Plain Spoken

"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".