John Mellencamp (album)

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John Mellencamp
Studio album by John Mellencamp

Publication
(s)

1998

Label (s) Columbia Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Folk rock

Title (number)

12

running time

45 min 56 s

occupation
  • Bass , vocals: Toby Myers
  • Guitar, vocals: Mike Wanchic
  • Guitar, keys, vocals: Andrew York
  • Keys, loops , vocals: Moe Z. MD

production

  • John Mellencamp
  • Mike Wanchic
  • Paul Mahern

Studio (s)

Belmont Mall Studio

chronology
Mr. Happy Go Lucky
(1996) 		John Mellencamp Rough Harvest
(1999)
Single releases
1998 Your Life is Now
1999 I'm not Running Anymore

John Mellencamp is the 15th studio album by the American rock and folk singer John Mellencamp . It was the first of three albums Mellencamp recorded for Columbia Records . John Mellencamp has been released on both record and compact disc. The CD is encoded using the HDCD process.

Contributors

For John Mellencamp , Mellencamp again relied on the support of copywriter George Michael Green , with whom he had already written titles such as Human Wheels (1993), Rain on the Scarecrow (1985) and Hurts So Good (1982). Violinist Lisa Germano , drummer Stan Lynch and guitarist Izzy Stradlin (ex-Guns N 'Roses) were guest musicians on the title Miss Missy .

successes

John Mellencamp was on the Billboard 200 for twenty weeks and reached number 41. In Switzerland the album rose to position 48 and then immediately disappeared from the charts. In Germany and Austria, John Mellencamp could not place in the charts. From a commercial point of view, the album didn't live up to expectations.

Your Life is Now was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category. However, the award went to Lenny Kravitz .

reception

The Rolling Stone described John Mellencamp as rock-solid work by a spirited Heartland artist who not only ran after the past (“a rock-solid piece of work from a feisty heartland artist who is not merely coasting on the past”), and awarded four of five stars.

In Allmusic's view , it's not the serious songs like Fruit Trader and Your Life is Now that make John Mellencamp's strength . Rather, the best material are the pieces that were probably intended to fill the gaps, especially I'm not Running Anymore and Miss Missy . If Mellencamp really wants to reinvent himself and increase his album sales, he should put more happiness into his music. Allmusic rated the album three out of five stars.

Track list

  1. Fruit Trader - 3:58 (Mellencamp)
  2. Your Life is Now - 4:00 (Mellencamp, Green)
  3. Positively Crazy - 4:09 (Mellencamp, Green)
  4. I'm not Running Anymore - 3:27 (Mellencamp)
  5. It All Comes True - 3:58 (Mellencamp, Green)
  6. Eden is Burning - 3:50 (Mellencamp)
  7. Where the World Began - 3:29 (Mellencamp, Green)
  8. Miss Missy - 3:41 (Mellencamp)
  9. Chance Meeting at the Tarantula - 4:06 (Mellencamp)
  10. Break Me Off Some - 4:11 (Mellencamp, Moe Z. MD, Green)
  11. Summer of Love - 4:02 (Mellencamp, York)
  12. Days of Farewell - 3:13 (Mellencamp, Myers)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Leonard: Songwriter, Mellencamp collaborator George Green dies at 59. HeraldTimesOnline.com, August 30, 2011, accessed March 9, 2012 .
  2. ↑ John Mellencamp. Billboard.com, accessed March 9, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b Album John Mellencamp. Chartsurfer.de, accessed on March 9, 2012 .
  4. ^ A b c William Ruhlmann: John Mellencamp Album review. AllMusic, accessed March 9, 2012 .
  5. ^ John Mellencamp CD album. CD Universe, accessed March 8, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Parke Puterbaugh: John Mellencamp Album review. Rolling Stone, accessed March 9, 2012 .