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Album Number Two Hundred Seventy One. “Scarecrow” is the eighth studio album by John Mellencamp. Released in August 1985, it peaked at #2 on the U.S. chart. My copy is on #rivarecords - 824 865-1 M-1. This album contained three Top 10 hits, a record for a #johnmellencamp album: "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.," which peaked at #2 in the U.S.; "Lonely Ol' Night," which peaked at #6; and "Small Town," which also peaked at #6. "Lonely Ol' Night" also peaked at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, his second chart-topping single on this chart. In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine ranked #scarecrowalbum #95 on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s, saying: "Scarecrow consolidated the band's rugged, roots-rock thrash and the ongoing maturation of #johncougarmellencamp's lyrics." #rockandroll #theeighties #heartlandrock #albumcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CZmDdjbuGP3/?utm_medium=tumblr

Album Number Two Hundred Seventy. “Uh-Huh” is a 1983 album by John Cougar Mellencamp, a stage name for #johnmellencamp and a transition from his early work under the name #johncougar. It was Mellencamp's seventh studio album and the first in which he used his real last name. It charted at #9 on the Billboard 200. My copy is on #rivarecords - RVL 7504 #UhHuh contained three Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits: "Crumblin' Down" (#9), "Pink Houses" (#8), and "Authority Song" (#15). In 1989, it was ranked No. 32 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. #rockandroll #theeighties #heartlandrock https://www.instagram.com/p/CZhZQSfu9tl/?utm_medium=tumblr

Album Number Two Hundred Sixty Nine. “American Fool” is the fifth studio album by #johncougarmellencamp released under the stage name #johncougar in 1982. The album was his commercial breakthrough, holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard album chart for nine weeks. My copy is on #rivarecords - RVL 7501, a product of #polygramrecords. Producer Don Gehman stated in a 2011 interview that #AmericanFool was fraught with layers of problems. "We had 20 or so songs, we had a record company that was hoping we were making a #neildiamond‑type album, and after we spent two or three months in the studio recording these songs and mixing them to the best of our ability, I can remember an A&R guy in a pink shirt coming in to listen to them and basically thinking we had nothing. At that point, they put a stop to the project. We had ‘#jackanddiane’ we had ‘#handtoholdonto,’ we had ‘Weakest Moments’ — we had some good songs — and while I don’t know the precise nature of the discussions that took place, Riva went from wanting to get a new producer to not even wanting John on the label anymore. Finally, they came around to letting us finish it but wanting to hear the new songs we were going to cut." #rockandroll #heartlandrock #theeighties #mtvvideos https://www.instagram.com/p/CZeXXQIOTlr/?utm_medium=tumblr

Album Number Two Hundred Sixty Eight “John Cougar” is the third studio album by #johnmellencamp . It was his first album to be released by his new record company #rivarecords and to credit him as "#johncougar ". Released in 1979, following the success in Australia of the single "I Need a Lover" from his previous album A Biography (which did not receive a U.S. release), John Cougar included the aforementioned track for U.S. audiences, as well as a re-working of A Biography's "Taxi Dancer". My copy is on Riva Records - RVL 7401, distributed by Polygram Records. On his inspiration for writing "#ineedalover “ , his first Top 40 hit, Mellencamp said: "The song's about a friend of mine who goes to Concordia College. When that song was written, he was pretty sad. He was . . . livin’ in his bedroom. I told him, ‘You got to get the hell out of the house!’ He’d say, ‘Man, if I only had a girl, she’d make me forget my problems.’ I just said, ‘Well . . . ’" #johncougarmellencamp #theeighties #eightiesmusic #mtvvideos https://www.instagram.com/p/CZcnNT8u1gr/?utm_medium=tumblr

Credit to from @articulatedvinyl - I'm positive Star-Lord is not an American Fool, and has John Cougar on one of his mix tapes. John is a founding member of Farm Aid, while Star-Lord is a founding member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. These two American treasures' similarities know absolutely no boundaries, including those make-you-melt piercing eyes. And, this album pierced the charts back in its day in the early 80s, making this John's breakthrough album with songs you can't help but sing your heart out to. #johncougar #johnmellencamp #americanfool #rivarecords #marvel #marvellegends #starlord #guardiansofthegalaxy #classicrock #heartlandrock - #regrann