Title: A weak debut.
Review: Mellencamp's second album, but first to be released in the states, is the typical first album that does not hint at the greatness soon to come.The only song remotely familiar to the general public is "I Need A Lover", famously covered by Pat Benatar. It shows his ability to write a pop song, and write it well, the rest of the album suffers from what "A Biography" also did...weak songs with cliched sounds. The production gets better, and there is definite progress being made if you compare it to "A Biography".However, here in the U.S. we didn't, and this album was ignored. And listening to it now, you can't really blame us for doing so.If I'm being honest (oh dear...I'm sounding like Simon Cowell...) this is an album I probably won't listen to again.Again, I think this album will appeal to hardcore Mellen-heads (like me) as you can't believe the guy who made "Scarecrow" made something like this...One more thing: the remastering on this and the rest of the series is spectacular.
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