Album Info
| Artist: | John Cougar Mellencamp |
| Album: | Orpheus Descending |
| Released: | USA, 2023 |
Tracklist:
| A1 | Hey God | 3:57 |
| A2 | The Eyes of Portland | 4:29 |
| A5 | The So-Called Free | 5:02 |
| A4 | The Kindness of Lovers | 5:33 |
| A5 | Amen | 3:24 |
| A6 | Orpheus Descending | 3:25 |
| B1 | Understated Reverence | 3:36 |
| B2 | One More Trick | 3:55 |
| B3 | Lightning and Luck | 6:35 |
| B4 | Perfect World | 3:57 |
| B5 | Backbone | 5:09 |
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Description
On Hey God, the guitar chugs while Mellencamp’s rasp bites, protest music with barroom air. John Cougar Mellencamp - Orpheus Descending is his late-period report from the front porch, stripped but stubbornly tuneful. Across The Eyes of Portland, he leans into a stark acoustic sway and calls homelessness by its name. These songs work best at night, car windows down, when the grit sits right. He produced it himself, keeping tempos unhurried and the edges rough. The themes are blunt, but the writing sticks to real people and small details. If you’d rather order online, you can buy John Mellencamp records online with us. This LP pressing opens the room up; low end sits deeper and imaging is more focused. His band keeps clear space around the lyric, letting the stories land. File it alongside late-period Springsteen, but Mellencamp stays closer to small-town fable than arena uplift. For Melbourne listeners raised on Scarecrow but hungry for something leaner, this hits a lived-in sweet spot. Available to buy online with quick delivery Australia wide, or pick it up in our Melbourne record store.
