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American III: Solitary Man
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731458679226
Format: Original recording reissued
Label: Lost Highway
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Lost Highway
Release Date: March 05, 2002
Studio: Lost Highway
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Editorial Review:
The simple truth is that Johnny Cash could read the phone book and make it compelling. At times this set sounds like a deathbed recitation rather than a collection of songs, but the man's aura and mystique carry the day. Atop Rick Rubin's spare arrangements, Cash makes every song he interprets his own. --Marc Greilsamer
For younger generations of musicians, having their song cut by Johnny Cash must be a little like scaling the Washington Monument. On his third album for producer Rick Rubin's American label, Cash makes Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" sound like a companion classic to "I Walk the Line." He transforms U2's "One" into a sturdy testament of plainspoken faith, while he plumbs the netherworld of Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat" and Will Oldham's "I See a Darkness." Amid more familiar fare (including Neil Diamond's title track), the album's sing-along standout is the deadpan, down-and-out, talking blues of "Nobody." Cash's recent originals have the age-old purity of Appalachian music, while the traditional closing of "Wayfaring Stranger" offers bittersweet benediction. Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow, and June Carter Cash provide vocal cameos. --Don McLeese
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Egbert Williams was a GENIUS!
What a terrific album! Of course, you already know that Johnny Cash was one of the all-time giants in music history. He's become an icon (to such an extent it actually bothers me, I feel it trivializes his greatness in a way).
This album is superb; it makes even a post-80's song by U2 sound great! (sorry, I hate Bono, he's everywhere claiming EVERBODY was his BIGGEST influence when he was "a wee lad'!)
I Won't Back Down -- I got this CD just from the brief snippet about it in Tom Petty's ... Read More
Rating:  - A rare masterpiece
Johnny Cash could probably read my english text book and have me begging for more. Each and every song in this album, (with the exception of Nobody) is profound. Here's a review of every track on this CD.
Track 1 is Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers support on this one, and it's a great song to show that Cash, even at age 68, still has the same power in his voice(back in the 50's it was like a freight train, they used to say.
Track 2 is Neil Diamonds ... Read More
Rating: - The best late Cash album
This 3rd album in the 'American' series of recordings is amongst the best things Johnny Cash has ever done. As with all the late Cash recordings there is a running thread of passionate honesty and realism that runs throughout the entire the album.
Typical of this is the opening track "I Won't Back Down". Cash is defiant on this track: "Well I know whats right, I got just one life, in a world that keeps on pushing me around, but I stand my ground and I won't back down". This track like the rest ... Read More
Rating: - SOLITARY MAN
VERY GOOD DISC. ALSO HUNDRED HIGHWAYS & LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH. I AM COLLECTOR OF COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC FOR USE WHEN I HAVE EUROPEAN VISITORS HERE.
Rating: - TWO CD's
My married daughter, knowing I would probably enjoy this album, purchased one and sent me it one week after you filled my order for it. She was, ovviously, correct. Now, I am enjoying it twice as much!
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