Genre: Rock
Original Release: 11/18/1997
1. I Need a Lover
5:38
2. Ain't Even Done with the Night
4:37
3. Hurts So Good
3:39
4. Jack and Diane
4:16
5. Crumblin' Down
3:36
6. Pink Houses
4:45
7. Authority Song
3:50
8. Lonely Ol' Night
3:46
9. Small Town
3:41
10. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
2:55
11. Paper in Fire
3:53
12. Cherry Bomb
4:49
13. Check It Out
4:20
14. Without Expression
5:06
The Best That I Could Do is an appropriately self-deprecating title for John Mellencamp's greatest-hits collection, considering that the heartland rocker never seemed too convinced of his own worth. Of course, he had to struggle to get any respect after he was saddled with the stage name Johnny Cougar early in his career, but this 14-track collection proves that he was one of the best, unabashed straight-ahead rockers of the '80s. Fourteen tracks actually turn out to be a little too short to contain all of his great singles -- songs like "Rain on the Scarecrow," "Rumbleseat," "Pop Singer," "Again Tonight" and "What If I Came Knocking" are left off the collection (there's nothing from 1988's Big Daddy Read More
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