Big Daddy (studio album)
by John Cougar Mellencamp

Big Daddy by John Cougar Mellencamp
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 8,482nd   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 45 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (124th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,232nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,482nd)

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John Cougar Mellencamp bestography

Big Daddy is ranked 5th best out of 33 albums by John Mellencamp on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Mellencamp is Scarecrow which is ranked number 2157 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 756.

John Cougar Mellencamp album bestography « Higher ranked (4,584th)
Uh-Huh
This album (8,482nd)
Big Daddy
Lower ranked (15,926th) »
Human Wheels

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Big Daddy track list

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Big Daddy rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,482nd | 1980s rank: 1,232nd | 1989 rank: 124th

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Big Daddy ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 45 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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From 09/07/2018 09:29 | #220698
This is one of my favourite Mellencamp albums. Many songs need a little time to grow but it's a very relaxed recording with great guitar sounds. (album rating: 72,50 %)
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Pensive, mature JCM. Pop Singer was the rather unfortunate pop radio song but Jackie Brown, the title track and Mansions in heaven were soulful, pensive well-written songs.
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