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On The Rural Route 7609 (Box Set)

John Mellencamp

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Released: Nov 2009
Label: Island Mercury
Mellencamp's ambitious retrospective spreads 54 tracks over four thematically arranged discs, emphasizing his serious-folkie middle age over his heartland hook-maker youth. Two pre-stardom songs are represented in acoustic renditions, and Disc One ends showing how "Jack And Diane" evolved from a demo called "Jenny At 16." Several other hits -- including 2001's seeming Nelly rewrite "Peaceful World" -- show up in previously unheard versions. Guests include Joanne Woodward and Cornel West. So no, not your usual rehash. But his more free-wheeling Cougar-era obscurities deserve their own anthology.
- CHUCK EDDY
John Mellencamp - On The Rural Route 7609 2010-12-17
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    Longest Days
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    Grandma's Theme
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    Rural Route
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    Jackie Brown
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    Rain On The Scarecrow
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    Jim Crow (Read by Cornell West)
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    Jim Crow
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    Big Daddy Of Them All
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    Deep Blue Heart
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    Forgiveness
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    Don't Need This Body
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    Jenny At 16
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    Jack & Diane (Writing Demo)
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    Jack & Diane
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    The Real Life
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    Ghost Towns Along The Highway
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    The Full Catastrophe
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    Authority Song (Writing Demo)
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    Troubled Land
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    To Washington
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    Our Country (Alternative Version)
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    Country Gentleman
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    Freedom's Road
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    Mr. Bellows (Remixed Version)
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    Rodeo Clown
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    Love And Happiness
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    Pink Houses
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    If I Die Sudden (Live)
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    Someday
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    Between A Laugh And A Tear
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    Void In My Heart
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    Death Letter
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    Sugar Marie
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    Theo And Weird Henry
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    When Jesus Left Birmingham featuring Sounds Of Blackness ...
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    L.U.V.
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    Thank You
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    Women Seem
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    The World Don't Bother Me None
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    Cherry Bomb (Writing Demo)
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    Someday The Rains Will Fall
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    A Ride Back Home
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    My Aeroplane
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    Colored Lights
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    Just Like You
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    Young Without Lovers
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    To M.G. (Wherever She May Be)
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    Sweet Evening Breeze
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    What If I Came Knocking
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    County Fair
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    Peaceful World
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    Your Life Is Now
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    For The Children
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    Rural Route
    Rural Route
℗ 2010 John Mellencamp under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.