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  • Performer John Mellencamp
  • Title Sad Clowns & Hillbillies
  • Date of release 2017
  • Country US
  • Other formats VOX MP1 AHX RA AC3 MOD AUD
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1354 mb
  • Size FLAC 1755 mb
  • Rating: 4.2
  • Votes: 566

Sad Clowns & Hillbillies is the 23rd studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp. It was released on April 28, 2017 by Republic Records. The album features significant contributions from Carlene Carter, who worked with Mellencamp on Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, his musical collaboration with Stephen King, and Ithaca, the movie he scored for Meg Ryan. Carter opened every show of Mellencamp's 2015–2016 Plain Spoken Tour.

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On April 28th, Heartland rocker John Mellencamp will release his 23rd full-length album, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies featuring Carlene Carter, the daughter of June Carter Cash and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash, on Republic Records. Sad Clowns & Hillbillies returns Mellencamp to the musical eclecticism that is, itself, a reflection of his wide-ranging musings on life. John Mellencamp is an authentic voice of American music and master storyteller with a commitment to creating traditional rock & roll, bittersweet songs of happiness and melancholia, and fervent political dissent.

Sealed 2017 Original. Heartland Rocker John Mellencamp Releases His Twenty Third Full-Length Album, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies Featuring Carlene Carter, The Daughter Of June Carter Cash And Stepdaughter Of Johnny Cash. Mellencamp Is An Authentic Voice Of American Music And Master Storyteller With A Commitment To Creating Traditional Rock & Roll, Bittersweet Songs Of Happiness And Melancholia, And Fervent Political Dissent

John Mellencamp ‘Sad Clowns & Hillbillies’ 2017 Tour Dates. June 5 - Greenwood Village, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre June 7 - Boise, ID - Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden June 8 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park June 10 - Troutdale, OR - McMenamins Edgefield June 11 - Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater June 13 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery June 14 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery June 17 - Murphys, CA - Ironstone Amphitheatre June 18 - Los Angeles

Sad Clowns & Hillbillies" is the forthcoming twenty-third studio album from Heartland Rock singer/songwriter John Mellencamp. The LP is currently slated to be released on April 28th, 2017 through Republic Records and Universal Music Group. The album features numerous collaborations with Carlene Carter, who he's been touring with for years now. Tracklist: 01. Mobile Blue (3:02) 02.

Sad Clowns & Hillbillies was recorded in Nashville. but not that Nashville. John Mellencamp's latest outing was forged at his own Belmont Mall studio in Nashville, Indiana, the spot outside of Bloomington that's been his musical headquarters for decades. He did, however, team up with Music City royalty on the record: Carlene Carter, daughter of country legends Carl Smith and June Carter, and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash

Tracklist

A1 Mobile Blue 3:04
A2 Battle Of Angels 3:58
A3 Grandview 3:52
A4 Indigo Sunset 3:32
A5 What Kind Of Man Am I? 4:10
A6 All Night Talk Radio 5:09
B1 Sugar Hill Mountain 3:08
B2 You Are Blind 3:21
B3 Damascus Road 4:16
B4 Early Bird Café 4:07
B5 Sad Clowns 2:42
B6 My Soul's Got Wings 2:58
B7 Easy Target 2:45

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Licensed To – Republic Records
  • Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
  • Exclusive Retailer – Barnes & Noble
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – John J Mellencamp
  • Copyright (c) – John J Mellencamp

Notes

Hype Sticker
BARNES & NOBLE EXCLUXIVE EDITION , RED VINYL VERSION

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 6 02557 41779 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): B0023399 - 01 - A GB 27709 . 1 .
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): B0025399 - 01 - B GB 27709 . 2 .

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
B0027596-02 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album) Republic Records B0027596-02 US 2017
00602557051629 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album) Republic Records 00602557051629 Europe 2017
B0027596-02 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album) Republic Records B0027596-02 US 2017
none John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(13xFile, FLAC, Album, 24b) John Mellencamp none 2017
B0026506-02 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album, Tar) Republic Records B0026506-02 US 2017

Tracklist

A1 Mobile Blue
A2 Battle of Angelo
A3 Grandview
A4 Indigo Sunset
A5 What Kind of Man Am I?
A6 All Night Folk Radio
B1 Sugar Hill Mountain
B2 You Are Blind
B3 Damascus Road
B4 Early Bird Cafe
B5 Sad Clowns
B6 My Soul's Got Wings
B7 Easy Forget

Credits

  • Artwork – John Mellencamp*
  • Engineer – David Leonard, Scott Davis
  • Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
  • Mixed By – David Leonard
  • Producer – John Mellencamp*

Notes

2017 Republic Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 6 02557 05162 9

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
B0027596-02 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album) Republic Records B0027596-02 US 2017
00602557051629 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album) Republic Records 00602557051629 Europe 2017
B0027596-02 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album) Republic Records B0027596-02 US 2017
none John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(13xFile, FLAC, Album, 24b) John Mellencamp none 2017
B0026506-02 John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter John Mellencamp* Featuring Carlene Carter - Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ‎(CD, Album, Tar) Republic Records B0026506-02 US 2017


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John Mellencamp isn’t Bob Dylan, nor is he Bruce Springsteen or even Tom Petty for that matter, he’s a pop star who got old, and is now deep into the Americana side of music, where like Dylan, John now fancies himself a painter, and while there’s nothing wrong with indulging that aspect of one’s creative nature, I find clowns rather scary, and bespeak the nature of an individual I would rather not consider.It’s my sincere desire to imagine that Mellencamp has gotten his life together, after all, he is supportive of the Farm Aid adventure, and he is now thoughtful of the folks at the back of the auditorium, no longer playing to multiple thousands, concerned that everyone walks away with a good experience. I was sort of looking forward to this outing for a number of reasons, the first being that I like Americana music, though hearing how this collaboration with Carlene Carter [daughter of June and Johnny Cash] came about, I was rather put off, thinking that this is not going to work for me in the least. The backstory: Coming off stage John said to Carlene, “We should get together and do a gospel album.” “Really John,” I said to no one scratching my head, “do we really need a gospel album from you?” Regardless, the inspiration for this release came about from he and Carter’s collaboration on Ghosts Brothers of Darkland Country and Ithaca.Sad Clowns & Hillbillies is rather slow paced and lightly produced, reminding me of Steve Earle in many aspects, but that’s not to say that the album doesn’t have its resounding moments, even with all of its mid-western hills and valleys, and is delivered with the magic of a bygone era, an era of late night AM radio, static and all as the signal strengthens and weakens as your car skirts the curved backroads that are socked in with heavy fog. Why the man in true Wilco style even adds music to the Woody Guthrie lyrics for the song “My Soul’s Got Wings.” He also covers the Mickey Newbury number “Mobile Blue,” [a tribute to Mobile, Alabama] and the song “Early Bird Cafe” by Jerry Hank. Other songs are rather tear jerking in nature, seeming to pluck at one’s heartstrings for the simple fact that those strings can be plucked, though the songs of that nature define nothing other than a melancholy translucent emotional window that reveals nothing. Of course the songs are more than well executed and come across with a sense of considerably ‘crafted’ storytelling … though in all honesty, it’s that world ‘crafted’ that I can’t get by, because these songs, for all they are or are not, simply do not sound as if they come from a living beating heart … crafted and ambitious ‘yes,’ but lacking in a true nature, more themed than from actual life.John pays tribute to many of his inspirational artists, you can hear them step out front and center momentarily in each song, and while the album is booked as a collaboration, it’s really not, it’s more that Carter showed up as a living inspiration, laid down a couple of tracks and backing vocals, and then disappeared into the night, leaving you with a handful of rock meets folk meets gospel, with the album ending on a very heavy note, with even a shot of bourbon only making the weight that much more difficult to bear.There are those, especially the Public Radio fans who are gonna praise this album to the high heavens [no gospel pun intended], citing it as the perfect AM Sunday morning album to drop on your turntable as you slowly ebb back into consciousness and set about sweeping the cobwebs from your floor. Other than that, all I can say is that it’s been a very very long time since John Mellencamp gave us some intelligent rock, even toned down, that made sense and felt good. *** The Fun Facts: The album artwork is taken from the 2005 painting by John Mellencamp entitled “Twelve Dreams.Review by Jenell Kesler