Chestnut Street Incident

1976

The Kid Inside

1977

A Biography

1978

John Cougar

1979

Nothin' Matters and What if it Did

1980

American Fool

1982

Uh-Huh

1983

Scarecrow

1985

The Lonesome Jubilee

1987

Big Daddy

1989

Whenever We Wanted

1991

Human Wheels

1993

Dance Naked

1994

Mr. Happy Go Lucky

1996

The Best That I Could Do 1976-1988

1997

John Mellencamp

1998

Rough Harvest

1999

Cuttin' Heads

2001

Trouble No More

2003

Words and Music: Greatest Hits

2004

Freedom's Road

2007

Life Death Love and Freedom

2008

On the Rural Route 7609

2010

No Better Than This

2010

Plain Spoken

2014

Sad Clowns & Hillbillies

2017

Other People's Stuff

2018

The Good Samaritan Tour

2021

Strictly a One-Eyed Jack

2022

Orpheus Descending

2023