JOHNNY CASH American IV: The Man Comes Around RICK RUBIN "Hurt" Sealed

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JOHNNY CASH American IV: The Man Comes Around
New & Sealed Vinyl 2 Record Set

Record Label: American Recordings 440 063 336-1

2002. Original US American Records Issue. The last studio recording by the legendary Johnny Cash. 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Big Iron' are Vinyl-Only... they are not on the CD release.

Condition: New and still sealed in it's original shrink-wrap. Corners are sharp and unbent. Spine, top and bottom are solid and free of chipping or splits. Mint.

Side One
1. The Man Comes Around
2. Hurt
3. Give My Love to Rose
4. Bridge over Troubled Water

Side Two
5. I Hung My Head
6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
7. Personal Jesus
8. In My Life

Side Three
9. Sam Hall
10. Danny Boy
11. Desperado
12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
13. Streets Of Laredo

Side Four
14. Wichita Lineman
15. Big Iron
16. Tear Stained Letter
17. We'll Meet Again

Review: When the first volume of Johnny Cash's AMERICAN series appeared in 1994, it would have been difficult to predict its critical and commercial success, much less the fact that an illness-beset Cash would be turning out a powerful fourth installment of the series eight years later.

Like its three predecessors, AMERICAN IV is a home-recorded, bare-bones Rick Rubin production wherein Cash tackles old classics by other writers as well as more contemporary tunes by artists from the rock world, with a smattering of his own new compositions thrown in. It's also arguably the strongest since the first volume.

Now that the novelty of hearing the Man in Black tackle tunes by the likes of Depeche Mode ("Personal Jesus") and Nine Inch Nails ("Hurt") has worn off, we can get past the gimmickry to fully appreciate the power of Cash's soul-baring interpretations. He brings an equal amount of gravitas to old country and folk tunes like "Streets of Laredo" and "Give My Love to Rose." To hear Cash's worn, husky, lived-in voice inhabit the world-weary narrative of the Beatles' "In My Life" and the graphic, almost spiritual romance of the Ewan MacColl-penned ballad "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is to be led directly to the heart of these songs' deepest meanings.