Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love


Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love is an album by Jonathan Richman, released in 2004. The title is excerpted from Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, "O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek... to be loved, as to love."
The album contains two unlisted bonus tracks: "The Sea Was Calling Me Home" and an alternate version of the title track.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jonathan Richman
  1. "Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love" Version 1 – 2:53
  2. "Sunday Afternoon" – 1:18
  3. "Vincent Van Gogh" – 3:05
  4. "Cosi Veloce" – 3:31
  5. "He Gave Us the Wine to Taste" – 2:41
  6. "Salvador Dali" – 2:22
  7. "My Baby Love Love Loves Me" – 3:11
  8. "In che mondo viviamo" – 2:26
  9. "Behold the Lilies of the Field" – 3:07
  10. "Les etoiles" – 2:14
  11. "The World Is Showing Its Hand" – 2:24
  12. "Abu Jamal" – 2:18
  13. "On a du soleil" – 2:13
  14. "I Had a Dream That the Sea" – 2:06
  15. "Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love" Version 2 – 2:46

Personnel

;Technical
  • Oliver Dicicco - engineer
  • Miles Montalbano - layout, design
  • Marty Crosley - cover photography