Recorded 1977 Artist John Mellencamp Producer John Mellencamp Genre Rock music | The Kid Inside
(1983) Uh-huh
(1983) Release date 27 January 1983 Label Main Man Records | |
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Released January 27, 1983 (1983-01-27) Similar John Mellencamp albums, Rock music albums | ||
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The Kid Inside is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp. It was released January 27, 1983 by MainMan Records. It was recorded in 1977 for MCA records and was intended to be the follow-up to his debut album Chestnut Street Incident, but MCA declined to release the album and dropped Mellencamp from the label. The recordings remained unreleased until 1983 when Tony DeFries, Mellencamp's former manager, released the album on his own MainMan label. DeFries was attempting to capitalize on the recent success of Mellencamp's breakout album American Fool, which was one of the best-selling album of 1982 and spawned two top 5 singles. This was Mellencamp's last album to be released under the name John Cougar. His next release, Uh-Huh, would be released under the name John Cougar Mellencamp.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by John Mellencamp, except where noted.
- "Kid Inside" – 5:32
- "Take What You Want" – 3:14
- "Cheap Shot" – 3:53
- "Sidewalk and Streetlights" – 4:08
- "R. Gang" – 2:30
- "American Son" – 4:52
- "Gearhead" – 2:38
- "Young Genocides" – 2:26
- "Too Young to Live" – 7:45
- "Survive" – 4:09
- "The Whore" – 1:21
- "The Man Who Sold the World" (David Bowie) – 2:27
Songs
1Kid Inside5:33
2Take What You Want3:15
3Cheap Shot3:54