John Mellencamp American Fool LP Recycled Colored Vinyl A decade on from its

A decade on from its release and the album receives a glorious - and long overdue - vinyl repress

he harnesses the energy and euphoria of hyphy hip-hop and trance

Jimmy Eat World presents a fierce set of songs that lean heavily on the Arizona-based band's proto-emo roots

Mick Ronson (guitar)

First Brightening Format: Vinyl

John Mellencamp American Fool LP Recycled Colored Vinyl A decade on from itsPersonnel: John Cougar (vocals, guitar); Larry Crane, Mike Wanchic (guitar); George "Chocolate" Perry (bass); Ken Aronoff (drums). John Cougar and the American listening public became inseparable after this landmark album arrived in 1982. While AMERICAN FOOL wasn't John Cougar's first full length recording, it was the one wherein he gained commercial and artistic footing, and established a formula that would become his trademark style simple roots