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Folk & Singer-Songwriter · 1990s

American Recordings

Johnny Cash
Released 1994Folk & Singer-Songwriter
ClassicPicked by a lifelong record collector

A stark, voice-and-guitar comeback produced by Rick Rubin. Raw and beloved. A late-career landmark. Released in 1994, it's a key entry in Johnny Cash's run.

On vinyl: Vinyl can be scarcer than the CD from this era, so it's worth looking for a recent repressing.

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