Editing Leave Home (section)

== Critical reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/leave-home-mw0000318811|title=Leave Home – Ramones|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Beets|first=Greg|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2001-07-13/82342/|title=Ramones: Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, and Road to Ruin (Rhino)|work=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|date=2001-07-13|access-date=2016-09-06}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev3score = A<ref name="Christgau">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter=Ramones: Ramones Leave Home|chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3794|access-date=2014-01-26|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor and Fields]]|year=1981|isbn=0-89919-026-X}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4score = 10/10<ref name="NME">{{cite magazine|last=Long|first=April|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/ramones/5280|title=Ramones: Ramones / Leave Home / Rocket To Russia / Road To Ruin|magazine=[[NME]]|date=2001-06-19|access-date=2014-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111074020/http://www.nme.com/reviews/5280|archive-date=2014-01-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5score = 9.5/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ramones-leave-home/|title=Ramones: Leave Home|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=2017-07-22|access-date=2017-07-22}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Doherty|first=Niall|title=Ramones: Leave Home|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=375|date=August 2017|page=115}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rathbone|first=Oregano|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/leave-home-40th-anniversary-edition|title=Ramones – Leave Home (40th Anniversary Edition)|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|issue=470|date=September 2017|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Wolk|first=Douglas|author-link=Douglas Wolk|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|chapter=The Ramones|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/675 675–76]}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev9score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-link=Eric Weisbard|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|chapter=Ramones|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=978-0-679-75574-6|pages=320–22}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ramones: Leave Home|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=51|date=August 2001|page=94}}</ref>
}}
''Leave Home'' was released on January 10, 1977, and was well received by critics. Although the album did not receive much initial reception, [[Ken Tucker]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album a favorable review in 1977, saying that it is very similar to their debut yet more experienced sounding. He sums up the album with: "The Ramones are as direct and witty as before. They've also lost just a pinch of their studied rawness: whether this is a sign of maturity or sellout is a matter for debate. The Ramones make rousing music and damn good jokes, but they're in a bind: the hard rock of this group is so pure it may be perceived as a freak novelty by an awful lot of people."<ref name="Rolling Stone1">{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|author-link=Ken Tucker|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/leave-home-19770407|title=Leave Home|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1977-04-07|access-date=2014-01-26}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' deemed the songs of ''Leave Home'' "two-minute metal operettas for the Blank Generation."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fancher |first1=Lisa |title=Ramones Leave Home |work=Los Angeles Times |date=Apr 6, 1977 |page=4.20}}</ref> In ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981), [[Robert Christgau]] wrote, "People who consider this a one-joke band aren't going to change their minds now. People who love the joke for its power, wit, and economy will be happy to hear it twice. Hint: read the lyrics."<ref name="Christgau"/> The year-end critics' poll at ''NME'' ranked it at No. 9 among the top "Albums of the Year" for 1977, with "Sheena" ranked at No. 5 among the year's top tracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1977-2-1045409|title=Albums and Tracks of the Year|work=NME|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

Retrospective reviews have also been positive. Writing for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] found it very similar to their debut. Though he did consider it to be slightly more pop music oriented, Erlewine writes that despite being "weaker" than its preceding album, ''Leave Home'' "deliver[s] at breakneck speed and conclude[s] in under a half-hour." April Long from ''[[NME]]'' especially favored "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", calling it "a punk-surf-pop crossover that has never been rivalled."<ref name="NME" /> It was given a favorable review by ''[[PopMatters]]'' editor Adrien Begrand, who called it his favorite Ramones album, saying: "In this album, the Ramones are witty, menacing, goofy, cynical, and head-over-heels in love, all at the same time." During his extensive review, he called "I Remember You" a "perfect bubblegum pop song", while saying that "Pinhead" urges "all the freaks of the world to unite as one" with the lines "D-U-M-B / Everyone's accusing me."<ref name="Popmatters" />