Mr Happy Go Lucky (New Cover Art)

John Mellencamp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 1996)
• Original Release Date: December 6, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001EPX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,046 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Jerry

3. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)

4. Just Another Day

5. This May Not Be the End of the World

6. Emotional Love

7. Mr. Bellows

8. The Full Catastrophe

9. Circling Around the Moon

10. Large World Turning

11. Jackamo Road

12. Life Is Hard

Editorial Reviews

The Definitive Remaster of Mr. Happy Go Lucky includes newly remastered sound and upgraded packaging. Remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering utilizing the original master tapes. Packaging will feature lyrics and complete artwork. Scheduled to include a bonus track. Def Jam. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally underated, August 28, 2005

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Steve (Skiing Somewhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr Happy Go Lucky (Audio CD)

Persoanlly, I think this is the best Mellancamp album. Clearly John's brush with death (heart attack before this) left him focused and it shows in this album. Not your typical Mellancamp effort - many fans might be left somewhat confused and disappointed, but from a more objective perspective this might be his best album. Integrated and thematically consistent in a way that many of his others albums are not. One could think of this as his "Sgt. Pepper." Highly reccommended for anyone.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars transcendent and hypnotic, September 25, 2004

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Brian Miller "History Guy" (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr Happy Go Lucky (New Cover Art) (Audio CD)

I've been a Melloncamp fan for decades now and return to his albums again and again when I need an authentic music encounter. Mr. Happy Go Lucky is by far his best complete work. The album is a seemless dark journey that is strangely humerous and sad. Not a moment on this disk is dull or boring;hen you put it on you are compelled to listen to it top to bottom. Of all his disks, and I have them all, this is the one I grab on the way out of a burning house.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mellencamp's best album, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mr Happy Go Lucky (New Cover Art) (Audio CD)

As so often happens in music, one of Mellencamp's least-heralded album's turns out to be his finest. From start to finish it is a complete collage of powerful, compelling, moving tunes. This album does indeed have a "dark and witty" character: from the haunting "Overture" and "Jerry" to the darkish, powerful pop of "Just Another Day" and "Life is Hard," to the uplifting, optimistic "Key West Intermezzo" (about John's wife), Mellencamp has crafted a complex bit of pieces that, put together, form a masterpiece. Would that more people felt the joy I receive from this album!!