The Real Ramona

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]

The Real Ramona
Studio album by Throwing Muses
Released	February 18, 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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Chicago Tribune	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
NME	8/10^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Select	5/5^[9]

NME named The Real Ramona the 35th best album of 1991.^[10] 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.^[11]

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. p. 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.
8. McDonell, Evelyn (June 27, 1991). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
9. Barnes, Mike (March 1991). "Scorch Songs". Select (9): 81.
10. "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1991". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
11. 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)