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| released = November 4, 1977
| recorded = August – September 1977<br /><small>(tracks 5 and 6 recorded April 1977)</small><ref name="loudersound"/><ref>Bessman 1993, p. 74.</ref>
| studio =
*Mediasound *Sundragon <small>(tracks 5 and 6)</small><ref name="loudersound"/><br />(New York City)
| genre = {{hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[pop punk]]<ref name=RSTop50>{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-pop-punk-albums-122677/|title=50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 15, 2017|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041822/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-pop-punk-albums-122677/|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[surf punk (music genre)|surf punk]]<ref name="Rathbone">{{cite journal|last=Rathbone|first=Oregano|title=Ramones – Rocket To Russia: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/rocket-russia-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition|journal=[[Record Collector]]|issue=474|date=December 2017|access-date=2018-11-21|archive-date=2018-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121204046/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/rocket-russia-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| length = 31:46
| label = [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Tony Bongiovi]]|[[Tommy Ramone|T. Erdelyi]]}}
| chronology = Ramones
| prev_title = [[Leave Home]]
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| type = studio
| single1 = [[Sheena Is a Punk Rocker]]
| single1date = May 1977
| single2 = [[Rockaway Beach (song)|Rockaway Beach]]
| single2date = November 1977
| single3 = [[Do You Wanna Dance?]]
| single3date = March 1978 <ref>True 2005, p. 343.</ref>
}}
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The recording began on August 21, 1977 and took place in [[Midtown Manhattan]] at Mediasound Studios, a premises of a former [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian Church]].<ref name="true 94">True 2005, p. 94.</ref> On the first day of sessions, guitarist [[Johnny Ramone]] brought a copy of the [[Sex Pistols]]' single "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]" with him, remarking that their type of music "robbed" the band.<ref name="porter 82" /> He emphasized that the album's sound engineer [[Ed Stasium]] needed to incorporate better production than that of the Sex Pistols, to which Stasium replied "no problem".<ref name="porter 82">Porter 2003, p. 82.</ref><ref name="true 100" /> Johnny relates: "These guys ripped us off and I want to sound better than this."<ref name="true 100">True 2005, p. 100.</ref>
Though the album cites [[Tony Bongiovi]] and [[Tommy Ramone]] (credited as T. Erdelyi) as the head producers, much of the album's production was done by Stasium; Johnny went so far as to insist that Bongiovi was "not even there" during the band's recording sessions.<ref name="true 95" /> ''Rocket to Russia''{{'}}s final mastering was mainly done in Bongiovi's ''Power Station'' studio.<ref name="true 94" /> Infamous record producer [[Phil Spector]] offered to fabricate ''Rocket to Russia'', but the band declined, feeling as though the album would not be the same without Tommy and Bongiovi.<ref>Ramone 2012, ch. 3.</ref>
== Title and packaging ==
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"We're a Happy Family" is a caricature of the conditions which 20th-century middle-class American families lived in. The song's lyrics depict a dysfunctional family where the father is a lying [[homosexual]], the mother is [[substance abuse|addicted to prescription drugs]], the infant has [[chills]]. The writing also tells of how the family are friends with the [[President of the United States]] and the [[Pope]] and indicate that the family sells "[[marijuana|dope]]".<ref name="bessman 86" /> The song fades out with various different lines taken from fake dialogue, which illustrate a side of Joey's personality according to his brother [[Mickey Leigh]].<ref>Leigh 2009, p. 353.</ref>
Side B of the album begins with "Teenage Lobotomy", which deals with the brain surgical operation [[lobotomy]]. The lyrics outline how this procedure can cause serious consequences to the brain, with the line "Gonna get my [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]], I'm a teenage lobotomy."<ref name="bessman 84" /> The composition features more complex melodies than that of other songs from the album, with Stasium proclaiming it to be a "mini-Ramones Symphony".<ref name="true 94" /> ''Rocket to Russia'' is the first album to feature two cover songs: "Do You Wanna Dance?" (originally performed by [[Bobby Freeman]]) and "[[Surfin' Bird]]" (originally performed by [[
== Critical reception ==
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== Tommy's departure ==
Drummer Tommy, who had also worked to co-produce the album, was troubled by the lack of sales and began debating on continuing with the Ramones. He also considered touring to be "depressing", and that the audience at unfamiliar gigs were "a bunch of very eccentric, high-strung, crazy people, from one shit-hole club to another."<ref name="leigh 183" /> The drummer left the band
{{Quote|I was thinking, 'What's best for the Ramones?' There was all this tension between me and Johnny. I was trying to release the pressure, to keep the band going. I told Dee Dee and Joey first that I was leaving the band. They said, 'Oh no, don't go, don't go, blah, blah, blah.' I told them we had to do something because I was losing my mind.<ref name="leigh 183">Leigh 1994, p. 183.</ref><ref name="leigh 184" />}}
== Track listing ==
All tracks originally credited to the Ramones (except "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "Surfin' Bird"). Actual writers are listed alongside the tracks.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=''Rocket to Russia'' |others=Ramones |year=1977 |type=[[
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| title2 = [[Rockaway Beach (song)|Rockaway Beach]]
| writer2 = [[Dee Dee Ramone]]
| length2 = 2:06
| title3 = Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
| writer3 = [[Joey Ramone]]
| length3 = 2:47
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| writer14 = Ramones
| length14 = 2:32
| total_length = 31:46
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2001 expanded edition CD (Warner Archives/Rhino) bonus tracks
| title15 = [[Needles and Pins (song)#Ramones version (1978)|Needles & Pins]]
| note15 =
| writer15 = [[Sonny Bono]], [[Jack Nitzsche]]
| length15 = 2:24
| title16 = Slug
| note16 =
| writer16 = Joey Ramone
| length16 = 2:23
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| title18 = I Don't Care
| writer18 = Joey Ramone
| note18 =
| length18 = 1:40
| title19 =
| note19 =
| writer19 = Joey Ramone
| length19 = 2:48
| total_length = 43:48
}}
*Track 15 previously unissued.
*Track 16 produced and arranged by Dan Kessel and David Kessel. Recorded at [[Gold Star Studios]], [[Los Angeles]], December 1978.<ref>True 2005, p. 138.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gold Star Studios, L.A., December 1978. |url=https://www.facebook.com/ramonesmuseumberlin/photos/a.10162033677875510/10165891824485510/ |publisher=Ramones Museum Berlin|website=Facebook |date=February 16, 2022|access-date=April 12, 2022 }}</ref> First issued on ''[[All the Stuff (And More) Volume Two]]'' (1991).
===2017 40th anniversary deluxe edition (Sire/Rhino)===
Adapted from the album's [[liner notes]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Rocket to Russia (40th anniversary deluxe edition) |others=Ramones |year=2017 |chapter=Booklet |type=[[Compact disc|CD]] |publisher=[[Sire Records]]/[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]] |id=R2 563470}}</ref>
'''Disc 1'''
;Remastered original mixes
*''Tracks 1–14 (original mixes) as per original album''
{{Track listing
| headline = 40th anniversary tracking mix
| title15 = Cretin Hop
| writer15 = Ramones
| length15 = 1:55
| title16 = Rockaway Beach
| writer16 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length16 = 2:06
| title17 = Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
| writer17 = Joey Ramone
| length17 = 2:47
| title18 = Locket Love
| writer18 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length18 = 2:09
| title19 = I Don't Care
| note19 = version 2
| writer19 = Joey Ramone
| length19 = 1:38
| title20 = It's a Long Way Back to Germany
| note20 = version 1
| writer20 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length20 = 2:49
| title21 = We're a Happy Family
| writer21 = Ramones
| length21 = 2:47
| title22 = Teenage Lobotomy
| writer22 = Ramones
| length22 = 2:00
| title23 = Do You Wanna Dance?
| writer23 = Freeman
| length23 = 1:52
| title24 = I Wanna Be Well
| writer24 = Joey Ramone
| length24 = 2:28
| title25 = I Can't Give You Anything
| writer25 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length25 = 1:57
| title26 = Ramona
| writer26 = Ramones
| length26 = 2:35
| title27 = Surfin' Bird
| writer27 = White, Frazier, Harris, Wilson
| length27 = 2:37
| title28 = Why Is It Always This Way?
| writer28 = Ramones
| length28 = 2:32
| total_length = 65:46
}}
*Tracks 15-28 mixed by Ed Stasium at Eight Palms Ranchero, [[Poway, California]], 2017.
'''Disc 2'''
{{Track listing
| headline = Mediasound/Power Station rough mixes
|
| title1 = Why Is It Always This Way?
| note1 = Mediasound rough, alternate lyrics
| writer1 = Ramones
| length1 = 1:58
| title2 = Rockaway Beach
| note2 = Power Station Rough
| writer2 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length2 = 2:06
| title3 = I Wanna Be Well
| note3 = Power Station rough
| writer3 = Joey Ramone
| length3 = 2:28
| title4 = Locket Love
| note4 = Power Station rough
| writer4 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length4 = 2:15
| title5 = I Can't Give You Anything
| note5 = Power Station rough
| writer5 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length5 = 2:02
| title6 = Cretin Hop
| note6 = Power Station rough
| writer6 = Ramones
| length6 = 1:55
| title7 = We're a Happy Family
| note7 = Power Station rough
| writer7 = Ramones
| length7 = 2:14
| title8 = Ramona
| note8 = Mediasound rough, alternate lyrics
| writer8 = Ramones
| length8 = 3:06
| title9 = Do You Wanna Dance?
| note9 = Mediasound rough
| writer9 = Freeman
| length9 = 1:52
| title10 = Teenage Lobotomy
| note10 = Mediasound rough
| writer10 = Ramones
| length10 = 2:02
| title11 = Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
| note11 = Mediasound rough
| writer11 = Joey Ramone
| length11 = 2:47
| title12 = I Don't Care
| note12 = version 2, Mediasound rough
| writer12 = Joey Ramone
| length12 = 1:46
| total_length =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 40th anniversary extras
| title13 = Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
| note13 = acoustic version
| writer13 = Joey Ramone
| length13 = 2:48
| title14 = It's a Long Way Back to Germany
| note14 = version 1, Dee Dee vocal
| writer14 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length14 = 2:24
| title15 = Ramona
| note15 = Sweet Little Ramona Pop Mix
| writer15 = Ramones
| length15 = 3:07
| title16 = Surfin' Bird
| note16 = alternate vocal
| writer16 = White, Frazier, Harris, Wilson
| length16 = 2:40
| title17 = Teenage Lobotomy
| note17 = backing track
| writer17 = Ramones
| length17 = 2:06
| title18 = We're a Happy Family
| note18 = at home with the family
| writer18 = Ramones
| length18 = 1:02
| title19 = Cretin Hop
| note19 = backing track
| writer19 = Ramones
| length19 = 1:58
| title20 = Needles and Pins
| note20 = demo version
| writer20 = Bono, Nitzsche
| length20 = 2:44
| title21 = Babysitter
| note21 = B-Side version, remastered
| writer21 = Ramones
| length21 = 2:45
| title22 = It's a Long Way Back to Germany
| note22 = B-Side version, remastered
| writer22 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length22 = 2:21
| title23 = Joey RTR radio spot promo
| length23 = 0:52
| title24 = We're a Happy Family
| note24 = Joey and Dee Dee dialogue
| writer24 = Ramones
| length24 = 1:12
| total_length = 52:45
}}
*Tracks 1-12 mixed by Ed Stasium at Mediasound and [[Power Station (recording studio)|the Power Station]], New York, 1977.
*Tracks 13-19 and 24 mixed by Ed Stasium, 2017.
*Track 21 produced by Tony Bongiovi and T. Erdelyi, engineered by Ed Stasium. Recorded at Sundragon, New York, 1976. Mixed by Ed Stasium at Mediasound, New York, 1977.
*Track 22 produced by Tony Bongiovi and T. Erdelyi, engineered by Ed Stasium, assisted by Don Berman. Recorded at Mediasound, New York, 1977. Mixed by Ed Stasium.
*Track 23: Joey's voice recorded at Sire Records' basement studio, October 1977.
*All tracks, except 21 and 22, previously unissued.
'''Disc 3'''
{{Track listing
| headline = Live at [[The Apollo, Glasgow|Apollo Centre]], Glasgow, Scotland (December 19, 1977)
| title1 = Rockaway Beach
| note1 = live
| writer1 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length1 = 3:00
| title2 = Teenage Lobotomy
| note2 = live
| writer2 = Ramones
| length2 = 2:08
| title3 = [[Blitzkrieg Bop]]
| note3 = live
| writer3 = [[Tommy Ramone]], Dee Dee Ramone
| length3 = 2:03
| title4 = I Wanna Be Well
| note4 = live
| writer4 = Joey Ramone
| length4 = 2:21
| title5 = Glad to See You Go
| note5 = live
| writer5 = Joey Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone
| length5 = 1:51
| title6 = Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
| note6 = live
| writer6 = Dee Dee Ramone, [[Johnny Ramone]]
| length6 = 1:37
| title7 = You're Gonna Kill That Girl
| note7 = live
| writer7 = Joey Ramone
| length7 = 2:27
| title8 = I Don't Care
| note8 = live
| writer8 = Joey Ramone
| length8 = 1:40
| title9 = Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
| note9 = live
| writer9 = Joey Ramone
| length9 = 2:26
| title10 = [[Carbona Not Glue]]
| note10 = live
| writer10 = Ramones
| length10 = 1:34
| title11 = Commando
| note11 = live
| writer11 = Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone
| length11 = 1:58
| title12 = Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
| note12 = live
| writer12 = Joey Ramone
| length12 = 3:14
| title13 = Surfin' Bird
| note13 = live
| writer13 = White, Frazier, Harris, Wilson
| length13 = 2:23
| title14 = Cretin Hop
| note14 = live
| writer14 = Ramones
| length14 = 1:45
| title15 = Listen to My Heart
| note15 = live
| writer15 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length15 = 1:38
| title16 = [[California Sun]]
| note16 = live
| writer16 = [[Henry Glover]], [[Morris Levy]]
| length16 = 1:48
| title17 = I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
| note17 = live
| writer17 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length17 = 1:24
| title18 = Pinhead
| note18 = live
| writer18 = Ramones
| length18 = 3:47
| title19 = Do You Wanna Dance?
| note19 = live
| writer19 = Freeman
| length19 = 1:41
| title20 = Chain Saw
| note20 = live
| writer20 = Joey Ramone
| length20 = 1:31
| title21 = Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
| note21 = live
| writer21 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length21 = 3:25
| title22 = Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy
| note22 = live
| writer22 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length22 = 2:03
| title23 = Judy Is a Punk
| note23 = live
| writer23 = Joey Ramone
| length23 = 1:15
| title24 = Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
| note24 = live
| writer24 = Dee Dee Ramone
| length24 = 1:22
| title25 = We're a Happy Family
| note25 = live
| writer25 = Ramones
| length25 = 2:26
| total_length = 53:03
}}
*Recorded by the [[Sarm West Studios|Basing Street]] Mobile. Engineered by Frank Owen, assisted by Greg Cobb. Mixed by Ed Stasium at Eight Palms Ranch, Poway, California, 2017.
'''LP'''
;40th anniversary tracking mix
* ''Track listing as disc 1, tracks 15–28''
== Personnel ==
Adapted from AllMusic and the album's [[liner notes]]
'''Ramones'''
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* [[Johnny Ramone]] – guitar
* [[Dee Dee Ramone]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
* [[Tommy Ramone]] – drums
'''Additional musicians'''
* [[Ed Stasium]] – additional guitar,<ref>Bessman 1993, p. 89.</ref> backing vocals<ref name="true 95"/>
* [[Baillie & the Boys|Kathie Baillie]] – backing vocals on "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"<ref name="loudersound">{{cite web|last=Stasium |first=Ed|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-ramones-rocket-to-russia-track-by-track-guide-by-producer-ed-stasium|title=The Ramones' Rocket To Russia: track-by-track guide by producer Ed Stasium|work=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|date=December 14, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Baillie & the Boys|Alan LeBoeuf]] – backing vocals on "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"<ref name="loudersound"/>
* [[Baillie & the Boys|Michael Bonagura]] – backing vocals on "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"<ref name="loudersound"/>
'''Production'''
* [[Tony Bongiovi]] – producer
* Tommy Ramone – producer (credited as T. Erdelyi)
* Ed Stasium – engineer, mixing
* Don Berman – assistant engineer
* [[Greg Calbi]] – mastering
* [[Danny Fields]] – photography (front cover)
*
* [[John Holmstrom]] – artwork (back cover and inside drawings)
* [[Arturo Vega]] – artistic coordination
==Chart positions==
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'''Bibliography'''
* {{cite book |last=Bessman |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Bessman|title=Ramones: An American Band |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-312-09369-3 }}
* {{cite book|last=Bowe|first=Brian J.|title=The Ramones: American Punk Rock Band|date=January 2011|publisher=Enslow Publishers|location=[[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey]]|isbn=978-0-7660-3233-0}}
* {{cite book |last = Leigh |first = Mickey |author-link=Mickey Leigh|title = I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir |publisher = [[Simon & Schuster|Touchstone Books]] |year = 2009 |isbn = 978-0-7432-5216-4 |url = https://archive.org/details/isleptwithjoeyra00leig }}
*{{cite book|last=Marcus|first=Greil|author-link=Greil Marcus|title=Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island|year=2007|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|isbn=978-0-3068-1532-4}}
*{{cite book|last=Mednick|first=Avram|title=GOT LIVE ALBUM IF YOU WANT IT!: 100 Live Recordings to Consider|publisher=[[iUniverse]]|isbn=978-1-4917-1374-7|year=2013}}
* {{cite book|last=Porter|first=Dick|title=Ramones: The Complete Twisted History|year=2004|publisher=[[Information Today, Inc.|Plexus Publishing]]|isbn=978-0-85965-326-8}}
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last1 =McNeil|first1 =Legs |last2 =McCain
* {{cite book|title=On the Road with the Ramones|year=2007|publisher=Bobcat Books|isbn=978-1-86074-514-0|author1=Meyer, Frank|author2=Melnick, Monte|url=https://archive.org/details/onroadwithramone00meln}}
* {{cite web|last=Olliver|first=Alex|date=September 20, 2017|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-new-york-punk-albums-you-need-in-your-record-collection|title=The New York punk albums you need in your record collection|website=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]]}}
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