The Ramones: Pleasant Dreams
Cynthia Rose, NME, 11 July 1981
It's been a long, long wait since the Fab Four from Forest Hills foolishly put their genius into the mono-maniacal hands of noted has-been Phil Spector for End of the Century...a gesture where the moment, the Man and the Band may have seemed right but the selection of songs just wasn't sufficiently strong.
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