The recording of Too Tough to Die began in the summer of 1984 at the Media Sound Studios in New York City. At this point in their career, the album was the band's lowest peaking record on the Billboard 200. Despite critical acclaim, Too Tough to Die performed poorly in album sales. The album also contains the band's only instrumental piece, "Durango 95".Ĭritics appreciated the band's return to earlier methods of writing, recording, and production, noting they had strayed from the pop music genre. For the second time, after "Time Bomb" on Subterranean Jungle, bassist Dee Dee Ramone performs lead vocals on the album and receives vocal credits for two tracks. Too Tough to Die borrows upon elements such as guitar riffs from 1983's Subterranean Jungle. The album's overall style leaned toward that of punk rock and heavy metal music, rather than pop music which had been a focus of several of the band's previous albums. The photograph on the album cover, which features silhouettes of the band members, resulted from a "lucky accident" after photographer George DuBose's camera malfunctioned. Likewise, the record's style-both lyrically and compositionally-saw the band returning to their roots. Erdelyi), the recording process was similar to that of the band's 1976 self-titled debut album. With ex-member Tommy Ramone producing (credited as T. It was released on October 1, 1984, and is the first Ramones record to feature Richie Ramone on drums. Too Tough to Die is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" b/w "Wart Hog".
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