The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 (1997)
1. I Need a Lover
2. Ain't Even Done With the Night
3. Hurts So Good
4. Jack and Diane
5. Crumblin' Down
6. Pink Houses
7. The Authority Song
8. Lonely Ol' Night
9. Small Town
10.R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
11.Paper in Fire
12.Cherry Bomb
13.Check it Out
14.Without Expression
 
I remember reading the linear notes on
this disc. Mellencamp was grumbling about something to the effect of
refusing to call this a "greatest hits" album, because he didn't think
the songs were necessarily "great" but the "best that he could do".
Whatever. The CD is great. If your a fan, that is. This
captures easily his most popular period during the above mentioned
timeframe into one nice disc. There would be other compilations, and
there would be more great music (although none as well known), but this
one would be for the frugal consumer that doesn't have the bucks to buy
multiple disc compilations.
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