American III: Solitary Man

by Johnny Cash

American III: Solitary Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 October 2000
  • Label: American Recordings
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:51
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'American III: Solitary Man' continues Johnny Cash's late-career acoustic resurgence under producer Rick Rubin. The album is a deeply introspective, bittersweet collection of pastoral folk and country, marked by Cash's sombre, lonely, and aging vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, male-vocals, ballad, minimal

Tracklist

  1. I Won't Back Down (02:08)
  2. Solitary Man (02:23)
  3. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) (02:34)
  4. One (03:51)
  5. Nobody (03:13)
  6. I See A Darkness (03:41)
  7. The Mercy Seat (04:34)
  8. Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) (02:39)
  9. Field Of Diamonds (03:14)
  10. Before My Time (02:53)
  11. Country Trash (01:46)
  12. Mary Of The Wild Moor (02:31)
  13. I'm Leavin' Now (03:05)
  14. Wayfaring Stranger (03:19)

Credits

  • Norman Blake - guitar
  • Mike Campbell - guitar
  • Laura Cash - violin
  • Merle Haggard - guitar
  • Larry Perkins - guitar
  • Randy Scruggs - guitar
  • Marty Stuart - guitar
  • Benmont Tench - piano
  • John Carter Cash - co producer
  • Rick Rubin - producer

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