John Mellencamp - John Mellencamp 1978-2012 [19CD Box Set] CD-Rip

John Mellencamp 1978- 2012, for the first time, combines in one package, albums Mellencamp recorded as John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp and John Mellencamp for Polygram, Universal, Sony and Concord-affiliated labels. The set contains a total of 223 tracks and includes such mythic album titles as American Fool, Lonesome Jubilee, Scarecrow, Cuttin’ Heads and the more recent Life, Death Love and Freedom and No Better Than This. Thirteen of the albums in the collection were RIAA®-certified as Gold, Platinum or Multiplatinum winners while ten of the albums achieved Top Ten status on Billboard’s Top 100 Album Chart. Of special note is the fact that the collection includes the long out-of-print original soundtrack album to Falling From Grace, the Mellencamp-directed film that was a collaboration with noted author Larry McMurty. That disc includes tracks by Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Nanci Griffith, Joe Ely, James McMurtry and John Prine.
John Mellencamp 1978- 2012 includes every one of Mellencamp’s thirty Billboard Top 100 singles, from “I Need A Lover” and “Jack & Diane” to “Pink Houses” and “Rain On The Scarecrow,” as well as such classics as “Paper in Fire,” “Hurts So Good,” “Crumblin’ Down,” “Jackie Brown,” “Small Town,” “Wild Night,” “R.O.C.K In The U.S.A.,” “Our Country” and, quite literally, all the rest. There are bonus tracks concluding twelve of the albums, sourced from the 2005 re-mastered versions of Mellencamp’s Mercury releases.
Mellencamp, who continues to reside in his native Indiana, has been especially active of late. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, his collaboration with bestselling author Stephen King and musical director T Bone Burnett, has manifested itself as a touring theatrical entity with dates throughout the Midwest this fall. An accomplished painter, Mellencamp has had numerous gallery exhibitions of his work; the latest, his first museum exhibition, is set to open next month at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio.
In recent years Mellencamp was the recipient of Billboard’s Century Award, the Woody Guthrie Award, The ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The John Steinbeck Award as well as induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This past week it was announced that John Mellencamp is a candidate for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Mellencamp holds the record for the most tracks (7) by a solo artist to hit the top position on Billboard’s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart, all of which are, of course, included in John Mellencamp 1978 – 2012.
Never content to rest on his many laurels, Mellencamp has been writing new songs for an album he plans to record early this coming year, once more with T Bone Burnett slated to produce.


Tracks:


1979 - John Cougar 00:46:32

01. A Little Night Dancin’ 03:47
02. Small Paradise 03:42
03. Miami 03:55
04. Great Mid-West 04:33
05. Do You Think That’s Fair 04:51
06. I Need A Lover 05:38
07. Welcome To Chinatown 04:01
08. Sugar Marie 04:19
09. Pray For Me 03:31
10. Taxi Dancer 05:03
Bonus Track:
11. Take Home Pay 03:08

1980 - Nothin' Matters And What If It Did 00:39:56

01. Hot Night In A Cold Town 03:50
02. Ain’t Even Done With The Night 04:41
03. Don’t Misunderstand Me 03:35
04. This Time 04:20
05. Make Me Feel 04:08
06. To M.G. (Wherever She May Be) 04:56
07. Tonight 03:17
08. Cry Baby 00:25
09. Wild Angel 03:15
10. Peppermint Twist 00:29
11. Cheap Shot 03:03
Bonus Track:
12. Latest Game 03:54

1982 - American Fool 00:38:21

01. Hurts So Good 03:41
02. Jack & Diane 04:16
03. Hand To Hold On To 03:26
04. Danger List 04:29
05. Can You Take It 03:33
06. Thundering Hearts 03:41
07. China Girl 03:35
08. Close Enough 03:40
09. Weakest Moments 04:09
Bonus Track:
10. American Fool 03:46

1983 - Uh-Huh 00:36:48

01. Crumblin’ Down 03:35
02. Pink Houses 04:44
03. Authority Song 03:49
04. Warmer Place To Sleep 03:47
05. Jackie O 03:03
06. Play Guitar 03:23
07. Serious Business 03:25
08. Lovin’ Mother Fo Ya 03:06
09. Golden Gates 04:07
Bonus Track:
10. Pink Houses (Acoustic Version) 03:44

1985 - Scarecrow 00:45:25

01. Rain On The Scarecrow 03:46
02. Grandma’s Theme 00:55
03. Small Town 03:42
04. Minutes To Memories 04:13
05. Lonely Ol’ Night 03:46
06. The Face Of The Nation 03:14
07. Justice And Independence ‘85 03:33
08. Between A Laugh And A Tear 04:32
09. Rumbleseat 03:00
10. You’ve Got To Stand For Somethin’ 04:33
11. R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60’s Rock) 02:55
12. The Kind Of Fella I Am 02:58
Bonus Track:
13. Small Town (Acoustic Version) 04:11

1987 - The Lonesome Jubilee 00:41:47

01. Paper In Fire 03:51
02. Down And Out In Paradise 03:38
03. Check It Out 04:20
04. The Real Life 03:58
05. Cherry Bomb 04:48
06. We Are The People 04:17
07. Empty Hands 03:44
08. Hard Times For An Honest Man 03:28
09. Hotdogs And Hamburgers 04:05
10. Rooty Toot Toot 03:33
Bonus Track:
11. Blues From The Front Porch 01:58

1989 - Big Daddy 00:46:10

01. Big Daddy Of Them All 03:31
02. To Live 03:20
03. Martha Say 03:45
04. Theo And Weird Henry 04:50
05. Jackie Brown 04:03
06. Pop Singer 02:48
07. Void In My Heart 02:32
08. Mansions In Heaven 03:06
09. Sometimes A Great Notion 03:34
10. Country Gentleman 03:19
11. J.M.’s Question 03:42
12. Let It All Hang Out 03:13
Bonus Track:
13. Jackie Brown (Acoustic Version) 04:21

1991 - Whenever We Wanted 00:45:21

01. Love And Happiness 03:53
02. Now More Than Ever 03:42
03. I Ain’t Ever Satisfied 03:36
04. Get A Leg Up 03:47
05. Crazy Ones 04:00
06. Last Chance 03:39
07. They’re So Tough 04:16
08. Melting Pot 04:48
09. Whenever We Wanted 03:44
10. Again Tonight 03:20
Bonus Track:
11. Love And Happiness (London Club Mix) 06:30

1992 - Falling From Grace (VA / Original Soundtrack Album) 00:49:44

01. Bud’s Theme (Instrumental) / Lisa Germano 02:21
02. Cradle Of The Interstate / Nanci Griffith 03:29
03. Whiskey Burnin’ / Larry Crane 04:48
04. Common Day Man / Dwight Yoakam 03:52
05. It Don’t Scare Me None / John Mellencamp 03:30
06. Searchin’ For The Perfect Girl / Pure Jam 03:13
07. All The Best / John Prine 04:02
08. Hold Me Like You Used To Do / QKUMBRZ 03:06
09. Sweet Suzanne / Buzzin’ Cousins 04:00
10. Nothing’s For Free / John Mellencamp 03:29
11. Little Children (Instrumental) / Lisa Germano 04:54
12. Days Like These / Janis Ian 03:47
13. Falling From Grace / Larry Rollins 05:06

1993 - Human Wheels 00:49:25

01. When Jesus Left Birmingham 05:16
02. Junior 04:11
03. Human Wheels 05:34
04. Beige To Beige 03:53
05. Case 795 (The Family) 05:15
06. Suzanne And The Jewels 03:55
07. Sweet Evening Breeze 04:51
08. What If I Came Knocking 05:08
09. French Shoes 03:43
10. To The River 03:37
Bonus Track:
11. When Jesus Left Birmingham (Featuring Sounds Of Blackness) 03:56

1994 - Dance Naked 00:32:30

01. Dance Naked 03:00
02. Brothers 03:14
03. When Margaret Comes To Town 03:20
04. Wild Night 03:27
05. L.U.V. 03:01
06. Another Sunny Day 12/25 03:02
07. Too Much To Think About 03:02
08. The Big Jack 03:23
09. The Break Out 03:38
Bonus Track:
10. Wild Night (Acoustic Version) 03:18

1996 - Mr. Happy Go Lucky 00:53:10

01. Overture 01:56
02. Jerry 04:24
03. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) 04:54
04. Just Anther Day 03:47
05. This May Not Be The End Of The World 05:29
06. Emotional Love 03:20
07. Mr. Bellows 05:34
08. The Full Catastrophe 03:11
09. Circling Around The Moon 06:15
10. Large World Turning 03:55
11. Jackamo Road 01:37
12. Life Is Hard 03:17
Bonus Track:
13. What If I Came Knocking (Live) 05:25

1998 - John Mellencamp 00:46:03

01. Fruit Trader 03:57
02. Your Life Is Now 03:59
03. Positively Crazy 04:09
04. I’m Not Running Anymore 03:26
05. It All Comes True 03:58
06. Eden Is Burning 03:50
07. Where The World Began 03:29
08. Miss Missy 03:40
09. Chance Meeting At The Tarantula 04:05
10. Break Me Off Some 04:10
11. Summer Of Love 04:01
12. Days Of Farewell 03:12

1999 - Rough Harvest 00:52:45

01. Love And Happiness 03:37
02. In My Time Of Dying 03:03
03. Between A Laugh And A Tear 02:53
04. Human Wheels 05:15
05. Rain On The Scarecrow 03:18
06. Farewell Angelina 04:36
07. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) 04:34
08. Jackie Brown 03:50
09. When Jesus Left Birmingham 03:35
10. The Full Catastrophe 03:17
11. Minutes To Memories 04:29
12. Under The Boardwalk 03:57
13. Wild Night (Live) 03:37
Bonus Track:
14. Seventh Son (From Chess Studios) 02:40

2001 - Cuttin' Heads 00:40:07

01. Cuttin' Heads 05:03
02. Peaceful World 04:05
03. Deep Blue Heart 03:29
04. Crazy Island 03:47
05. Just Like You 04:04
06. The Same Way I Do 03:20
07. Women Seem 05:14
08. Worn Out Nervous Condition 03:32
09. Shy 03:25
10. In Our Lives 04:03

2003 - Trouble No More / CD-Extra 00:47:18

01. Stones In My Passway 03:17
02. Death Letter 06:13
03. Johnny Hart 04:30
04. Baltimore Oriole 03:54
05. Teardrops Will Fall 04:23
06. Diamond Joe 04:37
07. The End Of The World 03:24
08. Down In The Bottom 03:30
09. Lafayette 03:54
10. Joliet Bound 03:34
11. John The Revelator 03:18
12. To Washington 02:37

2007 - Freedom’s Road 00:48:49

01. Someday 03:08
02. Ghost Towns Along The Highway 04:39
03. The Americans 05:11
04. Forgiveness 04:30
05. Freedom’s Road 04:18
06. Jim Crow 03:22
07. Our Country 03:47
08. Rural Route 03:08
09. My Aeroplane 04:41
10. Heaven Is A Lonely Place 12:02

2008 - Life, Death, Love And Freedom 00:49:39

01. Longest Days 03:10
02. My Sweet Love 03:27
03. If I Die Sudden 03:47
04. Troubled Land 03:25
05. Young Without Lovers 02:51
06. John Cockers 03:54
07. Don’t Need This Body 03:27
08. A Ride Back Home 03:13
09. Without A Shot 03:41
10. Jena 03:42
11. Mean 02:35
12. County Fair 03:44
13. For The Children 04:38
14. A Brand New Song 03:57

2010 - No Better Than This 00:53:49

01. Save Some Time To Dream 04:30
02. The West End 03:57
03. Right Behind Me 03:59
04. A Graceful Fall 03:20
05. No Better Than This 03:12
06. Thinking About You 03:28
07. Coming Down The Road 04:44
08. No One Cares About Me 06:11
09. Love At First Sight 04:36
10. Don’t Forget About Me 03:13
11. Each Day Of Sorrow 02:35
12. Easter Eve 06:29
13. Clumsy Ol’ World 03:28