- punk, rock, american punk
- 35 min
- 12 tracks
- Chrysalis
Brain Drain is the eleventh studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on May 23, 1989. It is the last Ramones release to feature bassist/songwriter/vocalist Dee Dee Ramone, the first to feature Marky Ramone since his initial firing from the band after 1983's Subterranean Jungle and the band's last studio album on Sire Records.
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Spare, classical in form, unpretentious and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- Robert ChristgauB
- Spin Alternative Record Guide2/10
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Tracks
- 1I Believe in Miracles3:20
- 2Zero Zero UFO2:25
- 3Don’t Bust My Chops2:29
- 4Punishment Fits the Crime3:05
- 5All Screwed Up3:60
- 6Palisades Park2:20
- 7Pet Sematary3:30
- 8Learn to Listen1:51
- 9Can’t Get You Outta My Mind3:22
- 10Ignorance Is Bliss2:38
- 11Come Back, Baby4:02
- 12Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)2:06
12 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ramones
- Label
- Chrysalis
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AR
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