The inside sleeve features cartoon illustrations of each song's basic concept. The original artwork is now featured in the in. The drawing features many landmarks which pertain to their global position, including and, and in. The back cover art depicts a 'pinhead' riding a rocket from the US to Russia. Holmstrom and Johnny collaborated on the back cover's concept, eventually conceiving a military theme with an anti-communist cartoon drawing. John Gillespie directed the artwork on the album, and the cover photo was taken by Danny Fields.Īrturo Vega is credited as Artistic Coordinator, and magazine editor illustrated for the album. The album was released on November 4, 1977, under the name Rocket to Russia, though it had a working title of Get Well. The back cover of Rocket to Russia features illustrations by John Holmstrom. Infamous record producer offered to fabricate Rocket to Russia, but the band declined, feeling as though the album would not be the same without Tommy and Bongiovi. Rocket to Russia 's final mastering was mainly done in Bongiovi's Power Station studio. Johnny relates: 'These guys ripped us off and I want to sound better than this.' Though the album cites Tony Bongiovi and as the head producers, much of the album's production was done by Stasium Johnny so far as to insist that Bongiovi was omnipresent during the band's recording sessions. He emphasized that the album's sound engineer needed to incorporate better production than that of the Sex Pistols, to which Stasium replied 'no problem'. On the first day of sessions, guitarist brought a copy of the ' single ' with him, remarking that their type of music 'robbed' the band. It's your money they're spending.' The recording began on Augand took place in at, a premises of a former.
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Johnny explained that 'it's best to do it quickly. The studio rent was $150 per hour, usually using the first take of a song as its final recording. The band spent most of the money Sire had given them on the album's production value. Punk fans commonly believed that this musical style would soon top the market, to which author Tom Carson explains: 'To be in New York that summer was to have some sense of what it might have been like to live in in 1966 or '67, or in London when the and the first hit.' Recording and production allowed the band between $25,000 and $30,000 to fully record and produce the album, which is a considerably larger budget compared to the band's previous albums. New York-based clubs and began to see bigger audiences crowd in to hear these bands.
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This period was extremely significant to the punk rock genre, as it was the initial wave of New York City's underground punk bands receiving recording contracts. Background In the summer of 1977, 'Sheena Is a Punk Rocker' was released as a single, being an outtake from the band's previous release.The album was ranked at number 106 in Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' in 2012. This is the last album to be recorded with all four original members, as drummer left the band in 1978 to work solely on production. The album was not as commercially successful as the band had hoped, peaking at number 49 on the.īand members blamed the for their lack of sales, saying that they changed the punk image for the worse. Music critic called it his favorite Ramones album as it contained several and featured more variety of. The album received positive reception, with many critics appreciating the matured production and sound quality as compared to Rocket to Russia 's predecessors. The musical style showed more of a influence, and many songs had minimal structuring. The subject matter of songs varied throughout the album, though nearly all the tracks on the album incorporated humor into the lyrics. John Holmstrom and guitarist both worked on illustration, with the entire back cover contemplating a military theme, while the inner sleeve artwork depicted many of the themes portrayed in songs. The album's cover art was directed by John Gillespie.
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The album's recording began in August 1977, and the band had a considerably larger budget with Sire allowing them $25,000 and $30,000 much of this money went toward the album's production rather than recording. That summer was known as the peak of the punk rock genre since many punk bands were offered recording contracts. Its origins date back to the summer of 1977, when 'Sheena Is a Punk Rocker' was released as a single.