Unchained (Johnny Cash album)

Unchained
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	November 5, 1996
Recorded	1995–1996
Studio	Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research (Hollywood) Sound City (Van Nuys, California) Ocean Way (Hollywood, California) NRG (Hollywood, California) Cowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country rock [1]
Length	41:11
Label	American
Producer	Rick Rubin
Johnny Cash chronology
The Road Goes on Forever (1995) Unchained (1996) VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson (1998)
American series chronology
American Recordings (1994) Unchained (1996) American III: Solitary Man (2000)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rowboat" (Beck cover)	Beck	3:44
2.	"Sea of Heartbreak" (Don Gibson cover)	Paul Hampton, Hal David	2:42
3.	"Rusty Cage" (Soundgarden cover)	Chris Cornell	2:49
4.	"The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)" (Jimmie Rodgers cover)	Del Lyon, Lani McIntire	2:26
5.	"Country Boy"	Johnny Cash	2:31
6.	"Memories Are Made of This" (Dean Martin cover)	Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller	2:19
7.	"Spiritual" (Spain cover)	Josh Haden	5:06
8.	"The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea" (The Carter Sisters cover)	Maybelle Carter, Anita Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter Cash	2:32
9.	"Southern Accents" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)	Tom Petty	4:41
10.	"Mean Eyed Cat"	Cash	2:33
11.	"Meet Me in Heaven"	Cash	3:21
12.	"I Never Picked Cotton" (Roy Clark cover)	Bobby George, Charles Williams	2:39
13.	"Unchained" (Jude Johnstone cover)	Jude Johnstone	2:51
14.	"I've Been Everywhere" (Lucky Starr cover)	Geoff Mack	3:16

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

• Johnny Cash – vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
• Tom Petty – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Chamberlin
• Mike Campbell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, mandolin, Dobro
• Benmont Tench – piano, Hammond organ, Vox Continental organ, harmonium, Chamberlin
• Rick DePiro – piano, organ (8, 13)
• Howie Epstein – acoustic guitar, bass
• Steve Ferrone – drums and percussion (1–6, 10, 12, 14)
• Curt Bisquera – drums and percussion (7–8)
• Marty Stuart – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass (1, 4–5, 10–14)
• Flea – bass (7)
• Lindsey Buckingham – acoustic guitar (2)
• Mick Fleetwood – percussion (2)
• Juliet Prater – percussion (3)

Production and technical staff

• Rick Rubin – producer
• David R. Ferguson – engineer
• Sylvia Massy – engineer, mixing
• John Ewing Jr., Greg Fidelman, Eddie Miller, Michael Stock – assistant engineers
• Gene Grimaldi, Eddy Schreyer – mastering (Oasis Mastering)
• Martyn Atkins – art direction, photography
• Christine Cano – art direction, design, photography, inlay photography
• Andy Earl – photography

Charts

Album Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [5]	170
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6]	26
UK Country Albums (OCC) [7]	4
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8]	96
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9]	23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10]	20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11]	96

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States	—	221,000 [12]

References

1. Perry, Megan (2010). How to Be a Record Producer in the Digital Era. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN   9780307875259 . Retrieved 20 June 2024.
2. Berger, Arion (2004). "Johnny Cash". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. pp.  145–49. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
3. Thomson, G. (2011). The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption, and American Recordings. Jawbone Press, pp.195-198.
4. Robert Hilburn, Johnny Cash: A Life. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013, p.564
5. "Johnny Cash Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
6. "Johnny Cash Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
7. "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
8. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
9. "Swedishcharts.com – Johnny Cash – Unchained". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Johnny Cash – Unchained". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Johnny Cash – Unchained" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
12. "8ask". Billboard. 19 February 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

External links

• Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing