Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
Posted on November 17th, 2008
On first thought, the idea of the Man in Black recording such covers as “Bridge over Troubled Water,” “Danny Boy,” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” might seem odd, even for an artist who’s been able to put his personal stamp on just about everything. But American IV: The Man Comes Around, which also draws on Cash’s original songs as well as those by Nine Inch Nails (”Hurt”), Sting (”I Hung My Head”), and Depeche Mode (”Personal Jesus”), may be one of the most autobiographical albums of the 70-year-old singer-songwriter’s career. Nearly every tune seems chosen to afford the ailing giant of popular music a chance to reflect on his life, and look ahead to what’s around the corner. From the opening track–Cash’s own “The Man Comes Around,” filled with frightening images of Armageddon–the album, produced by Rick Rubin, advances a quiet power and pathos, built around spare arrangements and unflinching honesty in performance and subject
Track Listings:
1. The Man Comes Around
2. Hurt
3. Give My Love To Rose
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water
5. I Hung My Head
6. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
7. Personal Jesus
8. In My Life
9. Sam Hall
10. Danny Boy
11. Desperado
12. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
13. Tear Stained Letter
14. Streets of Laredo
15. We’ll Meet Again
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