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Animal Boy

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Released
  
May 19, 1986

Length
  
31:44

Artist
  
Ramones

Label
  
Sire Records

Genre
  
Punk rock

Recorded
  
December 1985

Language
  
English

Release date
  
19 May 1986

Producer
  
Jean Beauvoir

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Animal Boy (1986)
  
Halfway to Sanity (1987)

Similar
  
Ramones albums, Punk rock albums

Animal Boy is the ninth studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It featured the songs "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)", written as a protest at 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 to 1987; and "Love Kills", Dee Dee Ramone's ode to deceased friend Sid Vicious.

Contents

Three songs on the album were co-written by Jean Beauvoir, formerly of the Plasmatics. The rear cover art contains a photograph of Krao Farini, a.k.a. The Missing Link, as a child.

The music video for the song "Something to Believe In" featured a mock charitable event entitled "Hands Across Your Face", a parody of Hands Across America.

Covers

  • Swedish rock band Sator recorded a cover version of "Mental Hell" for the 2002 tribute album, The Song Ramones the Same.
  • Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom recorded a cover of "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" for the American release of their 2005 album, Are You Dead Yet?
  • American punk band Trashlight Vision recorded a cover version of "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" for their 2006 debut album, Alibis and Ammunition.
  • American punk band Iron Chic recorded a cover version of "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" for their 2013 EP, Spooky Action.
  • The vocalist/bassist Nick Oliveri recorded a cover of "Mental Hell" for his 2007 album "Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails" with his punk rock-stoner rock band Mondo Generator.

    • Ramones

  • Joey Ramone – Lead vocals (all but 3 and 9)
  • Johnny Ramone – Lead guitar
  • Dee Dee Ramone – Bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (3, 9)
  • Richie Ramone – Drums, backing vocals

    • Additional musicians

  • Walter Lure - extra guitar (on some tracks)

    • Additional personnel

  • Jean Beauvoir - Producer, Co-Mixer
  • Jorge Esteban - Engineer
  • Grant Gillett - Assistant Engineer
  • Anders Oredson - Co-Mixer

    • Charts

    Album

    Songs

    1Somebody Put Something in My Drink3:28
    2Animal Boy1:52
    3Love Kills2:23

    References

    Animal Boy Wikipedia
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