The Kid Inside

The Kid Inside
Studio album by John Cougar
Released	January 27, 1983
Recorded	1977
Genre	Rock
Label	MainMan
Producer	John Cougar
John Cougar chronology
American Fool (1982) The Kid Inside (1983) Uh-huh (1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

The Kid Inside is an album recorded by John Mellencamp in 1977 for MCA Records. It 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 on the shelf 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 the best-selling album of 1982 and spawned two top 5 singles.^[3] 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.

Track listing

All songs written by John Mellencamp, except where noted.

1. "Kid Inside" – 5:32
2. "Take What You Want" – 3:14
3. "Cheap Shot" – 3:53
4. "Sidewalk and Streetlights" – 4:08
5. "R. Gang" – 2:30
6. "American Son" – 4:52
7. "Gearhead" – 2:38
8. "Young Genocides" – 2:26
9. "Too Young to Live" – 7:45
10. "Survive" – 4:09
11. "The Whore" – 1:21
12. "The Man Who Sold the World" (David Bowie) – 2:27

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Rolling Stone Album Guide
3. Cromelin, Richard. "Cougar LP Comes Out of Closet" Los Angeles Times March 5, 1983: E1