Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild

Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild
Studio album by Jonathan Richman
Released	April 8, 2008
Genre	Acoustic, Pop Rock
Label	Vapor Records
Jonathan Richman chronology
Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love (2004) Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild (2008) O Moon, Queen Of Night On Earth (2010)

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Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild is an album by Jonathan Richman, released in 2008 on Vapor Records. It is Richman's first proper LP since 2004's Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love and features the low-key acoustic-pop that Richman and long-time percussionist Tommy Larkins are typically known for creating together.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jonathan Richman; except where indicated

1. "Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild" – 2:29
2. "No One Was Like Vermeer" – 3:00
3. "Time Has Been Going By So Fast" – 2:45
4. "Es Como El Pan" - 2:59
5. "Our Drab Ways" - 3:19
6. "The Lovers Are Here and They're Full of Sweat" - 2:59
7. "Le Printemps Des Amoreux Est Venue" - 2:35
8. "When We Refuse to Suffer" - 2:15
9. "This Romance Will Be Different for Me" - 3:21
10. "Old World" - 3:22
11. "Our Party Will Be On The Beach Tonight" - 4:03
12. "When We Refuse to Suffer" [Second Version] - 3:59
13. "Here It Is" - 4:27 (Leonard Cohen)
14. "As My Mother Lay Lying" - 3:05

Personnel

• Jonathan Richman - vocals, guitar, percussion
• Tommy Larkins - drums, percussion
• Greg Keranen - bass on "Old World"
• Roger Montalbano - vocals on "When We Refuse To Suffer"
• Miles Montalbano - vocals, bass on "When We Refuse To Suffer"
• Suzanne Pieskar - piano on "Our Party Will Be On The Beach Tonight"

Technical

• Miles Montalbano, Rory Earnshaw - photography