Brain Drain (album)

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Brain Drain
Studio album by The Ramones
Released	May 23, 1989
Recorded	December 1988
Genre	Punk rock
Length	35:02
Label	Sire Records
Producer	Jean Beauvoir, Bill Laswell, Daniel Rey
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link
The Ramones chronology
Halfway to Sanity (1987) Brain Drain (1989) Loco Live (1991)

Brain Drain is a 1989 album by the Ramones (see 1989 in music). Released on May 23 of that year,^[1] it is the last to feature the bass player Dee Dee Ramone, and the last studio album on Sire Records. It contains the single "Pet Sematary", written for the Stephen King movie of the same name. The single became one of the Ramones' biggest radio hits, and a staple in their concerts during the 1990's.

Dee Dee wrote in his autobiography, Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones:

It was tough recording the Brain Drain album because everyone took their shit out on me. I dreaded being around them. It drove me away--I didn't even end up playing on the album. Everybody in the band had problems; girlfriend problems, money problems, mental problems.

Contents 1 Songs 2 Track listing 3 Credits 3.1 Ramones 3.2 Additional musicians 3.3 Production 4 Charts 5 Notes and references

[edit] Songs

"Palisades Park" is a cover song, originally recorded by Freddy Cannon in 1962.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Believe in Miracles" – 3:19 (Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey)
2. "Zero Zero UFO" – 2:25 (Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey)
3. "Don't Bust My Chops" – 2:28 (Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Daniel Rey)
4. "Punishment Fits the Crime" – 3:05 (Dee Dee Ramone, Richie Stotts)
5. "All Screwed Up" – 3:59 (Joey Ramone, Andy Shernoff, Marky Ramone, Daniel Rey)
6. "Palisades Park" – 2:22 (Charles Barris)
7. "Pet Sematary" – 3:30 (Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey)
8. "Learn to Listen" – 1:50 (Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Marky Ramone, Daniel Rey)
9. "Can't Get You Outta My Mind" – 3:21 (Joey Ramone)
10. "Ignorance Is Bliss" – 2:38 (Joey Ramone, Andy Shernoff)
11. "Come Back, Baby" – 4:01 (Joey Ramone)
12. "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" – 2:04 (Joey Ramone)
13. "Pet Sematary" (Bill Laswell version, bonus track on 2006 reissue)

[edit] Credits

[edit] Ramones

• Joey Ramone - lead vocals
• Johnny Ramone - guitar
• Dee Dee Ramone - bass, backing vocals
• Marky Ramone - drums

[edit] Additional musicians

• Andy Shernoff - bass on "All Screwed Up", "Ignorance Is Bliss"

[edit] Production

• Jean Beauvoir - producer
• Bill Laswell - producer
• Daniel Rey - producer, musical coordinator
• Gary "Muddbone" Cooper - production assistant
• Mark Sidgwick - production assistant
• Nicky Skopelitis - production assistant
• Kim White - production assistant
• Robert Musso - engineer, mixing
• Martin Bisi - assistant engineer
• Oz Fritz - assistant engineer
• Judy Kirschner - assistant engineer
• Robbie Norris - assistant engineer
• Jason Corsaro - mixing
• Howard Weinberg - mastering
• George DuBose - artwork, coordination
• Matt Mahurin - artwork

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	122

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Pet Semetary"	Modern Rock Tracks	4

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ AMG review. All Music Guide. URL accessed June 2, 2006

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