Genre: Rock
Original Release: 3/29/2005
1. Hurts So Good
3:41
2. Jack & Diane
4:16
3. Hand To Hold On To
3:26
4. Danger List
4:29
5. Can You Take It
3:33
6. Thundering Hearts
7. China Girl
3:35
8. Close Enough
3:40
9. Weakest Moments
4:09
10. American Fool
3:46
John Cougar's first albums were so bereaved of strong material that the lean swagger of American Fool came as a shock. The difference is evident from the opening song, "Hurts So Good," a hard, Stonesy rocker with an irresistibly sleazy hook. Cougar never wrote anything as catchy as this before, nor had his romantic vision of small-town America resonated like it did on "Jack & Diane," a minor and remarkably affecting sketch of dead-end romance. These two songs are the only true keepers on American Fool Read More
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