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American Fool (Remaster) (CD)

By: John Cougar (Artist)

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DISC 1 for American Fool (Remaster) (CD) Album By John Cougar (Artist)
1   Hurts So Good
2   Jack And Diane
3   Hand To Hold On To
4   Danger List
5   Can You Take It
6   Thundering Hearts
7   China Girl
8   Close Enough
9   Weakest Moments
10   American Fool - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
 

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CMJ (1/5/04, p.10) - Ranked #19 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1982".

Title Note

Personnel: John Cougar (vocals, guitar); Larry Crane, Mike Wanchic (guitar); George "Chocolate" Perry (bass); Ken Aronoff (drums).

Personnel: John Cougar; Kenny Aronoff, Larry Crane , Mike Wanchic, George "Chocolate" Perry.

Recording information: Criteria Studio, Miami, Florida; Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California (1982).

John Cougar and the American listening public became inseparable after this landmark album arrived in 1982. While AMERICAN FOOL wasn't John Cougar's first full-length recording, it was the one wherein he gained commercial and artistic footing, and established a formula that would become his trademark style--simple roots-rock melodies with stirring choruses, unguardedly emotional vocals, and lyrics that reflect the experiences of the common man.

Album opener "Hurts So Good" is a playful rocker (with a dangerously catchy refrain) that has become part of the pop canon, and "Jack & Diane" is one of the great slice-of-life songs of the '80s. While both songs loom large, other overlooked treasures include "China Girl," with its cheeky faux-Chinese guitar riff, and the ballad "Weakest Moments," which blends transcendent acoustic-guitar changes with a gorgeous, careworn melody. Here and elsewhere on this well-written record, Cougar proves he's nobody's fool.

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