TS: Cash's American Recordings, Unchained, Solitary Man or The Man Comes Around

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Ok, I only know the first very well, with passing listens to the last three. "Rusty Cage," of course, is a blast. But even based on my limited exposure to them, the latter two seemed to have a real sense of weight to them.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Johnny 99

― cinniblount (James Blount), Sunday, 21 September 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Rating them 1-10:
- American Recordings : 10
- American II, Unchained: 8
- American III, Solitary Man: 9
- American IV, The Man comes around: 7
Number one and three are the best one.
He sound really tired on the 4th.

― Bubba, Monday, 22 September 2003 10:23 (twenty-two years ago)

haven't heard numbers I and II, but definitely number III is a monument to raw sincerity, honesty and truth, it's like listening in awe to a prophet's speech, a monster of an album, amazing.
number IV is a great album and all, it has some fantastic cover versions and sounds great, but it's not as magic.

― joan vich (joan vich), Monday, 22 September 2003 10:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I've liked all of his American recordings albums, but by the time the fourth one come out with more 'rock/pop' covers, I kept wishing it had more traditional country songs done in this same manner or something stripped down with Marty Stuart taking the place of Luther Perkins.

These type of recordings may be on tape and may be relased down the line.

― earlnash, Monday, 22 September 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I pick #3 for the Nick Cave cover, which is as deliciously scary as Johnny Cash gets!
"I See A Darkness" is also good.
I couldn't bring myself to listen to #4. I heard some of it, and of course I've seen/heard "Hurt," but it honestly made me feel creepy.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

A little too much cover novelty stuff going on in this last one, but it's still good. "The Man Comes Around" shows he could still write a good tune, and maybe he should have written more. The first one is still the best.

― ham on rye (ham on rye), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

dang, I can't remember where I read it, maybe No Depression, maybe in one of those DaCapo readers, but somewhere there's a really article on what a shame it is that by the end of the 60s Cash had more or less given up as a songwriter (though there were still a few great songs to come) and more and more became a persona.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The fourth one isn't quite as solid all the way through as the first one but good lord "We'll Meet Again" as the last song on that album was so fucking poignant.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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