The very first track, "Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?" includes a synthesizer, saxophone, and piano, ditching the traditional three-chord song structure. Upon playing the record, you can immediately tell within the first few seconds that this album will sound vastly different than anything we've heard from them before. It was horrible.I think that some of the worst crap I ever wrote went on that album." So how bad was it, really? Dee Dee Ramone was even quoted as saying "I couldn't believe how awful it sounded. Over 20 years later, you could still see the resentment that Johnny had towards Phil in the End of the Century DVD. While Spector seemed fascinated by Joey's voice and potential as a pop singer, he reportedly treated the rest of the band as if they didn't matter. Joey was a big fan of Spector's earlier work, and he was clearly interested in making a pop record that would appeal to the mainstream. The infamous story of Spector pulling a gun on the band, or forcing Johnny to play the first chord to "Rock 'N' Roll High School" hundreds of times. So many rumors have emerged in the last couple decades about what exactly happened during the recording of this record. What kept this album from perfection, however, was primarily out of the band's control - unless you fault the band for aspiring to write a Top 40 record, which is what they were openly trying to do here. That's not to say that this album is bad in fact, the songwriting is arguably on par with the first four records. It was bound to happen eventually four five-star albums in a row is a feat that few, if any, bands have ever accomplished. End of the Century was the first Ramones album ever that was not perfect.
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