The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988
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| The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 | ||
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| Greatest hits by John Mellencamp | ||
| Released | November 18, 1997 | |
| Recorded | 1977-1987, 1997 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 58:42 | |
| Label | Mercury Records | |
| Producer(s) | John Mellencamp John Punter |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| John Mellencamp chronology | ||
| Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996) |
The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 (1997) |
John Mellencamp (1998) |
Released after John Mellencamp signed with Columbia Records, The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is Mellencamp's first hits album. It compiles Mellencamp's most popular material recorded during his first decade with Riva and Mercury Records, beginnig with 1978's A Biography, up through 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, with a new recording of Terry Reid's "Without Expression."
[edit] Track listing
- I Need A Lover (Mellencamp) - 5:37 (from A Biography, 1978)
- Ain't Even Done With The Night (Mellencamp) - 4:38 (from Nothin' Matters And What If It Did, 1980)
- Hurts So Good (Mellencamp/Green) - 3:39 (from American Fool, 1982)
- Jack And Diane (Mellencamp) - 4:15 (from American Fool, 1982)
- Crumblin' Down (Mellencamp/Green) - 3:35 (from Uh-Huh, 1983)
- Pink Houses (Mellencamp) - 4:44 (from Uh-Huh, 1983)
- Authority Song (Mellencamp) - 3:49 (from Uh-Huh, 1983)
- Lonely Ol' Night (Mellencamp) - 3:45 (from Scarecrow, 1985)
- Small Town (Mellencamp) - 3:40 (from Scarecrow, 1985)
- R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (Mellencamp) - 2:55 (from Scarecrow, 1985)
- Paper In Fire (Mellencamp) - 3:51 (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987)
- Cherry Bomb (Mellencamp) - 4:49 (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987)
- Check It Out (Mellencamp) - 4:20 (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987)
- Without Expression (Reid) - 5:05 (from The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988, 1997)
[edit] Personnel on "Without Expression"
- John Mellencamp - vocals, guitar
- Dane Clark - drums
- Toby Myers - bass, background vocals
- Miriam Sturm - violin
- Mike Wanchic - background vocals
- Andy York - guitars, background vocals
- Moe Z M.D. - keyboards, background vocals
| Studio Albums | Chestnut Street Incident | The Kid Inside | A Biography | John Cougar | Nothin' Matters And What If It Did | American Fool | Uh-Huh | Scarecrow | The Lonesome Jubilee | Big Daddy | Whenever We Wanted | Human Wheels | Dance Naked | Mr. Happy Go Lucky | John Mellencamp | Rough Harvest | Cuttin' Heads | Trouble No More | Freedom's Road |
| Compilations | The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 | Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits |
