Best That I Could Do 1978-1988

<div class='description'><p>Limited vinyl LP pressing. The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is the first greatest hits compilation album by singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released by Mercury Records in 1997. It compiles Mellencamp's most popular material recorded during his first decade with Riva and Mercury Records, beginning with 1978's A Biography, up through 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, with a new recording of Terry Reid's "Without Expression". Mellencamp picked the songs for the album and also came up with the title for the album. The album reached #33 on the Billboard 200. This album and Rough Harvest came about because, after leaving Mercury Records for Columbia Records, Mellencamp still owed the label two more albums.</p></div> <br><ul><li>Disc 1, Track: 1 - I Need a Lover 5:37<li>Disc 1, Track: 2 - Ain't Even Done with the Night 4:38<li>Disc 1, Track: 3 - Hurts So Good 3:39<li>Disc 1, Track: 4 - Jack & Diane 4:15<li>Disc 1, Track: 5 - Crumblin' Down 3:35<li>Disc 1, Track: 6 - Pink Houses 4:44<li>Disc 1, Track: 7 - Authority Song 3:49<li>Disc 1, Track: 8 - Lonely Ol' Night 3:45<li>Disc 1, Track: 9 - Small Town 3:40<li>Disc 1, Track: 10 - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock) 2:55<li>Disc 1, Track: 11 - Paper in Fire 3:51<li>Disc 1, Track: 12 - Cherry Bomb 4:49<li>Disc 1, Track: 13 - Check It Out 4:20<li>Disc 1, Track: 14 - Without Expression 5:05</ul>