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American III: Solitary Man
American III: Solitary Man
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	October 17, 2000
Recorded	2000
Studio	Cash Cabin Studio (Hendersonville, Tennessee); Akadémie Mathématique of Philosophical Sound Research (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Country; Americana; acoustic rock; Southern gothic;
Length	42:15
Label	American
Producer	Rick Rubin; John Carter Cash;
Johnny Cash chronology
American series chronology

American III: Solitary Man is the sixty-sixth studio album by Johnny Cash. It was released on October 17, 2000, by American Recordings. It is the third album in Cash's American series, and the penultimate studio album to be released during his lifetime.

Background

Between American II: Unchained and American III: Solitary Man, Cash's health declined due to various ailments, and he was even hospitalized for pneumonia. The illness forced him to curtail his touring. This album contained Cash's response to his illness, typified by a version of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", as well as a version of U2's "One". Changes to Cash's voice due to his health problems are noticeable on most tracks when compared to his most recent preceding albums. Graeme Thomson has characterized "Solitary Man" as an act of emotional preservation.^[1]

Previous recordings

Three songs featured on the album had previously been recorded by Cash.

"Field of Diamonds" was previously recorded by Cash with Waylon Jennings for their 1986 album Heroes.
"Country Trash" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1973 album Any Old Wind That Blows.
"I'm Leavin' Now" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1985 album Rainbow.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]
Pitchfork	(8.6/10)^[4]

American III: Solitary Man received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.^[5] In a positive review for Entertainment Weekly, David Browne gave the album a Grade A rating, saying, "Though the Man in Black has rarely sounded blacker, producer Rick Rubin frames that deep sea voice with harmonies and churchly organs, making for a dark angel beauty of an album that's austere but welcoming." A review from Sonicnet praised Cash's ability to interpret songs and make them his own, saying, "When a tune falls into the jurisdiction of the venerable country-folk troubadour, the accumulated details of any previous readings or associations are stripped away, and its core brilliantly revealed." A review published by Billboard said the album "may lack the immediate impact of its predecessors but is no less a masterpiece." Splendid said that "the covers on American III will attract the majority of listener attention; Cash's own material steals the show." Jim DeRogatis of The Chicago Sun-Times wrote that it as "arguably the strongest of his American Recordings" with the series' "single best performance and most inspired cover choice via Cash's rendition of the Death Row anthem 'The Mercy Seat' by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds."^[6]

Rolling Stone gave a mixed review, saying that "the onus here lies on the production… Rick Rubin's work is too timid; mostly, the shy combos of guitar, fiddle and accordion, or Benmont Tench's subliminal contributions on keyboards, make up the kind of severe meal that one is forced to think of as tasteful." In a mixed review, the A.V. Club said, "Like Neil Young's Silver And Gold, it feels like a thematically empty, knockabout place-holder. American Recordings, one of Cash's towering classics, was all devotion and doubt, a brilliant, raw-boned meditation on redemption and death. A loose, flat set of odds and ends, Solitary Man is merely a minor but endearing record from a man who seems to know he's given more than enough." The Spin Cycle called the album "mixed, leaning at times to inadvertent novelty."

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number eleven on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart and at number 88 on the US Billboard 200.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Won't Back Down" (with Tom Petty)	Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne	2:09
2.	"Solitary Man"	Neil Diamond	2:25
3.	"That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)"	Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith	2:35
4.	"One"	Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen	3:53
5.	"Nobody"	Bert Williams	3:14
6.	"I See a Darkness" (with Will Oldham)	Will Oldham	3:42
7.	"The Mercy Seat"	Nick Cave, Mick Harvey	4:35
8.	"Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)"	David Allan Coe	2:41
9.	"Field of Diamonds"	Johnny Cash, Jack Wesley Routh	3:15
10.	"Before My Time"	Cash	2:55
11.	"Country Trash"	Cash	1:47
12.	"Mary of the Wild Moor"	Dennis Turner	2:32
13.	"I'm Leavin' Now" (with Merle Haggard)	Cash	3:07
14.	"Wayfaring Stranger"	Traditional	3:19
Total length:			42:15

Personnel

Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
Norman Blake – guitar
Mike Campbell – guitar
John Carter Cash – associate producer
June Carter Cash – vocals (9)
Laura Cash – fiddle
Sheryl Crow – vocals (9), accordion (12, 14)
Merle Haggard – guitar, vocals (13)
Will Oldham – vocals (6)
Larry Perkins – guitar
Tom Petty – vocals, organ (1), vocals (2)
Randy Scruggs – guitar
Marty Stuart – guitar
Benmont Tench – piano, organ, harmonium
Martyn Atkins – photography
Billy Bowers – digital editing
Lindsay Chase – production coordinator
Danny Clinch – photography
David Coleman – art direction
Richard Dodd – additional engineering
David R. Ferguson – engineer, mixing
Rick Rubin – producer
D. Sardy – additional engineering
David Schiffman – additional engineering, mixing (9)
Eddie Schreyer – mastering
Chuck Turner – digital editing

Charts

Weekly charts

Album Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	88
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	11
UK Country Albums (OCC)^[9]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[10]	100
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[11]	43
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[12]	20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	63
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[14]	93

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[15]	84
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[16]	73

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[17]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States	—	186,000^[18]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2001	"Solitary Man"	Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance	Won
2001	American III: Solitary Man	Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year	Nominated

References

^ Thomson, G. (2011). The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption, and American Recordings. Jawbone Press, pp. 218-219.
^ Johnson, Zac. "American III: Solitary Man – Johnny Cash". AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
^ "Johnny Cash: American III: Solitary Man : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
^ "Johnny Cash: American III: Solitary Man Album Review". Pitchfork.
^ "American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash". Metacritic. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
^ DeRogatis, Jim (September 14, 2003). "The original punk rocker". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
^ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
^ "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
^ "British album certifications – Johnny Cash – Solitary man". British Phonographic Industry.
^ "8ask". Billboard. February 19, 2003. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

[1] Thomson, G. (2011). The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption, and American Recordings. Jawbone Press, pp. 218-219.

[AllMusic-2] Johnson, Zac. "American III: Solitary Man – Johnny Cash". AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

[3] "Johnny Cash: American III: Solitary Man : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2017.

[4] "Johnny Cash: American III: Solitary Man Album Review". Pitchfork.

[5] "American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash". Metacritic. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

[jimdero-6] DeRogatis, Jim (September 14, 2003). "The original punk rocker". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

[ac_Billboard200_Johnny_Cash-7] "Johnny Cash Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2024.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Johnny_Cash-8] "Johnny Cash Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2024.

[ac_UKCountry_-9] "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 22, 2024.

[ac_Scotland_-10] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

[ac_Sweden_Johnny_Cash-11] "Swedishcharts.com – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

[ac_Norway_Johnny_Cash-12] "Norwegiancharts.com – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

[ac_Germany4_Johnny_Cash-13] "Offiziellecharts.de – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

[ac_Netherlands_Johnny_Cash-14] "Dutchcharts.nl – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

[15] "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

[16] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

[United_KingdomJohnny_CashSolitary_manalbumCertRef-17] "British album certifications – Johnny Cash – Solitary man". British Phonographic Industry.

[18] "8ask". Billboard. February 19, 2003. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

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American III: Solitary Man

Background

Previous recordings

Critical reception

Commercial performance

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Accolades

References

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