The Ramones-Adios Amigos!
Every band has a shelf life and nothing lasts forever. That includes our favorite bands. While no one likes to see their favorite band break up, it's better to break up when you still have talent rather than hang on and keep producing albums that aren't up to the same quality as your previous ones. Adios Amigos, the final studio album by the Ramones, is a good enough final album. It's not perfect by a long shot, but it's not an embarrassment or a sign that they didn't have it anymore. It was the final album, a decent album, and time to move on.
My favorite Ramones songs are the short and powerful ones off their first few albums-basically every song off "It's Alive", the best live album by them and by any other band in existence. Adios Amigos has a few songs like that, including "Scattergun", "Cretin Family" and the cover song, "I Don't Want to Grow Up". All good songs that would fit on the other albums mentioned. Other than that, the album isn't very good. Joey's voice isn't what it was and it's beginning to show here. I'm glad they stopped with Adios Amigos-no need to go anymore. The show was over, and while it didn't end on a high note, it's nothing to be ashamed of either.
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