| The Real Ramona | ||||
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| Released | February 18, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | July-November 1990 | |||
| Studio | Eldorado Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Dust Bowl Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 40:10 | |||
| Label | 4AD, Sire | |||
| Producer | Dennis Herring | |||
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The Real Ramona is the fourth studio album by Throwing Muses, released in 1991. It peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ [4] |
| Los Angeles Times | [5] |
| NME | 8/10 [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Select | 5/5 [8] |
NME named The Real Ramona the 35th best album of 1991. [9] In a retrospective review, Andrzej Lukowski of BBC Music wrote that, with The Real Ramona, Throwing Muses wrote an "album of great pop songs, but when they did so, they [in] no way surrendered their intrinsic otherness – two decades of indie-pop later, it still sounds arresting. [10]
All tracks are written by Kristin Hersh, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Counting Backwards" | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Him Dancing" | 1:10 |
| 3. | "Red Shoes" | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Graffiti" | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Golden Thing" | 2:25 |
| 6. | "Ellen West" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Dylan" | 1:40 |
| 8. | "Hook in Her Head" | 6:32 |
| 9. | "Not Too Soon" (Tanya Donelly) | 3:09 |
| 10. | "Honeychain" (Tanya Donelly) | 4:24 |
| 11. | "Say Goodbye" | 3:54 |
| 12. | "Two Step" (Throwing Muses) | 4:34 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Technical personnel
| Chart | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC) [1] | 26 |
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