Editing Rocket to Russia (section)

== Critical reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="allmusic" />
| 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|archive-date=2016-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916220805/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2001-07-13/82342/|url-status=live}}</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: Rocket to Russia|chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3796|access-date=2013-05-27|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|archive-date=2016-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919015259/http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3796|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Savage|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Savage|title=Giant steppes|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=291|date=February 2018|page=105}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 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=2014-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111074020/http://www.nme.com/reviews/5280|archive-date=2014-01-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rathbone|first=Oregano|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/rocket-russia-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition|title=Ramones – Rocket To Russia: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|issue=474|date=December 2017|access-date=2018-11-21|archive-date=2018-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121204046/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/rocket-russia-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|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>
| rev8 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoskins|first=Zachary|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/ramones-rocket-to-russia-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition|title=Ramones: Rocket to Russia (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=2017-11-23|access-date=2017-11-23|archive-date=2017-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205160915/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/ramones-rocket-to-russia-40th-anniversary-deluxe-edition|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev9score = 10/10<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: Rocket to Russia|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=51|date=August 2001|page=94}}</ref>
}}
''Rocket to Russia'' was well received by critics, and was often given a positive review. Many critics appreciated the band's progression of sound quality and production value, as opposed to the album's predecessors. 

Critic [[Robert Christgau]] reaffirms that the album's content evolved significantly since previous releases. Writing in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981), he noted that the album had "something for everyone" and called it a "ready-made punk-rock classic."<ref name="christgau"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic [[Dave Marsh]] began his review of the album by stating: "''Rocket to Russia'' is the best American rock & roll of the year and possibly the funniest rock album ever made." Like other critics, Marsh recognized the advanced sound quality, explaining that "the guitars still riff relentlessly, but they are freer within the murky sound, and the songs give them much more to work with."<ref name="rolling stone">{{cite magazine|last=Marsh|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Marsh|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/rocket-to-russia-19771215|title=Rocket to Russia|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1977-12-15|access-date=2014-02-08|archive-date=2014-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410193031/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/rocket-to-russia-19771215|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[John Rockwell]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' deemed ''Rocket to Russia'' the band's best album "because the humor and the role-playing have become more overt than ever."<ref>{{cite news|last=Rockwell|first=John|author-link=John Rockwell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/11/archives/rocks-history-on-six-disks-rock-disks.html|title=Rock's History On Six Disks|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1977-12-11|access-date=2020-10-15|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820191721/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/11/archives/rocks-history-on-six-disks-rock-disks.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' labeled it "an important breakthrough album," and praised the "inspired lunacy."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hilburn |first1=Robert |title=Breakthrough Album for the Ramones |work=Los Angeles Times |date=Jan 15, 1978 |department=Calendar |page=66}}</ref> [[UPI]] listed ''Rocket to Russia'' as the second best album of 1977, writing that the Ramones were "the undisputed kings of American Punk."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meyer |first1=Bruce |title=Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger grooved best discs in '77 |work=Muncie Evening Press |agency=UPI |date=Dec 31, 1977 |page=T10}}</ref>

[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]], a music critic at [[AllMusic]], said that the production "only gives the Ramones' music more force." He stated that although it lacks the revolutionary impact that their debut had, ''Rocket to Russia'' is the band's "most listenable and enjoyable album" because of its surplus of [[Hook (music)|hooks]] and varying [[tempo]].<ref name="allmusic" />