Acid Eaters

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Acid Eaters
Cover album by The Ramones
Released	December 1993
Recorded	August 1993
Genre	Punk rock
Length	30:53
Label	Radioactive Records
Producer	Scott Hackwith
Professional reviews
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The Ramones chronology
Mondo Bizarro (1992) Acid Eaters (1993) ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)

Acid Eaters is an album by punk rock group The Ramones.

Recorded in 1993 (see 1993 in music), towards the end of the Ramones' career, the album Acid Eaters is often set apart from other Ramones releases in that it is entirely composed of covers. While the Ramones positioned themselves as an alternative to the cocaine-and-cash-fueled guitar-hero rock of mainstream music, they were never afraid to acknowledge their musical influences. Unlike other punk bands of their time, such as the equally popular Sex Pistols or Blondie, the Ramones embraced some of the music from their childhood and welcomed it into their own unique sound. Acid Eaters forms a musical tribute to the Ramones' 60s favourites, and highlights the influence that earlier bands such as the Beach Boys, The Who and The Rolling Stones, (all of whom are covered in this album) had on their music.

Contents 1 The recording 2 Track listing 2.1 Bonus tracks 3 Record information

[edit] The recording

Acid Eaters was not the first time that the Ramones had played or recorded cover songs. In the past, the Ramones had placed one cover song per album to translate their favorite songs to the punk rock sound. Covers had always formed a minor part of the Ramones' act, and a version of Chris Montez's hit "Let's Dance" (written by and credited to Jim Lee) even appeared on their debut album. Other notable covers previously performed by the group include The Searchers' "Needles and Pins" (written by Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche), "Baby, I Love You" by The Ronettes, "Take It As It Comes" by The Doors, "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen, "California Sun" by The Rivieras and Bobby Freeman's "Do You Wanna Dance?". Acid Eaters, however, was the first complete set of covers, and the songs it contains are much more significant than the seemingly randomly distributed covers on the Ramones' other works.

Musically, Acid Eaters is something of a mixed bag, although the album's production is a great improvement on Mondo Bizarro. The songs are mostly well chosen, as covers such as "Surf City" by Jan and Dean can easily be related to the Ramones' previous surf-rock influenced songs such as Rocket to Russia 's "Rockaway Beach". The Ramones' interpretation keeps the original flavour of the covers - with Pete Townshend supplying backing vocals on The Who song "Substitute" - while staying true to the band's standard no-frills version of punk.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Journey to the Center of the Mind" (Ted Nugent/Steve Farmer) – 2:52 (Original by Amboy Dukes)
2. "Substitute" (Pete Townshend) – 3:15 (Original by The Who)
3. "Out of Time" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:41 (Original by The Rolling Stones)
4. "The Shape of Things to Come" (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil) – 1:46 (Original by Max Frost and the Troopers)
5. "Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 2:31 (Original by The Great Society)
6. "When I Was Young" (Eric Burdon/John Weider/Victor Briggs/Daniel McCulloch/Barry Jenkins) – 3:16 (Original by The Animals)
7. "7 and 7 Is" (Arthur Lee) – 1:50 (Original by Love)
8. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 2:27 (Original by Bob Dylan)
9. "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" (Sky Saxon) – 2:42 (Original by The Seeds)
10. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (John Fogerty) – 2:22 (Original by Creedence Clearwater Revival)
11. "I Can't Control Myself" (Reg Presley) – 2:55 (Original by The Troggs)
12. "Surf City" (Brian Wilson/Jan Berry) – 2:26 (Original by Jan and Dean)

Note: The 1997 vinyl version have the same songs, but different track order.

[edit] Bonus tracks

13. "Surfin' Safari" (Mike Love / Brian Wilson) (bonus track in Japan) – 1:47 (Original by The Beach Boys)

[edit] Record information

UK Label (1993): Chrysalis
Catalogue Number: CHR 6052 (vinyl), CDCHR 6052 (CD)

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