On the Rural Route 7609

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Longest Days
  3:11
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Grandma’s Theme
  0:57
• 3
  Rural Route
  3:08
• 4
  Jackie Brown
  4:04
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Rain on the Scarecrow
  3:20
• 6
  Jim Crow

  [dialogue]
  0:55
• 7
  Jim Crow
  3:21
• 8
  Big Daddy of Them All
  3:32
• 9
  Deep Blue Heart
  3:21
• 10
  Forgiveness
  4:31
• 11
  Don’t Need This Body
  3:26
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Jenny at 16
  1:59
• 13
  Jack and Diane (writing demo)
  1:07
• 14
  Jack and Diane
  4:17
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  The Real Life

  [dialogue]
  2:36
• 2
  Ghost Towns Along the Highway
  4:39
• 3
  The Full Catastrophe
  4:21
• 4
  Authority Song (writing demo)
  1:54
• 5
  Troubled Land
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 6
  To Washington
  3:10
• 7
  Our Country (alternative version)
  3:22
• 8
  Country Gentleman
  3:19
• 9
  Freedom’s Road
  4:13
• 10
  Mr. Bellows (remixed version)
  4:00
• 11
  Rodeo Clown
  4:27
• 12
  Love and Happiness
  3:39
• 13
  Pink Houses
  4:44
  4.8 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  If I Die Sudden (live)
  5:41
• 2
  Someday
  3:08
• 3
  Between a Laugh and a Tear
  2:55
• 4
  Void in My Heart
  2:16
• 5
  Death Letter
  6:10
• 6
  Sugar Marie
  4:10
• 7
  Theo and Weird Henry
  4:51
• 8
  When Jesus Left Birmingham
  3:58
• 9
  L.U.V.
  3:10
• 10
  Thank You
  3:40
• 11
  Women Seem
  5:16
• 12
  The World Don’t Bother Me None
  4:04
• 13
  Cherry Bomb (writing demo)
  3:29
• 14
  Some Day the Rains Will Fall
  4:35
• 15
  A Ride Back Home
  3:12
  4.0 ★
• CD 4
• 1
  My Aeroplane
  4:42
• 2
  Colored Lights
  3:25
• 3
  Just Like You
  4:03
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Young Without Lovers
  2:51
  3.0 ★
• 5
  To M.G. (Wherever She May Be)
  4:24
• 6
  Sweet Evening Breeze
  4:53
• 7
  What If I Came Knocking
  5:09
• 8
  County Fair
  3:43
• 9
  Peaceful World
  3:14
• 10
  Your Life Is Now
  4:00
  4.0 ★
• 11
  For the Children
  4:37
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Rural Route
  3:56

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Release credits

• Al Stegmeyer
  assistant [14]
• Babyface
  producer [10]
• Brad Gilderman
  assistant [14]
• Cornel West
  other vocals [6]
• David Thoener
  mix [4.10, 2.13]
• Dennis Hetzendorfer
  assistant [14]
• Don Gehman
  engineer [14], mix [13], producer [1.14, 2.13]
• George Perry
  bass guitar [14]
• George Tutko
  engineer [14]
• Joanne Woodward
  other vocals [1]
• John Mellencamp
  lead vocals [14], mix [4], phonographic copyright [14], producer [3.10, 1.4, 1.14, 2.13, 4.10]
• Jon Gass
  mix [10]
• Kenny Aronoff
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Larry Crane
  guitar [14]
• Mark Stebbeds
  engineer [14]
• Michael B. Wanchic
  additional [10], co [10], guitar [14], mix [4]
• Paul Mahern
  additional [10], co [10], mix [10]
• Ross Hogarth
  mix [4]
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Issues

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  On the Rural Route 7609

  4x CD
  25 June 2010