Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around CD

The Man Comes Around is the fourth in a series of collaborations between Johnny Cash and producer Rick Rubin.The series began with 1994's critically-acclaimed American Recordings, followed by Unchained (1996)and American III:Solitary Man (2000). Each of these previous collaborations has yielded Cash a Grammy Award The Man Comes Around features new Cash compositions as well as a diverse array of cover songs including Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt," Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,""Personal Jesus" from Depeche Mode and Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water"featuring guest vocals by Fiona Apple. BONUS DVD: "Hurt" video.

Personnel includes: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); Fiona Apple, Don Henley, Nick Cave (vocals); Smokey Hormel (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Randy Scruggs, Jeff Hannah, Kerry Marx, Mike Campbell, Marty Stuart, John Frusciante, Thom Bresh (acoustic guitar); "Cowboy" Jack Clement (dobro); David Ferguson (ukelele); Laura Cash (fiddle); Terry Harrington (clarinet); Benmont Tench (piano, Wurlitzer piano, organ, harmonium, pipe organ, mellotron); Roger Manning Jr. (piano, harmonium, chamberlain, mellotron, orchestra bells); Billy Preston (piano); Joey Waronker (drums).
Recorded at Cash Cabin, Nashville, Tennessee and Akademie Mathematique Of Philosphical Sound Research, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Johnny Cash.
"Give My Love To Rose" won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
AMERICAN IV: THE MAN COMES AROUND was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
Includes a bonus DVD featuring a music video for the song "Hurt".
Personnel includes: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); Fiona Apple, Don Henley, Nick Cave (vocals); Smokey Hormel (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Randy Scruggs, Jeff Hannah, Kerry Marx, Mike Campbell, Marty Stuart, John Frusciante, Thom Bresh (acoustic guitar); "Cowboy" Jack Clement (dobro); David Ferguson (ukelele); Laura Cash (fiddle); Terry Harrington (clarinet); Benmont Tench (piano, Wurlitzer piano, organ, harmonium, pipe organ, mellotron); Roger Manning Jr. (piano, harmonium, chamberlain, mellotron, orchestra bells); Billy Preston (piano); Joey Waronker (drums).
Recorded at Cash Cabin, Nashville, Tennessee and Akademie Mathematique Of Philosphical Sound Research, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Johnny Cash.
"Give My Love To Rose" won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
AMERICAN IV: THE MAN COMES AROUND was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
Personnel: Johnny Cash (vocals, acoustic guitar); Mike Campbell (vocals, acoustic guitar); Laura Cash (vocals, fiddle); Don Henley, Fiona Apple, John Carter Cash, Nick Cave (vocals); Smokey Hormel (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Jeff Hannah, John Frusciante, Marty Stuart, Randy Scruggs, Thom Bresh, Kerry Marx (acoustic guitar); Jack Clement (dobro); David Ferguson (ukulele); Terry Harrington (clarinet); Roger Manning (piano, tack piano, harmonium, chamberlin, Mellotron); Benmont Tench (piano, harmonium, organ, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron, vibraphone); Joey Waronker (drums).
Audio Mixer: David Ferguson.
Liner Note Author: Johnny Cash.
Recording information: Akademie Mathematique Of Philosphical Sound Research, L; Cash Cabin Studio, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Martyn Atkins.
Johnny Cash's fourth project with producer Rick Rubin continues on the same path as many of their previous releases: Cash's warm and rumbling baritone over minimal production and gentle duets with some surprising guests. One of the things that sets American IV: The Man Comes Around apart from the others is Cash's song selections. The success he experienced with his pEntertainment Weekly (9/26/03, p.34) - "...Cash stares down death here, yet when the man comes around, you have little choice but to go....It's a blunt, unsentimental farewell from a man who made a life and art from never flinching."
Q (01/01/04, p.80) - Ranked #16 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2003"