2002-11-05
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
By Maeve C.
Failing eyesight and hospital stays interrupted the 2002 sessions for American IV: The Man Comes Around, produced by Rick Rubin with John Carter Cash. Johnny Cash still opened the record with a new composition of his own, the title track, before turning to Trent Reznor’s “Hurt”.
Covers make up most of the sequence. John Frusciante reworked Martin Gore’s “Personal Jesus” into a bluesy acoustic arrangement, Fiona Apple joins on “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Nick Cave shares “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”. The album later won Album of the Year at the 2003 CMA Awards.
Sources
Label-owned editorial (Universal): album released on November 5, 2002; new title track was Cash’s first composition in years; guests including Fiona Apple and Nick Cave.Independent: states it was released on November 5, 2002 through American and Universal; producers, Cash’s health and hospital stays, Frusciante arrangement, guests, CMA Album of the Year.
Rights-holder Apple Music metadata (℗ 2002 American Recording Company) also lists 5 November 2002.