American IV: The Man Comes Around

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American IV: The Man Comes Around
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Studio album by
Johnny Cash
ReleasedNovember 5, 2002
Recorded2002
StudioAmerican Recording Studios
Genre
Length51:55
Label
Producer
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash 4:26
2."Hurt" Trent Reznor 3:38
3."Give My Love to Rose"Johnny Cash3:28
4."Bridge Over Troubled Water" (with Fiona Apple) Paul Simon 3:55
Side B
No.TitleWriter(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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sam Hall" Tex Ritter 2:40
2."Danny Boy" Frederick 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"Traditional3:33
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wichita Lineman" Jimmy Webb 3:03
2."Big Iron" Marty Robbins 3:52
3."Tear Stained Letter"Johnny Cash3:41
4."We'll Meet Again" (with The Whole Cash Gang) Hughie Charles/Ross Parker 2:58
CD release, 2014 LP record reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash 4:26
2."Hurt" Trent Reznor 3:38
3."Give My Love to Rose"Johnny Cash3:28
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" Frederick 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 Cash3:41
14."Streets of Laredo"Traditional3:33
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, [15] 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

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [35] Platinum100,000^
Germany (BVMI) [36] Platinum300,000^
Sweden (GLF) [37] Gold30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [38] Platinum300,000*
United States (RIAA) [39] Platinum1,600,000 [40]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [41] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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