American IV: The Man Comes Around

Lots of cover songs. Nothing special and I don’t have a particular feeling for American country music

Don’t mind JC but I never got the hype for that Hurt cover. This album does nothing for me

Passed by me. Will I listen to again: 20%

Yaaawwwn, he has better music than this

Very strange album in my opinion. Mostly covers, which is a concept I am not a fan of at all on this list. I thought 'Hurt' was a Johnny Cash original, but turns out that is a cover as well. The first song is at least good, and there are some other ones like 'We'll meet again" and 'Personal Jesus' that work as well. My biggest gripe with this album is Johnny's singing. There are very few songs where I actually think it works out. Mostly he just speaks, rather than sing. And if we're lucky, it's going to be in tune. It isn't even the tempo or whatever that is the issue, it's the execution. It sounds half-assed and amateurish. I get that he was old when this was recorded, but come on. Feels a bit brutal but going to have to give this a strong 2. I recognize that this might be something other people enjoy, but not my cup of tea.

Ehh. He just talks. But I did like give my love to rose.

I’m not feeling this at all. Old Johnny seems to have taken some beautiful song that featured the whole gamut of human emotion from joy, sorrow, regret, hope, fear, love, sacrifice, remorse and euphoria and replaced them all with: Tired. Major sense of the emperor’s new clothes here.

Obviously I have heard a lot about Johnny Cash, but haven't listened to much previously. Overall enjoyed more than I thought I would, but most songs sounded the same. Ending his final album released during his life with "We'll Meet Again" hit hard.

"Hurt" and "Personal Jesus" the highlights here but outside of those it seems like Rubin was trying to squeeze anything he could of of Cash's last few days on this planet. It's still worthy of a listen when your in the right mood.

Just a man slowly singin with some simple acoustic guitar to set the rhythm. There's something endearing about the simplicity of Cash's music paired with his one of a kind voice. The charm does wear off on me after a few songs though and I grow bored of it.

I quite enjoyed his cover of Hurt but it is the spund of an old man at the end of his life, which I found quite depressing. The cover choices are interesting but not the Music however. I cannot relate to the lonesome cowboy thing st all.

Eh, I like the sound but don't really care for it. But overall it's a good experience

Weird

Thought I was going to like this, but really didn’t for some reason. Not sure there was a single cover here that even came close to the original. Maybe Hurt, but even then I much prefer the OG sad lad. I actually found Bridge over Troubled Water painful to listen to, he just took all the melody and harmony out of it. Simpsons: yes

Of all the albums I expected to be in this challenge, a Johnny Cash cover album wasn't one. It started out OK but it made me wonder if he knew this would be his last as the majority were very depressing. His voice, which can usually be quite emotive was surprisingly flat... I just found the whole thing quite mediocre. It would be a solid 2.5 out of three - I'm rounding down to 2 because a day later I can't remember much of it.

Hey, Americans, country music isn't anywhere near as important as you think it is.

Lots of good songs here. Unfortunately I can’t enjoy them with his pacing.

So bored...

Goede zanger, heldere en duidelijke stem. Het hele album gaat toch wel vervelen op een bepaald moment.

I have not heard of this album as I don’t enjoy country or Johnny Cash’s music. However, this album wasn’t that bad compared to the other one I listened to from this website (At San Quentin). I liked the song hurt. I recognized In my life and I think I have heard of Bridge over troubles water before. Other than those songs I wouldn’t listen to this album again.

Like the album, some of the songs are not for me though.

I thought this was going to bore me to death but wasn’t as bad as I thought. Still got bored about a third of the way in but there are some proper epic tunes on this.

Not my music

i usually enjoy johnny cash, but i unfortunately don’t like this album.

niks voor mij, IIIII HURT MYSELF…… today

For masse covers, like bedre da fengselsalbumet hans

Felt like one long song

Kind of blows.

Johnny Cash covers. Bot bad. Not good. Just covers

Wow...I respect all that he has done but to me, this album was difficult to listen to. Although I still love Danny Boy, Desperado, and many of the others on this album I think his voice is more applicable to some of his earlier work. I do think it is fate (or Cash looking down on us) that the album today was by Cash. 🐕‍🦺

I do like Johnny Cash, and I think "Hurt" is a wonderful song. Also i think I'd be better off if i never listened to this whole album. Kinda felt like i was listening to the same two songs for 50 minutes, with exception of few well known tunes. I'd rather consume my Johnny Cash in small doses.

Я не дослушал. Это до жути скучно. 2 звезды только за шикарный "Hurt".

Meh

Some artist should not do covers. Johnny Cash and is one of them. Not pleasant.

For masse covers, like bedre da fengselsalbumet hans

Some nice acoustic guitar playing. I just don't like Johnny Cash singing. Most liked track... Personal Jesus... if only someone else sang it... oh wait a minute, they did, it was Depeche Mode.

Any album containing Danny Boy has a ceiling of 2* which is a shame. But seriously, what a voice. It's a shame the track selection seemed to often detract from that, with many more misses (personal jesus, first time.., I'm so lonesome..) than hits (hurt). His frailty with age is exposed in a negative way in tracks like In My Life, whereas that same frailty is what makes tracks like hurt sound great. With the correct song selection this could have been 4* minimum

The Man Comes Around // Hurt //

Not my style, themed mostly around death and sadness. He has much better albums

I think it is its last studio album before his death a few months later, i never been a fan or even listen to Johnny Cash's music its mostly a cover album, but still is most known i think today. Hurt is the most famous, beautiful and sad. A cover of Nine inch nails, maybe a suicide note, clearly about depression adn heroin addiction it is truly a good song. Its very superior to the Nine inch nails version i think. In my life is a Beatles cover, on of John's most beautiful song and one of the best from Rubber Soul. In the context of his imminent death i think this song reach another level of truth and deepnest. I was a bit hesitant on the Personal jesus cover (depeche mode) its look nothing like the original, i'm not sure i like it. Is best original song is street of laredo Honnestly country i'm very far to liked country music, and Johnny Cash but i repsect his work and the context to it

Hurt is a classic. And even an old Johnny Cash can sing. But still, this is an elderly man singing songs with a ploinkie ploink guitar.

i can understand the appeal but a bit boring

That was disappointing. Johnny Cash, once upon a time, was an iconic figure in country music, with good reason. Folsom Prison blues, the Orange Blossom Special etc. etc. This however is just a sad colection of carefully chosen cover versions. One or another works reasonably well, others are unmitigatred disasters. I can hear why Hurt was so well received, but incongruity is not sufficient in and of itself, there has to be something more and there just isn't.

Cash is a legend, but his voice in this album isn't holding up imo

I understand why people feel the way they do, but him being older doesn’t really translate to more emotion for me. If you like Johnny Cash, these are songs that sound like Johnny Cash doing covers, it is what it is.

Ne znam sve trake su mi iste.. Hurt i ona pesma "Give my love to Rose" su kul. Ona gde prica o ubistvu "Hung my head" je svakako interesantna. Vokali mi ne prijaju tolko previse su grubi i zvuci strumovanja gitare su previse ostri i iritantni

I really want to like Johnny Cash more than I do, but I just don't really groove 2.5

I think it's a shame that this has popped up before any other Johnny Cash albums (I assume he's made it elsewhere in this list) as I felt the whole album was a bit slow and meandering. It seemed like something which would hit a bit harder having more context around the guy. As it was I did not find it very engaging. I'll come back to it. It does have the fantastic cover of Hurt on though. Despite being a big NIN fan, I think this version is truly the natural manifestation of that song. Standout track: We'll Meet Again

Partly heard before Saved 3/15 Top track: Hurt

Johnny Cash aber teilweise lame

Slow cover album with some good ones in there but not my first choice for CASH.

A standout for 2-3 songs but quite average for the rest.

was alright unnecessary covers

Zo violently American het maakt het moeilijk om naar te luisteren. Hoewel de muziek goed is kan ik nergens aan relaten en voelt het een beetje oppervlakkig omdat hij in z’n muziek zo aan stereotype Amerikaanse cultuur lijkt te voldoen. Is dit echt hoe het is? Stereotypen zijn er niet voor niks natuurlijk

look, i gave this album an honest shot. i think really i just do not get the appeal of the "dying old man sings sad acoustic songs" album. the covers on this album are all steps down from other versions, whether original or other covers. they are mostly slow, quiet, boring. his voice is not great, but i gather that that is "the point". a lot of the covers, i actually wanted to laugh. some of these are absurd. danny boy? yeesh. for a guy who is so known for being cool, this album is the opposite. i honestly do not get why people love it so much. the entire time i listened to this album, i was just thinking, man, just go lie down or something. not for me. sorry!

Highlights: "Hurt" An album seemingly chosen for a famous single once again. What's weirder than a Cash album of mostly covers is that multiple covers here are rerecordings of covers he'd already done except with grander, more sombre arrangements. At least two of them feature in this list off the Folsom concerts. Like yeah dude, way to add reverb on the piano. Maybe another way of looking at it is this album has a lot of *contextual* meaning, this specific guy choosing to revisit this specific song at this specific point in the album, but that's a last resort of charitable interpretation. The sequencing is often strange, and some choices like "Personal Jesus" seem so against his themes that it must be something his publicist picked out. "Hurt" is the only choice that really sticks out as the kind of reflective intertext that would justify this album. It doesn't work.

An album of acoustic guitar and vocal renditions of songs. The originals were all better. The only reason anyone cares about this album is because Johnny Cash is a legendary musician. If any other asshole not named Johnny Cash did this album it would be slammed.

better than expected

Not for me

This is the second Johnny Cash album the generator has given me, and I can now say that I just don’t get the Johnny Cash thing. His voice is not for me. This album was compiled mostly of covers. I knew a number of these songs in their original form or via other covers, and for the most part I don’t think Johnny Cash brought anything new to them. I prefer the originals/other versions for Hurt, Personal Jesus, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and First Time I Ever Saw Your Face. I thought the nicest covers on this album were In My Life and We’ll Meet Again. Overall meh

Ik vind veel van deze covers niet echt een meerwaarde dat ze door Cash gezongen zijn. Hurt is een prachtige versie, maar de rest vind ik toch een stuk minder

Ya I can see why this was his lesser known album

Wasn't really satisfied with it.

26.05.2023

Levyllä on luotettu siihen, että Cashin ääni ja aura nostavat musiikin korniuden yläpuolelle. Eivät nosta. The Man Comes Around on tosin neronleimaus.

I just don't get it. He sounds so grumpy, and the tunes lack subtelty

This is kind of a rough listen. It comes off as a dying man singing songs about dying. "Sam Hall", placed right in the middle of the record, comes in like the first breath of fresh air after being bedridden with the flu.

Todas las canciones me son practicamente iguales. Venía con bajas expectativas por un poco que había escuchado de Johnny Cash antes, y este disco es lo que esperaba. No le encuentro muchas cosas rescatables, no me banco como canta, ni la guitarra, y no lo entiendo. Give My Love To Rose fue de lo q mas me gustó. 3/10

Nope

Started well, with the first track I was thinking this is going to be a good album. Then it went downhill for me. 'Danny Boy' being a particular low point. There are better Cash albums out there, so don't judge him just on this one miss!

The record shows off what Johnny Cash has left and what he doesn’t. To me, a song that’s kind of monotonous and slow, like Hurt or Personal Jesus, just becomes painfully dull when it’s slowed down. What’s he supposed to do with it really—there’s no way to perform it with emotion. I really can’t stand the production on those experiments either. They’ve thrown all kinds of layers on them to make them sound ominous or dramatic, and it comes off as really phony. Bridge Over Troubled Waters is pretty egregious. The production is so bad that at points they forced him into William Shatner territory. This man with such a unique voice, that miraculously still worked was reduced to an awkward croak. The number of Johnny Cash recordings left to come out were clearly numbered, and they wasted a precious few on some nonsense. I’m not his biggest fan even but that seems just plain wrong. I will say he does a pretty good job with Desperado, but I just hate the fuckin Eagles, man. On the other end you have some of his own songs, or other country or traditional songs, and his interpretation really shines. He’s obviously mastered his craft over decades. His voice isn’t quite as strong anymore (but pretty good all things considered—especially on Streets of Laredo). For me, that shines a light on everything else he brings to the performance. 3 stars for an icon proving his status; minus 1 for some atrocious choices made by other people who thought they were clever.

Not my thing.

Even though Johnny Cash is a legend and rightfully so, this album didn’t captivate me unfortunately. It's all very one-note.

Sad, melancholic, religuos. Not mach movement in songs, it was hard to listen. None of the songs cach my attention. Not my genre of music.

I am not totally sure how I feel about this album. It's got pretty good highs, especially on the covers of "Hurt" and "Personal Jesus" and it has "The Man Comes Around", but other than that it just feels like generic sad cowboy. I debate between a 2 and a 3 since the best songs are really good, but as an album it doesn't really hold well. Highlights: 1, 2, and 7.

No me ha gustado, destaca la versión de In my Life de los Beatles

Well this is unfair because I reflexively hate covers albums - fine, record a cover song here or there but an entire album... it couldn't be less in my wheelhouse. I hear a cover and inevitably feel like it asks the listener to compare/contrast to the original. Which to me is already a stamp, a statement; a record in time of the original artists' vision. Of course I didn't know that not *all* the songs are covers. Which surprised me when I ... liked? the first song (an original). And the next few were...kind of good? But then OK I cannot abide by his take on "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - it's lazy and completely misses the point of the original which should never ever be covered (even/especially by Paul Simon. It's an Art-vocal song and nobody else's and that's a hill i'll die on). Other big misses: "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "In My Life" - just do not work with this voice, yikes. "Desperado" sucked with the Eagles and sucks here.... Ehh... i think listing all the songs I don't like isn't serving me well. It's a majority. I enjoy the arrangements that stick to almost a traditional blues/country progression (e.g. "Tear Stained Letter" - an original!) I suppose the overall goal was achieved in that I'd never have given this a chance before this exercise (always keep an open mind!) and it wasn't nearly as bad as I'd feared. Still not a fan overall; a few songs were good but it's truly pick a few and move on. 4/10 2 stars.

pretty boring frankly. 2.

I love Johnny Cash, but this is not my favorite of his albums.

Love Johnny, love some of the covers, not an album for me though

Aunque mientras lo escucho pienso en que suena muy bien, que la emotividad es real, que me genera una gran empatía... Siento decir que me ha resultado un disco bastante aburrido. Pero creo que simplemente no es mi estilo.

Some covers of popular songs played mostly just on an acoustic guitar. I guess this would be interesting to people that are already fans of Jonny Cash, but for the rest of us, it's a pretty uneventful album.

"Hurt" is on here.

It's not terrible.

Similar to the past Johnny Cash albums...just ok but ultimately more underwhelming than not.

Mjaah, ihan miellyttävähän Cashin ääni on, mutta en tiiä kolahtiko oikeen mikään. Hurt oli ihan jees, Personal Jesus kohtalainen (varmaan johtuu siitä että se on niin kova biisi alunperin), mutta muuten aika tasasen tylsää.

Eka biisi oli odotuksia herättävä, mutta alkupuolen covereista en nauttinut ollenkaan. Niinpä kiinnostus lopahti ja loppulevy meni vähän sivukorvalla.

Qué aburrimiento de persona

i wanted to like this more than i did. i love the concept of the album, a legendary musician coming to terms with his impending death by recording a covers album of his favourite songs. Sadly it spaffs its load after the first two tracks. the man comes around is huge and hurt is one of those rare tracks where the cover is better than the original and combined with the video it makes for a sad time.

À moitié bon. Y’a des tounes qui. sonnent « faites vite ». On dirait qu’il lit les paroles parce qu’il ne connait pas les chanson. Il y a tout de même « Hurt » et la majorité des tounes country au départ qui sont plus authentiquement senties. L’album est enregistré alors qu’il a 70 ans, mais il sonne comme 80.

I tried so hard to like this, but I couldn't really get into it. There were a couple of songs I liked, but that was it.

I wanted to like it. The version of Hurt is outstanding. The rest is really not.

Mawkish and just a bit..... well.. boring!

i thought i liked johnny cash, but the greatest hits are selected for a reason, and these songs are not them

just not for me. Too boring down, just guitar and a deep voice and some sad thoughts. Just like meh like dude get over it go outside get a milkshake and some skittles and start smiling go eat a laughing cow and have a good laugh pretty painful to sit through icl

I hate it

country music might be the worst

This started well with When The Man Comes Around. I don’t like Hurt as much as other people. And then a bunch of unnecessary covers. And then We’ll Meet Again. Sigh.

Bleck

A raw voice like sawdust makes this pretty much unlistenable, though I can see why others might find him appealing. Can't identify with the subject matter, so this is a no for me.

The novelty of Johnny Cash covering modern songs wore off 20 years ago.

Too American

yeah thats not great, WAYYYYY TO sad

1-2…. Bisschen weird

Not a fan of country music. Didn't like it and wouldn't recommend it either. Definitely not my cup of tea.

Christ how incredibly long and boring. I hate country music, but not only is it country it’s a SNOOZEFEST. And they’re all covers too? Give me a break. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was absolutely excruciating, not to mention Personal Jesus and Danny Boy. I know he was on his deathbed but lighten up mate. No need to wheel out the reanimated corpse for monotonous droning covers of well loved songs.

No, just no, I absolutely despise this I'm sorry, it's just my opinion. I'd listen to this in full only for a good amount of money. An amount so big that I could retire right now with it.

Didn’t like it

ehhh I thought it was alright the first few songs, but man. I don't like covers very much. And this album has a lot of very bland, minimalistic covers. The gravelly, grunting singing style of Cash and this isn't my jam. Like every phrase ends with some off key breathy word. It's gotten worse the more I've listened. Arguably should be a 2, but I actively disliked some of those covers when I actually knew the original.

it's offensive he thought he could improve any of these songs by sing-talking over a boring guitar

Sucked! The 'we're recording this almost dead guy' schtick is kinda ... shitty

I'm no countryphile but this album is as boring as countryfile.

It's not my type

I'm not even going to explain why I gave this rating. 1/5

Unpopular opinion but I've never been a fan of his sound.

I felt like this was a gimmick album and NIN version of “Hurt” is way better.

Boooring, patiko tik perdainuotos dainos kurias jau žinojau, bet ir taip originalo geriau klasyčiausi. O raspy balsas netampa automatiškai gražus.

What is this? I do not like that unfortunately.

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Boring

Eu definitivamente não gosto de country

6 songs in and i'm bored. sorry. Title track I liked. Give my love to rose was sweet. Personal Jesus is the worst song I've ever heard. I understand that this is Johnny Cash but if this was 75% more folksy I would've liked it more. I also don't think I like his voice at all.

Don’t like Johnny cash, probably never will, on this album he is destroying other peoples hits. I will struggle to unhear his murder of bridge over troubled water, I had to play the original afterwards to disinfect my ears, it has scarred me for life. Absolutely depressing dirge. The rest of the album is slightly elevated to the classification of unlistenable.

Country.

I started this album full of my usual scepticism about old men's swan song albums. My concerns rose further when I saw the words "sixty seventh studio album" in the description. Surely we can't expect that Cash suddenly pulled it out of the bag and released the best of his career on attempt sixty seven? I was surprised to find that the first two tracks were pretty good. The music production is excellent and Cash's vocals hold up admirably. 'Hurt' is a definite high point and had me wondering whether my preconceptions were about to be proven incorrect. Unfortunately, as the covers continued to role in, there were some absolute clangers. 'Bridge over troubled water' was a particularly embarrassing moment and by the time I got to 'Danny Boy' it was getting beyond a joke. Despite the odd decent cover, this is an album we could do without.

An album of your Grandad singing his old favourites. No idea why it’s on the list. Stop press: it’s NOT on the list - it’s on the expunged list. I agree. I can see no reason why an album of covers has any worth. Particularly BAD covers. Whatever next? Lemmy Sings Carole King? Stay in your lane, Cash! I quite like some of Johnny Cash’s stuff, and his voice is still ok. The same signature sound. And he’s generally in tune (take note Dianna Ross!). But this is pretty dreadful.

There isnt anything about this that i like. First album i didnt even bother finishing. 1/5

This is the two hundred third album I’m rating. The first Fiona Apple song I get is her shitty collab with Johnny Cash. Shitty because of the writers and Johnny Cash by the way. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - The Man Comes Around, Hurt, Give my Love to Rose, Bridge Over Troubled Water, I Hung my Head, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Personal Jesus, In my Life, Sam Hall, Danny Boy, Desperado, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Streets of Laredo, Wichita Lineman, Big Iron, Tear Stained Letter, and We’ll Meet Again. Hurt - Johnny Cash ruining an amazing song from an amazing album. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Fiona Apple is great but Johnny Cash’s voice is really really annoying. All in all I liked 0/17 songs. His voice isn’t as bad as Lou Reed’s but it isn’t good.

Eh

Without any strong affection for Johnny Cash, I can't find myself all that interested in him singing covers as an old man. Bridge Over Troubled Water particularly made me cringe.

kendte sange sunget af Cash Lidt ligegyldig, men mange af originalerne er gode.

Not my thing either Favourite song: I hung my head

Nope. I'm done with Johnny Cash.

Am honestly a bit bored, it's all quite samey and while Johnny's voice is wonderfully rich, the lyrics don't really carry these songs. Apparently these are mostly covers which almost make it worse, like this is all you did?

also ass tbh

Voor cover albums heb je een hele moeilijke aan mij. Niemand gaat mij overtuigen dat Cash z'n versie van Hurt is beter dan NIN's, dat hij een gat vult in Bridge over troubled water dat door Simon en Garfunkel is achter gelaten en dat Sting een dwaas was om Hung my head in 9/8 te schrijven en gewoon lekker normaal moest doen met een lekker 4/4 nummertje. Laat mij niet beginnen over In My Life. De stem van de 70-jarige Cash is hier ook duidelijk niet wat hij ooit geweest was. Ik vermoed dat dit album in de lijst zit omdat het zn laatste was, maar dat betekent niet dat het de moeite waard is om naar te luisteren.

Johnny Cash praatte op zo'n manier dat je niets in twijfel trekt wat er uit zn mond kwam. De nummers dat hij praat vind ik ook dan ook vetter dan waar hij mooi probeert te zingen. Op zich bijzondere plaat zo vlak voor zn dood met gastartiesten enzo, maar gezien de grote hoeveelheid covers (die matig klinken) vond ik dit album niet in de lijst thuis horen. Ik was op de helft nogal verveeld door zijn stemgeluid en overall vond ik de nummers erg kaal.

This album got al lot of attention from every one when it was released so I understand why it is on the list. I was not caught up in the hype though. This is my actual first listen to American IV, front to back and I am still not there. The first half was better with some ok covers of "Hurt" and "Personal Jesus." Second half is lame. I think I prefer the jailhouse Cash over the studio refined. I hope this man doesn't come around again...1.25.

It's pretty damn impressive that Johnny Cash managed to maintain a career for 50+ years. Whether I enjoy his music or not I can't deny that he is an icon. That being said, his late career filled with sappy acoustic covers of popular songs have always really annoyed me. I didn't realize that the album American IV is basically the poster-child for this segment of his career. It features Hurt, Personal Jesus, In My Life, and a handful of other bologna that I really wish I didn't have to sit through. Even if this isn't objectively the worst album on the list this type of shit bugs me to no end. This album was at best a slog and at worst a punishment for me. The prison albums were somewhat endearing for changing it up and some of the history tied to those performances but I don't get any similar warm and fuzzies from American IV. I won't fault people who claim to be Cash fans but I've confirmed it's not my cup of tea. I hope there isn't another Cash album on here but with 70+ studio albums I fear we may run into another. 0.98 stars

OMG. Never allow an icon who could never sing try classics. At this point in his life he cannot carry a tune in a bushel basket. Sad.

Very uninteresting, this bluegrass type stuff just does nothing for me.

Boring. Only hurt stands out.

I don’t like country

Im sure its a classic, but Im not hear to learn about music history or whatever. Just not my vibe.

fuck this shit i don't understand how this bullshit gets praised.. old people i guess

Much respect to one of the true badasses of music history, but… if I listened to this not knowing who Johnny Cash was, I’d give it 1*.

yo this project stinks ass, just searched "sex"

Для мене ця музика занадто нудна, педве впорався з цим. Останні треки вже на морально вольових слухав. Але є дві цікавих пісні. Перша це Hurt. Це дійсно та пісня, яку має послухати кожен. Якщо Ви жива людина, то ця пісня Вам точно сподобається. Друга - Personal Jesus. Це єдина пісня що не звучить як пісня Джонні Кеша. Вона стирчить тут як інородне тіло. Здається ніхто не знал що з нею робити і тому залишили все як є.

I dont like because its sad music and i dont like it.

Do you want to listen to cover songs that have a country feel to them? American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny cash has exactly what you are looking for. I've never heard the original songs on this album but i have a feeling that they do not give country vibes at all. Good sounding Acoustic guitar, and I can't figure out what's doing low notes. Sometimes it sounds like a bass but sometimes it sounds like a piano. Super low i almost missed it the first time. It's an okay album i guess. I wont say its bad but its also not good.

Just nope. No idea why he’s popular and I have tried. He’s a nice voice, two good songs and this was a waste of my time

Unfortunately, The Man was still trying to make music at this point, which essentially boils down to inane, out of breath mumbling, with no (or very poor) vocal melodies, and basic musical arrangements. Additionally, the celebrated covers on this album are decidedly worse than the originals.

Is it rude to say this reminds me of a war veterans anthem

Have always thought Cash was overrated. Bridge Over Troubled Water - this version is an injustice to the original, it sounds like bad karaoke. Same with Personal Jesus - but in this case it is drunk karaoke. The only goody on here was The Man Comes Around. Everyone loves Hurt, but it's not as good as the original. Still not sold on Cash.

Very far from his best. And murders the covers!

This album does absolutely nothing for me. I don't hear emotion in it. He sounds bored in some songs.

i do like his voice , but i get nothing from this at alll .

womp womp

I hate Johnny Cash. I didn’t like the way this sounded at all. Every song sounded like Cash was singing with cotton mouth through a set of dentures. The only redeeming thing about this album is the lyrics, and even then, these songs were mostly covers.

This album raises the question: how much talking can one get away with while “singing” ?

A cover album where all of the originals except Hurt are better.. shocking.

This is bloody awful

Sorry, but I'm just not into talking music

familiar hit songs that he does a great job with, but others are mediocre covers. actually skipped some. album had a wide range of quality

Hurt é legal, o resto é chato apesar da voz potente do Cash

I hate this album.

Felt like a TV special soundtrack. Not very good.

Is it over yet?

Omg, this is awful. Old man that can't sing in old men voice and country on top of it. Also, wow, can he murder Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Like, absolutely butchered. I really don't like his version of Hurt either. I don't get why people like it so much. Dude can really murder a song. I've always said the best person to ruin a Johnny Cash song is Johnny Cash himself. Seems it holds true here too. Added bonus of being able to ruin other people's songs too.

He absolutely butchered Hurt.

Boring

Johnny Cash made me realise that country can be decent. Loved his prison albums. But this is dross.

Another cash? Just like too many Springsteen, too many Aerosmith. Really? 1001 albums are not that much, you know?

pesimas payadas. claramente este hombre nunca escucho un tema de atahualpa

Nah, not for me

Hurt is amazing. I want to like this album, but I just can’t do country.

omg this mans voice… I really didn’t enjoy any part oof this album, I kept wondering when it would be over!! not a fan at all.

Hot take: extremely underwhelming given Cash's reputation. Mostly plodding tunes sung well but not as well as I've been led to believe. His voice is distinctive, and memorable, but I think his singing is not. Sweet sentiment, nice simple storytelling, and a few impactful instrumental phrases are the highlights of a slow, forgettable album that is otherwise packed full of what I'd call "elevator music for sad people". At its best I think these are nice, wistful songs which anyone could enjoy hearing live if performed by friends or family around a bonfire or something, but I have a hard time believing anyone could consider this a culturally important album. It's all in one ear and out the other. Hated basically the whole thing. Highlights: We'll Meet Again; I Hung My Head, and (only) the chorus to Hurt. Lowlights: Danny Boy, Personal Jesus, Streets of Laredo, Give My Love to Rose.

Pass.

this band needed to get a different vocalist. they sound like that slightly sexist uncle that you try to avoid at family reunions. the instrumental parts of the songs were great, but i groaned nearly everytime that dude started singing. and it's a bunch of covers. why was this album made? and why is it on this list? i would rate this album 0/5 if it would let me.

sämst piss