Here passed the analytical mind and makes the sheer awe Place

"Solitary Man" is the third of a total of (unfortunately) four albums, which in the 1990s produced Johnny Cash with Rick Rubin; each different, but each of them a jewel, a monument, a legacy. No sugary synthesizer counteract the effect of these drawn from life exceptional voice, but acoustics Pure stays modestly in the background and reinforces the impression still: mainly guitar, sometimes piano, sometimes fiddle or a harmonium, which have under their belts at least as much years seems like the singer.

Already at the second hearing I've given up, picking out the highlights of this album - the album is a single highlight. While listening to the approved analytical mind and makes the sheer awe space.
What the grand old man of the Country presented here, perhaps he could not even surpass itself: 14 great ballads, some traditionals like "Wayfaring Stranger", some cover versions of Tom Petty, Neil Diamond, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nick Cave and many other, and partly own compositions. A unique feature is the sense that Johnny Cash is here for different music traditions, and equally unique is the sense with which the Man in Black is in his cover versions of what's inside everything in the originals: "One" - as had only the old man ran, so that the world realized that the song has class. "Nobody" or "Wayfaring Stranger" - it does not take much for the radiating age-old classics; a Johnny Cash is sufficient. "I'm Leavin 'Now" as quietschfideles duet with the old companions Merle Haggard - turned again Nashville hit parade stuff a pleasingly long nose. And so on. Just one more:
No matter may be which number about cover version of "That Lucky Old Sun" Cash's version - it sounds as if this dyed in the wool Almost blues sung for the first time. And so it goes one at each track. Johnny Cash has not only reinvented Country - grounded, with the scarred voice-torn lives 70 years, and with an unmistakable sense for music. So still no ballads sang.

(?) If now again someone asks me with a raised eyebrow, why do I as an educated and otherwise perfectly sane (??) man Johnny Cash albums heard and hear, then I'll play him this CD before - most equal to the full roar: the latest "The Mercy Seat" or "Solitary Man" should convince everyone.