Rocket to Russia
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Rocket to Russia
Rocket to Russia is the third studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, and was released on November 4, 1977, through Sire Records. Its origins date back to the summer of 1977, when "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" was released as a single. That summer was known as the peak of the punk rock genre since many punk bands were offered recording contracts. The album's recording began in August 1977, and the band had a considerably larger budget with Sire allowing them $25,000 and $30,000; much of this money went toward the album's production rather than recording.-Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Rolling Stone
Rocket to Russia is the best American rock & roll of the year and possibly the funniest rock album ever made. -1977
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BBC
Rocket to Russia is a classy album in ragged, oil-stained jeans. -1977
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Slant
Rocket to Russia is a pure punk album, in the late-1977 sense of the word—which means that it’s a pure Ramones album. -2017
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Punk News
This isn't where it began. It's where it was perfected. -2014
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Sputnik Music
Rocket to Russia is quite possibly the quintessential punk album. It represents everything that the Ramones had to offer. -2005
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Audioxide
Though there’s no doubting the spirit Rocket to Russia possesses, there’s only so many times you can listen to the same formula over and over again
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Go Venue
A similarity to their previous releases, the lyrics integrated humor, black humor if I had to point it out, circling mental disorders and psychiatry. -2017
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Louder Sound
Sire, sensing the potential imminence of a hitherto unlikely hit, invested a grander budget, and in compositional terms the band were getting better. --2017
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Sound Opinions
The entire album stands out, you cannot highlight one son. Each one is great, and only clocks in at around two minutes. -2007
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50Third and 3rd
Rocket to Russia is the perfect cure for the spirit-draining effects of our increasingly regimented world. -2014
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Ultimate Classic Rock.
From the opening blast of "Cretin Hop" to the finals strains of "Why Is It Always This Way?," it is as solid an album as the band would ever make, with many considering it their best.
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Beat
It doesn't have the revolutionary impact of The Ramones, but it's a better album and one of the finest records of the late 1970s.
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Green and Black Music
Above all, the Ramones were FUN! Rocket to Russia expands on the humor that made the first two albums so memorable. -2016
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Metal.de
"Rocket To Russia" should be the last album of the classic RAMONES line-up and close this chapter forever.
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Medium
One of the finest albums ever pressed, in my opinion. Purity. Simplicity. Straight up anger and ennui.
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Super Seventies
Rocket to Russia is the best American rock & roll of the year and possibly the funniest rock album ever made
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Ultimate Guitar
This is in my opinion the best Ramones album ever.
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The Guardian
Despite having percolated through rock and pop almost continuously for four decades, the most influential punk album of them all can still provide a prickle of danger and discomfort -2016
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Greil Marcus
There’s a looseness, a rhythmic snap, and a feel for rock as rock on Rocket to Russia that you didn’t hear on the Ramones’ first two albums. -2014
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Fat Pigeon
The Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre, the band's first four albums set the blueprint for punk, especially American punk and hardcore.
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SCMP
Despite the band's reputation for embracing nothing more musical than adrenalin and attitude, Rocket exhibits subtle melodic influences, most notably from surf rock and 1960s pop. -2014
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Kinston
The Ramones had a simple but winning formula: Loud guitars, leather jackets and great songs played with aggression and an oversensitive penchant for succinctness.
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AZ Central
Like their first two albums, every song feels like a reassertion of their classic sound. -2015
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The Omega
Rocket to Russia marks many changes in the Ramones’ style and quality. -2016
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