Surrender to Jonathan

Jonathan Richman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 10, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vapor Records
• ASIN: B000005J5H
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,440 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Just Look At Me

2. Not Just A 'Plus One' On The Guest List Anymore

3. That Little Sleeper Car

4. French Style

5. Surrender

6. I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

7. To Hide A Little Thought

8. Egyptian Reggae

9. When She Kisses Me

10. Satisfy

11. Rock 'N' Roll Drummer Straight From The Hospy-Tel

12. My Little Girl's Got A Full Time Daddy Now

13. Floatin'

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I feel like such a traitor..., November 10, 2002

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Michel Farmer (Peoria Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surrender to Jonathan (Audio CD)

Giving a Jonathan record less than four stars feels like a sin since I would be happy if everybody listened to all of his records but Jonathan just doens't seem very focused on this one.

There are a few great songs like "Surrender", "Just look at me" and "My little girl's got a full time daddy now" but the others just don't do it for me. He's rehasing old material like he always does but "Egyptian Raggae" and "lesbian bar" are here in very lackluster versions.

"Rock and Roll drummer" is just Jonathan doing what he does best best which is being dumb but this sounds like forced dumbness (yes I realize that is a ridiculous observation). This is OK, it's just not up to par, I love my life, Jonathan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not the best, January 2, 2002

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jonny (Odoorn, Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surrender to Jonathan (Audio CD)

If you would like to buy any Jonathan record, this would be number 10 to buy. Go out and listen, there is much better stuff, including the latest one ("High Heels"), "I, Jonathan", "You must ask the heart" and all the albums from the 70's (the Beserkley-years). So Go Jo JO.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful journey!, August 21, 2009

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fred (hartford county, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surrender to Jonathan (Audio CD)

This album has captivated me for months. It has a great combination of energy, enthusiasm, emotion, and fun. My favorite songs are "that little sleeper car" which is so catchy and upbead it's infectious- I actually didn't know what a sleeper car was until I looked it up, and now the lyrics all make sense! I find it is fantastic that he wrote such a great song about such a topic (and it's a great moment in time when he announces the "HORNS!" he always has a great way of narrating what's going to happen :) Also, "surrender" is wonderfully touching and the way he rhymes a different word with surrender each time drives me wild! "to hide a little thought" is a remake from his previous album, and I like this version much better, it has much more energy and emotion in the delivery, and the music compliments it perfectly! "when she kisses me" and "floatin" are my other highlights, but i could listen to this album straight through, and regularly do. Tommy Larkins' drumming is right on, and all of the musicians did a great job! I love this album and I hope you all do too!