American Fool

American Fool
American Fool
Studio album by John Cougar
Released	April 27, 1982
Studio	Cherokee, Hollywood; Criteria, Miami;
Genre	Rock, heartland rock
Length	34:26
Label	Riva
Producer	John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
John Cougar chronology
Singles from American Fool
	"Hurts So Good"; Released: April 1982; "Jack & Diane"; Released: July 1982; "Hand to Hold On To"; Released: October 1982;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

American Fool is the fifth studio album by John Mellencamp, released under the stage name John Cougar in 1982. The album was his commercial breakthrough, holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard album chart for nine consecutive weeks.

A remastered version of American Fool was released on Mercury/Island/UMe on March 29, 2005; it includes one bonus track, the previously unreleased title track.^[4]

^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "American Fool". Allmusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Artist 688". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
^ Emerson, Ken (September 2, 1982). "American Fool". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
^ "John Mellencamp - Official Website :: Discography". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21.

[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "American Fool". Allmusic. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

[2] Christgau, Robert. "CG: Artist 688". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

[3] Emerson, Ken (September 2, 1982). "American Fool". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

[officialsite-4] "John Mellencamp - Official Website :: Discography". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21.

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