John Mellencamp

This two-disc collection reaches across the breadth of Mellencamp's career to gather his best moments. The singer's knack for combining the Boss, Van Morrison and the aesthetics of the decade he was most active in (the 1980s) is on full display. The strength of Mellencamp's later material will be a revelation to some.

Words and Music is more than just an impressive retrospective from the bard of Belmont,
Indiana. It's also proof positive that a man who calls himself "Little Bastard" can overcome
anything -- even having a dangerous "Cougar" thrust into his name. On a number of fronts,
Words and Music offers a compelling overview, including not only all the obvious hits
("Small Town," "Pink Houses," "Jack and Diane," "Hurts So Good," among them) bu... More >