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Other People's Stuff

Compilation album by

John Mellencamp

Released

December 7, 2018

Studio

Belmont Mall Studios, Belmont, Indiana

Genre

Roots rock

Length

34:18

Language

English

Label

Republic

Producer

John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp chronology

Plain Spoken: From the Chicago Theatre
(2018)

Other People's Stuff
(2018)

Strictly a One-Eyed Jack
(2022)

Other People's Stuff is a compilation album of cover songs by American roots rock musician John Mellencamp. The collection was released by Republic Records on December 7, 2018. The album collects cover songs that Mellencamp previously recorded for various tribute albums, a documentary soundtrack and four of his own studio albums over the past 25 years. The album contains only one song not previously available—a 2012 studio recording of “Eyes on the Prize”, which was the album's only single.

Several of the songs have been at least slightly remixed from their initial release. The CD version of “Teardrops Will Fall,” originally released on Mellencamp's 2003 covers album Trouble No More, is recast as a duet with Karen Fairchild from Little Big Town, with her newly recorded vocal remixed in with Mellencamp's original 2003 vocal. The vinyl and digital versions of the album do not include Fairchild's contribution.

While "I Don't Know Why I Love You" was originally released in 2003, Mellencamp recorded it in 1987 during the sessions for his The Lonesome Jubilee album.

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars, calling it a "summation of what Mellencamp loves about America."^[1] In Paste, Lee Zimmerman gave the recording a 7.2 out of 10, writing that several songs "maintain that sense of resolve, yet still offer due reverence to the originals."^[2]

The album debuted at the top of the Top Rock Albums chart.^[3]

Track listing

"To the River" – 3:32 (originally from 1993's Human Wheels)
"Gambling Bar Room Blues" – 3:14 (originally from 1997's The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers – A Tribute)
"Teardrops Will Fall" – 4:16 (originally from 2003's Trouble No More)
"In My Time of Dying" – 3:01 (originally from 1999's Rough Harvest)
"Mobile Blue" – 3:01 (originally from 2017's Sad Clowns & Hillbillies)
"Eyes on the Prize" – 2:45 (new recording, song previously performed at The White House in 2010)
"Dark as a Dungeon" – 4:10 (originally from the 2017 National Geographic Channel documentary From the Ashes)
"Stones in My Passway" – 3:13 (originally from 2003's Trouble No More)
"Wreck of the Old 97" – 3:58 (originally from 2004's The Rose and The Briar)
"I Don't Know Why I Love You" – 3:08 (originally from 2003's An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs)

Personnel

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John Mellencamp – vocals, guitar, paintings, art direction, production

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Scott Davis – assistant engineering
Rick Fettig – assistant engineering
Ray Kennedy – engineering
David Leonard – engineering
Joe Spix – art direction and design
Myrna Suarez – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[4]	70
US Billboard 200^[5]	7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[7]	90

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Other People's Stuff – John Mellencamp". AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
^ Zimmerman, Lee (December 4, 2018). "John Mellencamp: Other People's Stuff Review". Paste. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
^ Rutherford, Kevin (December 19, 2018). "John Mellencamp Debuts at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums with Other People's Stuff". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
^ "Swisscharts.com – John Mellencamp – Other People's Stuff". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "John Mellencamp Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "John Mellencamp Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

v t e John Mellencamp
Studio albums	Chestnut Street Incident (1976) A Biography (1978) John Cougar (1979) Nothin' Matters and What If It Did (1980) American Fool (1982) The Kid Inside (1983) Uh-huh (1983) Scarecrow (1985) The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) Big Daddy (1989) Whenever We Wanted (1991) Human Wheels (1993) Dance Naked (1994) Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996) John Mellencamp (1998) Rough Harvest (1999) Cuttin' Heads (2001) Trouble No More (2003) Freedom's Road (2007) Life, Death, Love and Freedom (2008) No Better Than This (2010) Plain Spoken (2014) Sad Clowns & Hillbillies (2017) Strictly a One-Eyed Jack (2022) Orpheus Descending (2023)
Live albums	Life, Death, Live and Freedom (2009) Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall (2014) Plain Spoken: From the Chicago Theatre (2018)
Compilations	The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 (1997) Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits (2004) On the Rural Route 7609 (2010) Other People's Stuff (2018)
Notable singles	"I Need a Lover" "This Time" "Ain't Even Done with the Night" "Hurts So Good" "Jack & Diane" "Crumblin' Down" "Pink Houses" "Lonely Ol' Night" "Small Town" "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." "Paper in Fire" "Cherry Bomb" "Check It Out" "Pop Singer" "Wild Night" "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" "Just Another Day" "Peaceful World" "Walk Tall" "Our Country" "My Sweet Love"
Other singles	"What Say You" (with Travis Tritt)
Related	Discography George Green Farm Aid Falling from Grace (1992) Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2012) Elaine Irwin Meg Ryan

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