- Chestnut Street Incident
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Chestnut Street Incident Studio album by Johnny Cougar Released October 1976 Recorded 1975 Genre Rock Length 39:45 Label MCA Producer Tony Defries Johnny Cougar chronology Chestnut Street Incident
(1976)The Kid Inside
(1977)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Rolling Stone (unfavorable)[2] Chestnut Street Incident is the debut album by Johnny Cougar, later known as John Mellencamp, released in 1976.[3]
Track listing
All tracks composed by John Mellencamp; except where indicated
- "American Dream" – 2:21
- "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Bill Dees, Roy Orbison) – 2:54
- "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:11
- "Dream Killing Town" (Mellencamp, George M. Green) – 3:20
- "Supergirl" (Aldo Legui, Bob Marcus) – 2:37
- "Chestnut Street" – 3:18
- "Good Girls" – 3:09
- "Do You Believe in Magic?" (John Sebastian) – 2:38
- "Twentieth Century Fox" (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 2:14
- "Chestnut Street Revisited" – 5:22
- "Sad Lady" (Mellencamp, George M. Green) – 3:26
- "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield)* [bonus] – 2:32
- "I Need Somebody Baby" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson)* [bonus] – 3:43
Personnel
- John Mellencamp – vocals, guitar
- Larry Crane - lead guitar, back up vocals
- William Bergman – drums
- Mike Boyer – guitar
- Kirk Butler – synthesizer, percussion
- David Parman - guitar, musician
- Jerry Deupree – drums
- Wayne Hall – saxophone
- Michael Kamen – keyboards
- Richard Kelly – guitar african
- David Mansfield – steel guitar, mandolin, violin
- Hilly Michaels – drums
- Mike Ranchie – guitar
- Mick Ronson – guitar
- Tom Wince – keyboards
References
Studio albums 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) · John Mellencamp (1998) · Rough Harvest (1999) · Cuttin' Heads (2001) · Trouble No More (2003) · Freedom's Road (2007) · Life, Death, Love and Freedom (2008) · No Better Than This (2010)Live albums Life, Death, Live and Freedom (2009)Compilations The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 (1997) · Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits (2004) · 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of John Mellencamp (2007) · On the Rural Route 7609 (2010)Singles "I Need a Lover" · "Hurts So Good" · "Jack & Diane" · "Crumblin' Down" · "Pink Houses" · "Lonely Ol' Night" · "Small Town" · "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." · "Paper in Fire" · "Wild Night" · "Peaceful World" · "Walk Tall"Other Categories:- John Mellencamp albums
- 1976 albums
- Debut albums
- MCA Records albums
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