I'm So Confused
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{{Infobox album
| name = I'm So Confused
| type = studio
| artist = Jonathan Richman
| cover =I'm So Confused.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1998
| recorded = Electric Lady Studios
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| studio =
| genre =
| length =
| label = Vapor Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/something-about-jonathan/Content?oid=1535002|title=Something About Jonathan|first=Jeff|last=Stark|website=Cleveland Scene}}
| producer = Ric Ocasek
| prev_title = Surrender to Jonathan!
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = An Introspection
| next_year = 2000
}}
{{music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-so-confused-mw0000044832|title=I'm So Confused - Jonathan Richman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2 = The Austin Chronicle
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Record Reviews |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1998-11-13/520605/ |website=The Austin Chronicle |access-date=9 October 2021}}
|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev3score = B+{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/10/30/im-so-confused/|title=I'm So Confused|website=EW.com}}
}}
I'm So Confused is an album by Jonathan Richman, released in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jonathan-richman-mn0000266255/biography|title=Jonathan Richman Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{cite news |title=JONATHAN RICHMAN, ON A 'MARY'-GO-ROUND |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1998/11/08/jonathan-richman-on-a-mary-go-round/22f7dbf7-9eb4-49b5-9718-c56ad2b74ea6/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=9 October 2021}}
Production
I'm So Confused was produced by Ric Ocasek.{{cite web |title=Jonathan Richman: I'm So Confused |url=https://www.avclub.com/jonathan-richman-im-so-confused-1798194538/amp |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=9 October 2021}} Darryl Jenifer played bass on the album.{{cite web |title=Jonathan Richman (and the Modern Lovers) |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/jonathan-richman-and-the-modern-lovers/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=9 October 2021}}
Critical reception
The Austin Chronicle opined that Ocasek "takes Richman and drummer Tommy Larkins' two-man-band simplicity and augments it with just the right amount of bass and light keyboards." Entertainment Weekly thought that "for the first time in years, he's shed his grating penchant for writing soft-headed novelty songs in favor of ... grown-up, gently amusing tales that plumb love’s sweet mysteries." Spin concluded that "there's something sad and epic and beautiful about spending a lifetime trying to figure out what it means to be a teen."{{cite journal |last1=Clover |first1=Joshua |title=The Shredder |journal=Spin |date=Feb 1999 |volume=15 |issue=2 |page=109}}
AllMusic wrote that Richman's "charming nasal voice seems to have all but disappeared; it's been replaced with a sort of arty croon, as on the title cut and the dour 'Affection'."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Jonathan Richman
| title1 = When I Dance
| title2 = Nineteen in Naples
| title3 = I'm So Confused
| title4 = True Love is Not Nice
| title5 = Love Me Like I Love
| title6 = Hello From Cupid
| title7 = If She Don't Love Me
| title8 = The Lonely Little Thrift Store
| title9 = Affection
| title10 = I Can Hear Her Fighting With Herself
| title11 = The Night is Still Young
| title12 = I Can't Find My Best Friend
}}
Personnel
- Jonathan Richman - Guitars, Vocals
- Tommy Larkins - Drums
- Darryl Jenifer - Bass
- Edwin Bonilla - Conga Drums on "The Lonely Little Thrift Store"
- Steph Dickson, Keren DeBerg - Background Vocals
References
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Sources
- {{Cite web|last=Catlin|first=Roger|title=I'm So Confused Jonathan Richman; Vapor Records|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/37665598.html?dids=37665598:37665598&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+24%2C+1998&author=ROGER+CATLIN&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=I%27M+SO+CONFUSED+JONATHAN+RICHMAN%3B+VAPOR+RECORDS%3B+CD+REVIEWS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131215407/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/37665598.html?dids=37665598:37665598&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+24,+1998&author=ROGER+CATLIN&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=I'M+SO+CONFUSED+JONATHAN+RICHMAN;+VAPOR+RECORDS;+CD+REVIEWS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|work=Hartford Courant|accessdate=22 June 2010|page=6|date=December 24, 1998}}
- {{Cite web|last=Rocchi |first=James |title=Wordsmith Jonathan Richman proves there's more about him than 'Mary' on his latest album |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/12.03.98/richman-9848.html|work=Metro Santa Cruz|publisher=Metro Publishing Inc|accessdate=22 June 2010|date=December 3–9, 1998}}
- {{Cite magazine|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |last=Ashare|first=Mark|title=Reviews > Jonathan Richman I'm So Confused|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCoEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22I%27m+So+Confused%22+%22Jonathan+Richman%22+review&pg=PA71|accessdate=22 June 2010|page=71|date=December 1998}}
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Category:Albums produced by Ric Ocasek