Nothin' Matters And What If It Did
by John Cougar
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John Cougar bestography
Nothin' Matters And What If It Did is ranked 21st best out of 33 albums by John Mellencamp on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Mellencamp is Scarecrow which is ranked number 1938 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 875.
(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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Nothin' Matters And What If It Did track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Nothin' Matters And What If It Did rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1980 | 39/48 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1301-1400* | 41/77 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s, #201-300* | 4/83 | - |
| 2024 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Indiana | 20/24 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Heartland | 96/100 | - |
| 2022 | Chambord | Top 61 Music Albums of 1980 | 54/61 | 1 |
| 2022 | Pretender | 1982. Best Songs, sort of ranked. | 35/45 | - |
| 2022 | edubs | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | 1980: Honorable Mentions | 24/36 | - |
| 2020 | edubs | Top 15 Music Albums of 1980 | 13/15 | 1 |
| 2020 | paladisiac | !You've Been Caught Sleeping! (p02) | 43/100 | - |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 99/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 12 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/21/2025 04:25 | Proto | 4,241 | 33/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 20:07 |  TimBroad04 | 203 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:57 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2025 16:02 | tim0505 | 4,410 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2024 11:41 | acoustic-horn | 246 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 65.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Mellencamp referred to the songs on this album as a bunch of stupid little pop songs. I think they're great stupid little pop songs. Some are even brilliant. Great songwriting. One of my favorites. (Edited)
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