Animal Boy

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Animal Boy
Studio album by The Ramones
Released	May 1986
Recorded	December 1985
Genre	Punk rock
Length	31:44
Label	Sire
Producer	Jean Beauvoir
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link Rolling Stone link
The Ramones chronology
Too Tough to Die (1984) Animal Boy (1986) Halfway to Sanity (1987)

Animal Boy is an album by the Ramones. It featured the songs "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)", written as a protest of President Ronald Reagan's visit to the Bitburg cemetery in West Germany; "Somebody Put Something in My Drink", written by Richie Ramone, the band's drummer from 1983–1987; and "Love Kills", Dee Dee Ramone's ode to deceased friend Sid Vicious. Dee Dee sings lead vocals on tracks 3 and 9.

Three songs on the album were co-written by Jean Beauvoir, formerly of the Plasmatics.

The music video for the song "Something to Believe In" featured a mock charitable event entitled "Hands Across Your Face", a parody of Hands Across America. [1][2][3]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Ramones 3 Trivia

[edit] Track listing

1. "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" (Richie Ramone) – 3:23
2. "Animal Boy" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 1:50
3. "Love Kills" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:19
4. "Apeman Hop" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:02
5. "She Belongs to Me" (Dee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir) – 3:54
6. "Crummy Stuff" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:06
7. "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" (Dee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir, Joey Ramone) – 3:55
8. "Mental Hell" (Joey Ramone) – 2:38
9. "Eat That Rat" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 1:37
10. "Freak of Nature" (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone) – 1:32
11. "Hair of the Dog" (Joey Ramone) – 2:19
12. "Something to Believe In" (Dee Dee Ramone, Jean Beauvoir) – 4:09

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Ramones

• Joey Ramone – lead vocals
• Johnny Ramone – guitar, backing vocals
• Dee Dee Ramone – bass, backing vocals
• Richie Ramone – drums

[edit] Trivia

• The Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom recorded a cover of "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" for the American release of their 2005 album, Are You Dead Yet?

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