On the Rural Route 7609
Compilation album by John Mellencamp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On the Rural Route 7609 is a box set by rock singer/songwriter John Mellencamp that was released on June 15, 2010.[1] The first part of the title refers to the song "Rural Route" (which is included in two versions) from his 2007 album Freedom's Road and the fact that Mellencamp's music and lifestyle have always been very rural in nature, and 7609 references that the set spans Mellencamp's entire recording career from 1976 to 2009.[2] Said Mellencamp in the set's liner notes: "I started making records in '76, and the most recent track on the collection was done in '09. So Rural Route 7609; it's like an address. I thought it sounded cool."
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Released | June 15, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 1976–2009 | |||
Genre | Rock, heartland rock, folk | |||
Label | Island Def Jam | |||
Producer | John Mellencamp | |||
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The liner notes for On the Rural Route 7609 were penned by veteran rock journalist Anthony DeCurtis, who also wrote the liner notes for Eric Clapton's Crossroads and Billy Joel's My Lives. DeCurtis wrote a 4,500-word essay on Mellencamp, and Mellencamp provides track-by-track commentary.