John Mellencamp - Big Daddy (1989)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"Big Daddy of Them All" – 3:31
"To Live" – 3:18
"Martha Say" – 3:41
"Theo and Weird Henry" – 4:49
"Jackie Brown" – 4:03
"Pop Singer" – 2:48
"Void in My Heart" – 2:30
"Mansions in Heaven" – 3:06
"Sometimes a Great Notion" – 3:33
"Country Gentleman" – 3:17
"J.M.'s Question" – 3:40
"Let It All Hang Out" (B.B. Cunningham, McEwen, Master, Hunter) – 3:11
"Jackie Brown" (acoustic version) (2005 re-issue bonus track) – 4:24
John Mellencamp Band Members / Musicians
John Mellencamp – vocals, guitar
Larry Crane – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
Kenny Aronoff – drums, percussion, background vocals
Mike Wanchic – electric guitar, bass, dobro, background vocals
Toby Myers – bass guitar, background vocals
John Cascella – accordion, keyboards
Lisa Germano – violin
Pat Peterson – background vocals
Crystal Taliefero – background vocals, percussion
Big Daddy is the 10th studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released in 1989 by Mercury Records. It was his last album to be released under the name John Cougar Mellencamp, a combination of his real name and his original stage name of Johnny Cougar. The album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and contained the singles "Pop Singer" and "Jackie Brown", which peaked at No. 15 and 48, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. A re-mastered version of the album was released on May 24, 2005, and contains a bonus acoustic version of "Jackie Brown". Like The Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy is folk-inspired as violins and fiddles (among other instruments) are significantly utilized on a number of tracks. The album's lyrics largely take a serious tone and the album as a whole is regarded by some as Mellencamp's most reflective.
In 1991, Mellencamp said: "Big Daddy was the best record I ever made. Out of my agony came a couple of really beautiful songs. You can't be 22 years old and had two dates and understand that album."
