Unchained (Johnny Cash album)

Unchained, also known as American II: Unchained, is the second album in Johnny Cash's American Recording series (and his 82nd overall). Like all Cash's albums for American, Unchained was produced by Rick Rubin. In contrast to the first American Recordings album, on which Cash played alone, on the follow-up he is backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, with guest appearances by Flea, bassist from Red Hot Chili Peppers, on "Spiritual", and Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood, both of Fleetwood Mac, on "Sea of Heartbreak". Unchained focuses more on covers and less on original material than the first album in the series. In addition to three of Cash's own compositions, Unchained contained songs by Tom Petty ("Southern Accents"), Soundgarden ("Rusty Cage") and Beck ("Rowboat"), The album also included a cover of the classic 1962 Hank Snow song, "I've Been Everywhere", written by Geoff Mack, and remakes of two songs Cash recorded early in his career for Sun Records: "Country Boy" and "Mean Eyed Cat". In comparison with the country folk sound of Cash's other American Recordings' albums this one has more of a hard, true country rock sound. The album was recorded over a six-month period with engineer Sylvia Massy at Sound City Studios, Ocean Way Studios, Rick Rubin's home studio and The Cowboy Arms And Recording Spa in Nashville, Tennessee and mastered at Oasis Mastering, Studio City, California.

Unchained received a Grammy for Best Country Album and Cash was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his version of Rusty Cage.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	link

Track listing

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

Notes

Track 1: Originally recorded by Beck for Stereopathetic Soulmanure (1994)
Track 2: Originally a hit single for Don Gibson (1961)
Track 3: Originally recorded by Soundgarden for Badmotorfinger (1991)
Track 4: Originally recorded in 1930 by Jimmie Rodgers, also recorded by Larry Clinton, Bing Crosby, Art Kassel (all 3 in 1937), George Morgan, Hank Snow, and Michael Nesmith (1970)
Track 5: Originally recorded by Cash for Sun, appears on With His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957)
Track 6: Originally a hit single by Dean Martin and The Easy Riders (1956)
Track 7: Originally recorded by Spain for The Blue Moods of Spain (1995)
Track 8: Originally recorded by The Louvin Brothers for Satan Is Real (1960)
Track 9: Originally recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers for Southern Accents (1985)
Track 10: Originally recorded by Cash for Sun, appears on Sings Hank Williams (1960)
Track 12: Originally recorded by Roy Clark for I Never Picked Cotton (1970)
Track 13: Later recorded by Johnstone for Coming of Age (2002)
Track 14: Originally a hit single by Lucky Starr (1959) and Hank Snow (1962)

Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Tom Petty - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Chamberlin
Mike Campbell - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Dobro
Benmont Tench - Piano, Hammond B3 Organ, Vox Continental Organ, Harmonium, Chamberlin
Rick DePiro - Hammond B3, Electronic Keyboard
Howie Epstein - Acoustic Guitar, Bass
Steve Ferrone - Drums & Percussion (1,2,3,4,5,6,10,12,14)
Curt Bisquera - Drums & Percussion (7,8)
Marty Stuart - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass (1,4,5,10,11,12,13,14)
Flea - Bass (7)
Lindsey Buckingham - Acoustic Guitar (2)
Mick Fleetwood - Percussion (2)
Juliet Prater - Percussion (3)

Additional personnel

Rick Rubin - Producer
David 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

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	170
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	26

Awards

Grammy Awards of 1998

Best Country Album

Unused tracks

According to biographer Robert Hilburn, Cash recorded a cover version of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" during the recording sessions for Unchained, but it was not released.^[1]

External links

Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing

References

↑ Robert Hilburn, Johnny Cash: A Life. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013, p.564

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Television	The Johnny Cash Show

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography The Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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