The Real Ramona

The Real Ramona
Studio album by Throwing Muses
Released	March 12, 1991
Recorded	July–November 1990
Studio	Eldorado Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Dust Bowl Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock art pop [1]
Length	40:10
Label	4AD, Sire
Producer	Dennis Herring
Throwing Muses chronology
Hunkpapa (1989) The Real Ramona (1991) Red Heaven (1992)
Singles from The Real Ramona
"Counting Backwards" Released: January 28, 1991 "Not Too Soon" Released: November 4, 1991

The Real Ramona is the fourth studio album by Throwing Muses, released in 1991. It peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chicago Tribune	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
NME	8/10 [7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Select	5/5 [10]
Sounds	[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10 [12]

NME named The Real Ramona the 35th best album of 1991. ^[13] 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. ^[14]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Throwing Muses

• Kristin Hersh – guitars, vocals
• Tanya Donelly – guitars, vocals
• Fred Abong – bass guitar
• David Narcizo – drums

Technical personnel

• Dennis Herring – production
• John Beverly Jones – engineering
• Csaba Petocz – re-mixing on "Not Too Soon"
• Paul Q. Kolderie – re-mixing on "Red Shoes"
• Throwing Muses – re-mixing on "Red Shoes"
• Doug Sax – mastering
• David Narcizo – design
• Jim Anderson – front photography
• Andy Catlin – band photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [2]	26

References

1. Segretto, Mike (2022). "1991". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 506–507. ISBN   9781493064601.
2. "Throwing Muses". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
3. Phares, Heather. "The Real Ramona – Throwing Muses". AllMusic . Retrieved July 16, 2013.
4. Caro, Mark (April 18, 1991). "Throwing Muses: The Real Ramona (Sire)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
5. Wyman, Bill (April 12, 1991). "The Real Ramona". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
6. Hochman, Steve (May 12, 1991). "Throwing Muses, 'The Real Ramona,' Sire". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
7. Dalton, Stephen (February 16, 1991). "Throwing Up in Public". NME . p. 30.
8. Snow, Mat (March 1991). "Throwing Muses: The Real Ramona". Q . No. 54. Archived from the original on December 15, 2000. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
9. McDonnell, Evelyn (June 27, 1991). "Throwing Muses: The Real Ramona". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
10. Barnes, Mike (March 1991). "Scorch Songs". Select . No. 9. p. 81.
11. Cameron, Keith (February 16, 1991). "Amusing Grace". Sounds . p. 39.
12. McDonnell, Evelyn (1995). "Throwing Muses". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 410–412. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
13. "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1991". NME . October 10, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
14. Lukowski, Andrzej (2010). "Throwing Muses The Real Ramona Review". BBC Music . Retrieved July 16, 2013.

External links

• The Real Ramona at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Real Ramona at MusicBrainz (list of releases)