Rockin' & Romance

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Rockin' & Romance
Studio album by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers
Released 1985
Recorded 1984
Genre Rock 'n' Roll, Romantic, Doo Wop
Length 36.19 (CD)
Label Rough Trade - ROUGH 72 (UK, 1985), Twin-Tone, U.S.
Producer Andy Paley
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers chronology
Jonathan Sings!
(1983)		 Rockin' & Romance
(1985)		 It's Time for Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
(1986)

Rockin' & Romance was released in 1985 as part of a two album deal for prolific songwriter Jonathan Richman with Geoff Travis' Rough Trade Label. Originally planned for release on Sire, it came out on Twin-Tone Records in the U.S.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Beach" (Richman) - 2:19
  2. "My Jeans" (Richman) - 3:17
  3. "Down in Bermuda" (Richman) - 3:04
  4. "The U.F.O. Man" (Richman) - 3:22
  5. "I Must Be King" (Richman) - 2:40
  6. "Vincent Van Gogh" (Richman) - 2:25
  7. "Walter Johnson" (Richman) - 2:21
  8. "I'm Just Beginning to Live" (Richman) - 2:53
  9. "The Fenway" (Richman) - 2:30
  10. "Chewing Gum Wrapper" (Richman) - 3:21
  11. "The Baltimores" (Richman) - 3:01
  12. "Up in the Sky Sometime" (Richman) - 2:52
  13. "Now is Better Than Before" (Richman) - 2:17

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