Best of the Chrysalis Years is a compilation album made up of tracks from the Ramones' five albums on Chrysalis Records (UK): Brain Drain, Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, áAdios Amigos!, and Loco Live. It was released on May 28, 2002, by EMI International. The album was re-released in 2004 with a new track listing as The Best of The Ramones.
Best of the Chrysalis Years was released nine days before Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone's death.
Track listing
- "Pet Sematary" â (Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)
- "Don't Bust My Chops" â (Dee Dee Ramone/Joey Ramone/Daniel Rey)
- "Ignorance Is Bliss" â (Joey Ramone/Andy Shernoff)
- "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (live)" â (Joey Ramone)
- "Teenage Lobotomy (live)" â (The Ramones)
- "Surfin' Bird (live)" â (Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Carl White/Turner Wilson)
- "Poison Heart" â (Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey)
- "Anxiety" â (Marky Ramone/Skinny Bones)
- "Take It as It Comes" â (Jim Morrison/John Densmore/Robby Krieger/Ray Manzarek)
- "Cretin Hop (live)" â (The Ramones)
- "Rockaway Beach (live)" â (Dee Dee Ramone)
- "I Wanna Be Sedated (live)" â (Joey Ramone)
- "Out of Time" â (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
- "Somebody to Love" â (Darby Slick)
- "Rock And Roll Radio (Live)" â (Joey Ramone)
- "Blitzkrieg Bop (live)" â (Tommy Ramone/Dee Dee Ramone)
- "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" â (Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan)
- "Got a Lot to Say" â (C.J. Ramone)
The tracks on this compilation are taken from the following Ramones albums:
- 1, 2, 3 â Brain Drain (1989)
- 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 â Loco Live (1991)
- 7, 8, 9 â Mondo Bizarro (1992)
- 13, 14 â Acid Eaters (1993)
- 17, 18 â áAdios Amigos! (1995)
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