Rough Harvest (1999)

About this title: When John Mellencamp left Mercury Records for Columbia in 1997, he owed his longtime label two more albums -- one was a hits collection (The Best That I Could Do), the other was Rough Harvest. Not quite a rarities collection, not quite a live album, Rough Harvest offers a selection of acoustic arrangements of Mellencamp's personal favorites (which happen to lean toward album tracks from the '90s), plus several covers recorded live at his studio, Belmont Mall, in 1997. On paper, this may seem like it's nothing more than a toss-off, just a way to fulfill contractual obligations, but it doesn't ... read more

Tracks:

1. Love and Happiness [Mellencamp]
2. In My Time of Dying [Traditional]
3. Between a Laugh and a Tear [Mellencamp]
4. Human Wheels [Mellencamp/Green]
5. Rain on the Scarecrow [Mellencamp/Green]
6. Farewell, Angelina [Dylan]
7. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) [Mellencamp/Green]
8. Jackie Brown [Mellencamp]
9. When Jesus Left Birmingham [Mellencamp]
10. The Full Catastrophe [Mellencamp]
11. Minutes to Memories [Mellencamp/Green]
12. Under the Boardwalk [Resnick/Young]
13. Wild Night [Live] [Morrison]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.