''Jonathan Sings!'' is the fourth album by American rock band

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks w ...

, released in 1983 by

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Reception

The album placed number 8 in ''

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s annual

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critics' poll of 1984. ''

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'' also ranked it number 19 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984.

Track listing

All songs written by

Jonathan Richman Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic ...

. ;Side one #"That Summer Feeling" – 3:56 #"This Kind of Music" – 2:11 #"The Neighbors" – 3:20 #"Somebody to Hold Me" – 3:20 #"Those Conga Drums" – 3:05 ;Side two #"Stop This Car" – 1:49 #"Not Yet Three" – 2:42 #"Give Paris One More Chance" – 2:55 #"You're the One for Me" – 3:19 #"When I'm Walking" – 3:03 ;1993 CD bonus track #

"The Tag Game" – 4:30 *Denoted as "previously released in the U.K. only"

Personnel

– vocals, guitar The Modern Lovers *Ken Forfia – keyboards *Michael Guardabascio – drums *

Beth Harrington Beth Harrington (born July 2, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated filmmaker based in Vancouver, Washington, specializing in documentary features. Her documentaries often explore American history, music and culture, ...

– backing vocals * Greg Keranen – bass *Ellie Marshall – backing vocals Technical *Peter Bernstein – producer *Josef Marc – additional production *Larry Hinds – engineer *Mark Linett – mixing *Joe McEwen – reissue co-producer *Jim Bessman – reissue co-producer, liner notes *Lee Herschberg – digital remastering *Molly Reeve-Morrison – project coordination *Billy Sullivan – cover painting *Jackie Sallow – back cover photograph *Jeri McManus – design *Tom Recchian – front cover lettering

References

1983 albums Jonathan Richman albums Sire Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub