Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild
Studio album by
Jonathan Richman
ReleasedApril 8, 2008
GenreAcoustic, Pop Rock
LabelVapor Records[1]
Jonathan Richman chronology
Revolution Summer
(2007)		 Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild
(2008)		 ¿A Qué Venimos Sino a Caer?
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork6.7/10[3]

Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild is an album by Jonathan Richman.[4][5] Released in 2008 on Vapor Records on the heels on Richman’s instrumental soundtrack album for the 2007 film Revolution Summer, Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild is Richman's first song-oriented LP since 2004's Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jonathan Richman; except where indicated

  1. "Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild" – 2:29
  2. "No One Was Like Vermeer" – 3:00
  3. "Time Has Been Going By So Fast" – 2:45
  4. "Es Como El Pan" - 2:59
  5. "Our Drab Ways" - 3:19
  6. "The Lovers Are Here and They're Full of Sweat" - 2:59
  7. "Le Printemps Des Amoreux Est Venue" - 2:35
  8. "When We Refuse to Suffer" - 2:15
  9. "This Romance Will Be Different for Me" - 3:21
  10. "Old World" - 3:22
  11. "Our Party Will Be On The Beach Tonight" - 4:03
  12. "When We Refuse to Suffer" [Second Version] - 3:59
  13. "Here It Is" - 4:27 (Leonard Cohen)
  14. "As My Mother Lay Lying" - 3:05

Personnel

  • Jonathan Richman - vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Tommy Larkins - drums, percussion
  • Greg Keranen - bass on "Old World"
  • Roger Montalbano - vocals on "When We Refuse To Suffer"
  • Miles Montalbano - vocals, bass on "When We Refuse To Suffer"
  • Suzanne Pieskar - piano on "Our Party Will Be On The Beach Tonight"
Technical
  • Miles Montalbano, Rory Earnshaw - photography

References

  1. ↑ "Jonathan Richman Kicks Off Three-Night Mint Stint: Beauty Raw & Wild [Free .WAV File". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ↑ Mark Deming (2008-04-08). "Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild - Jonathan Richman | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. ↑ Marc Hogan (2008-07-23). "Jonathan Richman: Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. ↑ Sara Brickner (2008-12-09). "Who Is Jonathan Richman?". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. ↑ Jess Scott (2008-10-02). "Jonathan Richman's as eccentric and awesome as ever". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2020-04-04.


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