rocket russia rocket russia studio album american punk rock band released november origins date summer punk rocker released single summer known peak punk rock genre punk bands offered recording contracts album recording began august band considerably larger budget allowing money went album production recording album cover art directed guitarist worked illustration entire cover contemplating military theme inner sleeve artwork depicted themes portrayed songs subject matter songs varied album nearly tracks album incorporated humor lyrics musical style showed surf rock influence songs minimal album received positive reception critics matured production sound quality compared rocket russia predecessors music critic stephen_thomas_erlewine called favorite album contained hooks featured variety album commercially successful band hoped peaking number billboard band members blamed sex pistols lack sales saying changed punk image worse album feature original drummer left band work solely production album ranked number rolling_stone greatest albums time conception background summer punk rocker released single band previous release period extremely significant punk rock genre initial wave new_york_city underground punk bands recording contracts new_york based clubs max kansas_city began bigger audiences crowd hear bands punk fans commonly believed musical style soon market author explains new_york summer sense like live san_francisco london beatles rolling stones hit recording production allowed band fully record produce album considerably larger budget compared band previous albums band spent money given album production value studio rent hour usually song final recording johnny explained best quickly wanna sit money spending recording began august took place premises day sessions guitarist brought copy sex pistols single god save queen remarking type music robbed band emphasized album sound engineer needed incorporate better production sex pistols replied problem johnny relates guys ripped want sound better album cites head producers album production johnny far insist band recording sessions rocket russia final mastering mainly power station studio infamous record producer offered rocket russia band denied feeling album tommy title packaging album released november rocket russia working title directed artwork album cover photo taken credited punk magazine editor illustrated album johnny collaborated cover concept eventually military theme anti communist cartoon drawing cover art depicts riding rocket russia drawing features landmarks global position including cathedral moscow original artwork featured cleveland ohio inside sleeve features cartoon illustrations song basic concept lyrics compositions compared band previous albums songs rocket russia surf music bubblegum pop influenced similar previous releases lyrics integrated humor specifically black comedy themes mental disorders album opens pays homage fans inspired avenue paul minnesota named piece performed concerts band dance stage written bassist inspired beach boys surf music bands title refers neighborhood beach queens fan confirmed tommy don care composed chords features minimal text composition song pieces written band originally recorded demo released expanded edition debut album punk rocker written explains lyrics young female outsider named away popular disco surf music instead visited listened punk rock mid tempo song chord pattern starts shouting followed guitar riffs deemed texture author author suggests chords bump song fade ending happy family caricature conditions 20th century middle class american families lived song lyrics depict dysfunctional family father lying homosexual mother addicted drugs infant writing tells family friends president united_states pope indicate family sells slang marijuana song fades different lines taken fake dialogue illustrate personality according brother album begins teenage deals brain surgical operation lyrics outlines procedure cause consequences brain line gon teenage composition features complex melodies songs album proclaiming mini symphony rocket russia album feature cover songs wanna dance originally performed bird originally performed reception critical rocket russia received critics given positive review critics appreciated band progression sound quality production value opposed album predecessors stephen_thomas_erlewine music critic allmusic said production gives music force rewarded album stars stating lacks revolutionary impact debut rocket russia band enjoyable album surplus hooks varying tempo critic robert_christgau album content evolved significantly previous releases noted album called ready punk rock classic rolling_stone critic began review album stating rocket russia best american rock roll year possibly funniest rock album like critics marsh recognized advanced sound quality explaining guitars riff sound songs work sales aftermath band expected album spawn hit songs rocket russia sold records album charted billboard number making album successful releases debuted number swedish charts canadian charts albums_chart lack record sales largely fellow punk band sex pistols turning people genre behavior author rock music historian relates safety razor blades suddenly vogue killed chance rocket russia getting airplay insisted sex pistols partially responsible low sale numbers concluding minutes focused sex pistols rocket russia decent airplay asserted flipped things changed radically kind things departure tommy worked produce album troubled lack sales began debating continuing considered touring depressing audience unfamiliar bunch eccentric high crazy people shit hole club drummer left band continue album writing mixing thinking best tension johnny trying release pressure band going told leaving band said don don told losing mind track listing songs written noted personnel following personnel verified allmusic album liner notes lead vocals lead guitar bass guitar backing vocals drums producer production producer engineer assistant engineer mastering photography artwork
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