American IV: The Man Comes Around
by Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash bestography
American IV: The Man Comes Around is ranked 2nd best out of 127 albums by Johnny Cash on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Johnny Cash is At Folsom Prison which is ranked number 323 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,138.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 56/100 | 43 |
| 2026 |  sszwalbenest | Top 25 Music Albums of 2002 | 7/25 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | 801-900 | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 19/100 | 77 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 40 Music Albums of 2002 | 12/40 | 4 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 2002 | 24/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 101-200 | 73/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 97/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 457 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,469 | |||
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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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| ! | 07/16/2026 12:12 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 16:49 | bonnequestion | 1,689 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 00:31 | DrunkenDadGaming | 45 | 73/100 |
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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 80.6/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Forum mentions
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A "Tour de Force" from a Legend! His finest work before the end of his life. Every song sung with heart and soul! (Edited)
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 (Edited)
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 (Edited)
planetneutral 12/29/2020 05:02 | #263386
Pretty well amazing. A genius confronting his mortality head on, through the American songbook. Worth hearing.
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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