Description
- The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988
- Artist: John Mellencamp
- Format: LP
- Release Date: 9/28/2018
- LABEL: Island
- UPC: 602567720133
- GENRE: Pop
DESCRIPTION
Limited vinyl LP pressing. The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is the first greatest hits compilation album by singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released by Mercury Records in 1997. It compiles Mellencamp's most popular material recorded during his first decade with Riva and Mercury Records, beginning with 1978's A Biography, up through 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, with a new recording of Terry Reid's "Without Expression". Mellencamp picked the songs for the album and also came up with the title for the album. The album reached #33 on the Billboard 200. This album and Rough Harvest came about because, after leaving Mercury Records for Columbia Records, Mellencamp still owed the label two more albums.
Tracklist:
- 1
- I Need a Lover 5:37
- 2
- Ain't Even Done with the Night 4:38
- 3
- Hurts So Good 3:39
- 4
- Jack & Diane 4:15
- 5
- Crumblin' Down 3:35
- 6
- Pink Houses 4:44
- 7
- Authority Song 3:49
- 8
- Lonely Ol' Night 3:45
- 9
- Small Town 3:40
- 10
- R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock) 2:55
- 11
- Paper in Fire 3:51
- 12
- Cherry Bomb 4:49
- 13
- Check It Out 4:20
- 14
- Without Expression 5:05
