Too Tough To Die | 
| Manufacturer: Rhino/Warner Bros.
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $8.99
Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 33509
Genre: pop-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0
ASIN: B00122KXUC
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Ramones Renaissance May 23, 2008
The Ramones best post-70s effort. The first five tracks [three of which were live show standards] are as good as anything they've ever done. The next four tracks are a notch below, but still strong. If the disk stopped there, I'd rate it five stars. However, the last four tracks are a let down and detract from the whole. Track 12, Endless Vacation, shows up on many of the Ramones compilations, but I can't listen to it. The bonus material is pretty generous, consisting of 12 cuts. Four are songs not appearing on the original disk - justifiably so; nuff said. The other 8 are demos and alternate versions of songs on the original disk and are a valuable addition. The demo of Howling at the Moon is exceptionally good - IMO much better than the original. The other demos and alternate takes are sufficiently different than the originals to be genuinely interesting. The bonus materials more than make up for the less than stellar last 4 tracks of the original and restore a 5 star rating. Too tough Too Die is a pretty strong album overall [a notch below the Ramones first 4 albums] on its own; with the bonus material it is a must have.
My favorite Ramones album September 20, 2007
When I was a Freshman in high school and you happened to buy my history book used, you would have had all of the lyrics to all of the songs off of "Too Tough To Die" as I wrote them all over that book. An awesome Ramones album!!!
Flashes of Brilliance August 25, 2007
When this came out it felt a little uneven - Ramones albums used to be all killer all the time. Intra-band conflicts were starting to affect the music. There are a few poppy duds, but it still has top notch harder material, including two Dee Dee vocals that are keepers. Definitely worth getting.
 decent April 8, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I basically got this because of DeeDee doing vocals on some songs... those songs are great, and i like thats theres some solos in some of the songs. but a lot of the songs sound like filler to me. Danger Zone is amazing and so is Wart Hog. and if youre looking for a book about the ramones i highly recomend reading Labotomy: Surviving the Ramones written by DeeDee, its a pretty good read.
Johnny's Favorite January 20, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ramones fans know that Johnny Ramone much preferred the fast, heavier punk songs (like Wart Hog) to the more pop-sounding tunes Joey gravitated toward. The Ramones' best is probably somewhere in between the two, but Too Tough to Die has more of Johnny's influence (he co-wrote four songs, a lot for him)than most Ramones albums. This one has a lot of hits and is definitely one of their "tougher" albums.
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