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Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings
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RogerS.Jul 23, 2008
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MarcB.Jul 21, 2008He Is Back With A Monster! Album! Could be his best work yet. Nice to see some artful writings for a change instead of all the bubble gum stuff we hear today.
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PatrickM.Jul 22, 2008Seems even Mellencamp's harshest critics have admitted this is a damn fine album.
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williamb.Aug 16, 2008Mellencamp has never created a classic, all time great album, but has made a lot of excellent ones with a few flaws. Near misses if you will. LDL&F is up there with Scarcrow, The Lonesome Jubilee, Human Wheels and may even be better than than those as a whole.
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Searching for a ray of lyrical light in John Mellencamp's latest treatise on the state of the world proves consuming—but largely fruitless. That, however, makes the album all the more compelling.
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Though he may be contemplating mortality, Mellencamp, with his weathered snarl, still sounds remarkably alive.
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Mellencamp teamed up with producer T Bone Burnett to create a whole new sound--a set of textured, atmospheric folk and country blues that adds up to one of the most compelling albums of Mellencamp's career.