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''Mr. Happy Go Lucky'' is a rock album released by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp on September 10, 1996. It was his first album released after his heart attack in 1994. Mellencamp's music on the album is said to reflect his brush with death. This album was recorded in Belmont, Indiana, in Mellencamp's Belmont Mall recording studio. The first single from the album, "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)," peaked at #14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and is his last Top 40 single in the United States to date. "Just Another Day" was the album's second single and stalled at #46 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. AllMusic gave the album a mixed review, claiming: "John Mellencamp responded to his massive heart attack and close-call with death with 'Mr. Happy Go Lucky,' the most overtly ambitious album in his career." ''Entertainment Weekly'' also gave a mixed review, proclaiming: "Mr. Happy Go Lucky is, disappointingly, not the groundbreaker it promised to be." However, the album also garnered numerous positive reviews, including a four-star review from ''Rolling Stone'', which stated: "There's nothing here with the bull's-eye appeal of 1982's 'Hurts So Good,' no adolescent anthems like Mellencamp's No. 1 single 'Jack and Diane.' Now in his mid-40s, Mellencamp has turned his back on calculated Top 40 gestures in favor of mature theatrics and a thick sonic gumbo. A little uneven but unrepentant, 'Mr. Happy Go Lucky' is a mixed bag in the best sense: rife with ghosts, a healthy fear and a cocky embrace of middle age." ==Track listing== All songs written by John Mellencamp, except where noted. # "Overture" (Mellencamp; arranged Miriam Sturm) – 1:56 # "Jerry" – 4:24 # "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" (Mellencamp, George M. Green) – 4:54 # "Just Another Day" – 3:28 # "This May Not Be The End Of The World" (Mellencamp, Green) – 5:29 # "Emotional Love" (Toby Myers) – 3:20 # "Mr. Bellows" – 4:26 # "The Full Catastrophe" – 3:11 # "Circling Around The Moon" (Mellencamp, Green) – 5:48 # "Large World Turning" – 3:55 # "Jackamo Road" – 1:37 # "Life Is Hard" – 3:15 # "What If I Came Knocking?" (2005 re-issue bonus track) - 5:26 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Happy Go Lucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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