It's Alive (Ramones album)
It's Alive is the first live album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, titled after the 1974 horror film of the same name. It was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on December 31, 1977, and released in April 1979 as a 2-LP set.  It was first released in the US in 1995 on CD. Reissued as a 4 CD and 2 LP 40th Anniversary set on September 20th 2019. The album draws material from the band's first three studio albums, Ramones (1976), Leave Home (1977), and Rocket to Russia (1977). Four concerts during the UK tour were recorded, but the New Year's Eve performance was chosen because ten rows of seats were thrown at the stage after the concert and it was considered the best of the performances at the venue. The album and concert is often referred to as the band at its peak live. The concert was also filmed and later released in a truncated form on the DVD It's Alive 1974-1996.

The album was certified gold in Argentina in 1993. It is the only live album by the band that does not feature the concert intro music "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" or the outro music "The Ecstasy of Gold," both of which are from Ennio Morricone's score to the film The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

Critical reception

In 2005, It's Alive was ranked number 279 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

Personnel

Ramones
Joey Ramone - lead vocals
Johnny Ramone - guitar
Dee Dee Ramone - bass, backing vocals
Tommy Ramone - drums

Production
Ed Stasium - engineer
Tommy Ramone, Ed Stasium - producers
Basing Street Studios Ltd. - mobile recording facilities
Greb Cobb, Frank Owen, Jo Yu, Ray Doyle - mobile crew
Ramona Janquito, Phil Shrago - studio crew
Monte Melnick - tour manager
Arturo Vega - lighting
Tasco - sound, lighting

Album Design-Spencer Drate
Art Director-John Gillespie
Photography-Various Photographers