art direction Bill Levy
art direction [reissue] Vartan
bass George "Chocolate" Perry
design John Van Hamersveld
design [reissue] Tornado Design
drums Kenny Aronoff
engineer Don Gehman
engineer George Tutko
engineer Mark Stebbeds
engineer [assistant] Al Stegmeyer
engineer [assistant] Brad Gilderman
engineer [assistant] Dennis Hetzendorfer
guitar Larry Crane
guitar Mike Wanchic
photography by Jurgen Vollmer
photography by [reissue photo coordinator] Ryan Null
producer Don Gehman
producer John Cougar Mellencamp
product manager [reissue] Robin Kirby
production manager [reissue] Adam Abrams
remastered by Bob Ludwig
supervised by [reissue supervision] Bill Levenson
Phonographic Copyright (p) John Mellencamp
Copyright (c) John Mellencamp
Licensed To Island Def Jam Music Group
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Recorded At Cherokee Studios
Recorded At Criteria Recording Studios
Mastered At Gateway Mastering
Designed At Tornado Design
Glass Mastered At Universal
Pressed By UML
Published By EMI Full Keel Music
Published By WB Gold Music Corp.
Published By Bug Music
Published By Smokin' Joe Music
Remastered At Gateway Mastering
Originally issued as RIVA RVL 7501 in 1982.

℗ © 2005 John Mellencamp, under exclusive license to The Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Recorded at: Cherokee and Criteria Studios 1981/1982
Remastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine

All songs published by EMI Full Keel Music (ASCAP), except China Girl published by WB Gold Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Bug Music o/b/o Smokin' Joe Music (BMI).

Bonus track 10:
Previously unreleased; recorded during the AMERICAN FOOL sessions.

Barcode: 602498801376
Matrix / Runout: B00 041 8902 01$ M (Variant 1, 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L009 (Variant 1, 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0353 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0341 (Variant 2)
Other: MADE IN USA BY UML (Variant 1, 2 Mould Info)