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- Summary: In his sixth decade of recording, Johnny Cash reunites with producer Rick Rubin for a third consecutive outing. Like its two predecessors, 'III' consists of a mix of Cash originals and covers, this time from the likes of Nick Cave ("The Mercy Seat"), Tom Petty ("I Won't Back Down"), and U2 ("One").
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Rock, Country
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Is it getting better Or do you feel the same? Will it make it easier on you now You've got someone to blame? You said One love One life When it's... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 10 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Though the Man in Black has rarely sounded blacker, producer Rick Rubin frames that deep sea voice with harmonies and churchly organs, making for a dark angel beauty of an album that's austere but welcoming.
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When a tune falls into the jurisdiction of the venerable country-folk troubadour, the accumulated details of any previous readings or associations are stripped away, and its core brilliantly revealed.
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"Solitary Man" may lack the immediate impact of its predecessors but is no less a masterpiece.
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All in all, as resonant and dignified a covers album as you'll ever hear.
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If one wanted to quibble, one could say that the Cash-Rubin collaboration is starting to feel just a little formulaic.... yet Cash continually surprises with his ability to completely inhabit material by writers much younger than him.
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Mostly downbeat, the album feels, at times, as if it were created beneath a black cloud.
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Like his two previous studio albums, Solitary Man is sparsely produced by Rick Rubin, and continues the themes of love, faith, and loneliness that their previous collaborations have chillingly embraced.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Sep 19, 2011
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CabeMJan 20, 2006Johnny to me will always be my favorite country artist simply because of masterpieces like this. Hands down i give it a ten!
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Jul 26, 2012
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Sep 6, 2022A solid effort with some remarkable recordings, Wayfaring Stranger feels like he's leaving a message to us all.
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