RAMONES, THE - ROCKET TO RUSSIA

ZPET Rocket to Russia je třetí album americké punkové skupiny Ramones. Obsahuje některé nejznámější skladby Ramones jako "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" a "Teenage Lobotomy". V roce 2003 toto album dosáhlo pozice 105 v žebříčku 500 greatest albums of all time časopisu Rolling Stone. Seznam skladeb "Cretin Hop" – 1:56 "Rockaway Beach" (Dee Dee Ramone) – 2:06 "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (Joey Ramone) – 2:49 "Locket Love" – 2:11 "I Don't Care" (Joey Ramone) – 1:39 "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (Joey Ramone) – 2:49 "We're a Happy Family" – 2:31 "Teenage Lobotomy" – 2:01 "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – 1:55 "I Wanna Be Well" – 2:28 "I Can't Give You Anything" – 2:01 "Ramona" – 2:37 "Surfin' Bird" (Carl White / Alfred Frazier / John Harris / Turner Wilson) – 2:37 "Why Is It Always This Way?" – 2:15 Sire Records allowed the band between $25,000 and $30,000 to fully record and produce the album, which is a considerably larger budget compared to the band's previous albums. The band spent most of the money Sire had given them on the album's production value. The studio rent was $150 per hour, usually using the first take of a song as its final recording. Johnny explained that "it's best to do it quickly ... You do not wanna sit there and bullshit. It's your money they're spending." The recording began on August 21, 1977 and took place in Midtown Manhattan at Mediasound Studios, a premises of a former Episcopalian Church. On the first day of sessions, guitarist Johnny Ramone brought a copy of the Sex Pistols' single "God Save the Queen" with him, remarking that their type of music "robbed" the band. He emphasized that the album's sound engineer Ed Stasium needed to incorporate better production than that of the Sex Pistols, to which Stasium replied "no problem". Johnny relates: "These guys ripped us off and I want to sound better than this."