Album of the Day

The Ramones always had one foot in the future and one in the past. Even as the Queens quartet was rewriting the rock rulebook with its blitzkrieg bop, the band regularly revisited such golden oldies as “Let's Dance” and “Needles And Pins.” For the album END OF THE CENTURY – released twenty years ahead of the new millennium – the Ramones tapped the legendary Phil Spector to produce, and the collection includes a cover of the '60s hitmaker's “Baby I Love You,” as well as the propulsive “Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?” and a version of “Rock 'N' Roll High School.” The highest-charting album of the band's career, END OF THE CENTURY celebrates its 40th anniversary this week and captures Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Marky in top form.