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Life Death Love and Freedom | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Mellencamp
Label: Hear Music
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 86
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 30822
UPC: 888072308220
EAN: 0888072308220
ASIN: B0018Q7K4O
Release Date: July 15, 2008
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Condition: Ships first class from New York City. All items are official products and come with all the original inserts, unless otherwise noted. We have a positive feedback rating of 96% - buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
| • | Longest Days | | • | My Sweet Love | | • | If I Die Sudden | | • | Troubled Land | | • | Young Without Lovers | | • | John Cockers | | • | Don't Need This Body | | • | A Ride Back Home | | • | Without A Shot | | • | Jena | | • | Mean | | • | County Fair | | • | For The Children | | • | A Brand New Song |
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People en Español
After Freedom's Road, his first album in five years, John Mellencamp made it clear why he had such loyal fans. He's made a career out of making himself vulnerable, with lyrics that undeniably come from the heart, and aided by his guitar, he generates a mood that's more Americana melancholy than pop. After a year of being somewhat of a recluse, Mellencamp is back with 14 tracks filled with anguish, pain, resentment, and frustration. In songs like "If I Die Sudden," "Don't Need This Body," and "Troubled Land," the singer-songwriter seems to be more like the Americana equivalent to Damien Rice rather than Bob Dylan, to whom he's been compared to before. It's a disc that, as my friend says, you can listen to while kicking a can and walking the streets. --Ernesto Sanchez (People en Espanol  ) Despues de Freedom's Road, su primer album en cinco anos, John Mellencamp dejo en claro porque tiene un sequito de fans tan leal. Durante su carrera se ha desvivido por mostrar su vulnerabilidad y al mismo tiempo proporcionar confort al escucha con liricas que innegablemente salen de su corazon, y con inseparable guitarra cuyo sonido lo coloca mas en el melancolico genero americana que en el pop. Un ano despues de su regreso tras su auto reclusion, Mellencamp vuelve con 14 temas llenos de angustia, dolor, arrepentimiento y enojo. En temas como "If I Die Sudden," "Don't Need This Body," y "Troubled Land," el cantautor parece ser la respuesta en Americana a Damien Rice mas que a Bob Dylan, con quien muchas veces se le llega a comparar. Eso no tiene nada malo, es un disco, como diria un amigo, para "patear latas mientras caminas escuchandolo" a gusto. --Ernesto Sanchez (People en Espanol )
Album Description
The man who has been called `the poet laureate of the interstate' has reached deep into his soul, bringing forth an album of unparalleled maturity powered by a piercing musical vision. Produced by T Bone Burnett ("O' Brother Where Art Thou," Robert Plant, Allison Krauss) Two disc package includes CD and high quality audio DVD.
Album Description
2008 release includes Audio DVD. About Life, Death, Love & Freedom was produced by T Bone Burnett (O' Brother Where Art Thou, Robert Plant with Allison Krauss). All songs written by John Mellencamp who has been called `the poet laureate of the interstate' and he reaches deep into his soul, bringing forth an album of unparalleled maturity powered by a piercing musical vision. This is a special two disc package CD with high quality audio DVD. This is the first-ever release in CODE, a proprietary audio technology that creates high-definition audio files that are virtually indistinguishable from the original master tapes. John Mellencamp has sold 12 million CDs in the SoundScan era alone! He was inducted earlier this year into the Rock`N'Roll Hall Fame and he is a Grammy Award winner. The album's first single is 'My Sweet Love'. 14 tracks.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 60 more reviews...
3.5 Stars... Mellencamp struggles with getting older September 7, 2008
Paul Allaer (Cincinnati)
John Mellencamp has been in the music industry over 30 years, and on this, his 23rd studio album, he mostly zeroes in on what it's like to age (Mellencamp is 56 now), and death.
"Life Death Love and Freedom" (14 tracks; 50 min.) is as far away from his early/mid-1980s heyday as a mainstream hit-making artist as he's ever recorded before. Once cannot miss the almost constant focus in the songs on getting older and death. "If I die sudden/Don't tell anyone/There ain't nobody needs to know" laments Mellencamp on "If I Die Sudden". And "This getting older/Ain't for cowards/This getting older/Is a lot to go through" he croons on "Don't Need This Body". The production by T-Bone Burnett is exquisite (although not as pervasive as on the outstanding Robert Plant/Alison Krauss album). Be aware: there are no sing-along songs here at all (just to give you an idea: drums are featured on only 6 of the 14 tracks).
In all, while this is certainly not a bad album, this is generally a downbeat listen throughout, making me wonder what makes Mellencamp get up in the morning... I saw Mellencamp in July on his current tour, and not surprisingly he didn't play a lot of these songs, 3 or 4 in a solo-setting with just acoustic guitar midway through his set, which absolutely killed the fun vibe of the show.
 Three and 1/2 stars; above average September 6, 2008
Dan E. Buoy (OH United States)
I read the reviews posted here, and this album is either the greatest Mellencamp album ever (it's not), or the equivalent of a musical train wreck (not that either). For me, it falls squarely between the two. I had to listen to it easily a dozen times for some of the songs to grow on me, and because I love Mellencamp, I did. Unlike his better known earlier albums, this one did not grab me instantly, but if you're looking to like it, you will. If you're looking to relive the 1980s, look elsewhere. Good folk sound throughout, one tune will evoke recent Dylan, others contemporary country, still others escape immediate categorization. Worth the price? For me, yes.
Muito violao, pouca bateria September 6, 2008
L. Picon (Porto Alegre, Brasil)
Sou fa de John Mellencamp ha muito tempo, e ao longo dos anos ele vem lancando bons discos e outros nem tanto. O anterior "Freedoms Road" e perfeito para voce pegar uma estrada. Ja este ultimo repleto de baladas folk, talvez pela producao do tal Burnett, nao pega tao bem. Nao que seja ruim, longe disso, mas falta aquela energia rock com um baterista da qualidade de Ken Aronoff.
A lot of death and not enough life, love and freedom September 5, 2008
R. Kyle (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been a career-long fan of John Mellencamp and I still like this CD. The production by T. Bone Burnett is stellar. The extra DVD's sound quality is superlative. I am hoping to see more of the CODE disks in the future.
This is the darkest Mellencamp I have ever heard.
"County Fair" is the underside of the bright calliope we remember from childhood. The narrator of this song ends up dead knifed by a stranger. Sadly, no one mourns the dead man. "He shouldn't have been out past 12:00..."
"A Ride Back Home" talks about praying to Jesus to die. The narrator here is so depressed he wants to take his own life, but he's not brave enough.
"Longest Days" talks about growing older.
"If I Die Sudden" is a stark appraisal of what the narrator feels about death.
The lyrics and sound are strong and dark. The CD is heavy listening on a bright day when I'm in a reasonably good mood. I wouldn't recommend anyone listening if they were depressed. Hearing this, I seriously want to offer Mellencamp a hug. It seems like he's got a seriously troubled mind of late.
Rebecca Kyle, September 2008
 classic September 1, 2008
Dawn Sedwick (Denville NJ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is a little depressing but I love it! It is all about life and dying true harsh reality. It has been the only CD I have listened to since i got it! Way to go John
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