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John Cougar (titled Miami in Australia) is the fourth album by John Cougar. Released in 1979, following the Australian success of “I Need a Lover” from the previous year’s A Biography (which did not receive a U.S. release), the album included the aforementioned track for U.S. audiences, as well as a re-working of A Biographys “Taxi Dancer.“ “I Need a Lover”, upon the release of this album, became a hit in the US as well as in Australia, where “Miami” was the album’s first single and became his second Top 40 hit. “I Need a Lover” was subsequently covered by Pat Benatar on her album In the Heat of the Night. In the US, however, “Small Paradise” was released as a single in place of “Miami,“ but was not very successful. Read on...