- Audio CD (Mar 11 2003)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Enhanced
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B00008IAMD
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
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#7,233 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #1 in Music > Miscellaneous > Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews > Interviews
- #10 in Music > Miscellaneous > Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews > Spoken Word
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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 |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
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. In 15 songs, Cash moves through dark, haunted meditations on death and destruction, poignant farewells, testaments to everlasting love, and hopeful salutes to redemption. He sounds as if he means every word, his baritone-bass, frequently frayed and ravaged, taking on a weary beauty. By the time he gets to the Beatles’ "In My Life," you’ll very nearly cry. Go ahead. He sounds as if he’s about to, too. Unforgettable. (This special 2003 version includes a bonus DVD with the music video for "Hurt.") --Alanna Nash
Chronique amazon.fr
À soixante-dix balais, Johnny Cash a passé l'âge des simulacres. Et c'est devant Dieu et personne d'autre qu'il consent à s'expliquer. C'est bien le ton de la confession qu'il a adopté dans ses albums depuis American Recordings en 1994. La série, toujours produite par Rick Rubin, comporte désormais ce quatrième et ultime volet. Mais The Man Comes Around, sous ses allures de chant du cygne (noir), montre en même temps une irrésistible force de survie face à la maladie. Alors il multiplie les messages ("We'll Meet Again"). Il livre aussi les visions de l'au-delà qui le hantent, comme s'il était passé de l'autre côté pour revenir chez les vivants raconter ce qu'il a vu ("The Man Comes Around"). Il reprend à son compte "Hung My Head" de Sting, et réclame pardon ("Personal Jesus" la chanson de Depeche Mode, qui devient autobiographique). La puissance de l'interprétation vous percute et, par moments même, c'est le Cash le plus déterminé qui se fait entendre ("Sam Hall"). On ne s'étonne plus dès lors de trouver "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" de Hank Williams côte à côte avec "Hurt" de Nine Inch Nails. L'homme en noir montre plus que jamais avec cet album pourquoi, toute sa vie, il a porté son propre deuil. --José Ruiz
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks for the great Tunes Johny, Rest in Peace,
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This review is from: American IV: The Man Comes Around (Bonus DVD) (Audio CD)
If you like Johny Cash you will love this last offering. WHen he does a cover song her truly makes it his own. This album is definetly a great last offering from a talented Artist. Highly Recomend it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ragged Glory,
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This review is from: American IV: The Man Comes Around (Bonus DVD) (Audio CD)
I don't listen to a whole lot of country music, but when I do I generally like it undistilled. There are a few C&W artists I like without reservations and then there are those who are enigmatic enough that you never know what to expect from them. Johnny Cash fits into both categories.Cash's "American" series has been interesting and I was eager to hear what was on offer here after his tremendous Solitary Man album. For once, here's an album which lives up to industry hype. I'll be hard pressed to improve on amazon's adulatory paean to Cash's latest work. I was floored by the ragged glory of Cash's interpretations of this eclectic material the first time I heard it. Very little of it has any connection to traditional country, but with Cash behind the mike, the country just seems to burst forth. Some of the more familiar songs I heard with new ears. Songs like Hurt, In My Life and Desperado have a whole lot more meaning when sung by a man of Cash's age as he can look back on life's triumphs and disappointments and sound as if he really means what he's singing. I like the entire CD, but my favorites are the hellfire and brimstone The Man Comes Around, the mournful Hurt, the remorseful I Hung My Head, the reflective In My Life, the swaggering Sam Hall, the plaintive classic Streets of Laredo, and an uplifting rendition of We'll Meet Again. The video of Hurt is well worth the extra buck fifty. Watch it...again and again and again! Cash's beloved wife appears in it and her recent death gives it a poignancy money couldn't buy. I agree with the reviewer who said that Johnny Cash is every bit as important to American music as Elvis Presley. In the autumn of his life, he proves with American IV: The Man Comes Around that he still has what it takes to take his place in the pantheon of American music greats
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A farewell from the man in black,
By A Customer
This review is from: American IV: The Man Comes Around (Bonus DVD) (Audio CD)
This CD has been in my collection for nearly two years now. I originally bought it for the novelty of the cover of Reznor's, "Hurt". This particular track and the accompanying video still is the most moving performance I have ever encountered. What has become the surprise in this album is the power and the message contained in the rest of the tracks. Mr. Cash was obviously a man of strong Christian beliefs. The title track, "The Man comes around", and the undiscovered gem of his cover of, "Personal Jesus", certainly convey this fact. Despite the weakness of his aged voice, his performance on, "Sam Hall", and, "Tear stained letter", evoke the rowdy country singer of his earlier career. I hung my head", "I'm so lonesome I could cry", and, "Streets of Laredo" pay homage to the genre of country music. His love for his wife is aptly displayed in, "Give my love to Rose", and, "The first time I ever saw your face", as it is in in many of the tracks. "Desperado", "In my life", and, of course, "Hurt", practically become autobiographical. "Bridge over troubled water", and, "Danny boy", appear as comforting messages. The closing track, "We'll meet again", seems oddly out of place, yet it is somehow comforting to hear these words from Johnny's voice. After listening to this collection, I cannot think of a more fitting closing to this album, or his career. In summary, an eclectic collection, a stark, but powerful performance and no disappointments save for the fact we will never get another album from the late, great Johnny Cash
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