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1982 studio album by John Cougar
American Fool
Studio album by
John Cougar
Released
April 27, 1982 (1982-04-27)
Studio
Cherokee, Hollywood
Criteria, Miami
Genre
Rock, heartland rock
Length
34:26
Label
Riva
Producer
John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
John Cougar chronology
Nothin' Matters and What If It Did (1980)
American Fool (1982)
The Kid Inside (1983)
Singles from American Fool
"Hurts So Good" Released: April 1982
"Jack & Diane" Released: July 1982
"Hand to Hold On To" Released: October 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[1]
Robert Christgau
B[2]
Rolling Stone
[3]
American Fool is the fifth studio album by John Mellencamp, released under the stage name John Cougar in 1982. The album was his commercial breakthrough, holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard album chart for nine consecutive weeks.
A remastered version of American Fool was released on Mercury/Island/UMe on March 29, 2005; it includes one bonus track, the previously unreleased title track.[4]
^Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "American Fool". Allmusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
^Christgau, Robert. "CG: Artist 688". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
^Emerson, Ken (September 2, 1982). "American Fool". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
^"John Mellencamp - Official Website :: Discography". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21.
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