John Cougar
by John Cougar

John Cougar by John Cougar
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 19,648th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (233rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,421st)
Award Best albums of all time (19,648th)

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John Cougar bestography

John Cougar is ranked 10th best out of 33 albums by John Mellencamp on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Mellencamp is Scarecrow which is ranked number 1908 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 885.

John Cougar album bestography « Higher ranked (18,085th)
Whenever We Wanted
This album (19,648th)
John Cougar
Lower ranked (21,420th) »
Cuttin' Heads

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John Cougar rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 19,648th | 1970s rank: 2,421st | 1979 rank: 233rd

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John Cougar ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 32 votes)
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55/100
 
12/21/2025 04:25 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100
 
65/100
 
11/24/2025 00:49 TimBroad04  Ratings distribution  20369/100
 
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04/18/2025 23:23 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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11/07/2024 17:29 paladisiac  Ratings distribution  7,31065/100
 
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06/27/2024 17:50 TodFitz  Ratings distribution  27,37963/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.5/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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85/100
From 01/21/2022 16:10 | #279782
Terribly underrated in BEA, my first listen today. A great work!
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From 05/13/2019 13:05 | #236199
Middling but not a terrible artist. I just find it odd (and a little unfair) that this site divides his extensive catalog up between several different names. His output should be judged in its entirety.
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From 01/22/2017 22:55 | #183933
The first Mellencamp I ever heard. I learned to play bass to this album. Still one of my favorites.
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