John Mellencamp United States

Variations: John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp, Johnny Cougar.

The best album credited to John Mellencamp is Mr. Happy Go Lucky which is ranked number 13,692 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 83.

The best album credited to John Mellencamp taking into account any aliases or variations is Scarecrow by John Cougar Mellencamp which is ranked number 2,030 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 818.

John Mellencamp is ranked number 606 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2,969 (this takes into account any aliases or variations).

John Mellencamp official website: http://www.mellencamp.com

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John Mellencamp best albums

The following albums by John Mellencamp are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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1985
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1987
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673
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1982
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327
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1983
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318
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1989
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1993
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1991
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54
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1979
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2001
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Total albums: 29. Page 1 of 3

This may not be a complete discography for John Mellencamp.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

John Mellencamp bestography composition

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1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 3 0%
1980s 8 0%
1990s 7 0%
2000s 5 0%
2010s 7 0%
2020s 3 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 30 91%
Yes 3 9%
Live? Albums %
No 29 88%
Yes 4 12%

John Mellencamp best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Rating: 85 (39 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Lonesome Jubilee)
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Rating: 85 (35 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Lonesome Jubilee)
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Rating: 85 (41 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Uh-Huh)
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Rating: 85 (39 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Uh-Huh)
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Rating: 84 (51 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Scarecrow)
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Rating: 84 (10 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Human Wheels)
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Rating: 84 (16 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album John Cougar)
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Rating: 84 (69 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album American Fool)
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Rating: 84 (41 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Scarecrow)
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Rating: 83 (58 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album American Fool)
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Rating: 83 (32 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Uh-Huh)
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Rating: 83 (31 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Scarecrow)
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Rating: 83 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Lonesome Jubilee)
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Rating: 82 (42 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Scarecrow)
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Rating: 82 (10 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 82 (5 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album John Mellencamp)
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Rating: 81 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Scarecrow)
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Rating: 81 (18 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Lonesome Jubilee)
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

John Mellencamp ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 24 votes)
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.1.

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Underrated. Not quite on the level of Springsteen, but leagues better than guys like Bryan Adams.
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From 03/26/2020 22:00
I am surprised Walk Tall does not even make the list of his top 100 songs. I think it could be his best song. Maybe it's because it is only on Words and Music (his double best of album). The sound quality is so good, I like to play it, to show off my audio system.
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