Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology

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Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology
Compilation album by The Ramones
Released	July 20, 1999
Recorded	1975–1995
Genre	Punk Rock
Length	2:36:17
Label	Rhino Entertainment Sire Records
Producer	Craig Leon Tony Bongiovi Tommy Ramone Ed Stasium Daniel Rey Bill Inglot Gary Stewart Don Williams Jean Beavoir Ritchie Cordell Graham Gouldman Glen Kolotkin Phil Spector Bill Laswell Dave Stewart The Ramones
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Ramones compilation album chronology
All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (1990) Hey! Ho Let's Go: The Anthology (1999) Ramones Mania Vol. 2 (2000)

Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology is a two–disc compilation that attempts to summarize the Ramones' career in its entirety. It features two previously unissued song versions; "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "I Want You Around" are the Ed Stasium mixes from the Rock 'n' Roll High School original motion picture soundtrack. Some versions of this album include a hardcover 80 page booklet with liner notes by David Fricke and Danny Fields. Every Ramones studio album is represented with the exception of Acid Eaters, their 1993 covers album.

Album was certified double platinum in Argentina 24.04.2001 selling more than 80,000 copies.

The album was certified silver in the UK (more than 60,000 copies sold) at December 24 2004. The album also went gold in Australia in 2006 selling more than 35,000 copies.

Stickers on the original boxset release advertised the collection humourously with the sum: "2 minutes + 3 chords x 58 tracks".

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Re-Issue 3 Credits 3.1 Ramones 3.2 Additional musicians 3.3 Production

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by the Ramones except where indicated.

[edit] Disc one

1. "Blitzkrieg Bop" – 2:14  (Tommy Ramone / Dee Dee Ramone)
2. "Beat on the Brat" – 2:32  (Joey Ramone)
3. "Judy Is a Punk" – 1:32   (Joey R.)
4. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" – 2:27   (Tommy R.)
5. "53rd & 3rd" – 2:20   (Dee Dee R.)
6. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" – 1:37   (Dee Dee R.)
7. "Glad to See You Go" – 2:13   (Lyrics: Dee Dee R. / Music: Joey R.)
8. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" – 1:44
9. "I Remember You" – 2:20
10. "California Sun" – 2:03   (Henry Glover / Morris Levy)
11. "Commando" – 1:54
12. "Swallow My Pride" – 2:07   (Joey R.) ¹
13. "Carbona Not Glue" – 1:53 ²
14. "Pinhead" – 2:44   (Dee Dee R.)
15. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" – 2:49   (Joey R.) ³
16. "Cretin Hop" – 1:58
17. "Rockaway Beach" – 2:08   (Dee Dee R.)
18. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" – 2:50   (Joey R.)
19. "Teenage Lobotomy" – 2:03
20. "Surfin' Bird" – 2:37   (Carl White / Alfred Frazier / John Harris / Turner Wilson, Jr.)
21. "I Don't Care" – 1:40   (Joey R.) ¹
22. "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" – 2:43   (Joey R.)
23. "I Wanna Be Sedated" – 2:31   (Joey R.)
24. "Don't Come Close" – 2:46
25. "She's the One" – 2:15
26. "Needles & Pins" – 2:23  (Sonny Bono / Jack Nitzsche) ⁴
27. "Rock N' Roll High School" – 2:21   (Joey R.) ⁵
28. "I Want You Around" – 3:02  (Dee Dee R. / Joey R. / Johnny Ramone) ⁵
29. "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" – 3:52   (Joey R.)
30. "I Can't Make It on Time" – 2:33
31. "Chinese Rock" – 2:30  (Dee Dee R. / Richard Hell)
32. "I'm Affected" – 2:54   (Joey R.)
33. "Danny Says" – 3:06   (Joey R.)

[edit] Disc two

1. "The KKK Took My Baby Away" – 2:31  (Joey Ramone)
2. "She's a Sensation" – 3:26   (Joey R.)
3. "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)" – 3:23   (Joey R.)
4. "We Want the Airwaves" – 3:22   (Joey R.)
5. "Psycho Therapy" – 2:39  (Johnny Ramone / Dee Dee Ramone)
6. "Howling at the Moon (Sha–La–La)" – 4:06   (Dee Dee R.)
7. "Mama's Boy" – 2:12  (Johnny R. / Dee Dee R. / Tommy Ramone)
8. "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" – 4:33   (Joey R. / Daniel Rey)
9. "I'm Not Afraid of Life" – 3:13   (Dee Dee R.)
10. "Too Tough to Die" – 2:38   (Dee Dee R.)
11. "Endless Vacation" – 1:50   (Dee Dee R. / Johnny R.)
12. "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" – 3:57   (Dee Dee R. / Joey R. / D. Rey) ⁶
13. "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" – 3:23  (Richie Ramone)
14. "Something to Believe In" – 4:09   (Dee Dee R. / Jean Beauvoir) ¹
15. "I Don't Want to Live This Life (Anymore)" – 3:29   (Dee Dee R.) ⁷
16. "I Wanna Live" – 2:39   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
17. "Garden of Serenity" – 2:28   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
18. "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" – 2:05   (Joey R.) ¹
19. "Pet Sematary" – 3:34   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey) ¹
20. "I Believe in Miracles" – 3:21   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
21. "Tomorrow She Goes Away" – 2:41   (Joey R. / D. Rey)
22. "Poison Heart" – 4:04   (Dee Dee R. / D. Rey)
23. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" – 2:46  (Tom Waits / Kathleen Brennan)
24. "She Talks to Rainbows" – 3:14   (Joey R.)
25. R.A.M.O.N.E.S. – 1:24  (Lemmy / Würzel / Phil Campbell / Phil Taylor) ⁸

[edit] Re-Issue

In 2001 (possibly because of Joey Ramone's death), Hey! Ho! Let's Go was re-released. This new version did not include the eighty page booklet and altered the tracklisting of CD 1. "I'm Affected" and "I Can't Make it on Time" were removed and replaced with "Baby I Love You", which was the band's highest charting hit in the UK.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Ramones

• Joey Ramone – lead vocals
• Johnny Ramone – guitar
• Dee Dee Ramone – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
• C.J. Ramone – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
• Marky Ramone - drums
• Richie Ramone - drums
• Tommy Ramone – drums

[edit] Additional musicians

• Barry Goldberg – organ, piano
• Benmont Tench – keyboards
• Steve Douglas – saxophone
• Graham Gouldman - backing vocals
• Russell Mael - backing vocals
• Ian Wilson – backing vocals
• Rodney Bingenheimer - handclapping
• Harvey Robert Kubernick – handclapping

[edit] Production

• Jean Beavoir – Mixing, Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Don Berman, Ian Bryan, Ron Cote, John Dixon, DJ Walker Bruce, Gold Andy Hoffman, Don Hunerberg, Ray Janos, Tom Lester, Robbie Norris, Garris Shipon, Harry Spiridakis, Joe Warda – Assistant Engineer
• Keith Bessey, Robert Musso, Anders Oredson – Engineer, Mixing
• Martin Bisi, Jorge Esteban, Harvey Goldberg, Judy Kirschner, Larry Levine, Boris Menart, Chris Nagle – Engineer
• Joe Blaney, Jason Corsaro – Mixing
• Tony Bongiovi, Ritchie Cordell, Graham Gouldman, Glen Kolotkin, Craig Leon, The Ramones, Phil Spector – Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Sean Donahue – DJ
• Tommy Ramone – Associate Producer, Engineer, Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Danny Fields, David Fricke – Liner Notes
• Oz Fritz, Glenn Rosenstein – Mixing Assistant
• Bryce Goggin – Assistant Engineer, Engineer
• Paul Hamingson – Engineer, Mixing Assistant
• Bill Inglot, Gary Stewart, Don Williams – Compilation Producer
• Gary Kurfirst – Executive Producer
• Bill Laswell, Dave Stewart – Producer
• Daniel Rey – Musical Coordination, Original Recording Producer, Producer
• Donna Sekulidis – Production Coordination
• Joel Soiffer – Remixing
• Ed Stasium – Engineer, Mixing, Musical Director, Original Recording Producer, Producer

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