Life Death Love and Freedom

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Binding: Audio CD
Published: 2008-07-15

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Life Death Love and Freedom
by: John Mellencamp

Editorial Review:

The man who has been called `the poet laureate of the interstate' has reached deep into his soul, bringing forth an album of unparalleled maturity powered by a piercing musical vision. Produced by T Bone Burnett ("O' Brother Where Art Thou," Robert Plant, Allison Krauss)
Two disc package includes CD and high quality audio DVD.
After Freedom's Road, his first album in five years, John Mellencamp made it clear why he had such loyal fans. He's made a career out of making himself vulnerable, with lyrics that undeniably come from the heart, and aided by his guitar, he generates a mood that's more Americana melancholy than pop. After a year of being somewhat of a recluse, Mellencamp is back with 14 tracks filled with anguish, pain, resentment, and frustration. In songs like "If I Die Sudden," "Don't Need This Body," and "Troubled Land," the singer-songwriter seems to be more like the Americana equivalent to Damien Rice rather than Bob Dylan, to whom he's been compared to before. It's a disc that, as my friend says, you can listen to while kicking a can and walking the streets. --Ernesto Sánchez (People en Español )
Después de Freedom's Road, su primer álbum en cinco años, John Mellencamp dejó en claro porqué tiene un séquito de fans tan leal. Durante su carrera se ha desvivido por mostrar su vulnerabilidad y al mismo tiempo proporcionar confort al escucha con líricas que innegablemente salen de su corazón, y con inseparable guitarra cuyo sonido lo coloca más en el melancólico género americana que en el pop. Un año después de su regreso tras su auto reclusión, Mellencamp vuelve con 14 temas llenos de angustia, dolor, arrepentimiento y enojo. En temas como "If I Die Sudden," "Don't Need This Body," y "Troubled Land," el cantautor parece ser la respuesta en Americana a Damien Rice más que a Bob Dylan, con quien muchas veces se le llega a comparar. Eso no tiene nada malo, es un disco, como diría un amigo, para "patear latas mientras caminas escuchándolo" a gusto. --Ernesto Sánchez (People en Español )

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

John Mellencamp's New Release: Excellent Record:

I got this for Christmas. I am not an overwhelming Mellencamp fan. However, this CD is incredible! It is very well written, thought provoking and not overly cynical. I was grabbed by the first song. If you are looking for something quietly brilliant, understated but with a punch, this is the CD!!! I agree with one of the other reviewers, it is his best CD in a decade.

#5:

Rolling Stone recently listed this album as the #5 best album of 2008. I thought, "Jeepers creepers, maybe I better listen again." I understand that Mellencamp is a great story teller. I understand that because this is a darker album that this will appeal to people that aren't cheerful. However, I found the music boring. Gone is the melodic imagination that has marked the best of the Cougar's work. The songs go up on one line and down on the next. Unfortunately, that's the pattern over and over and over. My... more info

John Mellencamp On The Morning After?:

I am not implying with this review that this CD sounds like a hangover-it doesn't. This is actually one of only two John Mellencamp albums I purchased (the other is the wonderful The Lonesome Jubilee) and the other reviews here already explain how different this is from an album like that so I won't go into it again-why preach to the converted?Anyway yes this isn't exactly the happy singalong kind of rock tunes of Mellencamp's fast. At the same time there's no indication he intended anything like that to... more info

So unique and so fresh!:

This isn't the typical John Mellencamp, but it's still incredible music. Very passionate and very folksy. It's part Knopfler, part Dylan. It's so sincere and feels like the kind of music Mellencamp was born to sing.

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