Revolution Summer (album) explained

Revolution Summer
Type:	Soundtrack Album
Artist:	Jonathan Richman
Cover:	Revolution Summer (album).jpg
Released:	2007
Recorded:	at SF Soundworks, San Francisco, California
Genre:	Rock 'n' roll, Soundtrack, Americana
Length:	28:10
Label:	Vapor Records
Prev Title:	Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild
Next Year:	2008

Revolution Summer is a soundtrack album by Jonathan Richman, released by the Vapor Records label in 2007. The music was composed for the film Revolution Summer, directed by Miles Matthew Montalbano.

While Richman had previously contributed songs to the 1998 film, There's Something About Mary, and appeared in that film, along with drummer Tommy Larkins, Revolution Summer is Richman's first complete soundtrack album. It is entirely instrumental, another first for Richman.

Track listing

All music composed by Jonathan Richman

1. "Weeds Breaking Through The Concrete" (1:02)
   
2. "Revolution Summer Theme" (2:01)
   
3. "Francine's Theme" (1:31)
   
4. "A Chill in the Night Air' (1.21)
   
5. "Music for Next Year's Jukebox" (3:22)
   
6. "Hipster Cafe" (1:10)
   
7. "Vacant Lot" (5:16)
   
8. "Hope's Theme" (1:35)
   
9. "Francine's Theme (Reprise)" (3:43)
   
10. "Hope's Theme (Reprise)" (0:41)
    
11. "Weeds Breaking Through The Concrete (Reprise)" (4:03)
    
12. "Now What?" (2:33)
    

Personnel

• Jonathan Richman - guitars, bass, pump organ
• Tommy Larkins - drums and percussion
• Ralph Carney - woodwinds, violin, pedal steel
• Charles Gonzalez - keyboards, bass on Music For Next Year's Jukebox