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American Recordings
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
American Recordings · Producer Rick Rubin saw Johnny Cash perform at the concert for Bob Dylan's thirtieth anniversary in late 1992 and felt that the music industry had wrongly written the singer off. He offered him a contract at his label, which was best known for rap and heavy metal, with plenty of creative freedom. So the singer recorded the first solo album of his career, without backing musicians, with only his guitar, in his cabin in Tennessee and at Rubin's home in Los Angeles.
It is a spare album of old songs and newly written numbers. Tom Waits supplied Down There By the Train, Glenn Danzig wrote Thirteen and Nick Lowe wrote The Beast in Me. Tennessee Stud and The Man Who Couldn't Cry were recorded live at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. The critical response was almost unanimously glowing, and the album won a Grammy. It marked the beginning of a new flowering for the singer.
Listening
Track list
- 1Delia's Gone2:18Apple Music ↗
- 2Let the Train Blow the Whistle2:16Apple Music ↗
- 3The Beast in Me2:46Apple Music ↗
- 4Drive On2:24Apple Music ↗
- 5Why Me Lord2:21Apple Music ↗
- 6Thirteen2:30Apple Music ↗
- 7Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)3:53Apple Music ↗
- 8Bird on a Wire4:02Apple Music ↗
- 9Tennessee Stud2:55Apple Music ↗
- 10Down There By the Train5:35Apple Music ↗
- 11Redemption3:04Apple Music ↗
- 12Like a Soldier2:50Apple Music ↗
- 13The Man Who Couldn't Cry5:01Apple Music ↗
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