''Ramones Mania'' is the first greatest hits album by the American punk rock band the

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. It was released on May 31, 1988 through

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and consists of 30 Ramones songs, including some single versions ("

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," " Needles & Pins" and "Howling at the Moon"), a single

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") and one previously unreleased take (the film version of "

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"). The album contains a booklet with a short history of the Ramones, including the release dates of all their albums. Their best-selling album, the compilation was their only album certified Gold in the United States, until their debut album went Gold in 2014. ''Ramones Mania'' was re-released on multi-colored vinyl for

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in 2010. A

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was released in Japan in 2000. A tribute album titled ''

Ramones Maniacs ''Ramones Maniacs'' is a 2001 tribute album to the punk rock band the Ramones, released by Trend Is Dead! Records. The album's track list is an exact match of the band's 1988 compilation album '' Ramones Mania'', which had been released by Sire ...

'' was released in 2001; it featured turn-of-the-century punk bands covering every song from ''Mania'' in the same order.Ramones Heave

Track listing

Personnel

Ramones *

Joey Ramone Jeffrey Ross Hyman (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), known professionally as Joey Ramone, was an American musician, best known as the lead singer and a founding member of the punk rock band Ramones. His image, voice, and his tenure with the R ...

– vocals *

Johnny Ramone John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer the punk movement. ...

– guitar *

Dee Dee Ramone Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist and a founding member of the punk rock band Ramones. Throughout the band's existence, he wa ...

– bass, background vocals; lead vocals ("Wart Hog") *

Tommy Ramone Thomas Erdelyi (born Tamás Erdélyi; January 29, 1949 – July 11, 2014), known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian American record producer and musician. He was the drummer for the influential punk rock band the Ramones for t ...

– drums (''Ramones'', ''Leave Home'', ''Rocket to Russia'') *

Marky Ramone Marc Steven Bell (born July 15, 1952) is an American drummer. He began playing in hard rock bands in the New York City area, notably Dust and Estus. He was asked to drum for punk rock band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. He replaced drummer Tommy ...

– drums (''Road to Ruin'', "Rock 'n' Roll High School", ''End of the Century'', ''Pleasant Dreams'', ''Subterranean Jungle'', "Indian Giver") *

Richie Ramone Richard Reinhardt (born August 11, 1957) is an American drummer best known by his stage name Richie Ramone, and for being the drummer for the punk band the Ramones from February 1983 until August 1987. As of 2022, he is one of the four surviv ...

– drums, background vocals (''Too Tough to Die'', ''Animal Boy'', ''Halfway to Sanity'') Technical *

Craig Leon Craig Leon (born 7 January 1952) is an American-born record producer, composer and arranger currently living in England.International Who’s Who in Classical Music 2005'', Routledge, 2005. Leon was instrumental in launching the careers of many ...

– producer (''Ramones'') *

Tony Bongiovi Anthony C. Bongiovi (born September 7, 1947) is an American record producer and recording engineer. He is the cousin of musician Jon Bon Jovi. Career Bongiovi has produced records by Gloria Gaynor, Talking Heads, Aerosmith ('' Classics Live'') ...

– co-producer (''Leave Home'', ''Rocket to Russia'') * Tommy Ramone – co-producer (''Leave Home'', ''Rocket to Russia'', ''Road to Ruin'', ''Too Tough to Die'') *

Ed Stasium Ed Stasium is an American record producer and audio engineer, who has worked on albums by the Ramones, Talking Heads, Motörhead, the Smithereens and Living Colour. History Stasium began his recording career in 1970 fronting the band Brandy ...

– producer ("Rock 'n' Roll High School"), co-producer (''Road to Ruin'', ''Too Tough to Die''), digital remastering *

Phil Spector Harvey Phillip Spector (born Harvey Philip Spector; December 26, 1939January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter, best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s, followed decades later by ...

– producer (''End of the Century'') *

Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10c ...

– producer (''Pleasant Dreams'') *

Ritchie Cordell Ritchie Cordell (born Richard Joel Rosenblatt; March 10, 1943 – April 13, 2004) was an American songwriter, singer and record producer. He wrote and produced several hits for Tommy James and The Shondells, including " I Think We're Alone ...

– co-producer (''Subterranean Jungle'', "Indian Giver") * Glen Kolotkin – co-producer (''Subterranean Jungle'', "Indian Giver") *

Jean Beauvoir Jean Beauvoir is an American singer, bassist, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and entertainment executive. He came to prominence in the early 1980s with the punk group the Plasmatics and went on to work with Little Stev ...

– producer (''Animal Boy'') *

Daniel Rey Daniel Rey (born Daniel Rabinowitz) is an American musician, record producer and songwriter from New York City, best known for his work with the punk rock band Ramones. As a teenager Rey played in punk band Shrapnel, which also featured Dave Wyn ...

– co-producer (''Halfway to Sanity'') * Ramones – co-producer (''Halfway to Sanity'') *

Arturo Vega Arturo Vega (13 October 1947 – 8 June 2013) was a Mexican-American graphic designer best known for his long association with the punk rock group The Ramones. He designed the group's iconic logo, and was sometimes called the fifth Ramone. Offici ...

– collage design, lighting director * George DuBose – design coordinator, front cover photo * Mark Weinberg – art director * Ebet Roberts – back cover photo * Ed Valentine – inner sleeve illustration *

Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bish ...

– digital remastering * Kevin Laffey – compilation producer

Charts

Certifications

References

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