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American Recordings
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731458679028
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:
In 1994 Cash stunned the music world with this commanding collection of 13 solo acoustic performances that roll from gospel to cowboy to sarcastic folk. Minimalism had long been Cash's meal ticket, but this time around, producer Rick Rubin stripped it all away, recording the bulk of the record in Cash's cabin or his own living room (two cuts were captured live at the Viper Room in front of an emphatic audience). Cash offers five typically direct and vivid originals, but he also seizes control of songs by Kris Kristofferson, Nick Lowe, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and Loudon Wainwright. Forty years after "Hey Porter," Cash delivers a pure, naked, and incredibly moving record that, dare we say, rivals the impact of his greatest achievements. --Marc Greilsamer
Out of print in the U.S.! Johnny Cash had already recorded some of the most important Country albums in the history of the genre, yet, although he was still making quality music throughout the '80s, record sales and label support were the lowest he'd ever experienced in his entire career. By the early '90s, he was without a label for the first time in four decades. Longtime fan, label owner and producer Rick Rubin stepped in, asked Johnny to return to his roots and together, they re-created the legend of the Man In Black. Features Cash performing his own compositions as well as songs from Loudon Wainwright, Leonard Cohen, Nick Lowe, Tom Waits and Glenn Danzig. American Recordings earned Johnny a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. A stunning return to form. Warner.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - johnny is value for your cash
just dim the lights open a bottle of wine sit back and just listen, let the music take you over. this album is simply one of his best every track is great with 'the beast in me' being my personal favourite. fantastic value for money. i recommend the american recordings to all johnny cash fans and as an introduction to newcomers just to show you how good the man in black was.
Rating: - But this CD!
This is an amazing collectino of songs and shows the reason why everyone loves Cash.
Rating: - Cash does it again, and again and again...
I suppose there is no need to write another review for a disc originally released over 13 years ago. Considering there have been over 90 reviews of this, the first American Recordings collaboration between Rubin and Cash, it seems a waste of time to write another.
With this in mind, much like the minimalist approach to this album, I will do the same with this review. This is simply among the very best albums of any genre, any era since the birth of rock and roll. Nowhere can you ... Read More
Rating: - Of course.
It's Johnny Cash, of course it gets 5 stars. Great collection from the Mater.
Rating: - The Master's Comeback
This was the Man in Black's comeback album and it showed the world he was not done yet by a long shot. It introduced a whole new generation to his style of and method of music, and also got that new generation to discover his older works. No Cash collection is complete without this album.
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