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| Artist: Johnny Cash
Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $28.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 183604
Format: Import
Media: LP Record
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 12.1 x 0.2
EAN: 5051011279218
ASIN: B000EJ9MU6
Release Date: July 15, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Delia's Gone - Johnny Cash, Silbersdorf, Karl | | • | Let the Train Blow the Whistle - Johnny Cash, Cash, Johnny | | • | The Beast in Me - Johnny Cash, Lowe, Nick | | • | Drive On - Johnny Cash, Cash, Johnny | | • | Why Me Lord? - Johnny Cash, Kristofferson, Kris | | • | Thirteen - Johnny Cash, Danzig, Glenn | | • | Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer) - Johnny Cash, Lomax, John [1] A. | | • | Bird on a Wire - Johnny Cash, Cohen, Leonard | | • | Tennessee Stud - Johnny Cash, Driftwood, Jimmie | | • | Down There by the Train - Johnny Cash, Waits, Tom | | • | Redemption - Johnny Cash, Cash, Johnny | | • | Like a Soldier - Johnny Cash, Cash, Johnny | | • | The Man Who Couldn't Cry - Johnny Cash, Wainwright, Loudon |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
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
Album Description
UK only 180 gram vinyl pressing. 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. Rhino UK. 2006.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 89 more reviews...
buy this on vinyl July 30, 2008
This superb album, constituting Johnny's amazing career comeback, sounds much better on vinyl than CD. The word that springs to mind is organic. Don't hesitate in buying it. I'm listening to it as I'm typing this out. It's superbly pressed, better than most "audiophile" releases. This is the way to listen to CASH.
Johnny Cash R.I.P.
johnny is value for your cash July 20, 2008
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.
But this CD! March 24, 2008
This is an amazing collectino of songs and shows the reason why everyone loves Cash.
New dimensions for an older artist January 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When a new producer began to work with Johnny Cash toward the end of his career, the result was a wonderful new dimension for an older, established artist. This particular CD is a blend of old JC songs (Delia's Gone) and carefully selected music from other writers ("Bird on a Wire" has a whole dimension beyound the original Leonard Cohen recording of that song as does Kristofferson's "Why Me Lord?"). The songs rang from the dark (Bird on a Wire) to the very light and fun ("Tennessee Stud"). I have several in the series of American Recordings. This is the first and one of the best.
Cash does it again, and again and again... June 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 find a combination of haunting lyrics with a voice to match and a producer willing to keep his fingers off the controls.
It doesn't matter if you are a punk, emo, stoner, hippie, country fan, metalhead, death metal freak or a soccer mom. This is one of the few pieces of American music that can stand the test of time and truly reach any audience. Get this record!!!
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