Best of the Chrysalis Years
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Best of the Chrysalis Years is a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 made up of tracks from the Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

 five albums on Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

, Brain Drain
Brain Drain (album)
- Personnel :* Joey Ramone - lead vocals* Johnny Ramone - guitar* Dee Dee Ramone - bass, backing vocals* Marky Ramone - drums- Production :* Jean Beauvoir - producer* Bill Laswell - producer* Daniel Rey - producer, musical coordinator...

, Mondo Bizarro
Mondo Bizarro
Mondo Bizarro is the twelfth studio album by the American punk band the Ramones, released in 1992 . It featured their new bassist, Christopher Joseph Ward , who replaced departed member Dee Dee Ramone. Mondo Bizarro was the group’s first studio album in three years...

, Acid Eaters
Acid Eaters
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, ¡Adios Amigos!
¡Adios Amigos!
¡Adiós Amigos! is the fourteenth and final studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released on July 18, 1995 through Radioactive Records...

, and Loco Live
Loco Live
Loco Live is a live album by American punk band the Ramones.There are two different versions of Loco Live available. The 1991 Chrysalis version contains 33 songs, including "Too Tough to Die", "Don't Bust My Chops", "Palisades Park", and "Love Kills"...

. It was released on May 28, 2002, by EMI International. The album was re-released in 2004 with a new tracklisting as The Best of The Ramones
The Best of The Ramones
The Best of The Ramones is a re-release of the 2002 Ramones compilation album, Best of the Chrysalis Years, but with a new title, cover, and tracklisting...

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Track listing

  1. "Pet Semetary" - (Dee Dee Ramone
    Dee Dee Ramone
    Dee Dee Ramone was an American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones....

    /Daniel Rey)
  2. "Don't Bust My Chops" - (Dee Dee Ramone/Joey Ramone
    Joey Ramone
    Joey Ramone was an American vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist in the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.-Early life:Joey Ramone was born Jeffry Hyman to parents Noel and Charlotte Hyman...

    /Daniel Rey)
  3. "Ignorance Is Bliss" - (Joey Ramone/Andy Shernoff)
  4. "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
    Sheena is a Punk Rocker
    "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by the punk rock group The Ramones. It first appeared on their third LP, Rocket to Russia, in 1977, and was also included on later pressings of the group's second album, Leave Home...

     (Live)" - (Joey Ramone)
  5. "Teenage Lobotomy (Live)" - (The Ramones)
  6. "Surfin' Bird
    Surfin' Bird
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     (Live)" - (Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Carl White/Turner Wilson)
  7. "'Poison Heart" - (Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)
  8. "Anxiety" - (Marky Ramone
    Marky Ramone
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    /Skinny Bones)
  9. "Take It As It Comes" - (Jim Morrison
    Jim Morrison
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    /John Densmore
    John Densmore
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    /Robby Krieger
    Robby Krieger
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    /Ray Manzarek
    Ray Manzarek
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    )
  10. "Cretin Hop (Live)" - (The Ramones)
  11. "Rockaway Beach
    Rockaway Beach (song)
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     (Live)" - (Dee Dee Ramone)
  12. "I Wanna Be Sedated
    I Wanna Be Sedated
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     (Live)" - (Joey Ramone)
  13. "Out of Time" - (Mick Jagger
    Mick Jagger
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    /Keith Richards
    Keith Richards
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    )
  14. "Somebody to Love
    Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane song)
    "Somebody to Love" is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick and originally recorded by 1960s folk rock band The Great Society and later by the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane...

    " - (Darby Slick)
  15. "Rock And Roll Radio
    Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
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     (Live)" - (Joey Ramone)
  16. "Blitzkrieg Bop
    Blitzkrieg Bop
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     (Live)" - (Tommy Ramone
    Tommy Ramone
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    /Dee Dee Ramone)
  17. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" - (Tom Waits
    Tom Waits
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    /Kathleen Brennan
    Kathleen Brennan
    Kathleen Brennan is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and artist. She was born in Johnsburg, Illinois, as noted by her husband and musical collaborator Tom Waits, in the song of the same name. Brennan and Waits met in 1980 during the filming of the Francis Ford Coppola film One from...

    )
  18. "Got A Lot To Say" - (C.J. Ramone)
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