Halfway to Sanity

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Halfway to Sanity

Studio album by Ramones

Released

September 15, 1987

Recorded

April 1987

Genre

Punk rock

Length

29:53

Language

Daniel Rey, The Ramones

Ramones chronology

Singles from Halfway to Sanity
Animal Boy (1986)	Halfway to Sanity (1987)	Brain Drain (1989)
"Real Cool Time" Released: 1987 (1987) "I Wanna Live" Released: 1987 (1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Punknews.org	^[2]
Robert Christgau	C+^[3]

Halfway to Sanity is the tenth studio album by American punk band the Ramones. It was released on September 15, 1987, and the last album to feature Richie Ramone. Halfway to Sanity features the songs "I Wanna Live" and "Garden of Serenity", which were later remastered on the Ramones compilation Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits.

Debbie Harry of Blondie provides backing vocals on "Go Lil' Camaro Go", and Dee Dee Ramone sings lead vocals on "I Lost My Mind".

"A Real Cool Time" almost certainly features a melodic homage to Cheap Trick's "So Good to See You" from their 1977 In Color album. Joey and Cheap Trick shared a mutual admiration and they played Joey's posthumous birthday party show in 2001.

"I Wanna Live", the album's opening track, was on the soundtrack to the 2006 video game Tony Hawk's Project 8.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wanna Live"	Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey	2:36
2.	"Bop 'Til You Drop"	Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone	2:09
3.	"Garden of Serenity"	Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey	2:35
4.	"Weasel Face"	Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone	1:49
5.	"Go Lil' Camaro Go"	Dee Dee Ramone	2:00
6.	"I Know Better Now"	Richie Ramone	2:37

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Death of Me"	Joey Ramone	2:39
8.	"I Lost My Mind"	Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone	1:33
9.	"A Real Cool Time"	Joey Ramone	2:38
10.	"I'm Not Jesus"	Richie Ramone	2:52
11.	"Bye Bye Baby"	Joey Ramone	4:33
12.	"Worm Man"	Dee Dee Ramone	1:52

Personnel

Ramones

Joey Ramone – lead vocals
Johnny Ramone – Lead guitar
Dee Dee Ramone – bass,guitar backing vocals, lead vocals on "I Lost My Mind"
Richie Ramone – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Debbie Harry – backing vocals on "Go Lil' Camaro Go"
Walter Lure - extra guitar (on some tracks)

Additional personnel

Jorge Esteban- Engineer
Howard Shillingford- Assistant Engineer
DJ Walker- Assistant Engineer
Joe Blaney- Mixer

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	172

References

↑ Halfway to Sanity at AllMusic
↑ Punknews.org review
↑ Robert Christgau review
↑ "Billboard album chart history-The Ramones". Retrieved March 2, 2009.

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Studio albums	Ramones Leave Home Rocket to Russia Road to Ruin End of the Century Pleasant Dreams Subterranean Jungle Too Tough to Die Animal Boy Halfway to Sanity Brain Drain Mondo Bizarro Acid Eaters ¡Adios Amigos!

Live albums	It's Alive Loco Live Greatest Hits Live We're Outta Here! You Don't Come Close NYC 1978

Compilations	Ramones Mania All the Stuff (And More!) Vol. 1 All the Stuff (And More!) Vol. 2 Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology Ramones Mania 2 Masters of Rock Best of the Chrysalis Years The Chrysalis Years Loud, Fast Ramones The Best of The Ramones Weird Tales of the Ramones Greatest Hits Essential

Films	Rock 'n' Roll High School Lifestyles We're Outta Here! Around the World End of the Century Raw It's Alive 1974–1996

Full tribute albums	Ramones (by Screeching Weasel) Leave Home (by The Vindictives) Rocket to Russia (by The Queers) Road to Ruin (by The Mr. T Experience) End of the Century (by Boris the Sprinkler) Pleasant Dreams (by Beatnik Termites) Too Tough To Die (by Jon Cougar Concentration Camp) File Under Ramones (by The Huntingtons)

Other tribute albums	Gabba Gabba Hey Blitzkrieg Over You! Ramones Maniacs We're a Happy Family The Song Ramones the Same Brats on the Beat: Ramones for Kids

Related articles	Discography List of Ramones concerts "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." "Rosebud" (Simpsons episode) Gabba

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