John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh [Bonus Tracks]

Since American Fool illustrated that John Cougar was becoming an actual songwriter, it's only proper that he reclaimed his actual last name, Mellencamp, for the follow-up, Uh-huh. After all, now that he had success, he wanted to be taken seriously, and Uh-huh reflects that in its portraits of brokenhearted life in the Midwest and its rumbling undercurrent of despair. Although his lyrics still have the tendency to be a little too vague, they are more effective here than ever before, as is his music; he might not have changed his style at all -- it's still a fusion of The Stones and Springsteen -- except that he now knows how to make it his own. Read More