One of his best records, these songs are about getting older as Mellencamp was in his mid 50’s when he recorded this record. My wife and I saw him at The Mann in Philly in June of 2008 a month before this album was released. I remember he played about half the songs from this record and I really loved the lyrics and the more mellow music. I could relate to them as I was 51 myself. “Longest Days”,My Sweet Love”,”If I Die Sudden”,”Troubled Land”,”John Cockers”,”Don’t Need This Body”,and “A New Song” are all great songs that he played at the concert. “Young Without Lovers”,”Jena”,and “Countryt Fair” are also good,really not a bad song on the record. Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town adds vocals on four of the songs. He has a different group of musicians then the ones who had been working with him with T-Bone Burnett producung and playing electric guitar with Mellencamp playing acoustic guitar.
