Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Paper In Fire	3:53
A2	Down And Out In Paradise	3:39
A3	Check It Out	4:20
A4	The Real Life	3:56
A5	Cherry Bomb	4:49
B1	We Are The People	4:16
B2	Empty Hands Written-By – George M. Green*, John Mellencamp*	3:44
B3	Hard Times For An Honest Man	3:28
B4	Hotdogs And Hamburgers	4:04
B5	Rooty Toot Toot	3:29

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – John Mellencamp
• Copyright (c) – John Mellencamp
• Recorded At – Belmont Mall Studio
• Mixed At – Belmont Mall Studio
• Mastered At – Precision Mastering
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
• Manufactured By – Universal Music LLC
• Marketed By – Universal Music LLC
• Published By – Universal Music LLC

Credits

• Accordion, Keyboards, Saxophone, Melodica, Whistle [Pennywhistle], Claves – John Cascella
• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica, Autoharp, Banjo, Backing Vocals – Larry Crane
• Art Direction – George Corsillo
• Backing Vocals – Crystal Taliefero
• Backing Vocals, Cowbell, Tambourine – Pat Peterson
• Bass Guitar, Banjo, Backing Vocals – Toby Myers
• Drums, Tambourine, Vibraphone [Vibes], Dulcimer [Hammer Dulcimer], Congas, Backing Vocals – Kenny Aronoff
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Banjo, Dulcimer, Backing Vocals – Mike Wanchic
• Engineer [Assistant] – Rick Fettig
• Engineer [Maintenance] – Ross Alexander
• Engineer, Mixed By – David Leonard
• Fiddle – Lisa Germano
• Management – Champion Entertainment Organization, Inc.*
• Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – Stephen Marcussen
• Photography By – Skeeter Hagler
• Producer – John Cougar Mellencamp
• Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Don Gehman
• Written-By – John Mellencamp* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)

Notes

Comes with numbered original Mercury record label, original inner cd picture sleeve, and b/w booklet with notes and lyrics in Japanese.
Made in Japan.

Recorded And Mixed At: Belmont Mall Studio, Belmont, Indiana, September 1986 through June 1987

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: UICY-94798 2W V
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L244
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 4011
• Barcode (Scanned): 4988005701527

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
832 465-1 Q-1, 422 832 465-1 Q-1	John Cougar Mellencamp	The Lonesome Jubilee ‎(LP, Album, Spe)	Mercury, Mercury	832 465-1 Q-1, 422 832 465-1 Q-1	US	1987
832 465-2 Q-1	John Cougar Mellencamp	The Lonesome Jubilee ‎(CD, Album, RP, UML)	Mercury	832 465-2 Q-1	US	Unknown
MOVLP807	John Cougar Mellencamp	The Lonesome Jubilee ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Music On Vinyl, Mercury	MOVLP807	Europe	2013
MMTCD 1699	John Cougar Mellencamp	The Lonesome Jubilee ‎(CD, Album)	Mercury	MMTCD 1699	South Africa	1987
832 465-1	John Cougar Mellencamp	The Lonesome Jubilee ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Mercury	832 465-1	Europe	1987