Other People's Stuff

by John Mellencamp

Overview

John Mellencamp gives away the intent of Other People's Stuff with its titles: it's a collection of covers, ten songs recorded between 1993 and 2018. Some of these songs come from tribute albums or soundtracks -- "Gambling Bar Room Blues" is taken from a 1997 tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, "I Don't Know Why I Love You" was pulled from 2003's An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs -- but most come from Mellencamp's studio albums. The notable exception is "Eyes on the Prize," a song he originally performed for President Barack Obama at the White House in 2010, here given a robust new version that sits along the rest of the oldies quite easily, playing as a slice of Americana that can also be read as protest song. Not everything on Other People's Stuff is politically charged -- Robert Johnson's "Stones in My Passway" is merely haunted, for instance -- but taken as a whole, the album can be read as a summation of what Mellencamp loves about America, which amounts to a political statement in 2018. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/07/2018
Label:	Island / Republic
UPC:	0602567995548
Rank:	189601

Tracks

1. To the River
2. Gambling Bar Room Blues
3. Teardrops Will Fall
4. In My Time of Dying
5. Mobile Blue
6. Eyes on the Prize
7. Dark as a Dungeon
8. Stones in My Passway
9. Wreck of the Old 97
10. I Don't Know Why I Love You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Mellencamp   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jon Vezner   Composer
Marion Smith   Composer
Lisa Germano   Musician
Scott Davis   Assistant Engineer
Lula Mae Hardaway   Composer
Ray Kennedy   Engineer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Dane Clark   Musician
Michael Ramos   Musician
Mike Wanchic   Musician
Mickey Newbury   Composer
Courtney Kaiser   Musician
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Henry Whitter   Composer
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band   Musician
Paul Riser   Composer
Andy York   Musician
Toby Myers   Musician
Pat Peterson   Musician
Charles W. Noell   Composer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Troye Kinnett   Musician
Heather Headley   Musician
John Gunnell   Musician
Michael Clark   Musician
Joe Spix   Design,Art Direction
Dave Alldred   Composer
Rick Fettig   Assistant Engineer
Myrna Suarez   Photography
Shelly Lee Alley   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul Mahern   Engineer,Musician
Kenny Aronoff   Musician
Miriam Sturm   Musician
Larry Crane   Musician
John Cascella   Musician
Carlene Carter   Musician
Don Hunter   Composer
Fred Lewey   Composer
Janis Ian   Composer
David Leonard   Engineer
Janas Hoyt   Musician
David Grissom   Musician
John Mellencamp   Design,Composer,Producer,Paintings,Art Direction
Merle Travis   Composer