Mellencamp, John Freedom's Road

2007, Freedom's Road, Mellancamp's first new album of original material in five years, is the culmination of a year's worth of composing, arranging, recording and mixing, is a collection of songs that reflect the climate and concerns of present day America. "His best album since The Lonesome Jubilee, Freedom's Road harnesses the infectious reverb-heavy surf guitar and psychedelic rock that came out of California in the 1960's think the Byrds and Dick Daleas a healing, unifying force for a country laid low by the war in Iraq and the vicious political gamesmanship of the last six years."