I'm giving this a 5* review based only on the fact that these would be the songs from John Mellencamp aka John Cougar aka John Cougar Mellencamp.  I like the guy, I like his music, but this is all I need.  I'm so into his music that I have to have everything that was ever released and a flock of "never before released" songs.  Even with this I could whittle it down a tad.  There are a few songs I could do without, but I'm not going to program the disc player to pass 'em up.

Sonically, this is a very pleasing disc.  I like that all the songs have the same "volume".  I hate having to tweak my volume because one song was recorded differently on a different album.  Good job, engineers and producers.

We will all crank up the volume when the Authority Song comes on and sing along.  We might even do that same with Cherry Bomb.  Mellencamp was/is a damn good musician.  What he puts out for public listening, singles, I'll gladly listen to.
I'm giving this a 5* review based only on the fact that these would be the songs from John Mellencamp aka John Cougar aka John Cougar Mellencamp. I like the guy, I like his music, but this is all I need. I'm so into his music that I have to have everything that was ever released and a flock of "never before released" songs. Even with this I could whittle it down a tad. There are a few songs I could do without, but I'm not going to program the disc player to pass 'em up. Sonically, this is a very pleasing disc. I like that all the songs have the same "volume". I hate having to tweak my volume because one song was recorded differently on a different album. Good job, engineers and producers. We will all crank up the volume when the Authority Song comes on and sing along. We might even do that same with Cherry Bomb. Mellencamp was/is a damn good musician. What he puts out for public listening, singles, I'll gladly listen to.