American IV: The Man Comes Around
by Johnny Cash
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American IV: The Man Comes Around is ranked 2nd best out of 128 albums by Johnny Cash on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Johnny Cash is At Folsom Prison which is ranked number 321 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,126.
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American IV: The Man Comes Around track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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American IV: The Man Comes Around rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 34 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vasco | Top 69 Music Albums of the 2000s | 25/69 | 13 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Greatest Country Albums | 23/75 | - |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 75 Music Albums of 2002 | 30/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 34 Music Albums of 2002 | 2/34 | 5 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 54 Music Albums of 2002 | 31/54 | 2 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 51 Music Albums of 2002 | 23/51 | 3 |
| 2026 | elton229 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 2002 | 15/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 41 Music Albums of 2002 | 12/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AleJohnMari | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 36 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 454 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,414 | |||
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American IV: The Man Comes Around ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 09:41 |  Tamthebam | 23,332 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2026 16:59 |  JR | 1,126 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 12:12 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.7/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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albummaster 05/13/2011 06:13 | #21686 | TOP COMMENT
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A very sad album, but a good listen. He clearly knows he hasn't much time left with some of his song choices - In My Life, We'll Meet Again etc. His voice is clearly going in some of the tracks - In My Life is sung out of tune. Hurt for me is the stand-out track. Very poignant.
HyperBully 02/15/2011 01:28 | #18395 | TOP COMMENT
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I wouldn't call anything here "very poor." Some songs are better than others, but none of them are bad. Great album, anyway. The "Hurt" video brought tears to my eyes when I first saw it, and the album as a whole has a similar vibe. You can tell he knew it would probably be his last, and wanted to make the last one he put out if not his best, as good as any of his previous albums.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/07/2012 13:49 | #39673 | TOP COMMENT
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Damn - Hayden said exactly what I would have. Great individual tracks, but some where Johnny Cash's sparse voice doesn't sound raw and emotive, it sounds strained. Hurt, Personal Jesus, Man Comes Around, and Give My Love to Rose are great. Bridge Over Troubled Water and In My Life don't work. (Edited)
Flay 03/04/2017 15:41 | #186815 | TOP COMMENT
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A brilliant covers album. I prefer Cash's versions of Hurt and Personal Jesus to the originals, and his takes on The Man Comes Around, I Hung My Head and Streets of Late so are all great. (Edited)
jdenny2018 05/17/2018 21:10 | #215037 | TOP COMMENT
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Cash's goodbye to the world. It's a harrowing, sad, and reflective. I will never not be emotional listening to this great album (Edited)
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