The Modern Lovers

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Led by Jonathan Richman, the protopunk band The Modern Lovers came out of Massachusetts in the early 1970s. Their classic debut album contained heartfelt songs about dating awkwardness, growing up in Massachusetts, and love of life. Many feel their best work is the first album and the outtakes from those sessions.

For the first album, The Modern Lovers, the band included Richman, bassist Ernie Brooks, keyboardist Jerry Harrison, and drummer David Robinson. The album featured the tracks “Roadrunner”, “Astral Plane”, “She Cracked” and “Pablo Picasso”.

After recording several tracks in 1972 and ‘73, including “I’m Straight” (referring here to abstaining from drug use), and “Government Center”, Richman wanted to scrap the tracks that were recorded and start over with a mellower, more lyrical sound. The rest of the band, while not opposed to such a shift later, insisted that they record as they sounded now. They continued, and eventually, the first album was released in 1976. Long before, however, creative differences split the band apart.

Harrison moved on to the seminal new wave band Talking Heads. Robinson became the drummer for the hit, Boston-based, pop band, The Cars.

Richman reused the name for subsequent bands which he put together in the 1970s and 1980s. These were always billed as Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. (read more)

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Track	Time	Listeners	Download
Add this track to your playlist Roadrunner full track	4:54	27,292	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Pablo Picasso full track	5:05	18,334	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist She Cracked full track	4:17	14,084	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist I'm Straight full track	6:26	13,502	Buy mp3

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Top Tracks, Last Week

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Roadrunner full track	700
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Pablo Picasso full track	442
1	3	Add this track to your playlist I'm Straight full track	349
1	4	Add this track to your playlist She Cracked full track	313
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Astral Plane	300
1	6	Add this track to your playlist Hospital full track	291
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Someone I Care About full track	266
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Old World	255
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Government Center	238
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Modern World	227
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Dignified and Old	187
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Girlfriend full track	128
1	13	Add this track to your playlist Girl Friend	124
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Dignified & Old full track	119
2	15	Add this track to your playlist I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms	94
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Dance with Me full track	67
4	17	Add this track to your playlist Walk Up the Street full track	37
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Womanhood full track	35
3	19	Add this track to your playlist Foggy Notion full track	30
3	20	Add this track to your playlist Someone I Care About (alternative version)	29

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Top Tracks, Last Six Months

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Roadrunner full track	10,528
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Pablo Picasso full track	6,584
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Astral Plane	5,602
–	4	Add this track to your playlist She Cracked full track	5,162
1	5	Add this track to your playlist Old World	4,919
1	6	Add this track to your playlist I'm Straight full track	4,880
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Hospital full track	4,717
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Government Center	4,356
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Someone I Care About full track	4,283
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Modern World	4,233
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Dignified and Old	2,489
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Girl Friend	2,071
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Girlfriend full track	1,917
–	14	Add this track to your playlist I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms	1,612
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Dignified & Old full track	1,513
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Dance with Me full track	1,213
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Roadrunner (alternative version)	811
1	18	Add this track to your playlist Modern World (alternative version)	725
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Someone I Care About (alternative version)	723
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Walk Up the Street full track	508
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Foggy Notion full track	464
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Womanhood full track	438
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Ride on Down the Highway full track	339
–	24	Add this track to your playlist The Mixer (Men & Women Together) full track	271
–	25	Add this track to your playlist A Plea for Tenderness	189
–	26	Add this track to your playlist Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste	187
–	27	Add this track to your playlist Egyptian Reggae	174
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Ice Cream Man	158
–	29	Add this track to your playlist New England	123
–	30	Add this track to your playlist Fly Into the Mystery	110
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Road Runner #1	103
3	32	Add this track to your playlist Girlfren	96
–	32	Add this track to your playlist Someone I Care About [Alternative Version]	96
–	34	Add this track to your playlist Modern World [Alternative Version]	91
1	34	Add this track to your playlist Roadrunner [Alternative Version]	91
1	36	Add this track to your playlist Hey There Little Insect	84
1	37	Add this track to your playlist Road Runner	83
2	38	Add this track to your playlist I'm a Little Airplane	78
1	39	Add this track to your playlist Road Runner #2	75
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