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	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

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