Rockin' and Romance is the fifth album by American rock band Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, released in 1985 as part of a two-album deal for Richman with Geoff Travis's Rough Trade Records label in the UK.
John Leland of Spin wrote, "On an album of absolutely no musical sophistication, Richman uses eight backup singers.
Behind his lovably clumsy and tuneless singing, they harmonize on oohs, ahhs, and other exquisite nonsense syllables.
The rest of the sound is Richman's cheaply recorded and sometimes out-of-tune acoustic guitar.
"[3] All songs written by Jonathan Richman.