Genre: American pop/rock
Places I remember: $12.99 at JB HiFi (Palmerston North) - 30th Anniversary edition 2015
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Rain On The Scarecrow
Gear costume: Small Town; You've Got To Stand For Somethin'
Active compensatory factors: This was the transitional album between the wanna-be-teen-heart-throb of the early Johnny Cougar years and the wanna-be-Bruce-social-conscience John Mellencamp years to come. It starts here!
Tellingly, the album cover says John Cougar Mellencamp but the lyrics are attributed to JM. I guess he wasn't quite sure yet.
Similarly, the album has a smattering of both styles with R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. leading the charge for the former, and the title track for the latter.
All up, along with my fab and gear choices, it's the announcement of a new direction that is the most interesting aspect to this album.
Where do they all belong? The classic Lonesome Jubilee was next.
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