American III: Solitary Man
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Performer: Johnny CashEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-10-17
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- I Won't Back Down
- Solitary Man
- That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
- One
- Nobody
- I See a Darkness
- Mercy Seat
- Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
- Field of Diamonds
- Before My Time
- Country Trash
- Mary of the Wild Moor
- I'm Leaving Now
- Wayfaring Stranger
Music reviews of American III: Solitary Man
Music Review: Egbert Williams was a GENIUS!
Rating: 5 Stars
What a terrific album! Of course, you already know that Johnny Cash was one of the all-time giants in music history. He's become an icon (to such an extent it actually bothers me, I feel it trivializes his greatness in a way).
This album is superb; it makes even a post-80's song by U2 sound great! (sorry, I hate Bono, he's everywhere claiming EVERBODY was his BIGGEST influence when he was "a wee lad'!)
I Won't Back Down -- I got this CD just from the brief snippet about it in Tom Petty's documentary, Runnin' Down A Dream -- and MAN, it is INCREDIBLE. The first time I heard it on this CD I was completely in tears. Completely majestic. (Yes, it's better than Tom Petty's original, which is saying something.)
Solitary Man is great, never heard the original; I ain't too crazy about Neil Diamond--that's what is so great about this album -- if you don't like the original artists too much, you'll forget ALL about them due to Johnny! Great lyrics, I agree with them.
I listened to this a whole bunch this past week or two, and feeling exhausted at times, can completely relate to That Lucky Old Sun. Beautiful singing (I mean especially so on here).
Other highlights are Before My Time, a beautiful love song; Wayfaring Stranger, which I've heard by others but this is the best version I've heard; The Mercy Seat, which I ain't sure bests Nick Cave's original,which is more intense (hell, it's Nick Cave's BEST song! Sure, he's overrated, pretentious -- not nearly as much as Bono -- he's obviously no Johnny Cash -- but on that one, the original is superior I feel. MAYBE.) Country Trash and I'm Leavin' Now are also great.
But--after I Won't Back Down-- my favorite song on here is Nobody.
GREAT! A lament with humor, and one that anybody who's getting unheard or ignored by certain friends will find a great release and laugh from this song.
A perfect song for the holidays if you're lonely, ya ain't rich and you don't have a giant family and tons of friends all around. Christmas SUCKS!!!
IT'S GREAT FUN TO SING ALONG TO ALSO!
Just a terrific album. Bless you Johnny.
Description of American III: Solitary Man
UK only 180 gram vinyl pressing. For younger generations of musicians, having their song cut by Johnny Cash must be a little like scaling the Washington Monument. On his third album for producer Rick Rubin's American label, Cash makes Tom Petty's 'I Won't Back Down sound like a companion classic to 'I Walk the Line'. He transforms U2's 'One' into a sturdy testament of plainspoken faith, while he plumbs the netherworld of Nick Cave's 'The Mercy Seat' and Will Oldham's 'I See a Darkness'. Amid more familiar fare (including Neil Diamond's title track), the album's sing-along standout is the deadpan, down-and-out, talking blues of 'Nobody'. Cash's recent originals have the age-old purity of Appalachian music, while the traditional closing of 'Wayfaring Stranger' offers bittersweet benediction. Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow, and June Carter Cash provide vocal cameos. Rhino UK. 2006.The simple truth is that Johnny Cash could read the phone book and make it compelling. At times this set sounds like a deathbed recitation rather than a collection of songs, but the man's aura and mystique carry the day. Atop Rick Rubin's spare arrangements, Cash makes every song he interprets his own. --Marc Greilsamer
For younger generations of musicians, having their song cut by Johnny Cash must be a little like scaling the Washington Monument. On his third album for producer Rick Rubin's American label, Cash makes Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" sound like a companion classic to "I Walk the Line." He transforms U2's "One" into a sturdy testament of plainspoken faith, while he plumbs the netherworld of Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat" and Will Oldham's "I See a Darkness." Amid more familiar fare (including Neil Diamond's title track), the album's sing-along standout is the deadpan, down-and-out, talking blues of "Nobody." Cash's recent originals have the age-old purity of Appalachian music, while the traditional closing of "Wayfaring Stranger" offers bittersweet benediction. Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow, and June Carter Cash provide vocal cameos. --Don McLeese
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