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American III: Solitary Man | 
| Artist: Johnny Cash
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 338
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
MPN: 717709
UPC: 886971770926
EAN: 0886971770926
ASIN: B000WS4OZM
Release Date: November 13, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | 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 |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 8
 The Legend December 29, 2009
Tbone (Mililani, HI)
I can't add much to what the others have said. This is a great album of cover songs. My favorite tracks are "Solitary Man" and "One." Hell, who am I kidding? This whole album is good and the one track that I least like, "I Won't Back Down" is still pretty ok. If you are a fan of the "Man in Black," or just good music in general, then you should get this.
A Great Series of Recordings August 28, 2009
JD (Rochester, NY USA)
After hearing so many people gush about the Johnny Cash /Rick Rubin American series for several years, I finally got around to giving them a listen. I started with the first one "American Recordings". The first listen was a wow moment. A few weeks later I bought the next three "Unchained", "American III: Solitary Man" and American IV: The Man Comes Around". I had a long day of data entry to do so I ended up listening to these three CDs in one sitting on head phones. Amazingly I did not get bored with them and the time just flew by.
They did everything right on this series, from song selection to what seamed like the unerring production on every track. Be it Johnny with one guitar or a full band it seamed like no mistakes were made. Cash's voice was starting fade a bit on American IV but I found it to be an apt conclusion to his story in music. All four CDs are worth having and I will get American V some time soon.
This is a very fitting swansong for Cash.
I'm no country fan . . . January 25, 2009
Fry Boy (Orlando, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
. . . but I am a fan of this. I sought this out after hearing the Johnny Cash version of "Solitary Man" on "Stargate Atlantis" and after hearing Johnny perform "The Wanderer" on one of my U2 albums. I've never owned a Johnny Cash album or a country music album other than Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits, but old Johnny does a fabulous job with all the songs here. Granted, I'm not a fan of all the songs, but you can give this album a listen without constantly wanting to skip ahead. "The Mercy Seat" is a fine song about a guy who ultimately goes to the electric chair. It's a new favorite of mine. I might even seek out some more Cashola after this pleasant experience.
Master of Gloom December 4, 2008
Kurt Harding (Boerne TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Johnny Cash was one of those musical giants who transcended the genre into which he was pigeonholed by the recording industry. Yeah, he was country but he was so much more than that and on American III: Solitary Man he proves it for the umpteenth time.
I bought this CD back around the time it was issued, dutifully listened to and enjoyed it, then put it on the shelf to be somewhat forgotten as I had so many other CDs coming in that demanded my attention. But recently I have been pulling such CDs out to rediscover the pleasure they once gave me. In so doing I came to appreciate not just the bleak expression of Cash's muse but also his droll humor.
My favorites here are the renditions of Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down; a despairing take on Neil Diamond's Solitary Man; a standout cover of U2's One; a chilling cover of Nick Cave's The Mercy Seat; and a sadly hopeful spiritual standard Wayfaring Stranger. I also like the humor of Nobody, Country Trash, and I'm Leavin' Now.
There are many people around who can't stand commercial country music yet they love Johnny Cash. I think that is because the honest emotion in Johnny Cash's voice draws the listener in regardless of what else he/she listens to. I own the entire "American" series recorded by Cash in his waning years and think that its close to being the best of them. If you have not heard this yet, you owe it to yourself to add it to your collection.
Very, very suggestive performances July 15, 2008
Nikica Gilic (Zagreb, Croatia)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not being an expert on country music or on Johnny Cash, I must say this album is moving and very very suggestive; with simple but clever arrangements, beautiful songs and amazing vocal...
Obviously more than merely touched by age and various ailments, mr. Johnny Cash performes with great passion and suggests wisdom no young singer can convey (or even come close to conveying)...
I like it very much!
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