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American III: Solitary Man

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Released
  
October 17, 2000

Language
  
English

Release date
  
17 October 2000

Genres
  
Country music, Americana

Length
  
42:15

Artist
  
Johnny Cash

Label
  
American Recordings

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Recorded
  
2000 At American Recordings

American III Solitary Man (2000)
  
The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)

American III Solitary Man (2000)
  
American IV The Man Comes Around (2002)

Producers
  
John Carter Cash, Rick Rubin

Similar
  
Johnny Cash albums, Country music albums

I won t back down


American III: Solitary Man is the third album in the American series by Johnny Cash released in 2000 (and his 85th overall album). The album was notable for being Cash's highest charting (#11 Country) solo studio LP since his 1976 One Piece at a Time, an album that reached No. 2 Country based on the title cut. To the present day, Cash's studio albums for the American series have continued to sell and chart extremely well, as evidenced by the Platinum #22 POP, #2 C&W American IV: The Man Comes Around (released one year before his death) and the gold, #1 on both charts, American V: A Hundred Highways.

Contents

Between Unchained and Solitary Man, Cash's health declined due to various ailments, and he was even hospitalized for pneumonia, and the illness forced him to curtail his touring. The album American III: Solitary Man contained Cash's response to his illness, typified by a version of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", as well as a version of U2's "One". Changes to Cash's voice due to his health problems are noticeable on most tracks when compared to his most recent preceding albums.

American III: Solitary Man, just like Cash's two previous albums produced by Rick Rubin, was a Grammy winner, taking home the award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for Cash's version of the Neil Diamond classic "Solitary Man". Cash continued to receive critical appreciation for his American series of albums — on aggregate review site Metacritic.com the third album in Cash's American series received a score of 80 (despite middling reviews from publications such as L.A. Weekly and Rolling Stone magazine).

Track listing

Notes

  • Track 1: Originally recorded by Tom Petty for Full Moon Fever (1989)
  • Track 2: Originally recorded by Neil Diamond as a single (1966)
  • Track 3: Originally a hit for Frankie Laine (1949)
  • Track 4: Originally recorded by U2 for Achtung Baby (1991)
  • Track 5: Originally recorded by Bert Williams in 1906
  • Track 6: Originally recorded by Will Oldham for I See a Darkness (1999)
  • Track 7: Originally recorded by Nick Cave for Tender Prey (1988)
  • Track 8: Originally recorded by Tanya Tucker for the album of the same name (1974)
  • Track 9: Originally recorded by Cash and Waylon Jennings for Heroes (1986)
  • Track 11: Originally recorded by Cash for Any Old Wind That Blows (1973)
  • Track 12: Originally recorded by The Louvin Brothers for Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
  • Track 13: Originally recorded by Cash for Rainbow (1985)
  • Track 14: Old folk song previously recorded by countless artists

    • Personnel

  • Johnny Cash – Vocals, Guitar
  • Martyn Atkins – Photography
  • Norman Blake – Guitar
  • Billy Bowers – Digital Editing
  • Mike Campbell – Guitar
  • John Carter Cash – Associate Producer
  • June Carter Cash – Vocals (9)
  • Laura Cash – Fiddle
  • Lindsay Chase – Production Coordinator
  • Danny Clinch – Photography
  • David Coleman – Art Direction
  • Sheryl Crow – Vocals (9), Accordion (12,14)
  • Richard Dodd – Additional Engineering
  • David Ferguson – Engineer, Mixing
  • Merle Haggard – Guitar, Vocals & Guitar (13)
  • Will Oldham – Vocals (6)
  • Larry Perkins – Guitar
  • Tom Petty – Vocals & Organ (1), Vocals (2)
  • Lou Robin – Management
  • Rick Rubin – Producer
  • D. Sardy – Additional Engineering
  • David Schiffman – Additional Engineering, Mixing (9)
  • Eddie Schreyer – Mastering
  • Randy Scruggs – Guitar
  • Marty Stuart – Guitar
  • Benmont Tench – Piano, Organ, Harmonium
  • Chuck Turner – Digital Editing

    • Songs

    1I Won't Back Down2:10
    2Solitary Man2:28
    3That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)2:38

    References

    American III: Solitary Man Wikipedia
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