Brain Drain (album)
| Brain Drain | ||||
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| Studio album by the Ramones | ||||
| Released | May 23, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | December 1988 – March 1989 ("Merry Christmas" recorded in 1987) | |||
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| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 35:02 | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | B |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 2/10 |
Brain Drain is the eleventh studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on May 23, 1989. It is the last Ramones release to feature bassist/songwriter/vocalist Dee Dee Ramone, the first to feature Marky Ramone since his initial firing from the band after 1983's Subterranean Jungle and the band's last studio album on Sire Records. This was also the last Ramones album to be produced by Daniel Rey, until 1995's ¡Adios Amigos!. The album ends with their unlikely (and poorly received) seasonal song "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)".