American III: Solitary Man

American III: Solitary Man is the third album in the American series by Johnny Cash released in 2000 (and his 85th overall album). The album was notable for being Cash's highest charting (#11 Country) solo studio LP since his 1976 One Piece at a Time, an album that reached No. 2 Country based on the title cut. To the present day, Cash's studio albums for the American series have continued to sell and chart extremely well, as evidenced by the platinum #22 POP, #2 C&W American IV: The Man Comes Around (released one year before his death) and the gold, #1 on both charts, American V: A Hundred Highways.

Between Unchained and Solitary Man, Cash's health declined due to various ailments, and he was even hospitalized for pneumonia, and the illness forced him to curtail his touring. The album American III: Solitary Man 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.

American III: Solitary Man, just like Cash's two previous albums produced by Rick Rubin, was a Grammy winner, taking home the award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for Cash's version of the Neil Diamond classic "Solitary Man". Cash continued to receive critical appreciation for his American series of albums — on aggregate review site Metacritic.com the third album in Cash's American series received a score of 80 (despite middling reviews from publications such as L.A. Weekly and Rolling Stone magazine).^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	link
Rolling Stone	link

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"	Egbert Williams	3:14
6.	"I See a Darkness"	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 Routh	3:15
10.	"Before My Time"	Johnny Cash	2:55
11.	"Country Trash"	Johnny Cash	1:47
12.	"Mary of the Wild Moor"	Dennis Turner	2:32
13.	"I'm Leavin' Now" (with Merle Haggard)	Johnny Cash	3:07
14.	"Wayfaring Stranger"	Traditional	3:19

Notes

Track 1: Originally recorded by Tom Petty for Full Moon Fever (1989)
Track 2: Originally recorded by Neil Diamond as a single (1966)
Track 3: Originally a hit for Frankie Laine (1949)
Track 4: Originally recorded by U2 for Achtung Baby (1991)
Track 5: Originally recorded by Bert Williams in 1906
Track 6: Originally recorded by Will Oldham for I See a Darkness (1999)
Track 7: Originally recorded by Nick Cave for Tender Prey (1988)
Track 8: Originally recorded by Tanya Tucker for the album of the same name (1974)
Track 9: Originally recorded by Cash and Waylon Jennings for Heroes (1986)
Track 11: Originally recorded by Cash for Any Old Wind That Blows (1973)
Track 12: Originally recorded by The Louvin Brothers for Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
Track 13: Originally recorded by Cash for Rainbow (1985)
Track 14: Old folk song previously recorded by countless artists

Personnel

Johnny Cash – Vocals, Guitar
Martyn Atkins – Photography
Norman Blake – Guitar
Billy Bowers – Digital Editing
Mike Campbell – Guitar
John Carter Cash – Associate Producer
June Carter Cash – Vocals (9)
Laura Cash – Fiddle
Lindsay Chase – Production Coordinator
Danny Clinch – Photography
David Coleman – Art Direction
Sheryl Crow – Vocals (9), Accordion (12,14)
Richard Dodd – Additional Engineering
David Ferguson – Engineer, Mixing
Merle Haggard – Guitar, Vocals & Guitar (13)
Will Oldham – Vocals (6)
Larry Perkins – Guitar
Tom Petty – Vocals & Organ (1), Vocals (2)
Lou Robin – Management
Rick Rubin – Producer
D. Sardy – Additional Engineering
David Schiffman – Additional Engineering, Mixing (9)
Eddie Schreyer – Mastering
Randy Scruggs – Guitar
Marty Stuart – Guitar
Benmont Tench – Piano, Organ, Harmonium
Chuck Turner – Digital Editing

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	11
U.S. Billboard 200	88

References

↑ "Johnny Cash: American III: Solitary Man". CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 2010-07-12.

External links

Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing

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Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Television	The Johnny Cash Show

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography The Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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