Jonathan Richman is a solo album by Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Michael Richman 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, generally acoustic backing...

, released by the Rounder Records

Rounder Records

Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...

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 in 1989 and comprising both original material and cover songs. With the exception of "Blue Moon" and "Sleepwalk", the songs were recorded as vocal and guitar

Guitar

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 solos by Jonathan Richman, who provided percussion with his feet. "I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet" is spoken-word.

Track listing

All songs written by Jonathan Richman except where noted.

1. "Malagueña de Jojo" (Marian Banks/Ernesto Lecuona) - 2:08
2. "Action Packed" (Jack Rhodes) - 2:51
3. "Everyday Clothes" - 3:01
4. "Fender Stratocaster
   Fender Stratocaster
   The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
   
   " - 2:51
5. "Blue Moon
   Blue Moon (song)
   "Blue Moon"'s first crossover recording to rock and roll came from Elvis Presley in 1956. His cover version of the song was included on his self-titled debut album Elvis Presley....
   
   " (Richard Rodgers
   Richard Rodgers
   Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
   
   /Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
   
   )- 3:50
6. "Closer" - 3:26
7. "I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet" - 3:50
8. "Miracles Will Start to Happen" - 3:03
9. "Sleepwalk
   Sleep Walk
   "Sleep Walk" is an instrumental steel guitar-based song written, recorded, and released in 1959 by brothers Santo & Johnny ....
   
   " (Santo Farina/Johnny Farina
   Santo & Johnny
   Santo & Johnny were an Italian-American rock and roll duo from Brooklyn, New York, comprising brothers Santo and Johnny Farina.They are best known for their instrumental "Sleep Walk", which became a regional hit and eventually reached the top of the Billboard pop chart when it was released...
   
   ) - 2:09
10. "Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?" (Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet
    Charles Trenet was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s...
    
    ) - 1:54
11. "A Mistake Today for Me" - 2:09
12. "Cerca" - 3:40

Personnel

• Jonathan Richman
  Jonathan Richman
  Jonathan Michael Richman 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, generally acoustic backing...
  
   - vocals, guitar
• Curly Keranen
  Greg 'Curly' Keranen
  Greg 'Curly' Keranen is a bassist and guitarist, who sometimes performs under the stage name, João Dilberto.Keranen was a founding member of The Rubinoos , and originally became associated with Jonathan Richman as a member of "Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers", during the band's association...
  
   - bass (Blue Moon, Sleepwalk)
• Ron "Wipeout" Wilson - drums (Blue Moon, Sleepwalk)
• Brennan Totten - producer
• Paul Emery
  Paul Emery
  Paul Emery was a racing driver from England.Paul built a number of front wheel drive 500cc Formula 3 cars and drove them himself. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 14 July 1956 and numerous non-Championship Formula One races...
  
  - engineer