{"product_id":"john-mellencamp-life-death-love-and","title":"LIFE,DEATH,LOVE AND","description":"Lyricist: John Mellencamp.\nPersonnel: John Mellencamp (vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar); Andy York (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, mandolin, percussion, background vocals); T-Bone Burnett (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, 6-string bass); Miriam Sturm (violin); Troye Kinnett (accordion, melodica, piano, organ, field organ, percussion); John Gunnell, Dennis Crouch (upright bass); Dane Clark (drums, hi-hat, maracas, shaker, tabla, tambourine); Mike Piersante (shaker); Janas Hoyt, Mike Wanchic (background vocals).\nAudio Mixer: Mike Piersante.\nRecording information: Belmont Mall, Nashville, IN; Electro Magnetic Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sound Emporium Studios, Nashville, TN.\nAuthors: John Mellencamp; T-Bone Burnett.\nEditor: Jason Wormer.\nPhotographer: Elaine Mellencamp.\nIn stark contrast to the full-on, anthemic quality of his 2007 album, FREEDOM\"S ROAD, John Mellencamp's '08 offering is a stark, spare affair. LIFE, DEATH, LOVE AND FREEDOM was overseen by legendary roots-rock producer T-Bone Burnett, and bears some similarity to Burnett's work on the Robert Plant\/Alison Krauss '07 album RAISING SAND; there's a subtle, restrained quality to much of the material, and the arrangements tend toward a simple acoustic setup.\nThe doomy lo-fi folk\/blues of such tunes as the mortality-minded \"If I Die Sudden\" and \"Don't Need This Body\" could also be cousins of Bruce Springsteen's dark NEBRASKA tunes. Once in a while, Mellencamp picks things up, as with the rockabilly-like kick of \"My Sweet Love,\" but for the most part, this is a spare, low-key set, its acoustic framework adorned only by occasional dusty touches of spacious electric-guitar reverb, rolling across the barren sonic landscape like errant tumbleweeds.","brand":"John Mellencamp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44588338905321,"sku":"CHAX2P-X9N1-00","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/john-mellencamp-lifedeathlove-and_DmOtH.jpg?v=1759335017","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/john-mellencamp-life-death-love-and","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}