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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 4 Reviews
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NOW MagazineAs with his last couple of releases in the American series, his voice no longer commands attention with booming authority, but there's something about that gasping frailty that makes this proud final bow even more endearing. ...more
Stylus MagazineIt could be the soundtrack to death, love, pain, strength, joy, suffering, courage, despair, and faith all at the same time. ...more
Observer Music MonthlyVirtually every song sounds like a leave-taking, though the overall mood is reflective and restrained, in places almost easy-going. ...more
Slant MagazineThe looming specter of death darkens every corner ofAmerican V: A Hundred Highways. You can hear it in Johnny Cash's wizened, closely-miked baritone, standing in shocking contrast with the vital vocals that pepper the recently ...more
The Daily Vault Album ReviewsIn my eyes, Johnny Cash has yet to depart this earth. With the recent surge of interest in Cash, thanks in part to the filmWalk The Line, the Man In Black has remained in the public consciousness. That speaks volumes about the man himself, who had ...more
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The IndependentOne of the most compelling releases of Cashs career, a work of moving simplicity and emotional directness that underlines how rare those qualities have become in our cynical times. ...more
LA Daily NewsThere may be a melancholy to "American V," but its not all sadness. You get the feeling Cash took a hard look at death, smiled slightly and went on to the next song. ...more
StylusMagazineThe brilliance of American V is how it functions as both a coda and a summation of Cashs career. ...more
FilterHow American of Rick Rubin to deliver us A Hundred Highways --his collection of recordings from Johnny Cash's final sessions--on the Fourth of July. A hefty team was assembled to do this right--Cash's longtime engineer David Ferguson, ...more
Entertainment WeeklyIf this is, as Rubin has said, ''Johnny's final statement''... then it is a fitting one, completely representative of the faithful old man he had become, having long ago shed his outlaw image no matter how often others tried to resaddle him with it. ...more
liveDaily"American V: A Hundred Highways" serves as proof that some things never change. In this case, what remains the same as it ever was is that Cash is king. ...more
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