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American V: A Hundred Highways
by Johnny Cash
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Overall Rating:
3.4032
Avg. Critic Score:
3.2476
American V: A Hundred Highways Rank 3 Reviews
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InsidePulseThis is not only the only real selection of unreleased material, its also the only one Johnny wanted you to hear. ...more
Three Imaginary GirlsI believe in a lot of odd things: Free Masons, UFOs, the Illuminati, Sasquatch, Mokele-Mbe, Champy, and the viability of a third party in the U.S. Ghosts, however, I cannot abide, and American V: A Hundred Highways is like popping a ghost into your ...more
The GuardianV... is actually less tearjerking and portentous than IV. ...more
Drowned In SoundA fitting eulogy. ...more
Rolling StoneIt's a hard record to bear, but it's a deep one. ...more
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musicOMH.comIt is put together with a huge degree of dignity and respect that makes it the perfect swansong for the Man In Black. ...more
musicOMH.comJohnny Cash's death in 2003, although it didn't have the shock impact of that ofJohn LennonorKurt Cobain, was still met with an outpouring of genuine sorrow. One of music's true legends, his death was all the more poignant due to the fact that ...more
Drowned In SoundAs much of a cliché as it is, it must nevertheless be stressed: there is real, tangible tragedy in Johnny Cash âs voice throughout American V ; his cracked tones allow little light to shine through, but for all the feeling of his imminent ...more
GuardianThe long-awaited V - its chilling opener Help Me aside - is actually less tearjerking and portentous than IV. ...more
All Music GuideListening to this album, one can't get around the knowledge that it is a posthumous collection made in Cash's last days, but even without that context, it would have much the same impact. ...more
All Music GuideA fitting finale to a great career. ...more
Austin ChronicleYou never heard a sadder album than American V. ...more
PitchforkIt's a satisfying and often moving final chapter to Cash's life and career, one that rejects self-pity and remorse in favor of hopefulness and even celebration. ...more
Los Angeles TimesIf the force-of-nature power of his prime is often missing, in its place is an undeniable resolve and faith in his ...more
cokemachineglowIt’s a pleasant collection, comfortably consolidated and comfortably nice, despite the lack of anything earth-shattering. ...more
ShakingThrough.netNo one expects an album full of songs about death to be fun, but overall this set feels more ponderous than it should. ...more
Dot MusicThis is not a 'commercial' release, at least not in the commonly construed meaning of the word. If you had to be picky, you could say that nothing has the impact of that cover of Nine Inch Nail's "Hurt" or Nick Lowe's "The Beast In Me". But that's beside ...more
BillboardPerhaps the most intimate of an intimate series. ...more
Amazon.comThe songs have a measured, elegiac intensity, the sound of musicians choosing their notes carefully and making just the right choices. ...more
PopMattersIf A Hundred Highways had kicked off Cash’s American resurgence, it might have been greeted as a minor release, a nice offering by an artist who was in his sunset years. ...more
The New York TimesThe music isn't afraid to call for tears, but it does so through understatement. Cash's voice is always exposed, whether it's full-toned or faltering, and most of the tracks are folky and reverent, placing measured finger-picking above churchy chords. ...more
PopMattersJohnny Cash releases have never been in short supply, and that certainly hasn’t changed since his death in 2003. In fact, there’s probably a college course in copyrights, public domain, and the terrain of small import labels to be found ...more
The A.V. ClubJohnny CashAmerican V: A Hundred Highways[Buy It!] (Lost Highway)Johnny CashPersonal File[Buy It!] (Columbia/Legacy)The first Johnny Cash/Rick Rubin American Recordings collaboration ended Cash's extended disappearance into the Nashville ...more
E! OnlineThis set of songs comes with a chill of morbidity that's hard to shake. ...more
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