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Life Death Love and Freedom
Life Death Love and Freedom
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(based on 77 reviews)
Sales Rank: 393
Category: Music

Artist: John Mellencamp
Publisher: Hear Music
Studio: Hear Music
Manufacturer: Hear Music
Label: Hear Music
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.3

MPN: 30822
UPC: 888072308220
EAN: 0888072308220
ASIN: B0018Q7K4O

Release Date: July 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Tracks:

  • Longest Days
  • My Sweet Love
  • If I Die Sudden
  • Troubled Land
  • Young Without Lovers
  • John Cockers
  • Don't Need This Body
  • A Ride Back Home
  • Without A Shot
  • Jena
  • Mean
  • County Fair
  • For The Children
  • A Brand New Song

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Editorial Reviews:

Album Description
The man who has been called `the poet laureate of the interstate' has reached deep into his soul, bringing forth an album of unparalleled maturity powered by a piercing musical vision. Produced by T Bone Burnett ("O' Brother Where Art Thou," Robert Plant, Allison Krauss)

Two disc package includes CD and high quality audio DVD.

People en Espanol
After Freedom?s Road, his first album in five years, John Mellencamp made it clear why he had such loyal fans. He?s made a career out of making himself vulnerable, with lyrics that undeniably come from the heart, and aided by his guitar, he generates a mood that?s more Americana melancholy than pop. After a year of being somewhat of a recluse, Mellencamp is back with 14 tracks filled with anguish, pain, resentment, and frustration. In songs like "If I Die Sudden," "Don?t Need This Body," and "Troubled Land," the singer-songwriter seems to be more like the Americana equivalent to Damien Rice rather than Bob Dylan, to whom he?s been compared to before. It?s a disc that, as my friend says, you can listen to while kicking a can and walking the streets. --Ernesto Sanchez (People en Espanol People en Espanol)

Despues de Freedom?s Road, su primer album en cinco anos, John Mellencamp dejo en claro porque tiene un sequito de fans tan leal. Durante su carrera se ha desvivido por mostrar su vulnerabilidad y al mismo tiempo proporcionar confort al escucha con liricas que innegablemente salen de su corazon, y con inseparable guitarra cuyo sonido lo coloca mas en el melancolico genero americana que en el pop. Un ano despues de su regreso tras su auto reclusion, Mellencamp vuelve con 14 temas llenos de angustia, dolor, arrepentimiento y enojo. En temas como "If I Die Sudden," "Don?t Need This Body," y "Troubled Land," el cantautor parece ser la respuesta en Americana a Damien Rice mas que a Bob Dylan, con quien muchas veces se le llega a comparar. Eso no tiene nada malo, es un disco, como diria un amigo, para "patear latas mientras caminas escuchandolo" a gusto. --Ernesto Sanchez (People en Espanol People en Espanol)


Customer Reviews:   Read 72 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Brief idea   October 8, 2008
I really like this CD album. The music is simple, and somewhat haunting. I can't give a track by track evaluation, because I've not had it very long. My simple idea is that John Mellencamp's music from the eighties spoke to concepts of commonality, or briefly "the common." This CD album builds within that earlier framework. The themes are very basic, or common, as the title indicates. If you are familiar with some of the ideas in this vein from his earlier music, and think they are worthwhile, you'll like this album (if you don't think a flashy sound is required). It is folksy, laid back, and articulate - which I believe is a good combination. This music can make me relax, but the lyrics are realistic and purely "Mellencamp." I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who is a fan of John and/or his folksy/protest style he's adopted. It is less pop-oriented than previous album/hit single music I alluded to.


5 out of 5 stars Walking in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan   October 5, 2008
I had never been a fan of John Mellencamp. While purchasing a book here on Amazon I notice this CD and the title got me curious. It arrived last friday after the first play I was in awe. A true poet in the likes of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan with words that ring out within these troubling times. I'm now a convert a new found respect for an artist who has been around for nearly 30 years an I ignored. Since recieving this CD 3 days ago I went and bought 4 more Melloncamp CD's waiting for them to arrive with great anticipation for words to fill the soul.


2 out of 5 stars Disappointing release   October 2, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

After the amazingly strong "Freedom's Road" I was very excited about this new CD. I have to say it's one of his weakest releases in a VERY LONG TIME. The lyrics are strong, but there are very few memorable songs on this disk. Usually, there are only 1 or 2 below par songs on a Mellencamp release, this one only has a few good ones. This is a depressing and somewhat boring release. I have around 10-11 of his CD's and I usually like it when he stretches and does something different (Mr. Happy go Lucky, Cuttin' Heads), but this is just average folk music.




5 out of 5 stars john mellencamp - great, as usual   September 26, 2008
john continues to get more introspective with age - this is not an album to rock and roll to - it's an album to absorb


2 out of 5 stars HAPPY, album...............( Ya right !! )   September 24, 2008
  1 out of 2 found this review helpful

As GRANDMA said......." IF you have nothing good to say ( sing ), then don't say (sing) anything at all ". I wish all singers would remember that. They would sell more records. HAPPY,FUN,... SONGS are what the coustomers pay for. I really don't want DEPRESSING music.How can they charge people for this album. Mellencamp used to be my favorite singer, NOT POLITICS,.

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