John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow (1985)

Posted By: popsakov

Date: Nov. 18, 2024

Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by John Mellencamp. Released in September 1985, it peaked at #2 on the U.S. chart. This album contained three Top 10 hits, a record for a Mellencamp album: "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.," which peaked at #2 in the U.S.; "Lonely Ol' Night," which peaked at #6; and "Small Town," which also peaked at #6. "Lonely Ol' Night" also peaked at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, his second chart-topping single on this chart. In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Scarecrow #95 on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s, saying: "Scarecrow consolidated the band's rugged, roots-rock thrash and the ongoing maturation of Mellencamp's lyrics." The overall theme of the album is the fading of the American dream in the face of corporate greed. Rolling Stone wrote that songs such as "Face of the Nation," "Minutes to Memories" and "Small Town" have a "bittersweet, reflective tone."

Uh-Huh found John Mellencamp coming into his own, but he perfected his heartland rock with Scarecrow. A loose concept album about lost innocence and the crumbling of small-town America, Scarecrow says as much with its tough rock and gentle folk-rock as it does with its lyrics, which remain a weak point for Mellencamp. Nevertheless, his writing has never been more powerful: "Rain on the Scarecrow" and "Small Town" capture the hopes and fears of Middle America, while "Lonely Ol' Night" and "Rumbleseat" effortlessly convey the desperate loneliness of being stuck in a dead-end life. Those four songs form the core of the album, and while the rest of the album isn't quite as strong, that's only a relative term, since it's filled with lean hooks and powerful, economical playing that make Scarecrow one of the definitive blue-collar rock albums of the mid-'80s.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

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Track List:

01. Rain On The Scarecrow [3:46]
02. Grandma's Theme [0:56]
03. Small Town [3:43]
04. Minutes To Memories [4:13]
05. Lonely Ol' Night [3:45]
06. The Face Of The Nation [3:14]
07. Justice And Independence '85 [3:34]
08. Between A Laugh And A Tear [4:33]
09. Rumbleseat [3:00]
10. You've Got To Stand For Somethin' [4:34]
11. R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock) [2:55]
12. The Kind Of Fella I Am [2:56]

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