American IV: The Man Comes Around

American IV: The Man Comes Around
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	November 5, 2002
Recorded	2002
Studio	American Recording Studios
Genre	Folk folk rock country Americana Southern gothic
Length	51:55
Label	American Recordings Universal
Producer	Rick Rubin John Carter Cash
Johnny Cash chronology
Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden (2002) American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) Unearthed (2003)
American series [ broken anchor ] chronology
American III: Solitary Man (2000) American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) Unearthed (2003)

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Man Comes Around"	Johnny Cash	4:26
2.	"Hurt"	Trent Reznor	3:38
3.	"Give My Love to Rose"	Johnny Cash	3:28
4.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (with Fiona Apple)	Paul Simon	3:55

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Hung My Head"	Sting	3:53
2.	"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Ewan MacColl	3:52
3.	"Personal Jesus"	Martin Gore	3:20
4.	"In My Life"	Lennon–McCartney	2:57

Side C

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sam Hall"	Tex Ritter	2:40
2.	"Danny Boy"	Frederic Weatherly	3:19
3.	"Desperado" (with Don Henley)	Glenn Frey/Don Henley	3:13
4.	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (duet with Nick Cave)	Hank Williams	3:03
5.	"Streets of Laredo"	Traditional	3:33

Side D

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wichita Lineman"	Jimmy Webb	3:03
2.	"Big Iron"	Marty Robbins	3:52
3.	"Tear Stained Letter"	Johnny Cash	3:41
4.	"We'll Meet Again" (with The Whole Cash Gang)	Hughie Charles/Ross Parker	2:58

CD release, 2014 LP record reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Man Comes Around"	Johnny Cash	4:26
2.	"Hurt"	Trent Reznor	3:38
3.	"Give My Love to Rose"	Johnny Cash	3:28
4.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (with Fiona Apple)	Paul Simon	3:55
5.	"I Hung My Head"	Sting	3:53
6.	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Ewan MacColl	3:52
7.	"Personal Jesus"	Martin Gore	3:20
8.	"In My Life"	Lennon–McCartney	2:57
9.	"Sam Hall"	Tex Ritter	2:40
10.	"Danny Boy"	Frederic Weatherly	3:19
11.	"Desperado" (with Don Henley)	Glenn Frey/Don Henley	3:13
12.	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (duet with Nick Cave)	Hank Williams	3:03
13.	"Tear Stained Letter"	Johnny Cash	3:41
14.	"Streets of Laredo"	Traditional	3:33
15.	"We'll Meet Again" (with The Whole Cash Gang)	Hughie Charles/Ross Parker	2:58

The original double LP release features a different track order than the 2014 LP release as well as two additional songs: "Wichita Lineman", which was released on the compilation album Lost Highway: Lost & Found Volume 1, ^[16] and "Big Iron", which was later released on Unearthed . The version of "Wichita Lineman" differs from the version that appears on the Unearthed collection.

Personnel

• Johnny Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, arranger, adaptation
• Don Henley – drums, keyboards, vocals
• Fiona Apple – vocals
• Nick Cave – vocals (12)
• Mike Campbell, John Frusciante, Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Thom Bresh, Jeff Hanna, Kerry Marx, Marty Stuart – acoustic guitar
• Smokey Hormel – acoustic guitar, slide guitar, electric guitar
• Jack Clement – Dobro
• Joey Waronker – drums
• David R. Ferguson – ukulele (9), engineer, mixing
• Laura Cash – fiddle, production assistant
• Terry Harrington – clarinet
• Benmont Tench – organ, piano, harmonium, keyboards, Mellotron, vibraphone, pipe organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Roger Manning – piano, tack piano, harmonium, Mellotron, Chamberlin, orchestra bells
• Billy Preston – piano, keyboards (7, 13)
• Rick Rubin – producer
• John Carter Cash – producer, engineer
• Thom Russo, Andrew Scheps, Chuck Turner – engineers
• Vladimir Meller – mastering
• Christine Cano – art direction, design
• Martyn Atkins – photography
• Lindsay Chase – production coordination
• Dwight Hume, Jimmy Tittle – production assistants

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Weekly charts Chart (2002–04) Peak position US Billboard 200 [17] 22 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [18] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 25 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [20] 28 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [21] 19 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] 59 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [23] 17 French Albums (SNEP) [24] 137 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [25] 18 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [26] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC) [27] 31 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [28] 21 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 40 UK Albums (OCC) [30] 40 UK Country Albums (OCC) [31] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [32] 62 Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200 [33] 94 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [34] 11 Chart (2004) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [35] 31

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [36]	Platinum	100,000^
Germany (BVMI) [37]	Platinum	300,000^
Sweden (GLF) [38]	Gold	30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [39]	Platinum	300,000*
United States (RIAA) [40]	Platinum	1,600,000 [41]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [42]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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