The Lonesome Jubilee

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The Lonesome Jubilee
Studio album by John Cougar Mellencamp
Released August 24, 1987 (1987-08-24)[1]
Recorded September 1986 – June 1987 at Belmont Mall Studio in Belmont, Indiana[2]
Genre Rock, folk, Americana
Length 39:42
Label Mercury
Producer John Mellencamp, Don Gehman[2]
John Cougar Mellencamp chronology
Scarecrow
(1985)		 The Lonesome Jubilee
(1987)		 Big Daddy
(1989)
Singles from The Lonesome Jubilee
  1. "Paper in Fire"
    Released: August 1987 (1987-08)
  2. "Cherry Bomb"
    Released: October 1987 (1987-10)
  3. "Check It Out"
    Released: February 1988 (1988-02)
  4. "Rooty Toot Toot"
    Released: May 1988 (1988-05)

The Lonesome Jubilee is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, credited as John Cougar Mellencamp. The album was released by Mercury Records on August 24, 1987 (see 1987 in music).[1] Four singles were released from the album, the first two in 1987 and the last two in 1988.

The album was one of Mellencamp's most successful worldwide, charting in ten countries. The album was most successful in Canada where it topped RPM magazine's Top Albums chart[3] and became the artist's highest certified album by Music Canada (formerly the Canadian Recording Industry Association) becoming 6x platinum.[4]

Contents

[edit] Background

Around the time of The Lonesome Jubilee's recording, John's Uncle Joe had died of cancer at the age of 57, which greatly influenced the album.[5]

While the album was being recorded, Riva Records had ceased to function, so the artist moved to Mercury Records, who would continue to release material by Mellencamp until 1998.

[edit] Recording and production

The sessions for The Lonesome Jubilee took place at Belmont Mall Studio in Belmont, Indiana and started in September 1986 and lasted until June 1987, a period of nine months. The sessions were produced by Mellencamp with Don Gehman and were engineered by Gehman and David Leonard.[2]

The sound on the album was a departure from Mellencamp's previous albums and included many traditional folk and country instruments in order to make his audience aware of the "once-familiar social landscape" of folk music.[5] The risk of making music counter to the mainstream of rock music paid off with the album's success.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by John Mellencamp, except where noted.

  1. "Paper in Fire" – 3:51
  2. "Down and Out in Paradise" – 3:37
  3. "Check It Out" – 4:19
  4. "The Real Life" – 3:57
  5. "Cherry Bomb" – 4:47
  6. "We Are the People" – 4:17
  7. "Empty Hands" (Mellencamp/Green) – 3:43
  8. "Hard Times for an Honest Man" – 3:27
  9. "Hotdogs and Hamburgers" – 4:04
  10. "Rooty Toot Toot" – 3:29
  11. "Blues from the Front Porch" (2005 re-issue bonus track) – 2:02

[edit] Personnel

  • John Mellencamp – vocal, guitar
  • Kenny Aronoff – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Larry Crane – guitars, mandolin, harmonica, autoharp, banjo, backing vocals
  • John Cascella – accordion, keyboards, saxophone, melodica, penny whistle, claves
  • Lisa Germano – fiddle
  • Toby Myers – bass guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Pat Peterson – backing vocals, cowbell, tambourine
  • Crystal Taliefero – backing vocals
  • Mike Wanchic – guitars, dobro, banjo, dulcimer, backing vocals

[edit] Charts

Album

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canadian Top Albums[3] 1
German Albums[6] 41
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[7] 24
Norwegian Top 40 Albums[8] 16
Swedish Top 60 Albums[9] 6
Swiss Top 100 Albums[10] 10
UK Albums Chart[11] 31
US Billboard 200[12] 6
US Country Albums[12] 63
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian Top 50 Albums[13] 10
New Zealand Top 50 Albums[14] 3

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Paper in Fire" The Billboard Hot 100 9
1987 "Paper in Fire" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1987 "Hard Times For An Honest Man" Mainstream Rock Tracks 10
1987 "Cherry Bomb" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1988 "Cherry Bomb" The Billboard Hot 100 8
1988 "Cherry Bomb" Adult Contemporary 12
1988 "The Real Life" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1988 "Check It Out" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1988 "Check It Out" The Billboard Hot 100 14
1988 "Rooty Toot Toot" Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
1988 "Rooty Toot Toot" The Billboard Hot 100 61

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database. 
  2. ^ a b c (1987) Album notes for The Lonesome Jubilee by John Cougar Mellencamp [CD liner]. Mercury Records (832 465-2).
  3. ^ a b "100 Albums" (PHP). RPM Vol. 47 (No. 9). December 5, 1987. ISSN 0315-5994. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0907&type=2&interval=50&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Gold & Platinum Database Results" (ASPX). Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b White, Timothy (1997). "Who's to Say the Way a Man Should Spend His Days: The First Two Hundred Years of the John Mellencamp Story" [CD liner]. Album notes for The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 by John Mellencamp. New York City, New York, United States: Mercury Records (314 536 738-2).
  6. ^ "Album – John Cougar Mellencamp, The Lonesome Jubilee" (in German) (ASP). Media Control Charts. http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&title=The+Lonesome+Jubilee&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  7. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (Album)" (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&titel=The+Lonesome+Jubilee&cat=a. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  8. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (Album)" (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&titel=The+Lonesome+Jubilee&cat=a. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  9. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (Album)" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&titel=The+Lonesome+Jubilee&cat=a. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  10. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (Album)" (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&titel=The+Lonesome+Jubilee&cat=a. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 3rd October 1987". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/1987-10-03/. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  12. ^ a b "The Lonesome Jubilee – John Cougar Mellencamp". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/john-mellencamp/the-lonesome-jubilee/11477. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  13. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (Album)" (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&titel=The+Lonesome+Jubilee&cat=a. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
  14. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (Album)" (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&titel=The+Lonesome+Jubilee&cat=a. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 
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