The Best That I Could Do
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Limited vinyl LP pressing. The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is the first greatest hits compilation album by singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released by Mercury Records in 1997. It compiles Mellencamp's most popular material recorded during his first decade with Riva and Mercury Records, beginning with 1978's A Biography, up through 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, with a new recording of Terry Reid's "Without Expression". Mellencamp picked the songs for the album and also came up with the title for the album. The album reached #33 on the Billboard 200. This album and Rough Harvest came about because, after leaving Mercury Records for Columbia Records, Mellencamp still owed the label two more albums.
- 1 I Need a Lover 5:37
- 2 Ain't Even Done with the Night 4:38
- 3 Hurts So Good 3:39
- 4 Jack & Diane 4:15
- 5 Crumblin' Down 3:35
- 6 Pink Houses 4:44
- 7 Authority Song 3:49
- 8 Lonely Ol' Night 3:45
- 9 Small Town 3:40
- 10 R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock) 2:55
- 11 Paper in Fire 3:51
- 12 Cherry Bomb 4:49
- 13 Check It Out 4:20
- 14 Without Expression 5:05