A1I Need A Lover
A2Ain't Even Done With The Night
A3Hurts So Good
A4Jack And Diane
B1Crumblin' Down
B2Pink Houses
B3Authority Song
C1Lonely Ol' Night
C2Small Town
C3R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
D1Paper In Fire
D2Cherry Bomb
D3Check It Out
D4Without Expression
The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 is the first greatest hits compilation album by John Mellencamp, released in 1997. It compiles Mellencamp's most popular material recorded during his first decade, 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. The album reached #33 on the Billboard 200. Pressed on vinyl (2LP) for the first time.