John Cougar (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = John Cougar
Type = Album
Artist = John Cougar


Released = July 27, 1979
Recorded = Criteria Studios, Miami, 1979
Genre = Rock
Length = 43:20
Label = Riva Records
Producer = Ron Albert & Howard Albert;
John Punter ("I Need A Lover")
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rekqikz6bbc9 link]
Last album = "A Biography"
(1978)
This album = "John Cougar"
(1979)
Next album = "Nothin' Matters And What If It Did"
(1980)

"John Cougar" is the fourth album by John Cougar. Released in 1979, following the Australian success of "I Need A Lover" from the previous year's "A Biography" (which did not receive a U.S. release), the album included the aforementioned track for U.S. audiences, as well as a re-working of "A Biography"'s "Taxi Dancer."

"I Need A Lover", upon the release of this album, became a hit in the US as well as in Australia, where "Miami" became his second Top 40 hit. In the US, however, "Small Paradise" was released as a single in place of "Miami," but was not very successful.

Track listing

All songs written by John Mellencamp.
# "A Little Night Dancin'" – 3:43
# "Small Paradise" – 3:40
# "Miami" – 3:53
# "Great Mid-west" – 4:29
# "Do You Think That's Fair" – 4:48
# "I Need a Lover" – 5:35
# "Welcome to Chinatown" – 3:59
# "Sugar Marie" – 4:16
# "Pray for Me" – 3:30
# "Taxi Dancer" – 5:02
# "Take Home Pay" (2005 re-issue bonus track) – 3:10

Charts

; Album

Billboard (North America)

; Singles

Billboard (North America)

Personnel

* John Mellencamp - vocal, guitar
* Brian BecVar - piano, keyboards
* Larry Crane - guitars, backing vocals
* Mike Wanchic - guitars, backing vocals
* Robert "Ferd" Frank - bass
* Tom Knowles - drums