Tracklist
| A1 | Mama's Boy | 2:09 | |
| A2 | I'm Not Afraid Of Life | 3:12 | |
| A3 | Too Tough To Die | 2:35 | |
| A4 | Durango 95 | 0:55 | |
| A5 | Wart Hog | 1:54 | |
| A6 | Danger Zone | 2:03 | |
| A7 | Chasing The Night | 4:25 | |
| B1 | Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) | 4:06 | |
| B2 | Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love) | 4:31 | |
| B3 | Planet Earth 1988 | 2:54 | |
| B4 | Human Kind | 2:41 | |
| B5 | Endless Vacation | 1:45 | |
| B6 | No Go | 3:03 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Sire Records Company
- Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records Company
- Copyright © – Sire Records Company
- Copyright © – Taco Tunes
- Recorded At – Mediasound
- Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Published By – Taco Tunes
- Published By – Tostada Tunes
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Credits
- Cover – Tony Wright
- Engineer – Ed Stasium
- Engineer [Assistant, Mix] – Glenn Rosenstein
- Engineer [Assistant, Recording] – Steve Rimkoff
- Management – Gary Kurfirst
- Mastered By [Originally] – Jack Skinner
- Photography By – George Du Bose*
- Producer – T. Erdelyi* (tracks: A1 to A7, B2 to B6)
- Producer [Associate] – T. Erdelyi* (tracks: B1)
Notes
Sire Records Company
Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Warner Communications Company
© 1984 Sire Records Company
℗ 1984 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.
[Dust sleeve notes read:]
[lyrics] All songs © 1984 Taco Tunes ASCAP
Recorded at Mediasound, New York
Mixed at Sigma Sound, New York
Originally Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
"Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)" is dedicated to Vera Ramone
[labels:]
Taco Tunes ASCAP except as indicated
A7 Taco Tunes ASCAP / Tostada Tunes BMI
Cat# on labels: 1-25187
Cat# on spine & dust sleeve: 9 25187-1
Including b&w dust sleeve with lyrics and credits
Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Warner Communications Company
© 1984 Sire Records Company
℗ 1984 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.
[Dust sleeve notes read:]
[lyrics] All songs © 1984 Taco Tunes ASCAP
Recorded at Mediasound, New York
Mixed at Sigma Sound, New York
Originally Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
"Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)" is dedicated to Vera Ramone
[labels:]
Taco Tunes ASCAP except as indicated
A7 Taco Tunes ASCAP / Tostada Tunes BMI
Cat# on labels: 1-25187
Cat# on spine & dust sleeve: 9 25187-1
Including b&w dust sleeve with lyrics and credits
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 0 7599-25187-1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, Variant 1, Side A - etched/stamped): 1-25187-A SRC SR1 STERLING 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, Variant 1, Side B - etched/stamped): 1-25187-B SRC SR1 STERLING 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, Variant 2, Side A - etched/stamped): 1-25187-A SRC SR1 STERLING 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, Variant 2, Side B - etched/stamped): 1-25187-A SR3 1 - 1 STERLING SRC
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, Variant 3, Side A - etched/stamped): 1-25187-A SR3 1-1 STERLING SRC
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, Variant 3, Side B - etched/stamped): 1-25187-B SRC SR1 STERLING 1-1
- Rights Society (All selections): ASCAP
- Rights Society (A7): BMI
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Too Tough To Die (Cassette, Album) | Sire | 92 51874 | Canada | 1984 | ||
| Too Tough To Die (LP, Album, Club Edition) | Sire | W1-25187, 9 W1-25187 | US | 1984 |
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I'm always surprised when I see this album rank low on Ramones "best of" lists. For me it's a great record top to bottom. I like the production and the songwriting a lot. It's like a better produced Subterranean Jungle (which is my favorite overall). The addition of Richie Ramone helped them too. Best drummer, imo. And a spikey haired DeeDee was a nice visual change too. -
Too Tough To Die is without a doubt the most underrated Ramones album ever. This album has everything that makes the Ramones...well...RAMONES! Production value is pretty tight, rich and enjoyable, thanks to the wonderful studio producers Ed Stasium and Tommy Ramone. Lyrically this album goes beyond what the Ramones had written before, just as Chasing The Night and Danger Of Love is a new yet interesting take of professional song writing. Yet, the punk songs are still there, and oh boy are they punk as fuck. Tracks like Mama's Boy, Wart Hog, Danger Zone and Human Kind are fun and enjoyable little Ramones songs.
Musically, this is the Ramones most diverse album in sound. People often say this album is the Ramones cross between Hardcore Punk, which is right of course! But to me, I can see more than just hardcore punk. If you listen to it closely, you can sense a bit of New Wave (Chasing the Night, Howling At The Moon) and Post Punk (Planet Earth 1988 and Danger Of Love). This album is a mix of everything that made punk so great in the late 70s-mid 80s.
This album has it all, and I would recommend it to anyone that has a general love or nostalgia for punk music.
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