Best of the Chrysalis Years is a compilation album made up of tracks from the Ramones' five albums on Chrysalis Records (UK): Brain Drain, Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, ¡Adios Amigos!, and Loco Live. It was released on May 28, 2002, by EMI International. The album was re-released in 2004 with a new track listing as The Best of The Ramones.
Best of the Chrysalis Years was released nine days before Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone's death.
Track listing "Pet Sematary" – (Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey) "Don't Bust My Chops" – (Dee Dee Ramone/Joey Ramone/Daniel Rey) "Ignorance Is Bliss" – (Joey Ramone/Andy Shernoff) "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (live)" – (Joey Ramone) "Teenage Lobotomy (live)" – (The Ramones) "Surfin' Bird (live)" – (Al Frazier/Sonny Harris/Carl White/Turner Wilson) "Poison Heart" – (Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey) "Anxiety" – (Marky Ramone/Skinny Bones) "Take It as It Comes" – (Jim Morrison/John Densmore/Robby Krieger/Ray Manzarek) "Cretin Hop (live)" – (The Ramones) "Rockaway Beach (live)" – (Dee Dee Ramone) "I Wanna Be Sedated (live)" – (Joey Ramone) "Out of Time" – (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) "Somebody to Love" – (Darby Slick) "Rock And Roll Radio (Live)" – (Joey Ramone) "Blitzkrieg Bop (live)" – (Tommy Ramone/Dee Dee Ramone) "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" – (Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan) "Got a Lot to Say" – (C.J. Ramone)
The tracks on this compilation are taken from the following Ramones albums: 1, 2, 3 – Brain Drain (1989) 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 – Loco Live (1991) 7, 8, 9 – Mondo Bizarro (1992) 13, 14 – Acid Eaters (1993) 17, 18 – ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
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