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I'm So Confused is an album by Jonathan Richman, released in 1998.[5][6]

I'm So Confused
Studio album by Jonathan Richman
Released	1998
Recorded	Electric Lady Studios
Label	Vapor Records[1]
Producer	Ric Ocasek
Jonathan Richman chronology
Surrender To Jonathan (1996) I'm So Confused (1998) Her Mystery Not Of High Heels And Eye Shadow (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Austin Chronicle	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]

Production

I'm So Confused was produced by Ric Ocasek.[7] Darryl Jenifer played bass on the album.[8]

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."[3] 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."[4] 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."[9]

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'."[2]

Track listing

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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