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American VI: Ain't No Grave |  | Artist: Johnny Cash
Label: American Recordings / Lost Highway Records
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $7.99
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Seller: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 900
Genre: country-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 1941 Minutes
ASIN: B00382MONS
Publication Date: February 23, 2010
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 64
 Another CA$H grab from a musician who was never good to begin with....... July 14, 2010
Jonas Brothers #1 Fan
0 out of 22 found this review helpful
When people say Rap, I say Fred Durst!
When people say Rock, I say Nickleback!
When people say Techno, I say Lady Gaga!
When people say country...... Johnny Cash is nowhere on my list....
Johnny Cash wishes he knew how to right good country music like Shania Twain or Kid Rock!
Boycott musicians like Johnny Cash and support real country...
 Cash Classic June 22, 2010
Earleen Cox
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love all the recordings Johnny Cash did in his later years. They have a heartfelt sincere quality.
Aloha Oe Johnny June 19, 2010
Fernando Miragaia (São Paulo, SP Brazil)
Well, this is it. Really. The real one. Unmasked. Unearthed. Unheard. This is Johnny Cash farewell song. The last collaboration between Johnny and Rick Rubin. I'm pretty sure nor Johnny nor Rick, would imagine how far they'd go when they started. Neither did us. And the farther they went the better they got. Which seemed at first, to be and odd collaboration turned out to be one of the greatest recordings Johnny has ever made. Let's get to it. The final journey opens with traditional "Ain't No Grave", often credit to "Brother" Claude Ely, was originally recorded by Ely, a religious singer-songwriter and a Pentecostal Holiness preacher, in 1953. It has its own hypnotic beat backed by a sweet banjo, played by Scott Avett. Great start for an album that would bring us great moments along with some good surprises, such as the next song, "Redemption Day", by Sheryl Crow. It's not that Sheryl doesn't write good songs, but Johnny's version looks more like a song of his own. That's where Rubin gets in. This is the perfect combination between a great producer and a unique artist. The next track, "For the Good Times", by Kris Kristofferson, is one of my favorites. A simple and yet great country tune, splendid sung by Johnny. "I Corinthians 15:55", the only original by Johnny, is a sweet waltz with a lyric inspired by the Holy Spirit through Paul, the apostle. "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" may sound like Shakespeare, but God did it first. "Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound", by Tom Paxton, was recorded by Paxton himself for his album Ramblin' Boy (1964). Johnny's version resents that 60's "folksy' feeling of Paxton's version, but stills good to listen. "Satisfied Mind", a Red Hayes and Jack Rhodes composition was originally recorded by Porter Wagoner in 1955. If we could say there is one minor performance in this great album, this is the one. Only slightly minor. Maybe I was too spoiled by The Walkabout's unparalleled version from their 1993 album Satisfied Mind which deserves a review of its own. Don Robertson and Walter E. Rollins's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" is a great moment. I've always liked this song and I used to sing it myself, at home, in São Paulo, with my good friend Bob Moreno. It was originally recorded by Hank Snow in 1954 and was also an R&B hit for Dinah Washington the same year. Johnny's version sounds a lot like Bob Dylan and The Band's version from "The Genuine Basement Tapes". I'd dare to say they're in the same key. "Cool Water", by Bob Nolan, was originally written in 1936. The most famous version is by The Sons of the Pioneers, from 1948. I like Johnny's a lot better. It's also great to hear his version of Ed McCurdy's "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream". I first heard this song on Joan Baez Rare, Live & Classic Box Set, from 1993 and hadn't heard the song ever since. Finally, the greatest moment of the album is Queen Lili'uokalani's "Aloha Oe" written around 1877 which was recorded in many ways and by so many artists, including Elvis Presley in 1961's Blue Hawaii. Johnny's version is, by far, the greatest of them all. Simply out of this world. This is truly inspired by heaven. It is so sad and overwhelming and it does actually makes you burst into tears. Literally. I rest my case. This was Johnny Cash final statement. The kind of statement coming from a man whose faith in God was his strongest legacy to us all. God bless you Johnny. Aloha Oe.
A Stellar Swan Song For Cash! June 10, 2010
Randy (Florida)
I was somewhat skeptical when I read that Rick Rubin was releasing a 6th entry in the American Recordings series. I have to admit I was wrong; this is a fine collection of songs and Cash's voice, while not as strong as it once was, is as emotive and expressive as ever. A must for all Cash fans.
 Cash May 11, 2010
S. P. O'brien
It is hard for me to not give Johnny Cash 5 stars because he is one of my all-time favorites, but just not enough really good songs on here to make it worthy of 5 star. This album is a must have though mainly for the title track. "Ain't No Grave" is a must have song. If this is the last new material we will ever get from Johnny Cash it is a good way to end the "American" series.
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