Ramones
Brain Drain

THE REVIEW

Precisely the 11th Ramones CD, 12 tracks, and the last recorded with Sire Records before moving to Radioactive Records.

Brain Drain is one of the lesser-known CDs of the group despite the presence of Pet Cemetery, their 1989 hit that earned the 4th place among the best songs of the year. Indeed, this song has many stories, one of which is that the song was originally written for the eponymous Stephen King film. Perhaps you can sense in some tracks that the whole group was a mess, some with women, others with money, or with mental problems. I had some doubts starting from the cover before buying it, but once I heard it, I realized it was indeed their style, especially from Joey Ramone's unmistakable voice, who also spoke about this album in his autobiography. It’s a CD with both sad tracks and fast, lively ones, in short, a CD that respects their standards. Among the tracks worth mentioning are: Believe in Miracles, the first of the album with a duration of 3:19 minutes , Pet Cemetery that we have talked about far too much, Palisades Park which is a cover of Chuck Barris, Learn to Listen, and Zero Zero Ufo about which nothing is known. A valuable collaboration is that of Daniel Rey in songwriting.