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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | November 13, 2007 | | Studio: | Sony | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 15 reviews |
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15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Very, very suggestive performances Jul 15, 2008
By Nikica Gilic
Not being an expert on country music or on Johnny Cash, I must say this album is moving and very very suggestive; with simple but clever arrangements, beautiful songs and amazing vocal...
Obviously more than merely touched by age and various ailments, mr. Johnny Cash performes with great passion and suggests wisdom no young singer can convey (or even come close to conveying)...
I like it very much!
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
If this was the only thing he ever did, he would still be the greatest Mar 18, 2008
By Ransom Carroll
"A Concerned Citizen"
Who would imagine that an ageing Johnny Cash could reach out and cover dark and strange songs like these? OK, it's uneven, with one or two cuts actually sub-par, but "I see a darkness" is perfect, "One"--who could believe anyone could turn this into such a great song? And then, there is the utterly savage version of "Mercy Seat." Far better than any Nick Cave version, Johnny does it straight and without the histrionics. It is totally gripping--I was never an anti-death penalty person, or even particularly anti-death, but this song just blows you away. It's not the killing part that is so powerful, it's the mere fact of death itself, and the consciousness of walking to that chair like a mouse gingerly pushing down the bar on a trap while knowing what is about to happen....
And yet the song is unsentimental. The most important part, and the real hook, is the protagonist going from his "tough guy" persona in which he sticks by his story, damn your eyes, to, only at the last minute, admitting that he did lie, and that he is guilty. I find this the most powerful part of the song (and the barroom piano really brings it out in the coda). I think if it hadn't been for this song, I would have never had the courage to admit, even to myself, that I too had tried to ride on a lie all the way through the judicial system. All that time I was playing the innocent victim, I wasn't. I don't know if I deserved what I got, any more than the protagonist deserved to have his brain melted, but the first thing is to start with honesty.
That and his version of Wayfaring Stranger--a little bit strained--really spoke to me. But even the ones that didn't have a personal meaning were generally excellent ("Lucky Old Sun," "Won't Back Down"). A stunning depth and delivery. Even if you don't like his other stuff, you've got to listen to this. He can make Neil Diamond (a great song writer but not a tornado of energy as a singer) seem tremendous. [38]
17 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Slowed Down, but excellent Jan 26, 2008
By R. Matarese
"some chic"
This is for the most part, a slower more mellow side of Johnny Cash. It is enjoyable even with all of it's sadness and gloomy topics. Whatever songs Johnny Cash covers magically seem to be his own, and everyone of them I've heard I like better than the original. On this album he covers, "I won't Back Down," a song by Tom Petty. "One" was originally a U2 song that Cash really brings to life even though at this point, he wasn't full of too much life. This, as well as "Solitary Man", "Nobody", "I See a Darkness", "The Mercy Seat", "Country Trash", "I'm Leaving Now", and "Wayfaring Stranger", are my favorite tracks on the album, and basically that is almost all of the songs. Some of my least favorites are so because of how slow they are. "Mary of the Wild Moor," is extremely depressing and makes me really envision a backwoods family.
As far as how inspiring this album is, I think there are songs on here I can really relate to such as, "Nobody" (a song about people not caring, so why should you in return) >>> it really is a kind of humorous take on the subject, and makes you feel a little better when you listen to it. "I see a Darkness," is a hopeless type of song, that at the same time seems to carry some hints of hope to it. (It's also fun to play from your laptop during blackouts). All in all a very good album, many of these songs get stuck in my head.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
awesome Dec 09, 2011
By BIG HORSE
"has spoken"
1 I Won't Back Down
2 Solitary Man
3 That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
4 One
5 Nobody
6 I See a Darkness
7 The Mercy Seat
8 Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)
9 Field Of Diamonds
10 Before My Time
11 Country Trash
12 Mary of the Wild Moor
13 I'm Leavin' Now
14 Wayfaring Stranger
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 I'm no country fan . . . Jan 25, 2009
By Fry Boy
. . . but I am a fan of this. I sought this out after hearing the Johnny Cash version of "Solitary Man" on "Stargate Atlantis" and after hearing Johnny perform "The Wanderer" on one of my U2 albums. I've never owned a Johnny Cash album or a country music album other than Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits, but old Johnny does a fabulous job with all the songs here. Granted, I'm not a fan of all the songs, but you can give this album a listen without constantly wanting to skip ahead. "The Mercy Seat" is a fine song about a guy who ultimately goes to the electric chair. It's a new favorite of mine. I might even seek out some more Cashola after this pleasant experience.
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