Track Listing

1. When Jesus Left Birmingham
2. Junior
3. Human Wheels
4. Beige To Beige
5. Case 795 (The Family)
6. Suzanne And The Jewels
7. Sweet Evening Breeze
8. What If I Came Knocking
9. French Shoes
10. To The River
11. When Jesus Left Birmingham - Mellencamp, John & The Sounds Of Blackness

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66817 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
On his previous albums, John Mellencamp always infused his heartland rock with a hopefulness and party spirit that kepthis paeans to the trials of the working man from becoming bleak. Not so here--if those discs were gritty rock & roll efforts, then HUMAN WHEELS is the artist's dark, confessional singer/songwriter record. Here swaggering, power-chord-driven bombast and anthemic choruses are often replaced by gentlystrummed mandolin, organ swells, and whispered, elegant verse. There are also hints of things to come--"Junior" and "French Shoes" are driven by dance rhythms that foreshadow the electronic beats of MR. HAPPY GO LUCKY. "What If I Came Knocking", on the other hand, is all thrashing Crazy Horse-styleguitars and scary imagery. An album that is by turns disconcerting and deeply moving, HUMAN WHEELS finds John Mellencamp still rocking, but in a subdued and intensely personal manner.