Scarecrow (John Mellencamp album)
1985 studio album by John Cougar Mellencamp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by John Mellencamp. Released on July 31, 1985, it peaked at number two on the US chart. The album contained three top-ten hits: "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.", which peaked at number two in the US; "Lonely Ol' Night", which peaked at number six; and "Small Town", which also peaked at number six. "Lonely Ol' Night" also peaked at number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, his second chart-topping single on this chart.
Scarecrow | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 31, 1985 (1985-07-31) | |||
Studio | Belmont Mall Studio, Belmont, Indiana, U.S. | |||
Genre | Heartland rock | |||
Length | 41:07 | |||
Label | Riva | |||
Producer | John Mellencamp, Don Gehman | |||
John Cougar Mellencamp chronology | ||||
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Singles from Scarecrow | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Kerrang! | [2] |
Pitchfork | 8.1/10[3] |
Robert Christgau | B+[4] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable)[5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
In The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for the year's best albums, Scarecrow finished at No. 3.[7] In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Scarecrow number 95 on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s, saying: "Scarecrow consolidated the band's rugged, roots-rock thrash and the ongoing maturation of Mellencamp's lyrics."[8]
A remastered version was released May 24, 2005, on Mercury/Island/UMe and includes one bonus track.[9] On November 4, 2022, a "deluxe" two-CD remastered and remixed version of the album was released.[10][11]