American IV: The Man Comes Around

Magistrale Cash, vlak voor z'n overlijden. De beste twee nummers (Hurt en Bride Over Troubled Water) zijn wel covers maar dat mag de pret niet drukken.

Some very good covers and the theme of death feels very poignant given it is Cash’s last album.

Solid

Dark and haunting...

I am not a fan of country music but Johnny is an exception, such a great voice

Overrated.... However, enjoyed the man comes around and song about accidentally shooting someone on a horse.

Really liking “hurt” Didn’t know Fiona would be on this what a coincidence Just finished pretty solid I don’t listen to much country and wouldn’t have listened ordinarily I’m excited for this project

I like Johnny cash’s hits but it felt like kind of a drag getting through the album.

Es innegable el talento de este señor, pero no hace falta versionar canciones que son perfectas tal y como son

It's all a bit morose, particularly considering that the entire record was recorded before June passed away. The arrangements are nice enough, and Cash's voice aged with uncommon grace, but this album is only notable because it was his last, and because of "Hurt"

In her 70s, Loretta Lynn embraced contemporary rock sounds from younger collaborators to make arguably the best album of her career. Johnny Cash did 80% of that.

I'm kinda over Hurt. Overall, it's a solid album from a great voice of classic country music; the arrangements and instrumentation are sparse, but that works for his almost spoken word singing. The duets with Fiona Apple and Nick Cave are good. Frusciante wrote the acoustic arrangement for Personal Jesus, and the barroom piano is great, but the vocal delivery here is almost like pulling teeth. It's an album I think is really good, but I don't really like late era Cash because it feels almost tiresome and plodding.

is this good or just notable? bro's got delivery for sure but this is just a covers record

Well...

So mad respect for Johnny Cash - and lot of great covers here - but again - is this an all-time album that simply must be heard??? No, it isn't.

Some of it is better than I remember and some of it is worse. Overall it is, in my considered opinion, good.

I never realized his last (or very much later) album was the best. It was enjoyable, but nothing I ever feel the need to revisit. It's nice to hear something that isn't just "Hurt", as good as it is.

Wohl (auch) Coverversionen 3*

5 stars for Hurt, but the rest of the songs don't come close. The album as a whole kinda just feels like an exhibition for funsies. Much love for Johnny tho.

Not quite sure what I was expecting with that one.

When this album came out the only song I payed attention to was ‘hurt’, a cover of a NineInchNail’s song I bumped pretty hard in 9th grade. I enjoyed listening to the whole album. Very minimalistic and not suuuper musical so not quite my personal taste but a stand out for me was Personal Jesus.

Obviously the cover of hurt is amazing, but I hadn’t heard his cover of bridge over troubled water and it’s incredible. The whole album is hauntingly beautiful.

It had its moments for me.

Final album of an illustrious career but it’s so on the nose it hurts, no pun intended. Some good covers and of course his voice is good but I just can’t make it into the cathartic can-you-believe-how-deeply-emotional-I-am-OMG-I’m-crying.

Love Johnny Cash. Loved the covers. It’s wild to hear the age in his voice compared to his earlier recordings and I love what it does to songs like Hurt and In My Life.

Dude's a legend, but I felt myself wishing this album was over sooner than I cared to admit.

So these aren't the best versions of these songs. Like we're def not talking "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston or "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley levels of good, but there is something there. And I think that something is giving the rooster from the Robin Hood cartoon. 3?

This is the kind of country I like. A lot of covers that were done tastefully in my opinion 3.7*

very good, a lot of covers but some very lovely songs

Bridge over troubled waters caught me!! Everything else was meh.

Some great takes, some misses.

Pretty insane that Johnny cash still puts on great performance at his age. His cover of Hurt is one of if not his best song. His vocals are definitely at center stage for the entire album. It is somber listen but all things considered a solid album. 3.05

Some good cover, some worse than the originals

Not my music really, I can appreciate the take on some famous songs. Lots of covers

Good songs but I got kind of bored listening to the whole thing, a lot sounded the same. Dang he's got a deep voice

Bad ass. 3/5

Some covers on here are enjoyable, others are not so much but I appreciate Johnny doing what he wants

As far as legends making albums in their dying years, this one is okay. Hurt is an all time great cover. I enjoyed personal Jesus too. But his version of Bridge over Troubled Water is a crime against humanity.

3.5 really

Same exceptional tracks on here (Hurt is overplayed but sure, it's the best version - LOVE the Sting cover I Hung My Head), but there's filler and the "We'll Meet Again" singalong at the end is cringe

A good introduction to Cash's voice via a cover album with some familiar songs. I have heard some of the more popular Johnny Cash songs before but have never listened to an album. The renditions of Hurt and We'll meet again are real tearjerkers and you can hear the pain in his voice knowing that he didn't have long left.

I’m not really a fan of country, it’s actually one of my most disliked genre so I would put have put a 2. But this album is mostly reprises in a decently done country style. I didn’t particularly hate listening to it, but it’s still a low 3 for me. I’m sure in this genre Johnny Cash is very talented but it’s really not my style.

3.5- hurt and gi e my love to rose are my favourite.

The covers range from good to exceptional, but it's a cover album

Add Hurt to the list of songs where the cover is better than the original.

A solid album from the late great Jonny Cash, his magnum opus. Somber and strong. Hurt will always be a classic

I struggle with how to rate this album. I don’t love it but it’s probably worth including something from this phase of his career and I guess this would be the one? I can’t help but to suspect that people’s obsession with his cover of “Hurt” has propelled this album further than it otherwise deserves.

Enjoyed the first song, The Man Comes Around, I Hung My Head, and this cover of the Beatles’ In My Life. Was also pleasantly surprising to hear a cover of Personal Jesus, a nice change from the original that for some reason plays on the radio all the time.

A good set of covers, but I wasn’t moved by any of them

I really like the songs where Johnny Cash is telling a story. Totally drew me in. His voice is very different on those songs. Some of the covers felt like his energy wasn't behind the words.

Cash covert (z.B. "Hurt") und interpretiert eigene Songs neu. Tolle Auswahl und das letzte Album vor seinem Tod. 3,5

I thought I would like this more than I did. Also wasn't expecting so many covers.

Super depressing album but also cool to hear the covers he chose to perform.

Se siente carretera - Norte/Sur USA - fogata y así.

Johnny Cash is a legendary American country singer-songwriter. This album is a treasure featuring “Hurt” which is regarded as a great cover to an already powerful song. Surprisingly, this album also has covers of “Personal Jesus” (mid) and “We’ll Meet Again.” While some of the other song/stories are somewhat underwhelming, Cash’s strong imagery, vocal prowess, and work ethic, especially in his advanced age at the time, are to be admired.

A fine collection of well done covers, but not sure why it's on this list

3.5/5 solid album however, being mainly covers it loses some points for me.

I found this quite sad

Quite somber but otherwise acceptable.

Very sad, not something I’d frequent.

good but got a serious case of the deathbed production. The modern production sounds so bad. I hate it..

Some great songs mixed with some mid songs.

Hurt is still one of the best covers of all time, but there's not much else going for this album. Personal Jesus was also interesting and We'll Meet Again was poignant. The more traditional country covers sounded tired. Not in an intentional stylistic way but like an old man pushing himself for one more go. In My Life and Bridge Over Troubled Water were both actively bad tracks. Cash is a legend. This is his last album but it doesn't hold up to his legacy. Let's remember Hurt and forget the rest.

Probably a hot take, but I thought it was pretty one dimensional and lazy

Loved the lyrics and the music, but I didn’t really enjoy his voice ill definitely like his stuff when he was younger though

Absolutely loved “When the Man Comes Around”. Listened to it probably 5-6 times before I could even move on to the next song (Hurt), which I also loved.

This album is kind of hit and miss. Hurt is amazing, Bridge Over Troubled Water was good. Some of the choices he made were kind of strange. Did we need a Johnny Cash version of Personal Jesus? No, no we didn't. The production was kind of all over too, some of it was fantastic and some of it was basically like if your grandpa recorded covers on a 4 track in his living room. Which this probably was. Was it just me or does anyone else hear him softly whistling as he breathes through his nose on a couple tracks? Don't get me wrong, Johnny Cash was a national treasure but I feel like this doesn't really deserve the accolades it received when it came out, Hurt excepted.

Some good ones

Instantly add gravitas to any song by getting Johnny Cash to cover it. I almost look forward to the AI generated pained versions of Whigfield's Saturday Night et al.

Not a new one to me. I listened to this one 20 years ago when it first came out. I'm surprised how many tracks I forgot existed over the intervening time. But also not surprised. The first two tracks are exceptionally powerful and then the rest of it just tapers off. Love that the Desperado track was copyright struck for being Eagles content so I can continue not hearing their music anywhere ever.

very american, good songwriting (idk which songs are actually his tho cos he covered personal jesus, we'll meet again, AND streets of loredo so idk if i can actually accurately judge his songwriting bahaha), hurt is a great song, i just don't like his voice that much LOL, which makes this hard to listen to when its basically just guitar and vocals, maybe its just that the compression on his voice is just a bit much tho.

3.2 per track. Some absolutely fantastic songs and some not so great, nothing too awful.

First song is a classic

Every song weighty, but probably wouldn't seek it out as an album.

Not my favorite cash but a few classics

i guess i can see why it would appeal but it doesn't to me

Depressing music, I did like Hurt and Danny Boy. Interesting covers for sure, never heard Personnel Jesus sang quite like this before. Odd but interesting.

Not a big fan of U2 anyways.

Pretty good

hauntingly beautiful, a few songs may be a little too slow personally but the guitar and singing are awesome together, his voice is going a little bit but few voices are as iconic as his

Cover album, hurt is good tho

this was a good album but i'm never listening to the cover of hurt again because it personally attacks me

it was touching listening to a lot of this album other than the songs about killing people and getting lynched

the universe is not fucking funny for this one.

Soulful and sad. A couple standouts, but not something usually appealing to listen to when going about your day. Feels more like a funeral march. Fav tracks: Hurt, The Man Comes Around, We'll Meet Again

Waffled on which way to round this one, went up because of the last song. Cash sounds great here. Really clean production, breaking down voice. Really don’t like a lot of the song selection. Feels like Rubin picked about five cover songs that are specifically designed to become sleeper minor hits on the strength of the general sadness of the record. And hey, he got one!

I love Johnny Cash, but damn this record struggles to work. So many of the covers are painful, both failing to serve Cash and the original. Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Personal Jesus being two major offenders. Hurt is a saving grace, as well as the originals.

- is he just talking over the music? - sounds almost like a beer commercial - instrumental of the first two songs are actually good (guitar strumming mostly) - this is like straight up countryside music lol - i liked the cover of bridge over troubled water - not really a fan of the casual storytelling - not my vibe but I can respect it - interesting that he covers these folk songs

Good not great for me

A solid album of great covers, but I prefer Cash's original stuff

Liked it! Slow at some points

Seems odd to pick an album from an artist way past his prime, and singing songs that aren't really like anything they would have normally done themselves.

Some good songs and covers but not really a country fan

Я не особо фанатею по Джони Кэшу и кантри в целом, но как то не было, приятный такой кантри альбом.

not my type

Unlike the Fairport Convention album, which was the 4th studio album... this one is the sixty-seventh. the interpretations of other songs are great, but ultimately, we need to consider why you'd need to listen to this album.

I think you know what you're getting with Johnny Cash. The Man Comes Around and Hurt are stellar. It is interesting to see his takes on other track (e.g. Bridge, Desperado).... though not all are successful. Personal Jesus definitely seems like a mistake. Overall, enjoyable to listen to.

Hurt is Hurt. Some of the interpretations are great. Some are great. It's fine. Good even.

The hits are good ("Hurt" in particular). Pleasant listening. The covers of super well known songs (Desperado, In My Life, Bridge Over Troubled Waters) seem unnecessary. A little boring overall.

Cash's rendition of Hurt will always remain a classic as it showed his more vulnerable side towards the end of his life. Hung My Head is also another excellent cover on the album. Apart from that, I wasn't blown away by much else on an album full of covers

First Cash album I've listened to. Some solid songs in here, but not exactly my cup of tea. Makes me appreciate Cash more though

Effectively a cover album with only 2 original songs on the whole thing, but some of them are fantastic covers, the biggest one being Nine Inch Nail's "Hurt" with a surprisingly uplifting instrumental arrangement and some very closed in vocals. The rest of the album is very much produced in the same vein, acoustic guitar, piano and occasional organ (like in Danny Boy) and vocals mostly mixed without any space to them making the album as a whole feel like you're in a small room with Cash. Not an album you HAVE to hear before you die, but a pleasant one all the same

Emotional and robust

Not my usual kind of music but I liked the country / moody vibes 😁 Probably mainstream but liked 'The Man Comes Around'

There's some nice covers in here, alongside a few original songs. It's very soulful. Plenty of songs that are stripped way back, but mostly hit well. I really like the first track, that's great. Hurt is brilliant. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face is a standout, which has a real depth of feeling.

Folk

Personal Jesus og we Will meet again vil jeg gerne lytte til igen.

This album is perfect for falling asleep and never waking up ever again.

Grand

Sono cover, ma "Hurt" ad esempio, è molto meglio così. Purtroppo peggiora.

It's good, but very samey. Favorite song: I hung my head

3.5

This is impressive. Some great renditions of a lot of these tunes.

Meh

Vähän alitti odotukset. Hyviä covereita, mutta pidemmän päälle käteisen laulutyyli oli koko ajan samanlaista tasapaksua ja siihen alkoi hieman puutumaan. Mutta Hurt on tällä levyllä

3 Not much else to be said other than this is a solid album; which you expect from Johnny Cash

Some great songs, some ok songs. Overall, not as good as some of his other albums.

Really into a couple of the tracks on here, ofc 'Hurt' is an outstanding cover

Not in my edition of the book! 2002. 3 stars Very much a mixed bag of covers and a handful of originals. The trick with covers is to add something to the original and ideally make yours the definitive version, and that doesn't happen for a lot of the songs here. However - when it does, such as on Hurt - then the results are fantastic. Worth the entry fee just for a Cash original, "The Man Comes Around".

So many covers done so well. Gotta appreciate the greats.

Some excellent covers, but doesn’t quite elevate above the source material to make this a classic.

Not my usual taste, pretty good overall! Hurt is a classic even though it's a cover.

This is a very nice album to listen to

Me encantó, full nostalgico. 3.5.

Old man Johnny

First two songs slap (YK this). rest of the album just kinda goes on with some interesting covers

Johnny Kontants sista och, håll i er, sextiosjunde album. Förutom två så är alla låtar covers. Inte bara gamla standards, utan stora världshits, vilket är kul! De gamla standardlåtarna blir aldrig riktigt spännande här. Kontants egenskrivna är dock toppen, speciellt albumets öppningslåt, 'The Man Comes Around'. Mycket blir bättre av att filtreras genom den åldrade mannens erfarna basstämma, men vissa låtar, som 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' är svåra att göra bättre än originalen. Samtidigt blir exempelvis 'Personal Jesus', med John Frusciante på gitarr, en helt egen, fantastiskt avskalad men ändå bluesigt hård, version. Han gör även 'In My Life' rättvisa, även om den inte kommer i närheten av Beatles originalversion! 'Hurt', Nine Inch Nails-covern, behöver väl ingen närmare presentation, men Rick Rubins produktion blir bitvis lite högljudd, och sången känns konstigt mixad? Återkommande i vissa andra låtar, blir jobbigt att lyssna på. Bästa låt: 'The Man Comes Around' är nog bäst overall. 'Personal Jesus' bästa covern. Men det kan vara för att jag hört 'Hurt' (haha hört hurt hurt hört) för mycket.

This is the second Johnny Cash album I've gotten on this list, the first of which was At Folsom Prison. This album was a shift in tone from Folsom, but I still enjoyed it. I'm usually not into cover albums (I know this one isn't all covers, but it mostly is), but Johnny Cash really does a great job of adding something new to each of the songs on here. The changes to the instrumentation on these songs really complement Cash as a singer as well, and I love that so many great musicians contributed to this album (Henley, Frusciante, Mike Campbell, etc.). Knowing that Cash would live for less than a year after the release of this album gives more depth to a few of the songs here, most notably "Hurt." Overall, I thought this was a good album, and I enjoyed hearing Cash's version of some songs that I'm already familiar with. Favorite track: Bridge Over Troubled Water with Fiona Apple

I mean.... I really love classic Johnny Cash. Feels like the people falling over these projects are the ones who wouldn't cue up Big River or Get Rhythm or stuff. I like the more country oriented stuff more... some of the pop song covers are pretty dumb. I also just don't really believe Johnny on Hurt the way I believe Reznor... I still think the original cuts deeper. Especially because changing "crown of shit" to "crown of thorns" really, really, really undermines the impact. They just ain't the same thing, sorry you don't wanna swear no more Johnny. Also the production top to bottom is Pro Toolsy bullshit. With all those complaints, still a 3 star. The man is great, this just ain't the real real Cash.

I liked the stripped down aesthetic. I liked The Man Comes Around and Hurt a lot as well as some others. I like Johnny Cash. His career accomplishments are insane: over 1,000 songs written and 50+ albums. I didn’t like the covers of Bridge Over Troubled Water nor Desperado. Also his voice was a too deteriorated at this point for me. If this album were sung with Johnny’s voice from 30 years before, it would be a really good album for me.

Ending with that Ink Spots cover, a "chin up" after all this fear of leaving behind the good and learning to embrace our bad, feels like saying: it all boils down pretty simply after all that. Hell of a lens to be looking at life through after all the other fears and hopes and darknesses he looks at here. Like, this is on the same album as Hurt.

Geweldige man en stem!

Aantal fantastische covers staan er op dit album. Maar toch ook wel een aantal nummers waarin het wiebelt en zijn stem zo onvast is dat het bijna ongemakkelijk wordt om er naar te luisteren. De keuze voor sommige in mijn ogen best saaie nummers snap ik ook niet helemaal.

Not a big Johnny Cash fan, but what more needs to be said about his magnifcant version of "Hurt"? It's such a powerful song anyway, but with his voice, the tempo, and the backing track - it achieves new heights; this song always sends shivers down my spine. An album mainly of covers, his singing on some tracks is not good, but a fitting obituary to the man in black.

Stunning voice. I would appreciate this album the most after a breakup or while drunk. Unfortunately, I don't fully value an album which mainly consists of covers. After all: mixed feelings...

It's difficult to rate this, because it's essentially an album of covers by a man who has a very idiosyncratic voice. I'm not sure I am the biggest fan of his voice. But there is no denying the power of the songs he sings and his being close to death, some send a chill down my spine, while some (Danny Boy) are on the edge of being slightly cringe worthy. Sorry. Needs another listen really, but it is intriguing and in places, powerful. A solid 3.

Prefer his older stuff

A miserable covers album that put me in a really really bad place but it’s not technically bad and the covers are okay (hurt is overrated). 3/5

Not going to listen to this yet because I haven't listened to much Cash and I don't think this is worth listening to yet. Just giving it three start because that's the middle

Kaipaisin enemmän revittelyä versioinneissa, vähän vaihtelua tulkintaan. Mutta kyllähän tätä on kamalan miellyttävä kuunnella.

Nice set of covers from the man.

Late career work. Interesting interpretations of songs.

It went on a little long, in my opinion, but I liked the tone. I'm not sure how I feel about the sudden backing vocals on a few of the tracks. I do think it fits with the last track rather well, though. I like how stripped down it is and the subject matter of a lot of the songs. Hurt is really good. I guess my issues would be the length and some of the songs just didn't hit for me. At some points his voice begun to bother me a little as well, but I respect the album. My favourite songs were Hurt, I Hung My Head, and We'll Meet Again.

Some great and iconic tracks. Some not so great.

Honestly, the best parts of this album are the Cash originals. Overall it's a pretty haunting record, especially in retrospect. The best covers are the Depeche Mode, Sting, Tex Ritter, and Hank Williams songs.

I mean it's good, but also feels like taking advantage of the guy.

Ok

3.5

3,5

got this one on cd! bro is so gruff

It has its moments but the album is very slow and it's mostly covers. Hurt saves the day.

I like this album but it pales in comparison to American Recordings (vol. 1). Still it has some compelling renditions of modern pop songs like Personal Jesus . 3 stars

Gorgeous

For country music it’s not the worst.

no soy muy fan del country porque me hace sentir un gringo dueño de por lo menos 5 smith and wesson pero m gusta bastante johnny cash el cover de personal jesus es lo mejor del disco lejos

Hurt is good but full album is hard to get through

Containing some of my favorite Cash songs ("The Man Comes Around", "I Hung My Head", and "Hurt"), this album is a classic. Released the year I graduated high school, the themes of loss and growing old seemed to pair well with my 18 year old world. 2 decades later, many of the feelings don't hold up and where this album drags, it drags hard. Still one of my favorites, but it didn't age as well as I've would have wanted. But man, when this album hits, it hits hard and deep.

Already had this album :/ my original review: I've only ever Hurt from this and it remains my favourite song from this album. Hmm, so potentially unpopular opinion, but why is spoken word considered music? But only done by certain artists. Oh well. Either way album with quite a lot of covers, some are misses for me tbh. Saved tracks: Hurt, First Time I Saw Your Face, Sam Hall, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Tear Stained Letter

This was good to hear. I don't think Johnny is at his best, but he pulls off a great performance. Nothing super special here, most interesting to me is the curation of songs. Hurt is particularly poignant. Cash sounds good on Danny Boy. Desperado shines on this collection. This is not the album I'd grab if I wanted to listen to Johnny Cash, but it is an awesome milestone and is worthy of recognition.

Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice album for someone with a very long and successful career, but the whole thing is almost all covers which is disappointing. Album also has his cover of Trent Reznor's "Hurt" which I think may be the most overrated cover ever. I'm not strictly opposed to maybe including a cover in an album but I don't understand how people can grade this any higher than 4 starts considering it's almost all a rehashing of other people's music. 5/10.

Sounds good but old

ok, too country but overall good

Jedan klasični po meni cover album.

We've had the Leonard Cohen offering, we've had the David Bowie offering just days ago, and now the tour of death-bed, making peace with the life I've lived albums concludes with the one the former two were clearly inspired by. It can not be understated how exceptional Rick Rubin's production is here. Johnny Cash's performance is dignified, solemn, and honest. The songs are all covers. Some hit the mark (Hurt, First Time Ever..), some miss it (Personal Jesus, Give My Love to Rose). A worthwhile listen, but not one for the regular rotation. Three grim reapers out of five

Great voice, good production, sure, but the selection of cover songs is a little lackluster.

Country covers af ellers gode sange, meget hyggeligt, men heller ikke mere

An okay album with a couple great songs. The interesting thing about this album and all the other American albums are that they were produced by Rick Rubin. I feel like the acoustic covers works good and bad depending on the song. Hurt is done excellently. Some of the other songs fall a bit flat like the depeche mode cover. Overall it’s not bad but fans of certain songs may like others. 6.3/10

Deep.

In his late career, Johnny Cash took on a much darker image in the face of his imminent death. Everyone knows the hit "Hurt", which many consider superior to Trent Reznor (not me). At the very least, these songs are intense in emotion with the cinematic strings and dramatic piano, fitting well with his rusty voice and simple guitar reminiscent of his younger days. This album is full of covers. You could hear over half the songs here (in their most popular forms) on an oldies radio station. And honestly, he does a decent job at it. I was especially surprised by the wild west interpretation of "Personal Jesus." To be honest, none of them are anywhere close to the originals, but they do fit his style well. It's coherent, and fortunately, despite being a double album, it only lasts 50 minutes, which is long enough for me to appreciate without getting tired. Favorites: Hurt, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Personal Jesus, Tear Stained Letter, We'll Meet Again

Nice album of course that I had not listened to for quite a while. You get the feeling that Cash could have made numerous albums in this style and in fact he did. As such, it is not clear to me why this particular one is on the list.

A couple of excellent covers (e.g., Hurt and We'll meet again) combined with several that do not add much to the original.

I want to come back to this one, it's good but a bit depressing for 4 stars

I've only ever Hurt from this and it remains my favourite song from this album. Hmm, so potentially unpopular opinion, but why is spoken word considered music? But only done by certain artists. Oh well. Either way album with quite a lot of covers, some are misses for me tbh. Saved tracks: Hurt, First Time I Saw Your Face, Sam Hall, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Tear Stained Letter

I liked it. Nice to hear Fiona Apple’s voice for a few seconds. Not much to say about this, strangely. I already like “Personal Jesus” so that was probably my favorite.

I consider myself a fan of Johnny Cash, but I didn't really care for this album. Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I don't love his voice in his later years. I also don't care for covers but I didn't mind Personal Jesus. Meh?

This album really reminds me of William Shatner's Has Been. Both are [mostly] cover albums, and both feature "singing" that's more like narration. Sure, Cash has the better voice, but Shatner knows how to not take himself too seriously - and thus his is the better album.

3.6 - "Hurt" is the obvious standout. I appreciate the simplicity of the arrangements that accentuate Cash's exceptional gravitas as a performer. As an album it's a good listen with some nice covers and notable collaborators (Nick Cave, Fiona Apple, Rick Rubin...) but I don't foresee revisiting it.

Hurt & Personal Jesus are brilliant, rest only so so

good enough

Even at the end of his life, Johnny Cash's voice is like no other and he commands a gravitas and drama that's all his own. Some of the covers are great. His version of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" is excellent. And I really like his quiet, pensive take on "In My Life." It's one of my favorite Beatles songs and he more than does it justice. Other covers I wasn't as sold on. His version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" didn’t land for me. “Tear Stained Letter” stood out as a particularly good track. Overall, a nice set of songs on a pretty low-key album.

The songs are generally really pretty and enjoyable to listen to, but there’s just something about his voice or something that just irks me the wrong way. I got annoyed on a number of songs without any real reason. I still can’t pinpoint it, but it likely has something to do with the lyrics or vocals. Other than that, the guitar (and other instruments) is soothing to listen to, and while my unfounded gripe with the vocals stands, they aren’t bad in any way. Favorite track: Danny Boy

Lots of sad song, quite good but don’t think I would listen to it again

Mostly a covers album but Cash’s vocals really give these songs a really different feel to them. Love his cover of Hurt and Personal Jesus and the original song The Man Comes Around

I really want to like this but I really disliked some of the covers.

Eh. It's a collection of generic-sounding covers that rarely offer anything versus the original (the standout is "Hurt", but that is aided by a phenomenal original and a memorable music video on release).

It’s got all the classic Cash flair even if it’s a somewhat melancholic listen overall. I do think the covers detract from the impact of the LP (even though I enjoy Cash’s interpretations), but for a final farewell it’s still a solid product.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yes I loved it, a long listing but doesn’t feel at all ling and blends together very nicely, a nice euphoric drive out in solitude would do this one justice Favourite song: a lot to choose from but, Track 14 - Streets Of Laredo

Really not my kind of music but the album has a good flow if you listen to it in one go, songs offer some variety but it still all sounds somewhat same-ish. Hurt is a classic but nothing in here I would add to my playlist.

I've heard this one quite a few times because my parents played the shit out of it. Hurt is obviously legendary but my other favorite is 'I Hung My Head' 3/5

Notre ami est à deux doigts de rendre l'âme entre chaque piste de l'album, ce qui rend son écoute assez délicate et anxiogène. De plus, on peine à reconnaître notre joyeux luron et son emblématique cheveux sur la langue dans cet environnement non-carcéral. Était-ce vraiment Johnny Cash ?

Le cadavre de Johnny Cash se fout ici bien de notre gueule. Il ne se donne plus la peine de nous offrir ses transitions stand-ups, se contentant simplement de mauvaises reprises de Depeche Mode et autres artistes. Cet album n'est même pas enregistré en live ! Impossible par conséquent d'écrire le script du concert, à mon plus grand regret.

some good covers

As cover albums go really great love teh nick cave Collab there voices are beautiful together Bit I don't think I can give a disjointed cover album anything more than a 3 Or 4 arrrg DK

The handful of originals are great as is the Tex Ritter cover. The Reznor tune and the Sting tune I was not familiar with but Johnny does a great job on both of them. It's a surprising song for Sting, like he had Johnny in mind when he wrote it. I've never been a fan of mega-artists covering songs that were mega-hits for other artists, so Like a Bridge/ The First Time and a 1/2 dozen others are a disappointment - the exception would be In My Life, which is powerful from the perspective of a dying man who has lost his wife. I'm going deduct a point for the aforementioned mega-hits (1/2 the album), though what remains is probably my favourite Johnny album that we've received from 1001.

I’m not into Country but Hurt is by far the best cover song I’ve ever heard, this is a case of a cover song that surpasses the original. In my Life isn’t quite up there with Hurt, but it’s also very good. Given that this was his last album, this very sparse and stripped down album gives his voice centre stage and it captures years of pain and emotion with great poignancy. The other covers aren’t as effective unfortunately, Personal Jesus in particular just doesn’t work.

Always had a soft spot for cash's cover of Hurt, and I also like I Hung My Head, the rest of the album is okay

i like this album, but idk if i'd put it in the must pile

Me gustan mucho las canciones narrativas. Su voz en este álbum ya no es lo que era, pero sigue siendo muy especial. Es muy emocionante oírle, a veces me entran ganas de llorar. La versión de Personal Jesus no ha sido un acierto.

Johnny Cash sounds old and that makes me feel sad.

I’m convinced Johnny Cash killed someone and is ridden with guilt.

Lots of emotion, very different voice and vibe from his earlier years

I enjoy a bit of Johnny Cash, but this was a stretch - the first two songs were legitimately good (probably the two I've heard the most as well), but after that it really dropped a notch. Personal Jesus is a great song but this version didn't work too well imo. Cash has his place on this list for sure, but it's more the Folsom Prison stuff etc. 3/5.

The cover of Hurt gets a 5, rest of the album not so much.

Cool but fit with me :-|

Really nice collection of covers, cool stuff

I understand this was his last release before dying and generally didn't really enjoy the covers. I appreciate it for what it was though! There was a very funny one about being on death row Luke and I loved

Some amazing tracks, some stinkers. Overall a pretty good album, especially for a country album!

Good album but dropped a star due to lack of new material. Mainly songs from previous albums or covers.

Pleasant listening, though the songs he covered were mostly so-so. Sam Hall was my favorite.

The first two songs were classics. Album dragged a little for me towards the end

Way better than I thought it would be

Good classic stuff but not my thing personally

lite bland

Pretty good. "The Man Comes Around" is a total rip-off of "The Claw" by Ten Benson though.

Hurt and a few others are amazing, but in some places it just sounds like an old guy talking.

Hurt is great, and he is an icon but not much musically

Hurt is absolutely amazing There's no happy note in there The rest is super melancholic but not bad. It's definitely a very sad album, which is so weird - A popular guy with a successful music career writing a negative toned album? Love it. Interesting that the best songs on this are covers. They're mostly also acoustic versions of those songs which are just wonderfully produced.

Johnny Cash went out on a high note with this record, after a long run on middling records. That's my understanding of the importance of this record. I think its a great record. His voice is obviously shredded by years of abused vocal chords and the fact that he was in and out of hte hospital during the making of the record. I remember hearing the NIN cover and thinking it was cool. But I definitely wasn't paying attention to country music at this time (never really have). I revisited this record when Cash was en-vogue again due to the "Walk the Line" movie. Another subversive musician. Love him. And this is an objectively great record.

I'm not real familiar with Johnny's catalog, but I went in to this thinking, "Oh, it's from 2002 - probably a crappy last-ditch grab at relevance" - but I was pleasantly surprised. For the most part, he stayed true to his roots, not straying from the formula. Most of the songs are about killing someone or finding someone about to die. It's odd, but I appreciate that storytelling is a big part of this genre. Also I didn't know that "In My Life" was from this album. It's probably my favorite Man-in-Black song and I assumed it was real old. That speaks to the timelessness of his work I suppose. Still, I'm wavering between a 2-3 only because I suspect some of his earlier (better) work to be on the list as well. Oh, to hell with it.

Noice! Love the Beatles cover

Hit and miss. have had two Johnny Cash country albums and hated them. This had some memorable songs reinterpreted and properly produced. Hurt a standout.

A quality listen, just not my favorite style of music. Also they are mostly covers, where the original is just better. I mildly enjoyed most of it. 6/10

Really good covers of songs I don't much like in the first place = 2 stars. Bonus star for Hurt and Sam Hall, though.

Context. It's all about context. Give this album to a teenager and she'll think it's someone's granddad doing karaoke. Whereas 40something me, getting older, the album has more grounding, reflecting on a life of love, loss, regret and wisdom - albeit through the medium of selected cover songs. Hurt and Personal Jesus are the stand-out tracks for me. I appreciate the rest, but they aren't as powerful.

The oldest saddest bastardest music

Miehellä mustissa on hetkensä ja nää uran viimeiset levyt on kyllä yksi hieno sellainen hetki. Rick Rubinin siirtyminen tuottajaksi oli käsittääkseni aika iso juttu sillai että kukaan ei uskonut enää että JC vois olla kiinnostava. Mut sit ku kehään laitetaan ihminen joka on aikaisemmin tuottanut beastie boysia, slayeria ja rhcp:ta niin jotain tässä tapahtu, En oo suuri cover-levyjen diggari mutta onhan tää tylyydessään jotenkin hieno. Riisuttu. Ehkä tää on countryksi jotenkin vähemmän countrya niin tätä on helpompi diggailla. Ja sit samalla onhan tää jotenkin niin vitun väsynyt. En oikein osaa sanoo mitä tästä oon mieltä. Tavallaan rakastan tätä ja sit tavallaan tää on aivan paska. 3/5

Aluksi tästä pitää, mutta aika nopeasti alkaa vähän toistaa itseään. Ehkä jokin tässä Cashin äänessä kertoo siitä, että se tietää itse olevansa nero tekemässä Tärkeää Levyä ja tämä tunnelma tekee kaikesta vähän luotaantyöntävää. Levyn isoin hitti Hurt on oikeasti hyvä laulu (vaikka nykyään vähän meemettinen jo onkin), ja avausraidasta tykkäsin myös. 3/5.

Spartan in a deeply religious way, but not puritanical or ascetic. Just simply spiritual. When the arrangements can't pull the song through, Cash's gravity and grain does. When Cash can't pull the song through, the arrangements offer a hand. When neither pulls the song through, well, good thing they've chosen great songs.

I only knew of the Hurt cover before listening to this. That cover is fine. The other covers are just bad. Bridge Over Troubled Water is especially grating. His voice just took the soul out of the song. Personal Jesus was also pretty bad since I just got the Depeche Mode album with that song on it a few days ago. When Cash isn't doing modern covers / his own songs, it's great. 2.5/5

Hurt et personnal Jesus ça marche full, le reste est correct, je m'attendais à plus de diversité dans les arrangements et l'instrumentation. C'est dépouillé et minimaliste, ce qui est tout à fait louable, mais c'est un peu redondant... Si ce n'était pas mr.Cash avec tout son vécu et son charisme ce serait tu aussi intéressant?

Countryn är ju inte min grej va, och alla låtarna är ju covers, men jävlar i min lilla lådda vad han lägger känsla i dem

Classic Cash but with some odd songs for me.

Good deep voice as always. Interesting to hear the modern covers, but a bit weird like your grandad singing Radio 1 or 6 Music! Some work brilliantly (Man comes around, hung my head, hurt, Sam). Powerful, but not essential.

Respektvoll ob der Todesnähe entsteht etwas zutiefst menschliches, verfangendes. Musikalisch empfinde ich nicht jeden Song in seiner Interpretation gelungen. 2.9

Ihan komia soundi ukkelilla ja kivoja versiointeja.

Harvemmin oon diggaillu Cashista, tää kuitenkin toimi hyvin. Hauskoja covereita ja iltapäiväkävelyllä huomasin fiilistelevän tät kuunnellessa.

Will admit to some trepidation before listening to this. I do not like Johnny Cash's music. "Heresy", I hear you shout. But you know what, I just don't. His genre, his semi-spoken, semi-sung delivery. I don't like it. But I have to admit that "when the man comes around" is genuinely a work of exceptional greatness. Reznor himself has said that Cash now owns Hurt. And I kinda agree. Cash sounds broken in a way that Reznor wasn't, physically. The slightly off-key spoken monotone just works so well for this track. I mean, the Nine Inch Nails original is better produced, has more layers and nuance, but Cash's voice and delivery fits so well that you can overlook it. Unfortunately things go rapidly downhill. Bridge over troubled water does not fit. At all. The same can be said for everything up to Personal Jesus, which is an intriguing take on Depeche Mode. Sam Hall is actually quite a fun track, I'll give it that. Danny Boy is just hideous. It's the indulgence of someone who is way past his best, reminiscent of an elderly uncle who insists on singing at a funeral. It might be touching, it might mean a lot to the performer, but it is objectively awful. The same can be said for I'm so lonesome I could cry. Tear-stained letter thankfully picks up the pace, which is genuinely a relief. Finishing up the album is a surprisingly upbeat and swingy tale on We'll Meet Again - which is immeasurably better than Very Lynn's cloying version. After the initial hesitancy, an I glad I listened to it? Kind of. The highs are high. But the lows are really low. Would I listen to the full album again? No. I'd absolutely not. There is no way I would subject myself to Bridge or Danny again, except if maybe I was wallowing in a Hurt-amount of masochistic anguish. Would I listen to the best tracks from this? Absolutely yes.

Overall mood of the album is great, great songs for sure just not really my music type for everyday listening

-Bridge Over Troubled Water -I Hung My Head -Personal Jesus -In My Life -Desperado -Tear Stained Letter -We'll Meet Again

3,5

Containing both "Hurt" and "The Man Comes Around" this seems like a good end to Cash's career, he brings a lot of sadness and sincerity to these covers, but some still fall flat. 2 Great songs then the rest are okay but not too striking. 7/10

Didn’t get to listen the whole way thru bc it was too sad

En sinnssyk topp, et par andre gode låter, men alt i alt er det for kjedelig. Traust, gammel vals.

Not overly keen on this one. Bridge Over Troubled Water and We'll Meet Again probably the lowlights. Can only assume earlier Cash albums are better than this one.

Old man sings other people's songs worse than the did. The album.

This album is quite depressing, especially Hurt. Not something I'll be adding to my playlist.

I have quite controversial opinions on this one. Where do I even start? First of all, I read online that only three songs on this album were written by Johnny Cash himself, which I find quite strange. This was his final album, released when he was around seventy, so I find it a little odd that the album he left behind is largely made up of covers. When you have had such a long career and have already become as famous as Johnny Cash was, why spend your final album mostly reinterpreting other people's songs? The first song, The Man Comes Around, which he did write himself, is actually one of my favourites on the album. I really like it and think it works perfectly. The covers, however, are a different story. Personal Jesus and In My Life are often described in the reviews as masterpieces, but honestly, I feel like the masterpieces are the original songs. Cash's husky voice adds a certain character, but in some cases it almost feels as though his reputation as an artist makes people overlook the fact that the original was already brilliant. I do really like his voice too, but I don't see the need to these covers. And then, of course, there is Hurt. I can absolutely understand why this cover is so beloved. Unlike Personal Jesus, Cash doesn't simply take the song and put his voice over it; he gives it a completely different interpretation, and you can really hear his own experience and vulnerability in it. I do like his version. What bothers me, though, is how often it is described as being better than the Nine Inch Nails original. Because I simply don't agree. The Nine Inch Nails version has this dark, dirty, almost uncomfortable vibe that I think fits the song incredibly well. It feels raw in a way, and for me, that atmosphere is essential to the song's meaning. Cash's version is beautiful too, but it doesn't have that raw and unique vibe the original has. I think both versions have something to offer, but I wish people would stop treating Cash's version as the better one just because, well, Johnny Cash sang it.

Песни о бездомных, обездоленных и зэках, конечно, грустные и печальные, и Джонни - фигура харизматичная в своём жанре, но это не та музыка, которую хочется слушать

Gravely voiced Cash, speaking and straining his way through Bridge over troubled water, Paul Simon’s song that can’t be disconnected from Garfunkel’s clear voice, was I initially thought — courageous. But then he tries to cover The first time ever I saw your face — and my reaction was I don’t think so, Johnny. But wait there’s more, an attempted cover of Lennon and McCartney’s In my life. And then - say it isn’t so - Cash does his rendition of Danny Boy. Followed by Desperado. At which point I have to say “no”, even if Don Henley was in the studio. I wanted to appreciate the last album created in his lifetime but this was just sad, as if Cash decided to record his favorite singing in the shower moments.

Veel classics, maar vind het niet perse het beste album. Ook wel fan van Nick Cave, maar op dit album klinkt hij gruwelijk slecht.

Barely sings

Pretty interesting voice, very distinct. Gravelly. Won't say it is my taste, but interesting nonetheless. Surprised with Cash's version of "We'll meet again." A pleasant surprise.

Highlights were Bridge Over Troubled Waters and In My Life, both worse covers of original songs. I love old Jonny Cash, but not a fan of newer albums. 3/10

Would have been 3 but then Danny Boy came on

I love Johnny.....but most of these didn't do much for me. "Hurt" is a masterpiece. Most of the rest were better if I wasn't familiar with the original. I appreciate how minimal and raw this production is.

Removed Album #36 (List: https://pastebin.com/cSThNiK9) From the Vault #28 (March 8, 2026) I'm surprised that a Johnny Cash album was pulled from the list, especially since three albums kind of feels like the listmakers are lowballing his importance. Two albums is definitely a scandalous number now that this one is gone. Granted, I don't know very much about Cash, so maybe he was more of a singles guy than an album fellow. It's been a very long time since I last listened to a Johnny Cash album. "At Folsom Prison" was album #23, meaning Johnny Cash could have the largest album gap on this list. Future me, please let me know the distance between these two albums in the alotted space: [567, with this being my second Cash album. I don't think any album is going to beat this number]. Okay, I love you future me even though I'm long dead thank you bye-bye. A cover album, huh? I guess I know why this album was removed, though I'll save my speculating for later. I was on board with this album for the first half, though my attention began to wane pretty heavily during the second. With the exception of "Danny Boy" and one very special tune, these songs carry themselves more or less identically. It's just Johnny putting on a show for me in a run-down apartment complex with his upbeat acoustic guitar and waxy vocals. The solitude is humbling and nice at first, but I was banging on the walls and begging to be let out by the end. The emptiness of these songs and their general sameyness became claustrophobic after a while. Oh, cool. "Hurt" is on this thing. I've heard this song through my Dad. Learning that this was a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song was one of the more shocking music-related experiences I've had in my life. My Dad didn't know either, so I was able to shock him as well. I mean, what is there to say about it? It's one of the best covers ever. I admittedly haven't listened to the NIN original, but I don't need to in order to know that Cash completely owns this version. There really is something to hearing an acoustic cover of this song from a decrepit man on his deathbed. The vocals are the strongest aspect for this reason - the shakiness is very affecting. The instrumental is no slouch, however. I particularly like the thudding piano during the chorus, and the acoustic guitar complements that stretch of the song beautifully. It gives the song a great, thundering sense of finality. My only real complaint is that the mastering on the vocals is quite strange during the final stretch, even if that raucousness is what makes it one of the best parts of the song. Time to sleuth for reasons as to why this album was removed. Let's see. Included in the original 1001 lineup and pulled from either the 2010 or 2011 update of the book (I don't have a scan of the 2010 revision). Not a long shelf life in the grand scheme of things. The book entry says that this album released one year before Johnny Cash died and is the last to be released within his lifetime. "As ever, Cash is largely working with other people's songs, using his solemn timbre and empathy to make them his own." I guess he's always been a cover act then, huh? The music video for Hurt won an award. Hit or miss - the book singles out "Danny Boy" as a weaker cut. Wikipedia reveals that this album is considered one of Cash's best, had a few guests on the backing vocals and was met with modest success on the European and Western charts. Like many of the other ex-list albums, the removal of this one boils down to it being an easy target. These list curators are simpering pussies who won't go after anything released prior to 1997, instead cannibalising the contemporary picks. This album only having one original track and Hurt being the stand-out tune by a wide margin are obviously what devastate this album. That being said, I think I can stick my neck out for this one. It makes a nice headstone for a tortured soul. I cosign this inclusion.

This was dull - someone needed to tell him to take a step back from the microphone, because the last thing I needed to hear in my headphones was the sounds of an old man's mouth churning and smacking, punctuating every word.

cover songs, they're ok. I don't really like this album. I would hope that Johnny Cash, instead of covering hit songs, at least work with writers or cover more obscure tunes. Just a boring album. Lotsa strumming. The only good tune here is the Hank cover. 2.

J’aurais mis 3 étoile sur 5 mais les seule bonne toune il les a voler so yeah 🫤

No me generó nada, ups.

I never liked it. It came out when I worked at hmv. I couldn’t cross that country divide with the man in black. To me it’s slow, drags out and really lacks emotion.

This album is so popular and highly regarded that whatever I say here might be taken the wrong way. It really is a beautiful album, but it is just not my taste. Also, some of the songs have become almost too popular over the years. Even just the "I hurt myself" intro has reached a meme-like status at this point.

2002 год. Кэшу 70, он почти потерял зрение, сессии записи прерывались на госпитализации. Рик Рубин продюсировал так же, как и всегда — минимализм, голос, гитара. Получился последний альбом, который Кэш успел выпустить при жизни. Wikipedia Большинство треков — каверы, но это слово тут не работает. Когда 70-летний умирающий мужик поёт "Hurt" Nine Inch Nails — это уже не кавер, это что-то другое. Трент Резнор потом сказал, что песня после этого обрела совсем другое значение. Фиона Эппл, Ник Кейв, Дон Хенли заходят на отдельные треки, но альбом держится на одном — на голосе человека, которому больше нечего доказывать и некуда торопиться. Он умрёт через год.

Not a fan of country music, I appreciate the interpretation of well known song but I care about creation 2/5

Está bueno. Un blues chill. La mayoría no son obras de él, sino covers.

A good album but not really my cup of tea

Whiny, draggy, and sparse. Intentionally so, but bored me to tears. At least Johnny is decent at being emotionally evocative with his mournful sound. Just not my thing. He did at least do Big Iron, which is a bad cover, but a song I like.

This one is hard for me. On the one hand, the context of this album makes me appreciate just how hard it hits and sometimes that did win me over, especially near the end. On the other hand, I was struggling to enjoy this album. I just found it was mixed poorly, with Johnny's voice sounding to close. While some say this helps with the sombre tone of the album, I just found it takes away from the experience. Covers are fine but some of them didn't seem to fit. Moreover, the original songs were just confusing to me, especially the first song. Overall, I think this might be more a dig at Rick Ruben but I wouldn't want to listen to it again.

In this more or less country album Johnny Cash covers a lot of different well known songs. At its best his deeply weathered vocals feel like reading someone’s final handwritten letters by firelight: haunting, deeply human, and emotionally overwhelming. At its worst, it feels like a sorrowfully painted clown stumbling through tired cabaret routines while the audience waits in a mix of pity and discomfort for the curtain to finally fall.

medio embole che

This was fine

Me and my friend hated this. We liked Sam Hell tho. DAMN YOUR EYES

Hurt ist immer noch nen banger, der Rest ist eher solala, Johnny war schon mal energiegeladener und besser, die coversongs sind dann so bisschen mittelmäßig.

An album of ups (The Man Comes Around, Hurt) and downs (Like a Bridge over Troubled Waters, Danny Boy).

Good album of cover songs.

Never did I think a country singer would do a cover of Depeche Mode. It sucked.

i bet this sounds great if you're attuned to country music... i personally found this challenging to get through till the end. there were some things i liked: the story in "i hung my head", the weird droning in the outro of "bridge over troubled waters" (reminded me of exit to a film, i looked everywhere to see if it was just a niche instrument or sample but i couldn't find anything), the guitar in "personal jesus", and the music box chime in the outro of "in my life". this was definitely worlds better than the average country song. now for the negative. i'm not a fan of his cover of "we'll meet again"... his voice doesn't convey enough emotion for that kind of song. i enjoyed the heavy baritone vocals and all, i just don't find it very moving. granted, there are few male vocalists who convey emotion in a way that i can connect with. i suppose the album is objectively well-produced, but the point of art, in my opinion, is to evoke some kind of feeling. young thug evokes more feeling in me than this. talking about sad things in your music doesn't inherently make you deep, or maybe droning on and on about other people's problems just isn't my cup of tea.

What men will do instead of going into therapy: Johnny Cash version.

country benlik değil ya çok sevemedim. güzel de söylemiyo.

87-й студийный альбом. Ни слова больше.

Me duele un poco darle tan bajo porque me gusta mucho Hurt. Pero la mayoría de los temas de este álbum son un espanto. Y además ese fue el peor cover de los beatles de la historia (y mirá que tiene competencia). Se rescata levemente porque me gustó el último cover.

This is not the type of music I heard, I prefer other versions of this songs

L: 3 M: 6 F: 4 O: 4

This was an exploitative cash grab. Instead of talent it relies on the idea of a personality singing other genres stripped down to what he was capable of at the time.

A touching album towards the end of a legend's life. At face value, it's a somber collection of acoustic tracks, mostly covers, and there's not much here to come back to for me. I question this inclusion on this list, to be blunt, but I look forward to getting an album from a younger Johnny.

I like Johnny Cash but surely there’s an album of his originals that can be on this list.

noni noni

I didn't like it, it's not for me.

Not a fan of Johnny Cash, and having to listen to him kill some covers cause me more pain than hurt.

Interesting to hear a couple of songs that other artists have covered. Overall felt depressing 😭

Its an interesting reflection and made me more interested in his life. Its overall not bad just unfortunately not my thing. Best: Bridge over troubled waters Favorite: We'll meet again cover/Sam Hall Least/Worst: I'm so lonesome I could cry Other standouts: Desperado, Danny boy and tear stained letter. Replayability: 4/10 enjoyability: 10/10 The type of stuff they would play in Fallout

I dig Folsom Prison a lot but Cash is not my cup of tea.

Highlights: Hurt, Personal Jesus, In My Life Shit's extremely monotonous. I get that some people like this style, but found it extremely mid since it was mostly covers (felt low effort).

Erstmal: Mit der „America“-Serie hat JC sich eindeutig als Cover-Artist positioniert. Eine Art Anti-Dylan (der hat die Songs geschrieben, die von anderen besser performt wurden). Diese Covers sind deutlich besser als seine eigenen Songs. Sorry, steinigt mich. Instrumentierung Arrangement und Produktion sind hervorragend und passen hervorragend zu seiner Stimme. Ich mag ihn halt einfach nicht. Das liegt mehr an seinen „Fans“ (die zu 90% nicht wissen, dass ‚Hurt‘ ein NIN Song ist). Dieses ganze Cowboy-Hinterwäldlerding, und da kann er auch wirklich nichts dafür, weil er ja politisch wohl auch absolut stabil war. Ich würde trotzdem 10x lieber mit Arlo Guthrie-Fans oder Willie Nelson-Fans auf eine lange Autofahrt gehen. Wenn JC ein lokaler Cover-Live-Act wäre, oder in der Fußgängerzone spielt, ich wäre ein Fan. Sehe einfach die monumentale Bedeutung nicht. Noch schlimmer: American III ist das bessere Album, ich nehme an dass es mehr um „Hurt“ ging aber das Format heißt leider 1001 Albums und nicht „Singles“. Wirklich grauenerregend: Bridge over troubled water. Da funktioniert das Original ja schon nur gerade so. Hier bluten mir die Ohren. Ich hab auch nichts gegen Jaulemusik (Harris/Knopfler ist z.b gutes Gejaule) aber das ist der Moment, wo der Opa abgeholt werden sollte weil alle Zuhörer schon die Flucht ergriffen haben.

Johnny Cash returns with his brand new record 'songs you love, done worse'. This album includes classics such as 'in your life', 'bridge over still water' and 'personal Mohamed'. Buy it now... Or better don't!

Muy Yankee, no es lo mío, si sos un NPC te puede parecer brillante, si sos algo un poco más complejo te vas a aburrir. Igualmente no está mal.

All credit to the man and his legacy, but this album feels like diminishing returns for a Rick Rubin vanity project. Only 'Hurt' rises above gimmick status.

i really really tried to be open minded about this album, however. geriatric johnny cash cover album was a real struggle to get through. i also think the more i loved the original songs the more painful it was to listen to the covers - i cant think of any songs improved by his version. im gonna go listen to the eagles now

Love earlier Cash. This was painful. Would have been a 1 if not for the Hurt cover.

Cash always has a raw and warm sound. Not my favourite but some good stuff in here.