- Scarecrow (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster] · 1985
- The Lonesome Jubilee (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster] · 1987
- Scarecrow (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster] · 1985
- The Lonesome Jubilee (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster] · 1987
- Scarecrow (Deluxe Edition) [2022 Mix] · 1985
- Big Daddy (Bonus Tracks) [2005 Remaster] · 1989
- Uh-Huh! (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster] · 1983
- Scarecrow (Deluxe Edition) [2022 Mix] · 1985
- Scarecrow (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster] · 1985
- Scarecrow (Deluxe Edition) [2022 Mix] · 1985
- Scarecrow (Deluxe Edition) [2022 Mix] · 1985
- Scarecrow (Bonus Track) [2005 Remaster] · 1985
- Scarecrow (Deluxe Edition) [2022 Mix] · 1985
Essential Albums
- Released in 1985, at the peak of the decade’s neon garishness, John Mellencamp’s Scarecrow comes off like a tight Saturday night set played at the local VFW hall. “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.” nails a balance of ’60s energy and ’80s grit. Meanwhile, the haunting-but-wholesome “Rain on the Scarecrow” is both celebration and elegy for an endangered American farm culture. At the album’s core is “Small Town”, a three-chord anthem that marries the gleaming melodicism of The Byrds to Woody Guthrie’s rustic simplicity.
Albums
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986
Artist Playlists
- The heartland rocker has a gift for capturing small-town America.
- Rock, folk and alt-country acts have all made Mellencamp moves.
- Garage rock, folk and more lie at the heartland rocker's core.
About John Cougar Mellencamp
- HOMETOWN
- Seymour, IN, United States
- BORN
- 7 October 1951
- GENRE
- Rock