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AAME 81157
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UPC: | 602537811571 |
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Vinyl Box Sets |
No. of Discs: | 7 |
Note: | 180 Gram |
Johnny Cash American Recordings I-VI in a limited edition 180-gram 7LP box set
Featuring all six of The Man In Black's critically acclaimed American Recordings albums
In the early '90s, Johnny Cash signed to Rick Rubin's American label and began releasing the American Recordings series of albums. Produced by Rubin, the American Recordings were stark, stripped-down, mostly acoustic meditations on the more apocalyptic side of his persona, writes Rolling Stone. Cash covered Beck, Nick Cave, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Soundgarden, Danzig, and, of course, Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt." And he cemented his reputation as one of the reigning badasses in American music history — not that that rep really needed much help.
These are acoustic roots-radical albums on hip hop/metal producer Rick Rubin's label of the same name. The albums wonderfully capture Cash's famous baritone as powerful as ever. The set includes American Recordings, Unchained, Solitary Man, The Man Comes Around, American V: A Hundred Highways and the final chapter and last recording in the series, American VI: Ain't No Grave.
Topping out on the C&W chart at No. 23 and lingering on the pop chart for nine weeks, American Recordings also took home a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. In addition to Cash originals like "Let The Train Blow the Whistle," "Drive On," "Redemption," and "Like A Soldier," the intimate 13-song set features stirring covers of songs by artists of all backgrounds including Nick Lowe ("The Beast In Me"), Kris Kristofferson ("Why Me Lord"), Glenn Danzig ("Thirteen"), Leonard Cohen ("Bird On A Wire"), Tom Waits ("Down There By the Train") and Loudon Wainwright III ("The Man Who Couldn't Cry").
Cash returned with its equally as impressive follow-up Unchained in 1996. Whereas American Recordings featured Johnny unaccompanied on acoustic guitar, Unchained finds the music legend backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Marty Stuart. The heartfelt 14-song set again consists of a mix of Cash originals like "Country Boy," "Mean Eyed Cat" and "Meet Me in Heaven" and effective covers of material by a diverse selection of artists including Beck ("Rowboat"), Soundgarden ("Rusty Cage") and Tom Petty ("Southern Accents") among others. Unchained became Cash's second straight Grammy-winning album, this time for Best Country Album.
Johnny Cash/American Recordings (American I) | 1. Delia's Gone | 2. Let The Train Blow The Whistle | 3. The Beast In Me | 4. Drive On | 5. Why Me Lord | 6. Thirteen | 7. Oh, Bury Me Not | 8. Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer | 9. Bird On A Wire | 10. Tennessee Stud | 11. Down There By The Train | 12. Redemption | 13. Like A Soldier | 14. The Man Who Couldn't Cry | Johnny Cash/Unchained (American II) |
1. Rowboat | 2. Sea of Heartbreak | 3. Rusty Cage | 4. The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart) | 5. Country Boy | 6. Memories are Made of This | 7. Spiritual | 8. The Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea | 9. Southern Accents | 10. Mean Eyed Cat | 11. Meet Me In Heaven | 12. I Never Picked Cotton | 13. Unchained | 14. I've Been Everywhere | Johnny Cash/American III: Solitary Man |
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. The Mercy Seat | 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 | Johnny Cash/American IV: The Man Comes Around |
LP 1 | 1. The Man Comes Around (John R. Cash) | 2. Hurt (Trent Reznor) | 3. Give My Love To Rose (John R. Cash) | 4. Bridge Over Troubled Water w/ Fiona Apple (Paul Simon) | 5. I Hung My Head (Sting) | 6. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl) | 7. Personal Jesus (Martin L. Gore) | 8. In My Life (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) | LP 2 | 1. Sam Hall (John R. Cash) | 2. Danny Boy (Arrangement by John R. Cash) | 3. Desperado w/ Don Henley (Glenn Frey/Don Henley) | 4. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry w/ Nick Cave (Hank Williams) | 5. Streets of Laredo (Arranged & Adapted By John R. Cash) | 6. Tear Stained Letter (John R. Cash) | 7. We’ll Meet Again (Ross Parker/Hugh Charles) | Johnny Cash/American V: A Hundred Highways |
1. Help Me | 2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down | 3. Like the 309 (written by CASH) | 4. If You Could Read My Mind | 5. Further On Up the Road | 6. The Evening Train | 7. I Came to Believe | 8. Love’s Been Good To Me | 9. A Legend In My Time | 10. Rose of My Heart | 11. Four Strong Winds | 12. I’m Free From the Chain Gang Now | Johnny Cash/American VI: Ain't No Grave |
1. Ain't No Grave | 2. Redemption Day | 3. For the Good Times | 4. 1 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 |
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