Though neither critical nor commercial reception matched its predecessor, the band did score its first minor chart hit with non-LP track “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” later appended to the album after legal issues prevented the use of the track “Carbona Not Glue.” (“Sheena” was later re-recorded for the group’s third album, Rocket to Russia, in 1978.) The album also featured favorites like “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment” and “Pinhead,” which featured the infamous nonsense lyric “Gabba gabba hey,” a rallying call for fans from that point forward. ![]() Leave Home was a progression for the Forest Hills punk quartet: more diverse songs written independently by the band instead of devised in the studio a budget nearly doubled from the sessions for Ramones (plus a big shot producer, Tony Bongiovi, assisted by drummer Tommy Ramone) and even the first steps toward a consistent design (with the back cover featuring a take on the United States’ Great Seal designed by Arturo Vega, still the go-to logo for the band). 3 CD/1 LP set containing two different mixes of Leave Home, a remastered version of the original and a new 40th anniversary mix by original Leave Home album engineer Ed Stasium, along with a treasure trove of unheard recordings, and an unreleased live show recorded in 1977 at CBGB’s.
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