Brain Drain (album)

Brain Drain
Studio album by
the Ramones
ReleasedMay 23, 1989
RecordedDecember 1988 – March 1989[1][2]
("Merry Christmas" recorded in 1987)
Studio
GenrePunk rock
Length35:02
LabelSire
Producer
Ramones chronology
Halfway to Sanity
(1987) 		Brain Drain
(1989) 		Mondo Bizarro
(1992)
Singles from Brain Drain
  1. "Pet Sematary"
    Released: June 1989
  2. "I Believe in Miracles"
    Released: November 1989 (German promo)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauB[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide2/10[5]

Brain Drain is the eleventh studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on May 23, 1989.[3][6][7] 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. This was also the last Ramones album to be produced by Daniel Rey, until 1995's ¡Adios Amigos!. The album ends with their unlikely seasonal song "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)".

  1. ^ a b Buskin, Richard (March 2008). "The Ramones 'Pet Sematary' - Classic Tracks". Sound on Sound. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Porter, Dick Dee (2004). Ramones - The Complete Twisted History. Plexus Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 0-85965-326-9.
  3. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Brain Drain - Ramones". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau review".
  5. ^ Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Ramones". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 320–22. ISBN 978-0-679-75574-6.
  6. ^ "Happy Anniversary: Ramones, Brain Drain". Rhino. May 23, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Jim (September 18, 2020). "Dee Dee Ramone's Rap 'N' Roll". Rock and Roll Globe. Retrieved April 9, 2022.