¡Adios Amigos!
| ¡Adiós Amigos! | ||||
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| Studio album by the Ramones | ||||
| Released | July 18, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | January–February, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 33:58 | |||
| Language | English | |||
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Radioactive US Chrysalis UK |
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| Producer | Daniel Rey | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
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| Q | |
| Robert Christgau |  |
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¡Adiós Amigos! is the fourteenth and final studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released on July 18, 1995, through Radioactive Records. The Ramones disbanded a year after its release and subsequent tour. All four of their original members (Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone and Tommy Ramone) died within two decades of the album's release.
¡Adiós Amigos! features "Making Monsters For My Friends" and "It's Not For Me to Know" originally recorded by Dee Dee Ramone on his album I Hate Freaks Like You which he did with I.C.L.C., and "The Crusher" from Dee Dee Ramone's short rap career as Dee Dee King, as well as a cover of Tom Waits' "I Don't Want to Grow Up" and a cover of Johnny Thunders song "I Love You."
The Japanese version of the album features the bonus track "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.," originally recorded by Motörhead as a tribute to the Ramones on their 1916 album. The American version of the album features a hidden track, "Spider-Man," slightly different from the same song the Ramones originally recorded for the Saturday Morning tribute album. C.J. Ramone, Dee Dee's replacement, sings lead vocals on tracks two, four, eight and ten, as well as the bonus track "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." Dee Dee Ramone himself appeared on "Born to Die in Berlin," while singing in German and recorded by phone.
In a reverse decision, many tracks on ¡Adiós Amigos! are performed at a slower pace because of Joey's maturing, ailing vocals, a factor the band had acknowledged in previous years. In preceding tours the band had originally played faster with negative reviews of the shows being the result.
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