Mellencamp signs lifetime deal
Mellencamp will release his 22nd full-length album this fall.He is working once again with T Bone Burnett, who produced his last two albums, 2008's "Live, Death, Love and Freedom" and 2010's "No Better Than This."
Republic Records co-founder and chief executive Monte Lipman said, "Not only has he served as an ambassador of social consciousness in America, but he has also provided the soundtrack of a generation. We're thrilled to be working with John Mellencamp as part of this historic deal."
The release will be Mellencamp's first since "No Better Than This" in 2010.
Universal Music Enterprises continues to represent Mellencamp's catalogue. Mercury/UME will also release his new live album" John Mellencamp Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall" on July 8. The disc is from a concert Mellencamp performed on July 31, 2003 at Town Hall in New York City where he performed every song on "Trouble No More."
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CD reviews for John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp's "Sad Clowns & Hillbillies" began as a gospel project with Carlene Carter, and the uplifting "My Soul's Got Wings" is an audible remnant of that original intention. However, the album ultimately turned into a kind of Flannery O'Connor-esque examination of Southern folks' souls.
With "What Kind of Man Am I," Mellencamp sings about a man looking back on his life with deep regret. "Sad Clowns," is an entirely different take, though. ...
John Mellencamp continues his latest career resurgence, taking the already lean, steely-eyed roots rock from his prior effort "Life, Death, Love & Freedom and paring it done to the bone. This disc definitely has an interesting back story. Reteaming with "Life, Death" producer T-Bone Burnett, Mellencamp recorded this rather on the fly, during his days off from his tour last year with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Mellencamp did these 13 songs in just 13 days, recording in a ...
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