American IV: The Man Comes Around (studio album)
by Johnny Cash

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American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
Year: 2002
Overall rank: 695th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 512 votes)
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Award Top 20 albums of 2002 (14th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (107th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (695th)

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Johnny Cash bestography

American IV: The Man Comes Around is ranked 2nd best out of 125 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 5,328.

Johnny Cash album bestography « Higher ranked (321st)
At Folsom Prison This album (695th)
American IV: The Man Comes Around Lower ranked (1,058th) »
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American IV: The Man Comes Around track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Man Comes Around
Rating: 89 (152 votes)Comments: View 2
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Hurt
Rating: 93 (431 votes)Comments: View 7
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Give My Love To Rose
Rating: 80 (75 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Rating: 79 (83 votes)Comments: View 0
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I Hung My Head
Rating: 86 (93 votes)Comments: View 0
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First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Rating: 79 (74 votes)Comments: View 0
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Personal Jesus
Rating: 85 (123 votes)Comments: View 0
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In My Life
Rating: 82 (81 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sam Hall
Rating: 80 (70 votes)Comments: View 0
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Danny Boy
Rating: 78 (68 votes)Comments: View 0
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Desperado
Rating: 80 (72 votes)Comments: View 0
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Rating: 80 (69 votes)Comments: View 0
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Tear Stained Letter
Rating: 78 (62 votes)Comments: View 0
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Streets Of Laredo
Rating: 78 (68 votes)Comments: View 0
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We'll Meet Again
Rating: 81 (72 votes)Comments: View 0
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American IV: The Man Comes Around ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 512 votes)
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 Report rating		10/29/2025 14:26 Milhaud  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,57069/100
 
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 Report rating		10/29/2025 02:39 LukasAntoine00s  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 27881/100
 
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 Report rating		10/21/2025 00:05 seb7  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,51680/100
 
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 Report rating		05/22/2025 15:16 imimesis  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,96881/100

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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 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.

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90/100
From 02/11/2025 01:45
A "Tour de Force" from a Legend! His finest work before the end of his life. Every song sung with heart and soul!
#307544 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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From 02/23/2024 10:36
The best of the American series with some of Johnny greatest interpretations. The obvious stand out is hurt but there are so many other great recordings with the man comes around, personal Jesus and I hung my head my personal favourites. A must own for any serious americana / country fan
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75/100
From 11/29/2023 23:43
What a voice. Unmistakable. A true legend. Title track has become my new favorite song from him. And what can you say about 'Hurt'. Totally made it his own. A fine album
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90/100
From 12/29/2020 05:02
Pretty well amazing. A genius confronting his mortality head on, through the American songbook. Worth hearing.
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From 10/31/2020 13:11
A powerful track list here and an influential album in a rather sad way given the shlew of records of artists confronting death that were to come, Blackstar looking at you.
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From 05/10/2020 08:41
Of course Hurt is fantastic, but versions of When the Man Comes Around, I Hung My Head, Personal Jesus and In My Life remain beautifully fragile and moving too.
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From 07/05/2019 14:15
Really good album.

Favorites: Hurt, Bridge Over Troubled Water, I Hung My Head, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Personal Jesus, Sam Hall, Desperado
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80/100
From 04/19/2019 05:55
I love this album to death but I rarely listen to it because whenever I do it just ruins my day. This album is the definition of a swansong.
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From 12/23/2018 05:05
Well what a song to end your career with. We Will miss you, Johnny Cash.
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95/100
From 05/17/2018 21:10
Cash's goodbye to the world. It's a harrowing, sad, and reflective. I will never not be emotional listening to this great album
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