Scarecrow (studio album)
by John Cougar Mellencamp
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John Cougar Mellencamp bestography
The best album by John Mellencamp is Scarecrow which is ranked number 2150 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 759.
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Scarecrow track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/23/2025 20:07 |  TimBroad04 | 203 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:23 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 07:08 |  Tamthebam | 22,899 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2025 20:29 | culwin | 1,279 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 13:19 | machiaj | 774 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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I got interested in Cougar when I heard him on American Bandstand in 1980 singing I need A Lover. I saw him the first time he performed in my area and then again in 1985 for his Scarecrow tour. This is a special album with a different sound than his previous music without being overly POP. This is his best album.
Jboy56 08/11/2024 07:41 | #304708
Mellencamp, often considered as the poor mans Bruce. it he can very well stand on his own. Good material and very good album throughout
It appears to be thoughtfully well-written, and performed with energy and spirit, but it doesn't strike me as anything that would blow you away. I can always appreciate the connection to small town America though.
A Side: Small Town
llibnanoon 06/24/2020 13:24 | #254416
Amazing songwriting on this one!
TerryTezza 06/19/2019 07:10 | #237842
A brilliant concept album from start to finish.
nocturnaldelight 09/07/2018 10:00 | #220702
One of the best Mellencamp albums with a lot of good songs like "Small Town" and "Between A Laugh And A Tear". Nevertheless the album takes a little bit of time to grow and seems a little inconsistent (album rating: 74,17 %)
Nice fellow. Great writer of songs. Maybe not the best of singers
Best songs are Lonely Ol' Night, Minutes To Memories and Rumbleseat. Perhaps I'm biased because I'm a Hoosier, but he sings songs about the heartland and I can identify with them, even if he is a liberal and I'm not.
travelful 06/18/2015 20:32 | #144129
Small Town is the best track.
timtooky 04/24/2014 21:46 | #109987
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