Of course The Ramones' second album, Leave Home, is simply more of the same - 14 songs, including one oldie (California Sun), delivered at breakneck speed and concluding in under a half-hour. The Ramones have gotten slightly poppier, occasionally delivering songs like I Remember You that are cloaked neither in irony nor seedy rock & roll chic. Still, the biggest impressions are made by the cuts that strongly recall the debut, whether it's the ersatz Beach Boys of Sheena Is a Punk Rocker, the sing along of Pinhead, or the warped anthems Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment and Commando.
