Reviews
Ranked #14 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "There is a deep strength and dignity in his performances...", "The results are gorgeous, haunting. The moaning, tolling cellos that assist Cash down to his knees on the prayer 'Help Me', for example, transform this album opener into one of Cash's most moving performances ever.", Ranked #22 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006in- "A Fine Swansong.", "The man's spirituality...is everywhere....Completely representative of the faithful old man he had become, having long ago shed his outlaw image..." -- Grade: A-, 3 Stars Out of 5 -- "The Dignity and Sharp Poetic Instincts on American V Are Classic Cash.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "The arrangements -- acoustic guitars, piano, harpsichord, a modest church organ, a small string section -- frame him impeccably.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Rubin had an immaculate sense of how to frame Cash's voice -- these stark, mostly acoustic arrangements don't try to conceal the singer's ruined instrument but find authority in its quavers and crags.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Full of humanity, declarations of eternal love and the prospect of heaven, it makes a dignified final addition to the American Recordings series."
