American Recordings
Album by Johnny Cash
Release	1994
Recorded	???
Genre	Country
Length	38 min 53 s
Label	American/Sony
Producer	Rick Rubin
Professional reviews
AMG (4.5/5)link
Johnny Cash chronology
The Essential Johnny Cash (1992)	American Recordings (1994)	Johnny Cash: The Man in Black 1963-1969 plus (1995)

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Track listing

1. "Delia's Gone" (Karl Silbersdorf, Dick Toops) - 2:18
2. "Let the Train Blow the Whistle" (Cash) - 2:15
3. "The Beast in Me" (Nick Lowe) - 2:45
4. "Drive On" (Cash) - 2:23
5. "Why Me Lord?" (Kris Kristofferson) - 2:20
6. "Thirteen" (Glenn Danzig) - 2:29
7. "Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)" (John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Roy Rogers, Tim Spencer) - 3:52
8. "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen) - 4:01
9. "Tennessee Stud (Live)" (Jimmie Driftwood) - 2:54
10. "Down There by the Train" (Tom Waits) - 5:34
11. "Redemption" (Cash) - 3:03
12. "Like a Soldier" (Cash) - 2:50
13. "The Man Who Couldn't Cry (Live)" (Loudon Wainwright) - 5:03

Personnel

• Rick Rubin - Producer
• Johnny Cash - Guitar, Vocals, Main Performer, Liner Notes
• Jim Scott - Mixing, Mixing Engineer
• David Ferguson - Engineer
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Christine Cano - Design
• John R. Cash - Liner Notes
• Martyn Atkins - Art Direction, Photography

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Charts

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Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1995

Best Contemporary Folk Album