Roadrunner [Import]

Jonathan Richman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Castle Music UK
• ASIN: B00000B9KF
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,198 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Roadrunner 1

2. Someone I Care About

3. It Will Stand

4. Goverment Center

5. Rockin' Shopping Centre

6. Roadrunner 2

7. Egyptian Reggae

8. The Sweeping Wind

9. Pablo Picasso

10. Hospital (Live Version)

11. Astral Plane (Live Version)

12. Lonely Financial Zone

13. Hi Dear

14. New Teller

15. Fly Into The Mystery

16. Affection

17. The Morning Of Our Lives

18. Chapel Of Love

19. Oh Carol

20. Roadrunner (Live Version)

Editorial Reviews

Budget-priced collection of 20 tracks from the late '70s bynew wave pioneer Richman, who finally received long overduemajor exposure with his cameo appearances in the 1998 hitcomedy film 'There's Something About Mary'. 'Roadrunner'offers both newcomers a heaping taste of his earlybrilliance & collector's several tracks appearing on CD forthe first time. Includes 'Pablo Picasso' and no less thanthree versions of 'Roadrunner'. 1998 Castle release. Theartist's full name is Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Toogood Review, May 7, 2000

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Robert Toogood (Ballarat West, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roadrunner (Audio CD)

I purchased this album mainly for the three versions of "Roadrunner" and I was not disappointed. The extended live version and the second version are, if anything, better than the original version. There is also a great version of "Pablo Picasso". The rest are a bit of a mixture from excellent to so-so, in typical Richman fashion, but overall it is well worth purchasing this album. (you certainly get value - 73 minutes worth).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why we love Jonathan, April 8, 2000

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L. Neumann (Emerald Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roadrunner (Audio CD)

This CD of the first 7 or 8 years of Jonathan's career helped remind me why I've loved his music so much these past 20 or so years. There is no more original voice in Rock and Roll than Jojo and what you hear here is the start of it all. Included the very hard to find acoustic version of Roadrunner and some excellent live tracks. I loved "New Teller" as well, which I think is new. If you only know the Jonathan of the 80s or 90s, or the one in Something About Mary, then there's much more you need to know.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Amazing Version of "Roadrunner" Ever, January 18, 2007

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Andy French "Crotchety Music Fan" (Mission Hill) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Roadrunner (Audio CD)

If you've looked up this album, you are obviously already a Jonathan Richman fan. And I would encourage you to buy this rare CD for one of the greatest versions of "Roadrunner" ever - a nearly 10 minute long live version that will take your heart away. I don't normally like live versions of songs, but this rendition is just incredible and feels more emotional than any other version I've heard. (It's almost like a director's cut of the song - it contains a number of passages -improvised I'm guessing - that aren't on any of his studio versions)

Of course, the CD also has a number of his other great early songs. I'm very glad I happened to stumble on this CD. I hope you will be, too.