The Real Ramona

by Throwing Muses

The Real Ramona cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 February 1991
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:10
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Kristin Hersh, Fred Abong, Tanya Donelly

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as Tanya Donelly's final album with the band before forming The Breeders, 'The Real Ramona' polishes Throwing Muses' knotty post-punk into incredibly melodic, accessible alternative rock. The album is warm, bittersweet, and highly energetic, blending anxious lyricism with an uplifting, ethereal summer pop sensibility.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, female-fronted, idiosyncratic, guitar-driven, confessional

Tracklist

  1. Counting Backwards (3:15)
  2. Him Dancing (1:11)
  3. Red Shoes (3:32)
  4. Graffiti (2:37)
  5. Golden Thing (2:25)
  6. Ellen West (2:49)
  7. Dylan (1:41)
  8. Hook In Her Head (6:32)
  9. Not Too Soon (3:10)
  10. Honeychain (4:23)
  11. Say Goodbye (3:54)
  12. Two Step (4:36)

Credits

  • Throwing Muses - primary artist, remix, written by
  • Fred Abong - bass guitar, written-by
  • David Narcizo - drums, design, written-by
  • John Beverly Jones - engineer [recording], engineer [mixing]
  • Tanya Donelly - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Doug Sax - mastered by
  • Andrew Catlin - photography by [band]
  • Jim Anderson - photography by [front]
  • Dennis Herring - producer
  • Kristin Hersh - vocals, guitar, written-by
  • Paul Q. Kolderie - remix
  • Csaba Petocz - remix

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