John Cougar - American Fool Album

Tracklist

1	Thundering Hearts	3:40
2	Hurts So Good	3:42
3	Can You Take It	3:35
4	Jack & Diane	4:16
5	Weakest Moments	4:07
6	Danger List	4:28
7	Hand To Hold On To	3:25
8	China Girl	3:34
9	Close Enough	3:38

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RVL 7501	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album, 53-)	Riva	RVL 7501	US	1982
RVL4 7501	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Riva	RVL4 7501	Canada	1982
RVL 7501	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Riva	RVL 7501	US	2016
57004	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album)	WEA	57004	Australia	1982
RVL 7501	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album)	Riva	RVL 7501	Canada	1982

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RVL 7501	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album, 53-)	Riva	RVL 7501	US	1982
RVL4 7501	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Riva	RVL4 7501	Canada	1982
RVL 7501	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Riva	RVL 7501	US	2016
57004	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album)	WEA	57004	Australia	1982
U 57004	John Cougar	American Fool ‎(LP, Album)	WEA	U 57004	Portugal	1982

Credits

• Art Direction – Bill Levy
• Bass – George "Chocolate" Perry
• Design – John Van Hamersveld
• Drums – Kenny Aronoff
• Engineer – Don Gehman, George Tutko, Mark Stebbeds
• Engineer [Assistant] – Al Stegmeyer, Brad Gilderman, Dennis Hetzendorfer
• Guitar – Larry Crane, Mike Wanchic
• Photography – Jurgen Vollmer
• Producer – Don Gehman, John Cougar Mellencamp

• Art Direction – Bill Levy
• Bass – George "Chocolate" Perry
• Design – John Van Hamersveld
• Drums – Kenny Aronoff
• Engineer – Don Gehman, George Tutko, Mark Stebbeds
• Engineer [Assistant] – Al Stegmeyer, Brad Gilderman, Dennis Hetzendorfer
• Guitar – Larry Crane, Mike Wanchic
• Photography – Jurgen Vollmer
• Producer – Don Gehman, John Cougar Mellencamp
• Written-By – G.M. Green (tracks: 1, 6), Jeff Silbar (tracks: 7), Joe New (tracks: 7), John Cougar Mellencamp (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9), Larry Crane (tracks: 4)

• Lacquer Cut By – Phil
• Producer – Don Gehman, John Cougar Mellencamp

Notes

For Butch & Faye

All songs published by Riva Music Ltd., except for "Danger list" published by Riva Music Ltd./G.H. Music Ltd., and "China girl" published by WB Gold Music Corp./Smokin' Joe Music

Previously Released as RVCD 7501

AADAll songs published by Riva Music Ltd., except for "Danger List" published by Riva Music Ltd./G.H. Music Ltd., and "China Girl" published by WB Gold Music Corp./Smokin' Joe Music.

Previously released as RVCD 7501.Printed inner sleeve promoting other titles in the Priceless series.

Rear cover:
Also available on cassette PRIMC 85
℗ 1982 Riva Records Ltd.
© 1982 Riva Records Ltd

Labels:
Made in England.
℗ 1982 Riva Records Ltd.
Original sound recording made by Riva Records Ltd.

A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3 Riva Music Ltd.
A4 Riva Music Ltd./GH Music Ltd.
B2 Warner Bros. Music Ltd./Bug Music
B4 GH Music Ltd.
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On labels, the production credit is printed as 'John "Cougar" Mellencamp'.
This release cut by Phil Pigram at Music Centre, Wembley.
Similar version exists, American Fool, cut at PRS Ltd.

Barcodes

• Barcode: 0 20831-4235-2 66
• Matrix / Runout: 1A P214993 13 B1
• Other (In mould): P 12

• Barcode: 0 42281 49932 6 97
• Matrix / Runout: #960714H 8149932 L381 MFG BY CINRAM
• Mould SID Code: IFPI6000

• Other (Inner sleeve): P5
• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): PRICE 85 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): PRICE 85 B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): PRICE 85 A // 1 ▽ 420 W Phil
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): PRICE 85 B // 1 ▽ 420 W Phil

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Riva Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Riva Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Polygram Group Canada Inc.
• Distributed By – Polygram Group Canada Inc.
• Manufactured By – Cinram

• Licensed From – Riva Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Riva Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Riva Records Ltd.
• Record Company – Phonogram
• Record Company – Riva Records Ltd.
• Published By – Riva Music Ltd.
• Published By – GH Music Ltd
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
• Published By – Bug Music
• Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
• Lacquer Cut At – The Music Centre, Wembley

• Record Company – Columbia House
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Riva Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Riva Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – DADC, Pitman

Video

Album

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Release Date: April 12, 1982. Hand To Hold On To 4. The song was a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for the singersongwriter. Chart Date. Or for good measure, hell pour on a little Tom Petty or Graham Parker. American Fool is ranked 4,919th in the overall chart, 747th in the 1980s, and 80th in the year 1982. Besides, songs like Hand to Hold On To and China Girl, for all their faults, do indicate that his sense of craft is improving considerably. For the album, see John Cougar album. John Cougar. Weakest Moments 10. American Fool 8-Trk, Album. This is a scrappy version of classic rock n roll, built around storytelling lyrics and guitar-centered tunes that harkened back to Dylan and the Stones. Short Album Review: John Cougar's American Fool. CapeRayer23. American Fool stayed on top of the album chart for a couple months. John Cougar - American Fool 1982 Cassette Tape Condition: Good. The engine is a tight, unpretentious Indiana band, and Cougar, who produced American Fool with engineer Don Gehman, seldom lets it idle. John Cougar Mellencamp - American Fool Bonus Track 2005 Reissue 3:48. American Fool by John Cougar Year: 1982 Overall rank: 4,921st. These two songs are the only true keepers on American Fool, but the rest of the record works better than his previous mater. I turned on the tape recorder and sang 30 verses, Mellencamp explained. Mellencamps raspy, Indiana-accented vocals breathe life into hi. WEA International Inc. If Mellencamp isn't crazy about American Fool , listeners sure have been. The LP would end up going platinum five times. It remains his only No. American Fool is ranked 4,921st in the overall chart, 743rd in the 1980s, and 79th in the year 1982. 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The first album recorded under his new name John Cougar Mellencamp was 1983's Uh-Huh, a Top-10 album that spawned the Top 10 singles Pink Houses and Crumblin' Down as well as the No. John Cougar Mellencamp cant help it. Average Rating: 71100 from 92 votes. John Cougar - American Fool CD - PolygramBMG 814 993-2 M-1 Condition: Very Good. Vender esta versão. Meanwhile, Jack & Diane is pr. Album 1982 10 Songs. American Fool. I just made them up. 1 album and his bestseller followed closely by 1985s Scarecrow . John Cougar - Hand To Hold On To 3:31. All he has to do is open his mouth and out oozes insincerity, the snake oil of patent imitations of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Seger. John Cougar American Fool Album on Vinyl My Album Wishlist, if you want to help this channel, feel free to buy an album off my Wishlist that will be delivered to me so I can add as one my videos. Time left: 2h 46m 31s Ships to: Worldwide. One of those was the ability to begin reclaiming his actual name. Although Mellencamp wasnt fully satisfied with his songwriting on American Fool , he was thrilled to reap the rewards of success. The playful Hurts So Good became the albums first hit, but it was the small-town-romance theme of Jack & Diane that truly defined the albums sensibility. John Cougar Mellencamp - Close Enough. If Mellencamp isn't crazy about American Fool, listeners sure have been. Rock Cougar Mellencamp cant help it. American Fool Tonto Americano LP, Album. Meanwhile, Jack & Diane is. Danger List 5. RV 8-7501. John Cougar-Weakest Moments 4:13. John Cougar's first albums were so bereaved of strong material that the lean swagger of American Fool came as a shock. American Fool is the fifth studio album by John Mellencamp, released under the stage name John Cougar in 1982. Time left: 9m 24s Ships to: Worldwide. China Girl 8. For Mellencamp's self-titled album, see John Mellencamp album. Rock 1982. It was the first of three major hit singles from his 1982 album American Fool. John Cougar Mellencamp - Can You Take It. 1 album and his bestseller followed closely by 1985s Scarecrow. The album was his commercial breakthrough, holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard album chart for nine weeks. The difference is evident from the opening song, Hurts So Good, a hard, Stonesy rocker with an irresistibly sleazy hook. 목록에 추가. Jack & Diane 3. John Cougar: Danger List 4:30. Riva 2. Close Enough 9. Guitarists Larry Crane and Mike Wanchic know how to raise a ruckus, and drummer Ken Aronoff is good at interrupting it with an authoritative thump. These two songs are the only true keepers on American Fool, but the rest of the record works better than his previous material because his band is tighter than ever before, making his weaker moments convincing. John Mellencamp. Thundering Hearts 7. American Fool Remastered. John Cougar Mellencamp - Hurts So Good