Jonathan Richman, Action Packed: The Best Of Jonathan Richman - 1h 10m 19s

Tracks & Durations

1. Circle I	2:36
2. New Kind of Neighborhood	2:44
3. Action Packed	2:57
4. Everyday Clothes	3:08
5. Fender Stratocaster	2:56
6. Closer	3:25
7. Reno	4:03
8. Since She Started to Ride	2:36
9. You're Crazy for Taking the Bus	2:34
10. Neighbors	2:48
11. Girl Stands Up to Me Now	2:29
12. Cappuccino Bar	3:33
13. When I Say Wife	1:42
14. She Doesn't Laugh at My Jokes	1:59
15. Monologue About Bermuda	7:10
16. Parties in the U.S.A.	4:48
17. I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar	3:45
18. Una Fureza Alla	3:23
19. Heart of Saturday Night	1:56
20. Vampire Girl	3:36
21. City vs. Country	2:32
22. You Must Ask The Heart	3:25

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Review

When the mid-'70s Jonathan Richman traded the "snotty," Velvet Underground-tinged sensibility of the original Modern Loves for a strummed, twangy electric style and an even lighter percussion sound, he didn't give up his convictions. The 22 cuts here, drawn from Rounder releases from the '80s and '90s, are as joyful and unironic as anything cut during those years. He explicitly acknowledges his roots in the innocent '60s on "Parties in the U.S.A.," both lyrically and in its borrowed "Hang On Sloopy" riff, and he reaches back to the Collins Kids' rockabilly nugget for this collection's title track. Richman celebrates urban delights ("I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar," "Cappuccino Bar," "Vampire Girl"), but these tunes find him digging ranches ("Circle I") and island jaunts (an expansion of "Bermuda" includes a pointed jab at the old Lovers' "She Cracked"). Openheartedly, he even cut a whole album in Nashville (well, Springfield, Missouri) style and a long-player in Spanish. Finally, "She Doesn't Laugh at My Jokes" sounds like the product of a much less damaged Brian Wilson circa The Beach Boys Love You. --Rickey Wright

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