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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Leave Home''.]]
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4	''Leave Home'' is the second studio album by the Music/{{Ramones}}, released in 1977. It's generally seen as one of their best albums and is best known for "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" and "Pinhead".
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7	!! Tracklist:
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9	[[AC: Side One]]
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11	# "Glad to See You Go" (2:10)
12	# "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" (1:38)
13	# "I Remember You" (2:15)
14	# "Oh, Oh, I Love Her So" (2:03)
15	# "Carbona Not Glue" (1:56)
16	# "Suzy Is a Headbanger" (2:08)
17	# "Pinhead" (2:42)
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19	[[AC: Side Two]]
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21	# "Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy" (2:10)
22	# "Swallow My Pride" (2:03)
23	# "What's Your Game" (2:33)
24	# "California Sun" (1:58)
25	# "Commando" (1:51)
26	# "You're Gonna Kill That Girl" (2:36)
27	# "You Should Never Have Opened That Door" (1:54)
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30	!! Bonus Tracks (2001 Expanded Edition):
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32	# "Babysitter" (2:44)
33	# "Loudmouth (Live)" (2:08)
34	# "Beat on the Brat (Live)" (2:36)
35	# "Blitzkrieg Bop (Live)" (2:13)
36	# "I Remember You (Live)" (2:17)
37	# "Glad to See You Go (Live)" (2:03)
38	# "Chain Saw (Live)" (1:51)
39	# "53rd & 3rd (Live)" (2:27)
40	# "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Live)" (2:22)
41	# "Havana Affair (Live)" (1:53)
42	# "Listen to My Heart (Live)" (1:47)
43	# "California Sun (Live)" (1:58)
44	# "Judy Is a Punk (Live)" (1:23)
45	# "I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You (Live)" (1:31)
46	# "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Live)" (2:52)
47	# "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Live)" (1:28)
48	# "Let's Dance (Live)" (2:06)
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52	!!Principal Members:
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54	* Dee Dee Ramone - bass, vocals
55	* Joey Ramone - lead vocals
56	* Johnny Ramone - guitar
57	* Tommy Ramone - drums
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60	!! Gimme Gimme Trope Treatment:
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62	* AntiLoveSong: "Glad to See You Go".
63	--> ''You gotta go go go go goodbye glad to see you go go go go goodbye''
64	--> ''Now I know the score I don't need you any-more don't want''
65	--> ''You cause you're a bore I need somebody good I need a miracle''
66	--> ''Should I take a chance on her? One bullet in the cylinder.''
67	* BeYourself: "What's Your Game", about a girl who should be herself instead of something she's not.
68	* BreakUpSong: "I Remember You".
69	--> ''I remember lying awake at night and thinking just of you''
70	--> ''But things don't last forever, and somehow baby they never really do.''
71	* CallBack and ContinuityNod: "Carbona Not Glue" was a follow-up to "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" from ''Music/{{Ramones\|Album}}''. In "Oh, Oh, I Love Her So" Joey Ramone sings how he met a girl at Burger King, while in "I'm Against It" from ''Music/RoadToRuin'' he sings he is "against Burger King". "Pinhead" would receive a follow-up song with "Cretin Hop" from ''Music/RocketToRussia''.
72	* CoverVersion: "California Sun".
73	* DirtyCommunists: "Commando".
74	--> ''Third rule is: "Don't talk to commies"''
75	* DontTouchItYouIdiot: "You Should Never Have Opened The Door", a song about the horror clichés of opening a door where something evil is lurking.
76	* DutchAngle: The band is photographed this way on the album cover.
77	* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: The voices of the pinheads near the end of "Pinhead" are sped up.
78	* FaceOnTheCover: The band is featured on the album cover.
79	* IWantSong: "Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy". Subverted by "Pinhead".
80	--> ''I don't wanna be no pinhead no more.''
81	* TheMasochismTango: "Glad to See You Go", about a violent relationship.
82	* MinisculeRocking: "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment", "Carbona Not Blue", "California Sun", "Commando" and "You Should Never Have Opened That Door" which are all under two minutes long.
83	* MisogynySong: "You're Gonna Kill That Girl", where Joey Ramone witnesses a girl being beat down on the street.
84	* MommasBoy: "Commando".
85	--> ''Second rule is: "Be nice to mommy"''
86	* MusicIsPolitics: "Swallow My Pride" was about their record company Sire Records. Tommy had used the expression "You gotta swallow your pride" when signing to their record company.
87	* OneWomanSong: "Suzy Is a Headbanger".
88	* OneWordTitle: "Pinhead", "Commando".
89	* ThePowerOfLove: "Oh, Oh, I Love Her So".
90	* ProductPlacement:
91	** "Oh, Oh, I Love Her So", where Joey tells how he met a girl at Burger King.
92	** "Carbona Not Glue", about the stain-removal product Carbona, though the song was kept off the album when Carbona complained.
93	* QuestioningTitle: "What's Your Game?"
94	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Glad to See You Go" was written about Dee Dee's former girlfriend Connie. "Suzy Is a Headbanger" was inspired by the 1947 film "Nightmare Alley".
95	* SanitySlippage: "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment".
96	--> ''I was feeling sick''
97	--> ''I was losing my mind''
98	--> ''I heard about these treatments.''
99	* ShoutOut:
100	** "Glad to See You Go" is sang from the viewpoint of a killer and namedrops UsefulNotes/CharlesManson:
101	--> ''And in a moment of passion get the glory like Charles Manson.''
102	** "Pinhead" is a shout-out to ''Film/{{Freaks}}''. The band would also lift their catchphrase "Gabba Gabba Hey" from the film, a corruption of "Gobble gobble, one of us".
103	** "Suzy Is a Headbanger" was sampled during "High Plains Drifter" from ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' by Music/BeastieBoys.
104	* SpellingSong: "Pinhead".
105	--> ''D-U-M-B''
106	--> ''Everyone's accusing me!''
107	* StockSoundEffects: The gobbling pinheads near the end of "Pinhead".
108	* TooDumbToLive: "Pinhead", where the protagonist is tired for being picked upon for being not very bright.
109	* WarIsGlorious: "Commando".
110	--> ''They do their best, they do what they can''
111	--> ''They get them ready for Vietnam.''
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