# Ramones discography

The Ramones were an American punk rock band from New York City. Their discography consists of fourteen studio albums, ten live albums, sixteen compilation albums, seventy-one singles, thirty-two music videos and ten films. The band formed in early 1974, and upon signing with Seymour Stein of Sire Records, the Ramones released their self-titled debut album on April 23, 1976. Despite the recording process only taking a week and being on a budget of $6,400, the album has since become their most accoladed and iconic release. 1977's Leave Home was the band's follow up album, released less than a year later, also through Sire. While it was the first album to chart in the United Kingdom, it did not chart as well in the United States as Ramones, nor their third record, Rocket to Russia, which was released in late 1977. Road to Ruin was the band's fourth studio album and their first to feature a change in the band member line-up, with drummer Marky Ramone replacing Tommy Ramone.
It's Alive, released in 1979, was the Ramones' first live album, and only one to chart. The band's following studio album, 1980's End of the Century, was their only record produced by Phil Spector and their most successful album commercially, peaking at #44 on the United States Billboard 200 and charting in six other countries. In 1981 they released Pleasant Dreams with producer Graham Gouldman who, according to the album's critics, sparked a change in the Ramones' style of music, beginning a transition away from classic punk rock, surf punk and British punk sounds toward heavier punk rock, heavy metal and acid rock elements. Subterranean Jungle, released in 1983, would be the band's final release to chart within the top 100 of the Billboard 200, and was also the final release before firing Marky as drummer. Richie Ramone would be the band's new drummer for 1984's Too Tough to Die, which was produced by former drummer Tommy alongside Ed Stasium. While the album was critically acclaimed for having similar characteristics to the band's earlier albums, their next release, 1986's Animal Boy, incorporated more contemporary production techniques and sounds, including synthesizers.
Richie's final appearance would be on 1987's Halfway to Sanity, with Elvis Ramone briefly replacing him for two performances in August before Marky was brought back into the band. The band's first compilation album, entitled Ramones Mania, was released in 1988 and would go on to be certified Gold in the United States. 1989's Brain Drain would be their final album to feature Dee Dee Ramone as bassist, as well as their last to be released through Sire. The Ramones signed to Radioactive Records and released Mondo Bizarro in 1992 with new bassist C.J. Ramone. Despite being the band's least successful studio album in respect to the Billboard 200, it went Gold in Brazil in 2001. During the turn of the 80s and 90s, the band had 3 hits in the top 40 of national chart Modern Rock Tracks, being them Pet Sematary, Poison Heart and I Don't Wanna Grow Up (cover of Tom Waits). Their first, and only, cover album, Acid Eaters, was released in 1993, just a year and a half before the band's fourteenth and final studio album, ¡Adios Amigos!, produced by Halfway to Sanity producer Daniel Rey. Although the Ramones disbanded in mid-1996, thirteen compilation albums and four live albums have been released since then.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | CAN | NLD | NOR | NZ | SWE | UK | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Ramones | Released: April 23, 1976 Label: Sire | 111 | — | — | 185 | — | — | 48 | — | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver |
| Leave Home | Released: January 10, 1977 Label: Sire | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | |
| Rocket to Russia | Released: November 4, 1977 Label: Sire | 49 | 79 | 36 | — | — | — | 31 | 60 | |
| Road to Ruin | Released: September 22, 1978 Label: Sire | 103 | 99 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 32 | |
| End of the Century | Released: February 4, 1980 Label: Sire | 44 | 53 | 41 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 10 | 14 | |
| Pleasant Dreams | Released: July 20, 1981 Label: Sire | 58 | 87 | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | |
| Subterranean Jungle | Released: February 23, 1983 Label: Sire | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Too Tough to Die | Released: October 1, 1984 Labels: Sire, Beggars Banquet, Ariola, RCA, Closer | 171 | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 63 | |
| Animal Boy | Released: May 19, 1986 Labels: Sire, Beggars Banquet, Ariola, RCA, Barclay | 143 | — | 94 | — | — | — | 37 | 38 | |
| Halfway to Sanity | Released: September 15, 1987 Labels: Sire, Beggars Banquet, Ariola, RCA, Barclay | 172 | — | — | 68 | — | — | 43 | 78 | |
| Brain Drain | Released: March 23, 1989 Labels: Sire, Chrysalis | 122 | 130 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 75 | |
| Mondo Bizarro | Released: September 1, 1992 Labels: Radioactive, Chrysalis | 190 | 93 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 87 | |
| Acid Eaters | Released: December 1, 1993 Labels: Radioactive, Chrysalis | 179 | — | 48 | — | — | — | 26 | — | |
| ¡Adios Amigos! | Released: July 18, 1995 Labels: Radioactive, Chrysalis | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 62 | |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Title | Album details | SWE | UK |
| It's Alive | Released: April 1979 Label: Sire | 38 | 27 |
| Loco Live | Released: March 1992 Label: Sire | — | — |
| Greatest Hits Live | Released: June 1996 Label: Radioactive | — | — |
| We're Outta Here! | Released: November 1997 Label: MCA | — | — |
| NYC 1978 | Released: August 2003 Label: King Biscuit | — | — |
| Live At The Roxy: August 12, 1976 | Released: November 25, 2016 Label: Sire/Rhino Records | - | - |
| Live In Glasgow: December 19, 1977 | Released: November 23, 2018 Label: Sire/Rhino Records | - | - |
| Live At The Palladium: New York, NY (12/31/79) | Released: April 13, 2019 Label: Sire/Rhino Records | - | - |
| It's Alive II | Released: September 26, 2020 Label: Sire/Rhino Records | - | - |
| Triple J Live At The Wireless - Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, July 8, 1980 | Released: July 17, 2021 Label: Sire/Rhino Records | - | - |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US | BEL | CAN | SPA | SWE | UK | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Ramones Mania (The Best of 1976–1988) | Released: May 1988 Label: Sire | 168 | — | 84 | 47 | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (First and second albums plus extra tracks) | Released: May 1990 Label: Sire | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (Third and fourth albums plus extra tracks) | Released: September 1990 Label: Warner Bros. | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (The Best of 1975–1996) | Released: July 1999 Label: Rhino | — | 46 | — | 32 | 13 | 74 | ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold |
| Ramones Mania 2 (The Best of 1989–1996) | Released: April 2000 Label: Phantom | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Masters of Rock: Ramones (The Best of 1989–1995) | Released: August 2001 Label: EMI | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Best of the Chrysalis Years (The Best of 1989–1995) | Released: May 2002 Label: EMI | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | |
| Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (The Best of 1975–1996) | Released: October 2002 Label: WEA | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Chrysalis Years (Final four albums plus Loco Live) | Released: December 2002 Label: EMI International | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | |
| The Best of the Ramones (The Best of 1989–1995) | Released: May 2004 Label: Simply the Best | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Weird Tales of the Ramones | Released: August 2005 Labels: Rhino/Warner Bros. | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hey Ho Let's Go: Greatest Hits (The Best of 1976–1989) | Released: June 2006 Label: Rhino | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Gold |
| Essential | Released: July 16, 2007 Label: Chrysalis | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Opus Collection: Rockaway Beach | Released: August 14, 2012 Label: Starbucks Records | 153 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Ramones: All the Best (2CDs) | Released: December 12, 2012 Labels: EMI International / WEA / Chrysalis | _ | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Morrissey Curates The Ramones | Released: November 28, 2014 Label: Rhino | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Ramones: The Sire Albums (1981-1989) | Released: April 23, 2022 Label: Rhino/Warner Records | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not certified. |||||||||

## Singles

| Year | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Certification | Album |
| Year | Title | US | US Alt | AUS | BEL | IRE | NL | SWE | UK | Certification | Album |
| 1976 | "Blitzkrieg Bop" b/w "Havana Affair" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver | Ramones |
| 1976 | "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" b/w "California Sun/I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" (recorded live at The Roxy, Los Angeles) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Ramones |
| 1977 | "Swallow My Pride" b/w "Pinhead" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | | Leave Home |
| 1977 | "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" b/w "I Don't Care" | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 22 | | Rocket to Russia |
| 1977 | "Rockaway Beach" b/w "Locket Love" | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Rocket to Russia |
| 1978 | "Do You Wanna Dance?" b/w "Babysitter" | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Rocket to Russia |
| 1978 | "Don't Come Close" b/w "I Don't Want You" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | | Road to Ruin |
| 1978 | "Needles and Pins" b/w "I Wanted Everything" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Road to Ruin |
| 1979 | "She's the One" b/w "I Wanna Be Sedated" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Road to Ruin |
| 1979 | "Rock 'n' Roll High School" b/w "Do You Wanna Dance? (Live Version)" | – | – | 41 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 67 | | Rock 'n' Roll High School |
| 1980 | "Baby, I Love You" b/w "High Risk Insurance" | – | – | – | 25 | 5 | – | – | 8 | | End of the Century |
| 1980 | "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" b/w "Let's Go" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | | End of the Century |
| 1980 | "I Wanna Be Sedated" b/w "The Return of Jackie and Judy" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RIAA: Platinum | Times Square |
| 1981 | "We Want the Airwaves" b/w "You Sound Like You're Sick" | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Pleasant Dreams |
| 1981 | "She's a Sensation" b/w "All's Quiet on the Eastern Front" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Pleasant Dreams |
| 1981 | "The KKK Took My Baby Away" b/w "Don't Go" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Pleasant Dreams |
| 1983 | "Time Has Come Today" b/w "Psycho Therapy" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Subterranean Jungle |
| 1984 | "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" b/w "Smash You"/"Street Fighting Man" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | | Too Tough to Die |
| 1985 | "Chasing the Night" b/w "Howling At the Moon (Sha-La-La)"/"Smash You"/"Street Fighting Man" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | | Too Tough to Die |
| 1985 | "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" b/w "Go Home Ann"/"Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | | Animal Boy |
| 1986 | "Something to Believe In" b/w "Somebody Put Something in My Drink"/"(You) Can't Say Anything Nice" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | | Animal Boy |
| 1986 | "Crummy Stuff" b/w "Something to Believe In"/"(And) I Don't Wanna Live This Life" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 98 | | Animal Boy |
| 1987 | "A Real Cool Time" b/w "Life Goes On"/"Indian Giver" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | | Halfway to Sanity |
| 1987 | "I Wanna Live" b/w "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Halfway to Sanity |
| 1989 | "Pet Sematary" b/w "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"/"Life Goes On" | – | 4 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | | Brain Drain |
| 1989 | "I Believe in Miracles" b/w "All Screwed Up" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Brain Drain |
| 1992 | "Poison Heart" b/w "Chinese Rocks"/"Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"/"Rockaway Beach" | – | 6 | 143 | – | – | – | – | 69 | | Mondo Bizarro |
| 1992 | "Strength to Endure" b/w "The Ballad of Tipper Gore" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Mondo Bizarro |
| 1993 | "Journey to the Center of the Mind" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Acid Eaters |
| 1993 | "Substitute" b/w "7 And 7 Is"/"Out Of Time" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Acid Eaters |
| 1994 | "7 and 7 Is" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Acid Eaters |
| 1995 | "I Don't Want to Grow Up" b/w "She Talks To Rainbows" | – | 30 | — | – | – | – | – | – | | ¡Adios Amigos! |
| 1996 | "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Greatest Hits Live |
* A^ "We Want the Airwaves" and "The KKK Took My Baby Away" charted together at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
* B^ "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" and "Chasing the Night" were released together as a double A-side single in the UK.
* C^ "Something to Believe In" and "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" were released together as a double A-side single in the UK.

## Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| 1979 | "Do You Wanna Dance?" | Allan Arkush, from Rock 'n' Roll High School movie. |
| 1979 | "I Want You Around" | Allan Arkush, from Rock 'n' Roll High School movie. |
| 1979 | "I Just Want to Have Something to Do" | Allan Arkush, from Rock 'n' Roll High School movie. |
| 1980 | "Rock 'n' Roll High School" | Mark Robinson |
| 1980 | "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" | Mark Robinson |
| 1981 | "We Want the Airwaves" | Craig Leiber, Kirk Heflin, Maureen Nappi |
| 1981 | "It's Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World)" | Craig Leibner |
| 1981 | "The KKK Took My Baby Away" | Craig Leibner |
| 1983 | "Psycho Therapy" | Frances Delia |
| 1983 | "Time Has Come Today" | Demyan, Schiro |
| 1984 | "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" | Frances Delia |
| 1986 | "Something to Believe In" | Bill Fishman, Preacher Ewing |
| 1986 | "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" (Rough Cut) | George Seminara |
| 1987 | "I Wanna Live" | Bill Fishman, Preacher Ewing |
| 1988 | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | Bill Fishman |
| 1989 | "Pet Sematary" | Bill Fishman |
| 1989 | "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | George Seminara |
| 1990 | "I Believe in Miracles" | George Seminara |
| 1991 | "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Live) | George Seminara |
| 1992 | "Poison Heart" | Samuel Bayer |
| 1992 | "Strength to Endure" | George Seminara |
| 1992 | "Touring" (Original Version) | John Cafiero |
| 1994 | "Substitute" | Tom Rainone |
| 1995 | "I Don't Want to Grow Up" | Jonathon Dayton, Valerie Faris |
| 1996 | "Spiderman" | Jonathon Dayton, Valerie Faris |

## Films

| Year | Film | Director | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| 1976 | The Blank Generation | Ivan Kral, Amos Poe | |
| 1979 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | Allan Arkush | |
| 1990 | Lifestyles of the Ramones | George Seminara | |
| 1993 | "Rosebud" (The Simpsons) | Wes Archer | |
| 1998 | Ramones – Around the World | Marky Ramone | |
| 2002 | The Ramones and I | Rusty Nails | |
| 2003 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia | BPI: Silver * ARIA: Gold |
| 2004 | Ramones: Raw | John Cafiero | RIAA: Gold * ARIA: Gold |
| 2006 | Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone | Mandy Stein | |
| 2007 | It's Alive 1974–1996 | George Seminara | ARIA: Gold |

## Tribute albums
### Full album tributes

| Year | Album | Artist | Record company |
| 1992 | Ramones | Screeching Weasel | Selfless Records |
| 1994 | Leave Home | The Vindictives | Selfless Records |
| 1994 | Rocket to Russia | The Queers | Selfless Records, Liberation Records |
| 1996 | End of the Century | Boris the Sprinkler | Clearview Records |
| 1997 | It's Alive | Parasites | Clearview Records |
| 1997 | Pleasant Dreams | Beatnik Termites | Clearview Records |
| 1998 | Road to Ruin | The Mr. T Experience | Clearview Records |
| 1998 | Too Tough to Die | Jon Cougar Concentration Camp | Liberation Records |
| 2000 | Too Tough to Die | The McRackins | Clearview Records |
| 2001 | Ramones Maniacs | Various | Trend Is Dead! Records |
| 2004 | Subterranean Jungle | Tip Toppers | Ramones Fans Norway |
| 2011 | Halfway to Sanity | Kobanes | Fixing A Hole Records |
| 2019 | Animal Boy | The New Rochelles | |
| 2021 | Mondo Bizarro | K7s | Family Spree Recordings |
| 2022 | Leave Home | The Canceled Sitcoms | Blitzkrieg Cat Records |

### Other tributes

| Year | Album | Artist(s) | Record Company |
| 1987 | Ramones | Operation Ivy | Metropolis Records |
| 1991 | Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones | Various | Triple X Records |
| 1996 | Rocket to Ramonia | The Huntingtons | Burnt Toast Vinyl |
| 1998 | Blitzkrieg Over You | Various | Nasty Vinyl |
| 1999 | File Under Ramones | The Huntingtons | Tooth and Nail Records |
| 2001 | Glue Sniffin' Shocker | Reload | Reload Music |
| 2002 | Strength to Endure: A Tribute to Ramones & Motörhead | Riotgun. & Bullet Treatment | Basement Records |
| 2002 | The Song Ramones The Same | Various | White Jazz Records |
| 2002 | Ramones Forever: An International Tribute | Various | Radical Records |
| 2003 | We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones | Various | Columbia Records |
| 2004 | Sniffin' Glue: A Las Vegas Tribute to the Ramones | Various | Afternoon Records |
| 2005 | Guitar Tribute to the Ramones | Various | Tribute Sounds Records |
| 2005 | The Rockabilly Tribute to Ramones | Various | CMH Records |
| 2005 | Pan for Punks...A Steelpan Tribute to the Ramones | Tracy Thornton | Pandemic Records |
| 2006 | Brats on the Beat: Ramones for Kids | Various | Go-Kart Records |
| 2007 | Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of the Ramones | Various | Rockabye Baby Records |
| 2008 | Bossa n' Ramones | Various | Music Brokers Records |
| 2008 | Rocket from Poland | Dumbs | Pasażer Records |
| 2011 | Osaka Ramones | Shonen Knife | Good Charamel Records |
| 2018 | Songs in the Key of Joey | Aaron Stingray and the Brooklyn Apostles | Blitzkrieg Cat Records |