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(s)	Jean Beauvoir
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) 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.

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Personnel

Vocals: Joey Ramone
Guitar: Johnny Ramone
Bass: Dee Dee Ramone
Drums: Richie Ramone

Ramones
Joey Ramone • Johnny Ramone • Dee Dee Ramone • Tommy Ramone • Marky Ramone • Richie Ramone • Elvis Ramone • C. J. Ramone
Discography
Studio albums: Ramones (1976) • Leave Home (1977) • Rocket to Russia (1977) • Road to Ruin (1978) • End of the Century (1980) • Pleasant Dreams (1981) • Subterranean Jungle (1983) • Too Tough to Die (1984) • Animal Boy (1986) • Halfway to Sanity (1987) • Brain Drain (1989) • Mondo Bizarro (1992) • Acid Eaters (1993) • ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
Live albums: It's Alive (1979) • Loco Live (1991) • Greatest Hits Live (1996) • We're Outta Here (1997) • You Don't Come Close (2001) • NYC 1978 (2003)
Compilations: Ramones Mania (1988) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (1990) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (1990) • Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (1999) • Ramones Mania Vol. 2 (2000) • Masters of Rock: Ramones (2001) • Best of the Chrysalis Years (2002) • Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (2002) • The Chrysalis Years (2002) • The Best of The Ramones (2004) • Weird Tales of the Ramones (2005) • Greatest Hits (2006)
Tribute Albums: Ramones (1992) • We're a Happy Family (2003)
Films: Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) • Lifestyles of the Ramones (1990) • Ramones - Around the World (1993) • We're Outta Here (1997) • Ramones: Raw (2004) • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003)
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