Mondo Bizarro (in distorted Italian, “Mondo Bizzarro” means “Weird World”) is the twelfth studio album by the American punk band Ramones , released in 1992 . This is the first album with a new bass player C Jay Ramon , replacing the departed Dee De Ramon . On August 10, 2004, the album was re-released in the UK by Captain Oi! , with the bonus track “ Spider-Man ”.
| Mondo bizarro | |||||||
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| Studio Album | |||||||
| Date of issue | September 1, 1992 | ||||||
| Recorded by | February 1992 at The Magic Shop ( New York , New York ) | ||||||
| Genre | Punk rock | ||||||
| Duration | 37:25 | ||||||
| A country | |||||||
| Label | Radioactive USA Chrysalis United Kingdom | ||||||
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| Reviews | |
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| Critical ratings | |
| A source | Evaluation |
| Allmusic |    [one] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [2] |
| Q | [3] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [4] |
| Rolling stone | [five] |
Content
About the album
Mondo Bizarro became the first album in three years, after the band left Sire Records and signed a contract with Radioactive Records . The title “Mondo Bizarro” parodies the title of the 1966 film “ Mondo Cane ”. Separately from the album came two singles; " Poison Heart ", released in July 1992 and Strength to Endure , released in October of the same year.
Despite the fact that Dee Di Ramon left the band, he nonetheless wrote three songs for her: “ Poison Heart ”, “Main Man” and “Strength To Endure” to pay off the prison because of his long drug addiction.
In the End of the Century documentary documentary Johnny Ramon , when asked about the album, replied: “I don't like it. I don’t like him at all. ”This is contrary to his 1992 interview with this Argentinean newspaper, where he said:“ Overall, I find two or three songs that I hate in Mondo Bizarro, but otherwise I like almost all the songs, and I am very pleased with him as a whole. " [6]
In 2001, the album received gold status in Brazil [7] .
Songs
The song “Censorshit”, written by Joey Ramon , talks about how rock and rap albums were censored by the PMRC organization, a group of Washington wives who tried to put warnings on records, which later became the norm. It was a reference to Ozzy Osbourne and Frank Zappa . Quote: “Ask Uzziah, Zappa, or me.” We will show you what it means to be free. ”( Eng. Ask Ozzy, Zappa, or Me. We’ll The song refers to Tipper Gore , the wife of former Senator Tennessee and Vice President Al Gore .
"Take It As It Comes" is a cover version of The Doors , originally recorded in 1967. Spider-Man has never appeared on the original release, but later entered into a CD re-release, is a cover on the main theme of the animated series Spider-Man . The song was originally included as a bonus track in the album ¡Adios Amigos! (but in later editions was removed from there) and in the 1995 compilation of Saturday Morning .
“Heidi is a Headcase” was written by Joey Ramon and Daniel Ray. In a podcast interview for Ramones of the Day, CJ said that this song was about a girl named Heidi, who at that time was Joey's girlfriend and also CJ at the same time [8] .
Song List
| Side 1 | |||||||||
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| No | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
| one. | "Censorshit" | Joey ramon | 3:13 | ||||||
| 2 | "The Job That Ate My Brain" | Marky Ramon , Garrett James Uhlenbrock | 2:17 | ||||||
| 3 | " Poison Heart " | Di Di Ramon , Daniel Ray | 4:04 | ||||||
| four. | "Anxiety" | Marky Ramon, Garrett James Uhlenbrock | 2:04 | ||||||
| five. | "Strength to Endure" | Di Di Ramon, Daniel Ray | One to two | ||||||
| 6 | "It's Gonna Be Alright" | Joey Ramon, Andy Shernoff | 3:20 | ||||||
| Side 2 | |||||||||
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| No | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
| 7 | "Take It As It Comes" | Jim Morrison , John Densmore , Robbie Krieger , Ray Manzarek | 2:07 | ||||||
| eight. | "Main Man" | Di Di Ramon, Daniel Ray | 3:29 | ||||||
| 9. | Tomorrow She Goes Away | Joey ramon daniel ray | 2:41 | ||||||
| ten. | "I Won't Let It Happen" | Joey Ramon, Andy Shernoff | 2:22 | ||||||
| eleven. | Cabbies on Crack | Joey ramon | 3:01 | ||||||
| 12. | "Heidi Is a Headcase" | Joey ramon daniel ray | Two to four | ||||||
| 13. | "Touring" | Joey ramon | 2:51 | ||||||
| CD bonus track | |||||||||
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| No | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
| 14. | Spider-Man | Bob Harris , Paul Francis Webster | 1:56 | ||||||
Record Members
Ramones
- Joey Ramon - lead vocals (all but 5 and 8 tracks)
- Johnny Ramon - Solo Guitar
- CJ Ramon - bass, back and lead (5, 8 tracks) vocals
- Marky Ramon - drums
Additional musicians
- Vernon Reed - guitar solo (11 track)
- Joe McGinty - keyboards (7 track)
- Flo & Eddie - background vocals (3, 13 tracks)
Additional staff
- Bryce Goggin - Assistant Sound Engineer
- Joe Warda - assistant engineer
- Gary Kurfurst - Executive Producer
- Greg Kalby - mastering
- Ed Stacium - mixing, producer
- Paul Hamingson - sound engineer
- Eugene Nastasi - engineer assistant
- Harris Shipon - assistant engineer
- George Dyubos - art director, photography, design
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1992 | The Billboard 200 | 190 [9] |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1992 | " Poison Heart " | Modern rock tracks | 6 [10] |
Notes
- ↑ Mondo Bizarro (eng.) On the site AllMusic
- ↑ Mondo Bizarro - EW.com Neo . The appeal date is October 1, 2016.
- ↑ [cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6755760&style=music Ramones - Mondo Bizarro CD Album] . The appeal date is October 1, 2016.
- ↑ Robert Christgau: CG: ramones Neopr . The appeal date is October 1, 2016.
- ↑ Mondo Bizarro . The appeal date is October 1, 2016.
- ↑ Ramone, Johnny. Interview Archived October 14, 2006. . In Spanish.
- ↑ Brazilian album certifications - Ramones (port.) . Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos . The appeal date is April 20, 2014.
- ↑ Ramones of the Day Podcast , Ramones of the Day (September 28, 2016). The appeal date is September 29, 2016.
- ↑ Billboard album chart history-The Ramones . The appeal date is March 2, 2009.
- ↑ Billboard single chart history-The Ramones . The appeal date is March 2, 2009.