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John Mellencamp - Best of John Mellencamp: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection Audio CD

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Title: Best of John Mellencamp: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
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Release Date: 2007-10-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Walk Tall 2: Peaceful World 3: Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) 4: Get a Leg Up 5: Jackie Brown 6: Cherry Bomb 7: Small Town 8: R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. 9: Pink Houses 10: Jack & Diane

Love it!
John "Cougar" Mellencamp rocks. One of many I have collected while replacing my LP's.


cool Collection
He had a cool Middle of the road vibe and he had the right songs for the time. John cougar Mellencamp was one of those acts who always kept a cut and made his thing work. R. O. C. K in the Usa,jack and Diane, Smalltown were all the cuts as was Pink Houses. this is a cool compilation.


20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection - John Mellencamp
It has some Great Hits. I purchased this 20th Century Masters collection because I have other Masters collections, and as I thought, this collection is exceptional for any John Mellencamp fan. I listen to it often. My kids also love JM, and this CD. Great CD for the price !!!.


A review from a Mellencamp fan from way back
But, there's so much that has been left out. I was kind of torn about giving this collection a 5 star rating - not because it is not a quality sampling of his work, because they are all good choices. But, reality has to set in and the CD publisher just has to leave stuff out - there is only room for ten songs in this collection series.

I always check out the "20th Century Masters" series when I am browsing in the CD section because they usually get a strong cross-section of an artist's work. This is fairly easy if the artist is a flash-in-the-pan type, but Mellencamp has been cranking out hits for more than 25 years. Sure, his best days as a top seller are long gone, but he continues to put out quality work and scores an occassional top 40 song. The wealth of hits to choose from must have made the choices a bit tricky.

This album is arranged in reverse chronological order, covers most of his albums and definitely samples his changes in style. The only album that is represented with two songs is 1985's "Scarecrow". This is arguably his best album and although I personally like "Lonely Ol' Night" much better than "R. O. C. K. In the U. S. A. ", "R. O. C. K. " is one of his best-known hits and has earned its place on this compilation.

This is most likely not an album for the serious Mellencamp fan (or Mellenhead as some prefer or Mellencamper as John's concert T-shirts say) because a serious fan would have all of these songs on the original albusm or on the greatest hits album ("Words and Music") that he recently released. But, it is a good starting point for the casual fan or as a gift for someone who is just starting to convert over to a digital collection (like I said, I'm a fan from way back - I still have Mellencamp on cassette tapes and even on a few on vinyl. ).


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