Name: American Recordings
Brand: American
SKU: 58676062
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American Recordings

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

Album: American Recordings
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Man Comes Around, The
2)	Delia's Gone
3)	Let The Train Blow The Whistle
4)	Hurt
5)	Give My Love To Rose
6)	Beast In Me, The
7)	Drive On
8)	Why Me Lord
9)	Thirteen
10)	Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)
11)	Bird on a Wire
12)	Bridge Over Troubled Water
13)	Tennessee Stud
14)	I Hung My Head
15)	Down There by the Train
16)	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
17)	Redemption
18)	Personal Jesus
19)	Like a Soldier
20)	Man Who Couldn't Cry, The
1)	Man Comes Around, The
2)	Delia's Gone
3)	Let the Train Blow the Whistle
4)	Hurt
5)	Give My Love to Rose
6)	Beast in Me, The
7)	Drive On
8)	Why Me Lord
9)	Thirteen
10)	Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)
11)	Bird on a Wire
12)	Bridge Over Troubled Water
13)	Tennessee Stud
14)	I Hung My Head
15)	Down There by the Train
16)	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
17)	Redemption
18)	Personal Jesus
19)	Like a Soldier
20)	Man Who Couldn't Cry, The
1)	In My Life
2)	Rowboat
3)	Sea of Heartbreak
4)	Sam Hall
5)	Danny Boy
6)	Rusty Cage
7)	Desperado
8)	One Rose, The (That's Left in My Heart)
9)	Country Boy
10)	Memories Are Made of This
11)	Spiritual
12)	Kneeling Drunkard's Plea, The
13)	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
14)	Tear Stained Letter
15)	Southern Accents
16)	Mean Eyed Cat
17)	Streets of Laredo
18)	We'll Meet Again
19)	Meet Me in Heaven
20)	I Never Picked Cotton
21)	Unchained
22)	I've Been Everywhere
1)	In My Life
2)	Rowboat
3)	Sea of Heartbreak
4)	Sam Hall
5)	Danny Boy
6)	Rusty Cage
7)	Desperado
8)	One Rose, The (That's Left in My Heart)
9)	Country Boy
10)	Memories Are Made of This
11)	Spiritual
12)	Kneeling Drunkard's Plea, The
13)	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
14)	Tear Stained Letter
15)	Southern Accents
16)	Mean Eyed Cat
17)	Streets of Laredo
18)	We'll Meet Again
19)	Meet Me in Heaven
20)	I Never Picked Cotton
21)	Unchained
22)	I've Been Everywhere
1)	I Won't Back Down
2)	Solitary Man
3)	That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
4)	One
5)	Nobody
6)	I See a Darkness
7)	Mercy Seat, The
8)	Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)
9)	Field of Diamonds
10)	Before My Time
11)	Country Trash
12)	Mary of the Wild Moor
13)	I'm Leavin' Now
14)	Wayfaring Stranger
1)	Help Me
2)	God's Gonna Cut You Down
3)	Like the 309
4)	If You Could Read My Mind
5)	Further on Up the Road
6)	On the Evening Train
7)	I Came to Believe
8)	Love's Been Good to Me
9)	Legend in My Time, A
10)	Rose of My Heart
11)	Four Strong Winds
12)	I'm Free From the Chain Gang Now
1)	Ain't No Grave
2)	Redemption Day
3)	For The Good Times
4)	I Corinthians 15:55
5)	Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
6)	Satisfied Mind
7)	I Don't Hurt Anymore
8)	Cool Water
9)	Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
10)	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..."