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Album Review: Subterranean Jungle

  • Artist: The Ramones
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1983 05
  • Total Time: 33:21
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Tentatively returning toward punk, or at least new wave, the Ramones turned in their most enjoyable record since Rocket to Russia with Subterranean Jungle. Producers Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin were the heads of the edgy power pop and punk label Bomp!, so they steered the Ramones back toward the '60s pop infatuation that provided the foundation for their early records. It's a strategy that pays off well -- for the most part, the group's originals are so punchy and catchy that they make the pair of covers superfluous. Comprised of a set of unabashedly hook-laden songs and driven by more subtle rhythms, Subterranean Jungle may not be a punk record in the strictest sense of the word, yet the Ramones haven't sounded quite as alive in a long, long while. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Little Bit O' Soul John Shakespeare The Ramones (2:43)
I Need Your Love The Ramones (3:03)
Outsider Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones (2:10)
What'd Ya Do? Joey Ramone The Ramones (2:24)
Highest Trails Above Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones (2:09)
Somebody Like Me Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones (2:34)
Psycho Therapy (Lyrics) Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone The Ramones (2:35)
Time Has Come Today Joseph Chambers, Willie Chambers The Ramones (4:25)
My-My Kind of a Girl Joey Ramone The Ramones (3:31)
In the Park (Lyrics) Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones (2:34)
Time Bomb Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones (2:09)
Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You Joey Ramone The Ramones (3:04)

Credits

George DuBose (Photography), Ritchie Cordell (Producer), Glen Kolotkin (Producer), Ron Cote (Engineer)
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Subterranean Jungle
Studio album by The Ramones
Released February 1983
Recorded December 1982, at Kingdom Sound, Syosset, Long Island
Genre Punk rock
Length 33:21 (original)
51:29 (Expanded Edition)
Label Sire
Producer Ritchie Cordell
Glen Kolotkin
Professional reviews

Rhino Records Expanded Release:

The Ramones chronology
Pleasant Dreams
(1981)
Subterranean Jungle
(1983)
Too Tough to Die
(1984)

Subterranean Jungle is the seventh studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It was released in February 1983[1] (see 1983 in music) and peaked at position eighty-three on the Billboard album music chart.[2] It was re-released on August 20th, 2002 on CD by Rhino Records.

"Time Bomb" featured Dee Dee's first lead vocal on a Ramones album. "Little Bit o' Soul" was a cover of a song originally recorded by The Music Explosion in 1967. "I Need Your Love" was also a cover song, originally recorded by The Boyfriends, as was "Time Has Come Today", originally recorded by The Chambers Brothers in 1968.

Marky Ramone was dismissed from the band during the production of the album. He can be seen lurking almost invisibly behind the window on the front album cover. Heartbreaker Billy Rogers filled in for him on "Time Has Come Today", the album also features Heartbreaker Walter Lure on guitar. In the music videos for "Psycho Therapy" and "Time Has Come Today," Richie Ramone plays the drums.

The song "Outsider" was later covered by American punk band Green Day on We're a Happy Family—A Tribute to the Ramones and also released on their album Shenanigans. "Psycho Therapy" was recorded by Skid Row as part of their album, B-Side Ourselves.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Little Bit o' Soul" (Kenneth Hawker, John Shakespeare) – 2:43
  2. "I Need Your Love" (Bobby Dee Waxman) – 3:03
  3. "Outsider" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:10
  4. "What'd Ya Do?" (Joey Ramone) – 2:24
  5. "Highest Trails Above" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:09
  6. "Somebody Like Me" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:34
  7. "Psycho Therapy" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 2:35
  8. "Time Has Come Today" (Willie Chambers, Joseph Chambers) – 4:25
  9. "My-My Kind of a Girl" (Joey Ramone) – 3:31
  10. "In the Park" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:34
  11. "Time Bomb" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:09
  12. "Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You" (Joey Ramone) – 3:04

2002 Expanded Edition CD (Warner Archives/Rhino) bonus tracks

  1. "Indian Giver (Original Mix)" (Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry) – 2:45
  2. "New Girl in Town" (Ramones) – 3:33
  3. "No One to Blame (Demo)" (Ramones) – 2:24
  4. "Roots of Hatred (Demo)" (Ramones) – 3:36
  5. "Bumming Along (Demo)" (Ramones) – 2:20
  6. "Unhappy Girl (Demo)" (Ramones) – 2:20
  7. "My-My Kind of Girl (Acoustic Demo)" (Joey Ramone) – 3:10

Personnel

Ramones

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

  • Ritchie Cordell – producer
  • Glen Kolotkin – producer
  • Ron Cote – engineer
  • George DuBose – photography
  • Tony Wright – cover art

Notes and references

the word Ramones featured in graffiti on the subway carriage was airbrushed in over the original photo.

  1. ^ Subterranean Jungle overview. Allmusic. URL accessed on March 12, 2006.
  2. ^ Subterranean Jungle charts and awards. Allmusic. URL accessed on March 12, 2006.

 
 

 

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