The Modern Lovers (album)  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

The Modern Lovers is the debut studio album by American rock band the Modern Lovers. It was released on Beserkley Records in 1976, although the original nine tracks had been recorded in 1972 (or 1971 in the case of "Hospital").

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jonathan Richman, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Roadrunner" – 4:04
  2. "Astral Plane" – 3:00
  3. "Old World" – 4:00
  4. "Pablo Picasso" – 4:15

Side two

  1. "She Cracked" – 2:53
  2. "Hospital" – 5:31 (September 1971)
  3. "Someone I Care About" – 3:37
  4. "Girl Friend" – 3:51 (A&M sessions, April 1972)
  5. "Modern World" – 3:40 (A&M sessions, April 1972)

2003 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Dignified & Old" – 2:29 (A&M sessions, April 1972)
  2. "I'm Straight"* – 4:18 (Fowley sessions, October 1973)
  3. "Government Center"* – 2:03 (Fowley sessions, October 1973)
  4. "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms"** (Richman, James Osterberg) – 2:32 (Fowley sessions, October 1973)
  5. "Dance With Me"** – 4:26 (Fowley sessions, October 1973)
  6. "Someone I Care About" (alternate version) – 2:58 (September 1971)
  7. "Modern World" (alternate version) – 3:16 (Fowley demo, 1972)
  8. "Roadrunner" (alternate version) – 4:55 (September 1971)

*Previously released on Troublemakers (1980)
**Previously released on The Original Modern Lovers (1981)

Personnel

Studio production

Album production




Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "The Modern Lovers (album)" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools