Pleasant Dreams [Expanded]

Pleasant Dreams [Expanded]

by RamonesRamones

Overview

End of the Century didn't make the Ramones into the stars they so wanted to be, so they hooked up with another '60s icon, Graham Gouldman, for their follow-up, Pleasant Dreams. Oddly, Gouldman directs the band away from their bubblegum, British Invasion, and surf fetishes and points them toward acid rock and heavy metal. The production may be too clean to qualify as punk, but they still manage to squeak out a couple of irresistibly catchy songs. [The 2002 reissue appends seven tracks to the original track listing: an early recording of "Touring"; the unreleased "I Can't Get You out of My Mind"; an alternate version of "Chop Suey"; and demos of "Sleeping Troubles," "Kicks to Try," "I'm Not an Answer," and "Stares in This Town."]

Product Details

Release Date: 08/20/2002
Label: Imports
UPC: 0081227815622
catalogNumber: 894886
Rank: 29263

Tracks

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ramones   Primary Artist
Debbie Harry   Background Vocals
Graham Gouldman   Background Vocals
David Hassel   Percussion
Russell Mael   Background Vocals
Kate Pierson   Background Vocals
Joey Ramone   Vocals,Background Vocals
Dee Dee Ramone   Bass,Background Vocals
Johnny Ramone   Guitar,Background Vocals
Marky Ramone   Drums,Background Vocals
Cindy Wilson   Background Vocals
Ian Wilson   Background Vocals
Dick Emerson   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Ramones   Arranger
Graham Gouldman   Producer
Greg Allen   Art Direction
Lincoln Clapp   Engineer
Harvey Goldberg   Engineer
Bill Inglot   Producer
Joey Ramone   Composer
Johnny Ramone   Liner Notes
Ed Stasium   Producer
Keith Bessey   Engineer
Ira Robbins   Liner Notes
Chris Nagle   Engineer
Steven Chean   Editorial Research

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