Johnny Cougar - A Biography (Rmastered, Reissue) (1978/2005)
BAND/ARTIST: Johnny Cougar
- Title: A Biography
- Year Of Release: 1978/2005
- Label: Mercury/Island Records
- Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Southern Rock
- Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
- Total Time: 46:28
- Total Size: 337 Mb (scans)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Born Reckless
02. Factory
03. Night Slumming
04. Taxi Dancer
05. I Need A Lover
06. Alley Of The Angels
07. High C Cherrie
08. Where The Sidewalk Ends
09. Let Them Run Your Lives
10. Goodnight
Bonus Track:
11. I Need A Lover (UK Single Version)
Line-up:
Johnny Cougar – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals
Brian BecVar – keyboards, background vocals
Larry Crane – guitars, background vocals
Robert "Ferd" Frank – bass, background vocals
Tom Knowles – drums, background vocals
Andy Mackay – saxophones
Ann Odell – string arrangement on "Taxi Dancer"
David Steen – photography
A Biography is John Mellencamp's second released album (third recorded), and last credited to his then-stage name "Johnny Cougar." Recorded in London, it was released in the U.K. and Australia by Riva Records on March 6, 1978.
Due to poor sales of Mellencamp's debut album, Chestnut Street Incident, A Biography did not receive a U.S. release upon its 1978 debut. Two of its tracks, "Taxi Dancer" and the single "I Need a Lover," were also included on his 1979 album John Cougar, which was released in the U.S.
In Australia, however, "I Need a Lover" became Top 10 hit, giving Mellencamp his first taste of success. The song would eventually crack the Top 40 in the U.S. in late 1979 when released as a single from his John Cougar album. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine described "I Need a Lover" as Mellencamp's "first good song."
Due to poor sales of Mellencamp's debut album, Chestnut Street Incident, A Biography did not receive a U.S. release upon its 1978 debut. Two of its tracks, "Taxi Dancer" and the single "I Need a Lover," were also included on his 1979 album John Cougar, which was released in the U.S.
In Australia, however, "I Need a Lover" became Top 10 hit, giving Mellencamp his first taste of success. The song would eventually crack the Top 40 in the U.S. in late 1979 when released as a single from his John Cougar album. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine described "I Need a Lover" as Mellencamp's "first good song."
Oldies | Folk | Rock | FLAC / APE
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