| Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers |
| Cover: | RocknRollwiththeModernLovers.jpg |
| Released: | August 1977 |
| Recorded: | 1977 |
| Studio: | CBS, San Francisco |
| Genre: | Rock 'n' roll |
| Length: | 31:24 |
| Label: | Beserkley |
| Producer: | Matthew King Kaufman, Glen Kolotkin |
| Prev Title: | Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Back in Your Life |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers is the second album by American rock band Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, released by Beserkley Records in 1977.[1] [2]
The album reached No. 50 in the UK Albums Chart.[3] The song "Egyptian Reggae" was a hit in Europe.[4]
Dave Marsh, in The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, wrote that Richman "lost his vision and became once more a teenage twerp ... Now you know why everybody picked on that kid in high school." Greil Marcus, in The Village Voice, called the album "the purest rock and roll album I've heard this year, rooted as it is in the idea that as long as you keep a good beat, rock and roll is what you can get away with."[5] Trouser Press wrote: "Mixing traditional folk songs and lullabies with originals that would do Mister Rogers proud ('Ice Cream Man,' 'Rockin' Rockin' Leprechaun'), the ironically titled album stretched the ability of his adult fans to join in the fun."[6]
All tracks composed by Jonathan Richman, except where noted.
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
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