Rockin' and Romance

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Rockin' and Romance
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Studio album by
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers
Released1985
Recorded1984
Genre Rock and roll, romantic, doo-wop
Length36:19
Label Rough Trade (UK), Twin/Tone (U.S.)
Producer Andy Paley
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers chronology
Jonathan Sings!
(1983)		Rockin' and Romance
(1985)		 It's Time For
(1986)
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Uncut 9/10 [2]

Rockin' and Romance is the fifth album by American rock band Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, released in 1985 as part of a two-album deal for Richman with Geoff Travis's Rough Trade Records label in the UK. Originally planned for release in the U.S. by Sire Records, it was issued there by Twin/Tone Records.

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Reception

John Leland of Spin wrote, "On an album of absolutely no musical sophistication, Richman uses eight backup singers. Behind his lovably clumsy and tuneless singing, they harmonize on oohs, ahhs, and other exquisite nonsense syllables. The rest of the sound is Richman's cheaply recorded and sometimes out-of-tune acoustic guitar." [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Jonathan Richman.

Side one
  1. "The Beach" – 2:19
  2. "My Jeans" – 3:17
  3. "Down in Bermuda" – 3:04
  4. "The U.F.O. Man" – 3:22
  5. "I Must Be King" – 2:40
  6. "Vincent van Gogh" – 2:25
  7. "Walter Johnson" – 2:21
Side two
  1. "I'm Just Beginning to Live" – 2:53
  2. "The Fenway" – 2:30
  3. "Chewing Gum Wrapper" – 3:21
  4. "The Baltimores" – 3:01
  5. "Up in the Sky Sometime" – 2:52
  6. "Now Is Better Than Before" – 2:17

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic Review
  2. ↑ Paphides, Pete (June 2023). "Modern Artist". Uncut . p. 38.
  3. ↑ John Leland (October 1985). "Spins". Spin . No. 6. p. 30.
  4. ↑ "Rockin' & Romance - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved July 11, 2022.
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