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American Recordings by Johnny Cash.

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Tracks:
Man Comes Around, The
Delia's Gone
Let The Train Blow The Whistle
Hurt
Give My Love To Rose
Beast In Me, The
Drive On
Why Me Lord
Thirteen
Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)
Bird on a Wire
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Tennessee Stud
I Hung My Head
Down There by the Train
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Redemption
Personal Jesus
Like a Soldier
Man Who Couldn't Cry, The
Man Comes Around, The
Delia's Gone
Let the Train Blow the Whistle
Hurt
Give My Love to Rose
Beast in Me, The
Drive On
Why Me Lord
Thirteen
Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)
Bird on a Wire
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Tennessee Stud
I Hung My Head
Down There by the Train
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Redemption
Personal Jesus
Like a Soldier
Man Who Couldn't Cry, The
In My Life
Rowboat
Sea of Heartbreak
Sam Hall
Danny Boy
Rusty Cage
Desperado
One Rose, The (That's Left in My Heart)
Country Boy
Memories Are Made of This
Spiritual
Kneeling Drunkard's Plea, The
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Tear Stained Letter
Southern Accents
Mean Eyed Cat
Streets of Laredo
We'll Meet Again
Meet Me in Heaven
I Never Picked Cotton
Unchained
I've Been Everywhere
In My Life
Rowboat
Sea of Heartbreak
Sam Hall
Danny Boy
Rusty Cage
Desperado
One Rose, The (That's Left in My Heart)
Country Boy
Memories Are Made of This
Spiritual
Kneeling Drunkard's Plea, The
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Tear Stained Letter
Southern Accents
Mean Eyed Cat
Streets of Laredo
We'll Meet Again
Meet Me in Heaven
I Never Picked Cotton
Unchained
I've Been Everywhere
I Won't Back Down
Solitary Man
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
One
Nobody
I See a Darkness
Mercy Seat, The
Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)
Field of Diamonds
Before My Time
Country Trash
Mary of the Wild Moor
I'm Leavin' Now
Wayfaring Stranger
Help Me
God's Gonna Cut You Down
Like the 309
If You Could Read My Mind
Further on Up the Road
On the Evening Train
I Came to Believe
Love's Been Good to Me
Legend in My Time, A
Rose of My Heart
Four Strong Winds
I'm Free From the Chain Gang Now
Ain't No Grave
Redemption Day
For The Good Times
I Corinthians 15:55
Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
Satisfied Mind
I Don't Hurt Anymore
Cool Water
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
Aloha Oe

Performer Notes: Solo performer: Johnny Cash (vocals, acoustic guitar).
Includes liner notes by Johnny Cash.
AMERICAN RECORDINGS won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Johnny Cash is back and better than ever. The legendary Man In Black is now recording for a modern rock label, and is being produced by hard-core rap/rock guru Rick Rubin--and the results are startling. Spare and stripped to the bone, AMERICAN RECORDINGS is Johnny Cash at his artistic zenith.
An original acoustic ballad, the opening "Delia's Gone" is a watershed accomplishment. Wryly capturing the art of the death ballad, it presents a thoroughly textured dramatic piece, both horrifying and humorous. The same can be said for Cash's droll reading of Loudon Wainwright's "The Man Who Could Not Cry." An extremely religious man, Johnny includes several songs dealing with themes of redemption, righteousness and spiritual salvation.
Sandwiched between those two songs is a character-rich, eclectic collection of material by writers like Leonard Cohen, British rocker/ex-son-in-law Nick Lowe, Tom Waits, death-metal god Glenn Danzig, and Cash himself. With his resounding baritone--which is in the best form of his long career--and restricted guitar technique, Cash is the centerpiece, creating a sound that is uniquely American--proud, solitary, nearly broken, yet defiant.
Johnny Cash, alone with a single guitar, is commanding in his dry, unencumbered intensity. AMERICAN RECORDINGS reaffirms his unique musical prowess, and presents his glorious shadowy skills to a new generation.

Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.60) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Rolling Stone (5/19/94, p.97) - 5 Stars - Classic - "...exactly the sort of album Cash needed to make...Cash alone with an acoustic guitar, confronting traditional folk songs...AMERICAN RECORDINGS is...fiercely true to the legend of Johnny Cash and entirely contemporary...."

Entertainment Weekly (9/26/03, p.34) - "...A bare-bones masterpiece that...captures the tortured, aspirant soul of a master."

Q (9/94, p.117) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...There simply won't be a braver or more honest record all year..."

Uncut (5/04, p.108) - "[T]he sparse, parched mood is closer to his original Sun recordings..."

Musician (6/94, p.77) - "...a spellbinding and thought-provoking album that sounds literally ageless...an uplifting word about walking the line from one who has walked it more often, and more steadily, than most...."

Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #7 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.

Mojo (Publisher) (p.67) - Ranked #2 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[A] raw, bitter album that - once again - made Cash an anti-hero superstar."

Mojo (Publisher) (1/95, p.51) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "...Johnny Cash sings Danzig? You'd better believe it."

NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #23 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'

NME (Magazine) (10/8/94, p.46) - 9 - Excellent Plus - "...This is an album wreathed in shadows, a confessional and autobiographical work that is, in the end, uplifting and life affirming because the message is taught through adversity, ill luck and fighting for survival..."

NME (Magazine) (11/12/94) - Ranked as NME's Album Of The Month - "...these stark, acoustic songs add yet another layer of Cash myth..."

Format: Vinyl (1 Disc); Stereo

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 9 December, 2014

Label: American

Dimensions: 31.1 x 31.1 x 3.3 centimeters (2.45 kg)

Performer Notes: Solo performer: Johnny Cash (vocals, acoustic guitar).

• Includes liner notes by Johnny Cash.
  
• AMERICAN RECORDINGS won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
  
• Johnny Cash is back and better than ever. The legendary Man In Black is now recording for a modern rock label, and is being produced by hard-core rap/rock guru Rick Rubin--and the results are startling. Spare and stripped to the bone, AMERICAN RECORDINGS is Johnny Cash at his artistic zenith.
  
• An original acoustic ballad, the opening "Delia's Gone" is a watershed accomplishment. Wryly capturing the art of the death ballad, it presents a thoroughly textured dramatic piece, both horrifying and humorous. The same can be said for Cash's droll reading of Loudon Wainwright's "The Man Who Could Not Cry." An extremely religious man, Johnny includes several songs dealing with themes of redemption, righteousness and spiritual salvation.
  
• Sandwiched between those two songs is a character-rich, eclectic collection of material by writers like Leonard Cohen, British rocker/ex-son-in-law Nick Lowe, Tom Waits, death-metal god Glenn Danzig, and Cash himself. With his resounding baritone--which is in the best form of his long career--and restricted guitar technique, Cash is the centerpiece, creating a sound that is uniquely American--proud, solitary, nearly broken, yet defiant.
  
• Johnny Cash, alone with a single guitar, is commanding in his dry, unencumbered intensity. AMERICAN RECORDINGS reaffirms his unique musical prowess, and presents his glorious shadowy skills to a new generation.

Professional Reviews: Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.60) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Rolling Stone (5/19/94, p.97) - 5 Stars - Classic - "...exactly the sort of album Cash needed to make...Cash alone with an acoustic guitar, confronting traditional folk songs...AMERICAN RECORDINGS is...fiercely true to the legend of Johnny Cash and entirely contemporary...."

Entertainment Weekly (9/26/03, p.34) - "...A bare-bones masterpiece that...captures the tortured, aspirant soul of a master."

Q (9/94, p.117) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...There simply won't be a braver or more honest record all year..."

Uncut (5/04, p.108) - "[T]he sparse, parched mood is closer to his original Sun recordings..."

Musician (6/94, p.77) - "...a spellbinding and thought-provoking album that sounds literally ageless...an uplifting word about walking the line from one who has walked it more often, and more steadily, than most...."

Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #7 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.

Mojo (Publisher) (p.67) - Ranked #2 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[A] raw, bitter album that - once again - made Cash an anti-hero superstar."

Mojo (Publisher) (1/95, p.51) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "...Johnny Cash sings Danzig? You'd better believe it."

NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #23 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'

NME (Magazine) (10/8/94, p.46) - 9 - Excellent Plus - "...This is an album wreathed in shadows, a confessional and autobiographical work that is, in the end, uplifting and life affirming because the message is taught through adversity, ill luck and fighting for survival..."

NME (Magazine) (11/12/94) - Ranked as NME's Album Of The Month - "...these stark, acoustic songs add yet another layer of Cash myth..." Format: Vinyl (1 Disc); Stereo Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 9 December, 2014 Label: American Dimensions: 31.1 x 31.1 x 3.3 centimeters (2.45 kg)

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