The Lonesome Jubilee
by John Cougar Mellencamp
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John Cougar Mellencamp bestography
The Lonesome Jubilee is ranked 2nd best out of 33 albums by John Mellencamp on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Mellencamp is Scarecrow which is ranked number 1946 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 870.
(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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The Lonesome Jubilee 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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The Lonesome Jubilee rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 54 Music Albums of 1987 | 30/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Sounds Album Of The Year 1987 | 27/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 80s Pt.2 (101-200) | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1987 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1501-1600 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 18 Music Albums of 1987 | 10/18 | 3 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 51 Music Albums of 1987 | 46/51 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 102 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 597 | |||
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The Lonesome Jubilee ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/13/2026 00:49 | mrmcrook | 1,138 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 15:02 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:07 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,743 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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The Lonesome Jubilee forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5412): By BraddlesHendoThe Lonesome Jubilee comments
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JCM is up there with Springsteen & Dylan as one of America's finest this album has a heart warming feel to. Love it
My favorite of John Cougar albums. Bit more rock and upbeat compared to others. Very consistent. 'Paper in Fire' being one of his greatest tracks (Edited)
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/12/2010 20:00 | #13451 | TOP COMMENT
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Only two filler pieces (Empty Hands and Hotdogs) in an otherwise stunning straight rock record. Paper in Fire is a masterpiece.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/06/2012 00:27 | #34652 | TOP COMMENT
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This was the album where JCM tried hardest to be develop his serious side and there were marvelous successes with Empty Hands and We Are the People. Cherry Bomb is his richest classic rock song. Check it Out is just a beautiful cut.
Should have earned him more recognition?
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