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Mellencamp's first album to chart on the Billboard 200 was the self-titled John Cougar album in 1979; the album was certified gold by the RIAA. Mellencamp's major commercial breakthrough came in 1982 with American Fool , which reached number one on the Billboard 200 and yielded two singles, " Hurts So Good " and " Jack & Diane ", which reached ...
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John has made fiddles, hammer dulcimers, Autoharps (sic) and accordions [into] lead rock instruments on a par with electric guitar, bass, and drums, and he also brought what he calls 'a raw Appalachian' lyrical outlook to his songs. Mellencamp's best music is rock 'n roll stripped of all escapism, and it looks directly at the messiness of life ...
Mellencamp picked the songs for the album and also came up with the title for the album. [3] The album reached No. 33 on the Billboard 200. [4] This album and Rough Harvest came about because, after leaving Mercury Records for Columbia Records, Mellencamp still owed the label two more albums. [5]
Pages in category "Songs written by John Mellencamp" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Rolling Stone also reported that John Cougar Mellencamp's band spent a month in rehearsals, playing a hundred rock and roll songs from the 1960s before going into the studio. According to the record's producer, Don Gehman , the idea was to "learn all these devices from the past and use them in a new way with John's arrangements."
Uh-Huh is a 1983 album by John Cougar Mellencamp and a transition from his early work under the names Johnny Cougar and John Cougar. It was Mellencamp's seventh studio album and the first in which he used his real last name.
Two songs: "Walk Tall" and "Thank You", were recorded exclusively for this album. No songs are included from Mellencamp's 1976 debut album Chestnut Street Incident or 1977's The Kid Inside. Also omitted is Mellencamp's cover of "Without Expression", which was released on his previous compilation album The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988.