No Better Than This

No Better Than This
Studio album by
John Mellencamp
ReleasedAugust 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)
RecordedJuly and August 2009
StudioFirst African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia
Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
Genre
Length53:50
LabelRounder
ProducerT Bone Burnett
John Mellencamp chronology
On the Rural Route 7609
(2010) 		No Better Than This
(2010) 		Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(78/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
American Songwriter[12]
Chatham Daily News[6]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
Los Angeles Times[11]
Metro Canada[4]
PopMatters[14]
Rolling Stone[3]
Salt Lake TribuneB+[9]
Slant Magazine[8]
Toronto Sun[7]
USA Today[10]

No Better Than This is the 21st album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp. Produced by T Bone Burnett, the album was released on August 17, 2010. It was recorded at several historic locations throughout the United States. The title track was the album's first single and was sent to multiple radio formats on June 28, 2010.

Mellencamp said that the album is "as American folk as I've ever been". He also told Rolling Stone in July 2009 that he is not concerned whether or not there's a large audience for such a raw, simple record. "I am done being a rock star", Mellencamp said. "I have no interest in that, in having the biggest concerts. I have only one interest: to have fun while we're doing this and maybe have something that somebody might discover."

Rolling Stone placed No Better Than This at No. 12 on its list of the best albums of 2010.

  1. ^ "Critic Reviews for No Better Than This". Metacritic. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  2. ^ Sinclair, Tom (August 20, 2010). "No Better Than This Review". Entertainment Weekly.
  3. ^ Will Hermes (August 16, 2010). "No Better Than This". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
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  5. ^ Greg Kot (August 12, 2010). "Turn It Up: Album review: John Mellencamp, 'No Better Than This'". Chicago Tribune.
  6. ^ "Can't get much better". Chatham Daily News. August 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  7. ^ Darryl Sterdan (August 15, 2010). "This week's CD reviews". Toronto Sun.
  8. ^ Jonathan Keefe (August 16, 2010). "John Mellencamp: No Better Than This". Slant Magazine.
  9. ^ David Burger (August 18, 2010). "Pop Top: Mellencamp masters basics on new album". Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  10. ^ Gundersen, Edna (August 17, 2010). "John Mellencamp re-creates the past on 'No Better Than This'". USA Today.
  11. ^ Todd Martens (August 16, 2010). "Album review: John Mellencamp's 'No Better Than This'". Los Angeles Times.
  12. ^ Rick Moore (August 17, 2010). "John Mellencamp: No Better Than This". American Songwriter.
  13. ^ Thom Jurek. "No Better Than This – John Mellencamp". AllMusic.
  14. ^ Rod Lockwood (August 17, 2010). "John Mellencamp: No Better Than This". PopMatters.