pop days. Some punk purists will dismiss these tracks as irrelevant; a retreat to derivative mediocrity after an unsuccesful sell-out. Instead of a retreat, however, this albulm is a surge forward with stomping foot and grinding guitar, demonstrating an energy and competence that reminds the listener why this band's fanbase will happily buy a re-mastered re-release. If you want to skip the pop phase, this is the albulm to come back to the Ramones with.

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Description of Too Tough to Die

Expanded & remastered reissue of 1984 album. With original drummer Tommy Erdelyi producing, the band revisits their punk roots. Features the original 13-track album plus the UK single, 'Street Fighting Man', 'Smash You' & ten more previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)' (demo), 'Planet Earth 1988' (Dee Dee vocal version), 'Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love)' (demo), 'Endless Vacation' (demo), 'Danger Zone' (Dee Dee vocal version), 'Out Of Here', 'Mama's Boy' (demo), 'I'm Not An Answer', 'Too Tough To Die' (Dee Dee vocal version) & 'No Go' (demo). Slipcase.

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