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The Modern Lovers
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1976 (1976-08)
Recorded
  • September 1971 and April 1972
  • October 1973 (bonus tracks only)
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 34:51(original release)
  • 44:06(1989 CD reissue)
  • 62:13(2003 CD reissue)
Label Beserkley
Producer Robert Appère, John Cale, Allan Mason
The Modern Lovers chronology
The Modern Lovers
(1976)
The Original Modern Lovers
(1981)
Jonathan Richman chronology
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
(1976)
The Modern Lovers
(1976)
Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers
(1977)