"Plain Spoken" is the 22nd studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp. It was released on September 23, 2014 by Republic Records. Plain Spoken marks the first project of Mellencamp's new lifetime recording contract with Republic Records. The album's cover photo was taken by actress Meg Ryan, Mellencamp's ex-girlfriend. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". "Plain Spoken" is the 22nd studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp. It was released on September 23, 2014 by Republic Records. Plain Spoken marks the first project of Mellencamp's new lifetime recording contract with Republic Records. The album's cover photo was taken by actress Meg Ryan, Mellencamp's ex-girlfriend. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". false 2025-11-07 21:01:04 2014 2014-09-23 2014-09-23 44 Americana Folk Folk Rock Rock 113775 2279765 640ae448-d43a-426a-8788-51d6b0f3262b 0aad6b52-fd93-4ea4-9c5d-1f66e1bc9f0a eaf94733-d365-48ed-833f-126acd225238 /config/metadata/library/4b/4bbf7240f82f78447f4c6f02798ad35b/folder.jpg John Mellencamp John Mellencamp 1 1 04:14 1 2 04:34 1 3 05:34 1 4 03:52 1 5 03:53 1 6 05:37 1 7 03:52 1 8 04:40 1 9 03:33 1 10 03:51