Johnny CashBest Johnny Cash Albums Ranked

At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)

pitchfork

9.7

“A companion piece of sorts to Columbia/Legacy's 2006 reissue of At San Quentin, At Folsom Prison is the greater of the two, if only because it was both such a risky endeavor and such a rewarding payoff. This 2xCD/DVD set of the Man in Black's infamous show captures a superlative performance, feisty and playful and a bit maudlin.”

The Legend

pitchfork

9.0

“4xCD box set celebrates the life and music of the "Man in Black," with one disc each devoted to his singles, album tracks, interpretations of traditional folk songs and standards, and collaborative works.”

American III: Solitary Man

pitchfork

8.6

“We're constantly bombarded by noise. Especially for those of us who live in city, there's no escaping it; the noise of dense humanity has become a part of our lives. We accept and ignore it just to survive. But sometimes the noise becomes so overwhelming that the brain can no longer shut it out. That's when we do one of two things: lose ourselves, or lose our geography. Earlier in the day on whic”

Bootleg, Vol. I: Personal File

pitchfork

8.5

“This 2xCD set of unreleased tracks, mostly acoustic, date as far back as the early 1970s and were recorded ostensibly for private listening, not necessarily for public consumption.”

American Recordings

pitchfork

8.2

“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we explore Johnny Cash’s 1994 comeback American Recordings.”

Life

rollingstone

8.0

“An addendum to 2000’s Love, God, Murder a theme-based career retrospective conceived and produced by Johnny Cash himself, Life stands as the great man’s final artistic statement: Frail and devastated by the death of his wife, June Carter Cash, in 2003, the seventy-one-year-old Cash hung on just long enough to select and sequence the songs […]”