![]() The sessions for The Lonesome Jubilee took place at Mellencamp's Belmont Mall Studio in Belmont, Indiana from September 1986 to June 1987, a period of nine months. While the album was being recorded, Riva Records had ceased to function, so Mellencamp moved to Mercury Records (which, like Riva, was distributed by PolyGram), which would continue to release material by Mellencamp until 1998. ![]() On Octo– during the period in which The Lonesome Jubilee was being recorded – Mellencamp's uncle Joe died of cancer at the age of 57, which greatly influenced the album. ![]() But we had a very clear idea of what we wanted it to sound like, even before it was written, right through to the day it was mastered." Background Now, in the past, it was always 'Let's make it up as we go along' – and we did make some of The Lonesome Jubilee up as we went along. So I just put those songs on a shelf, and cut it back down to a single record. At one point, The Lonesome Jubilee was supposed to be a double album, but at least 10 of the songs I'd written just didn't stick together with the idea and the sound we had in mind. We had a very distinct vision of what should be happening here. "For the first time ever, we talked about the record before we started. "We were on the road for a long time after Scarecrow, so we were together a lot as a band," Mellencamp said in a 1987 Creem Magazine feature. The album was most successful in Canada where it topped RPM magazine's Top Albums chart and became the artist's highest certified album by Music Canada (formerly the Canadian Recording Industry Association) becoming 6× platinum. The album was one of Mellencamp's most successful worldwide, charting in ten countries. Four singles were released from the album, the first two in 1987 and the last two in 1988. The album was released by Mercury Records on Aug(see 1987 in music). The Lonesome Jubilee is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, credited as John Cougar Mellencamp. ![]()
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