- rock, blues rock
- 43 min
- 10 tracks
- Riva
John Cougar is the third studio album by John Mellencamp. It was his first album to be released in the US by his new record company Riva Records. Released in 1979, following the success in Australia of the single "I Need a Lover" from his previous album A Biography, John Cougar included the aforementioned track for U.S. audiences, as well as a re-working of A Biography's "Taxi Dancer".
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1A Little Night Dancin’3:43
- A2Small Paradise3:40
- A3Miami3:53
- A4Great Mid‐West4:29
- A5Do You Think That’s Fair4:48
- B1I Need a Lover5:35
- B2Welcome to Chinatown3:59
- B3Sugar Marie4:16
- B4Pray for Me3:30
- B5Taxi Dancer4:58
10 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Cougar
- Label
- Riva
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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