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by: Johnny Cash

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Average Rating: Rating: - If You Don't Like This CD...Then Damn Your Eyes... Ok, so you have to hear the CD to get my reference to 'Sam Hall...Sam Hall'. Folks, I can add little else to what has been said here. Cash has created another masterpiece, and further solidifies himself as an American Icon. Personally, I love "Personal Jesus", "Hurt", "The Man Comes Around" and of course, "Sam Hall". Heck, I love em all. Nuff said! Rating: - Words fail me....but they do not fail Johnny Johnny Cash has improved with age, not like a fine wine, but more like a mature whisky. A young man could not sing these songs with such depth and such profound personal faith. "American IV: The Man Comes Around" is another in an astounding collection. Continuing the theme in the previous American recordings, Cash performs a mix of modern interpretations of other musicians coupled with his own current creations. If you are not familiar with the originals, it is difficult to tell which category a song falls into. Each song is a treasure of intimacy, and I feel privileged that he has chosen to share them. I enjoyed "Streets of Laredo" and "Desperado" as the familiar cowboy songs that they are. "Danny Boy" is every thing you think it would be. Truly touching, however, are the versions of "In My Life" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I am amazed that anyone ever sung these songs any other way. Highly, highly, highly recommended. Rating: - Simply Brilliant -- A Masterpiece About two months ago I was flipping through channels when MTV2 ran a video of Johnny Cash doing a cover of Trent Reznor's "Hurt" -- which is an excellent song/video in its own right -- but the Cash version gave me chills. Whether or not you're a fan of either, it must be said that Mr Cash's interpretation is simply mesmerizing. Here is a man that has been kicked to the ground so many times and has battled so many demons that the pain registers. It's unnerving and it's frightening. In this cover, he just hangs on to each word of the song beautifully. And there's a scene with his wife (June Carter Cash) that's almost too painful to watch. She's clearly uncomfortable with the subject matter. Breathtaking. I immediately bought the album and was BLOWN away. With pared-down vocals and sparse arrangements, you're given an intimate and very dark look into the psyche of a man so multi-dimensional that he can BEAUTIFULLY remaster otherwise feeble works written and performed by "artists" like Sting and The Eagles. It's a shame that kids are SO over-exposed to unoriginal, rehashed garage punk (it's over); the "diva" caterwalling (it's WAY over) and over-sampled hip-hop (when it's popular in the Burbs kids, then it's time to step away from the gangsta-rap aisle). Mr. Cash is a true legend. This CD is a masterpiece.

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