Brain Drain (album)

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Brain Drain

Studio album by The Ramones
Released	May 23, 1989
Recorded	December 1988
Genre	Punk
Length	35:02
Label	Sire Records
Producer(s)	Jean Beauvoir, Bill Laswell, Daniel Rey
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link
The Ramones chronology
Halfway to Sanity (1987)	Brain Drain (1989)	Mondo Bizarro (1992)

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. 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.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Charts
4 Notes and references

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Personnel

Jean Beauvoir - Producer
Martin Bisi - Assistant Engineer
Gary "Muddbone" Cooper - Production Assistant
Jason Corsaro - Mixing
George DuBose - Artwork, Coordination
Oz Fritz - Assistant Engineer
Judy Kirschner - Assistant Engineer
Bill Laswell - Producer
Matt Mahurin - Artwork
Robert Musso - Engineer, Mixing
Robbie Norris - Assistant Engineer
Daniel Rey - Producer, Musical Coordinator
Mark Sidgwick - Production Assistant
Nicky Skopelitis - Production Assistant
Howie Weinberg - Mastering
Kim White - Production Assistant

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	122

Singles - Billboard (North America)

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

[edit] Notes and references

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

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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