Ramones - Leave Home1977 saw Ramones release two great albums in the same year, and Leave Home was the first to be released in January of that year, as the follow up to their eponymous debut album. This 30 minute opus of buzzsaw rock introduced fans to classics like Pinhead, California Sun, and Swallow My Pride.

MacKaye and Picciotto's noise-terrorism-as-guitar-joust avoids flashiness

Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My baby

a puzzle was presented and a challenge in place: what would music sound like if handed down from an ancient alien species

arrives ‰Û÷Closing Time‰۪

an astonishing balance of pure chaos and meticulous composition

carrying a craving for simple

Moon Mullican & The Sunshine Boys Pipeliner's Blues 17

and Leave Home was the first to be released in January of that year

introducing a new pop sensibility to their sound

Heard as a whole

the New Yorker described the band‰۪s music as ‰ÛÏmagnificent and clever‰۝ while Stereogum proclaimed ‰ÛÏin recent history

‰۝ admits Simon