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Best That I Could Do 1978-1988John MellencampDescription: Limited vinyl LP pressing. The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is the first greatest hits compilation album by singer-songwriter John Mellencamp released by Mercury Records in 1997. It compiles Mellencamp's most popular material recorded during his first decade with Riva and Mercury Records beginning with 1978's A Biography up through 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee with a new recording of Terry Reid's Without Expression. Mellencamp picked the songs for the album and also came up with the title for the album. The album reached #33 on the Billboard 200. This album and Rough Harvest came about because after leaving Mercury Records for Columbia Records Mellencamp still owed the label two more albums.