Chestnut Street Incident

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Chestnut Street Incident
Chestnut Street Incident cover
Studio album by Johnny Cougar
Released October 1, 1976 (1976-10-01)
Recorded 1975
Genre Rock
Length 39:45
Label MCA Records
Professional reviews
Johnny Cougar chronology

Chestnut Street Incident
(1976)
The Kid Inside
(1978)

Chestnut Street Incident is the debut album for Johnny Cougar, later known as John Mellencamp, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by John Mellencamp; except where indicated

  1. "American Dream" – 2:21
  2. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Bill Dees, Orbison) – 2:54
  3. "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:11
  4. "Dream Killing Town" (Mellencamp/Green) – 3:20
  5. "Supergirl" (Aldo Legui, Bob Marcus) – 2:37
  6. "Chestnut Street" – 3:18
  7. "Good Girls" – 3:09
  8. "Do You Believe in Magic?" (John Sebastian) – 2:38
  9. "Twentieth Century Fox" (Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek/Morrison) – 2:14
  10. "Chestnut Street Revisited" – 5:22
  11. "Sad Lady" (Mellencamp/Green) – 3:26
  12. "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield)* [bonus] – 2:32
  13. "I Need Somebody Baby" (Iggy Pop/James Williamson)* [bonus] – 3:43

[edit] Personnel

  • John Mellencamp – vocals, guitar
  • William Bergman – drums
  • Mike Boyer – guitar
  • Kirk Butler – synthesizer, percussion
  • Jerry Deupree – drums
  • Wayne Hall – saxophone
  • Michael Kamen – keyboards
  • Richard Kelly – guitar
  • David Mansfield – steel guitar, mandolin, violin
  • Hilly Michaels – drums
  • Mike Ranchie – guitar
  • Mick Ronson – guitar
  • Tom Wince – keyboards