- rock, pop rock, heartland rock, country rock
- 34 min
- 9 tracks
- Mercury Records
American Fool is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released on April 12, 1982. The album was his commercial breakthrough, holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 album chart for nine consecutive weeks. A remastered version of American Fool was released on Mercury/Island/UMe on March 29, 2005; it includes one bonus track, the previously unreleased title track.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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Tracks
- 1Hurts So Good3:42
- 2Jack & Diane4:16
- 3Hand to Hold on To3:26
- 4Danger List4:29
- 5Can You Take It3:35
- 6Thundering Hearts3:40
- 7China Girl3:35
- 8Close Enough3:39
- 9Weakest Moments4:07
9 tracks, 34 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Cougar
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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