Nothin' Matters And What If It Did
by John Cougar

Nothin' Matters And What If It Did by John Cougar
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 51,716th   Overall chart history
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68/100 (from 27 votes)
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Award Best albums of all time (51,716th)

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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 2020 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 815.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 51,716th | 1980s rank: 5,987th | 1980 rank: 577th

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12/21/2025 04:25 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,09233/100
 
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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.
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