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The Ramones were an American punk rock band from New York City. Their discography consists of fourteen studio albums, six live albums, twelve compilation albums, seventy-one singles, thirty-two music videos and eleven films. The band formed in early 1974, and upon signing with Seymour Stein of Sire Records, the Ramones relased their self-titled debut album on April 23, 1976. Despite the recording process only taking a week and being on a budget of $6,400, the album has since become their most accoladed and iconic release. Leave Home was the band's follow up album released less than a year later in 1977, also released through Sire. While it was the first album to chart in the United Kingdom, it did not chart as well in the United States as Ramones nor their third record Rocket to Russia, which was released in late 1977. Road to Ruin was the band's fourth studio album, and their first to feature a change in band member line-up, with drummer Marky Ramone replacing Tommy Ramone.

It's Alive was the Ramone's first live album, and only one to chart. The band's following studio album, End of the Century, was their only record produced by Phil Spector and their most successful album commercially, peaking at 44 on the United States Billboard 200 and charting in six other countries. In 1981 they released Pleasant Dreams via producer Graham Gouldman, who, according to the album's critics, sparked a change in the Ramone's style of music, specificly their genre beginning to transform from more classic punk rock, surf punk, and British punk to a heavier punk rock, heavy metal, and acid rock. Subterranean Jungle, released in 1983, would be the band's final release to chart withing the top 100 of the Billboard 200, and was also the final release before firing Marky as drummer. Richie Ramone would be the band's new drummer for 1984's Too Tough to Die, which was produced by former drummer Tommy alongside Ed Stasium. While the album was a critically acclaimed for having similar characteristics to the band's earlier albums, their next release, Animal Boy (1986) was denounced for being too unspecific about their style, and venturing into such genres as rock, pop punk, new wave, and Britpop.

The band's first compilation album was released in 1988, entitled Ramones Mania, which would be certified Gold in the United States. Richie's final appearance would be on 1987's Halfway to Sanity, being replaced by Elvis Ramone while the band toured and rehiring Marky to record 1989's Brain Drain. This would be their final album to feature Dee Dee Ramone as bassist, as well as their last to be released through Sire. The Ramones signed to Radioactive Records and released Mondo Bizarro with new bassist C.J. Ramone. Despite being the band's least successful studio album in respect to the Billboard 200, it went Gold in Brazil in 2001. Their first and only cover album, Acid Eaters, was released in 1994, just one year before the band's fourteenth and final studio album, ¡Adios Amigos!, produced by Halfway to Sanity producer Daniel Rey. Although the Ramones disbanded in mid-1996, eleven compilation albums and four live albums have been released since then.