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1LP Vinyl – SA 6031

Leave Home had much better production than the Ramones' debut did (they had a bigger budget and they made it with co-producer Tony Bongiovi, whose credits included Gloria Gaynor and Jimi Hendrix, and who went on to co-produce Rocket to Russia), and it still sounded more raw and punk than Road to Ruin or any Ramones album that came after that. It's also more timeless sounding than both the debut and the later stuff — there are still bands today who try to make records that sound like Leave Home. It's not just the production that makes Leave Home an improvement on the Ramones' classic debut, though. They were also a better, faster, harder-hitting band on Leave Home. The debut has countless iconic punk songs like "Beat on the Brat," "Judy Is A Punk," and of course "Blitzkrieg Bop," but the sound of Leave Home is arguably more influential than the sound of the debut.