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Out Among the Stars

Johnny Cash

Out Among the Stars

Recordings from 1980s sessions with Billy Sherrill, shelved at the time by Columbia and recently discovered by the country legend's son

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Sony Music CMG
UK Release date
31/03/2014
US Release date
25/03/2014
  1. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    A proper Johnny Cash record, which is to say its roots are in C&W, but its beguiling fruits are all about The Man in Black, who effortlessly transcends musical genre
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  2. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Crucial for all Cash fans
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  3. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The real mystery around Out Among the Stars now becomes how a set of songs so poignant and beautifully rendered could remain neglected for three decades
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  4. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Though it’s far from “essential,” Out Among the Stars is a boon for fans of country music history as well as those who just can’t get enough Cash
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  5. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The album is at its best whenever it enters this mode, painting a Southern fantasia of charm
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  6. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    A reminder of how easy Cash made it all look even when he was slumping
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  7. 7.0 |   All Music

    When taken together -- despite misguided novelties like "If I Told You Who It Was" -- it adds up to one of Cash's stronger '80s albums
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  8. 7.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Serves both to complicate the picture and fill in some fairly serious gaps in Cash’s creative life
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  9. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    With five great tracks that augment Cash's legacy, this is an uncertain record driven by perseverance
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  10. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Between the Bootleg series and unissued works with Rick Rubin, Cash's posthumous slew of releases has been unusually exceptional, but Out Among the Stars truly takes the cake
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  11. 6.5 |   Beardfood

    It contains Cash’s merits, but don't expect it to be as good as his Sun or American Recordings
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  12. 6.0 |   The Music

    Johnny Cash always had amazing songs and that shows here; every track is worth your time
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  13. 5.0 |   NME

    Whatever’s been done to ‘Out Among The Stars’, it remains a 1980s Johnny Cash album
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  14. 5.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    One for completists only
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  15. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Judged purely on its own merits, Out Among the Stars is a decidedly average Johnny Cash effort, perhaps even a touch worse than that
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  16. 4.0 |   The FT

    The song, “I Came to Believe”, is a standout track, free from chintz, but the sentiment sums up the prevailing sense of mismatch
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  17. 4.0 |   The Observer

    This is the sound of a man who'd lost his way
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