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BEST ALBUMS OF THE LAST 20 YEARS JOHNNY CASH American IV: The Man Comes Around 2002 m.youtube/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5p American IV: The Man Comes Around is the fourth album in the American series by Johnny Cash (and his 87th overall), released in 2002. This is the last album released before his death in 2003. The majority of songs are covers which Cash performs in his own spare style, with help from producer Rick Rubin. For instance, for the song Personal Jesus, Rubin asked then-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante to re-work an acoustic version of Martin Gores song, which featured a simple acoustic riff that stripped down the song to a blues style. He receives backing vocal assistance from various artists, including Fiona Apple, Nick Cave, and Don Henley. American IV was the final Cash album released during his lifetime; though the Unearthed Box Set was compiled prior to his death, it was not released until two months later. It was also his first non-compilation album to go gold (selling over 500,000 copies) in thirty years. Additionally, the album won Album of the Year award at the 2003 CMA Awards. It was certified Gold on 4/24/2003 and Platinum on 11/21/2003 by the R.I.A.A. The video for Hurt, a song written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails in 1994, was nominated in seven categories at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards and won the award for Best Cinematography. In February 2003, mere days before his 71st birthday, Cash won another Grammy Award for Best Country Male Vocal Performance for Give My Love To Rose, a song Cash had originally recorded in the late 1950s. The music video for Hurt also won a Grammy for Best Short Form Video at the 2004 Awards. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor admitted that he was initially flattered but worried that the idea [of Cash covering Hurt] sounded a bit gimmicky, but when he heard the song and saw the video for the first time, Reznor said he was deeply moved and found Cashs cover beautiful and meaningful.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:30:09 +0000

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