Nothin' Matters and What If It Did · John Mellencamp
24 albums similar to Nothin' Matters and What If It Did by John Mellencamp (1980), ranked by listening overlap between artists, shared genres and era.

Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
1981

Can't Hold Back
Eddie Money
1986

Don't Say No
Billy Squier
1981

Greatest Hits
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
1993

The Very Best Of
Don Henley
2009

Get Lucky
Loverboy
1981

Bad to the Bone
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
1982

Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
38 Special
1980

Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
1975 · ★ 4.4

The Joker
Steve Miller Band
1973
Smokin' O.P.'s
Bob Seger
1972

The Very Best of the A&M Years (1977–1988)
38 Special
2003

Emotions in Motion
Billy Squier
1982

Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits
Don Henley
1995

Tao
Rick Springfield
1985

Into the Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
1991

Freedom at Point Zero
Jefferson Starship
1979

Not Fragile
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1974

Boston
Boston
1976

The Best of Eddie Money
Eddie Money
2001

Reckless
Bryan Adams
1984

The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
2004

The Pretender
Jackson Browne
1976

Keep It Up
Loverboy
1983