Jonathan Richman: Back In Your Life
Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, June 1979
THE OSCAR BRAND of the now generation returns with his first studio LP in quite a while. Amid the ceaseless confusion that is Beserkley Records, Jon almost got lost in the scuffle the past year or two, amid the media and chart success of the label's second-string roster the Rubinoos and Greg Kihn.
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