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Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: Jonathan Sings

Bill Black, Sounds, 30 June 1984

IT'S BEEN a long time since Jonathan Richman's last album, Back In Your Life, and apart from the release of some interesting Kim Fowley produced demos featuring the original Modern Lovers line-up (boasting future members of talking Heads and the Cars), there's been little for fans of this Boston boy with the asthmatic's voice and the frail rock 'n' roll tunes to get their teeth into.

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