JOHN MELLENCAMP No Better Than This (2010 UK 13-track CD album - Produced by T Bone Burnett, 'No Better Than This' is comprised of 13 new original songs recorded at a variety of historically significant locations around the South, and was recorded over the course of a few break days afforded Mellencamp when he was on a tour of minor league ball parks last year, sharing the bill with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Mellencamp wrote the thirteen songs included on the album during a thirteen-day span last spring, and reflect various American traditions including blues, folk, western, gospel, rockabilly and country and address such themes as the need for hope, the nature of relationship and narratives that recount extraordinary occurrences in everyday life).