American VI: Ain't No Grave | ||||
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Released | February 23, 2010 | |||
Recorded | May–August 2003 | |||
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Length | 32:21 | |||
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Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
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American VI: Ain't No Grave is an album by Johnny Cash released posthumously on February 23, 2010 on American Recordings and Lost Highway Records.[1] Its release was three days before Cash's 78th birthday.[2] The tracks were recorded during the same sessions as American V: A Hundred Highways (2006), which took place during the final months of Cash's life. The album debuted at #3 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 54,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, American VI: Ain't No Grave received generally positive reviews from music critics.
American VI was the first - and, to date, only - release in the American Recordings series to contain no re-recordings of previously released songs.