This was Cash's second album with Rick Rubin, and an emphatic statement that Cash was back. It's an interesting mix of songs - and to top it off, Rubin brought in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to back Cash up.
When it's slow, it's not bad; but when it turns up, when it gets moving - it's fantastic. When they are on, they are on. My favorites off the album so far: "Rusty Cage" and "Sea of Heartbreak."
Sea of Heartbreak has been around for a while, originally being recorded by Don Gibson in the early 1960s, and covered by wide variety of country artists since.
With Cash's deep bass and the Heartbreakers lively backing, the tune is hard to get out of your head.
The lights in the harbor
Don't shine for me
I'm like a lost ship
Adrift on the sea
Sea of heartbreak
Lost love, loneliness,
Memories of your caress
So divine, how I wish
You were mine, again my dear,
I'm on this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak
Oh how did I lose you?
Oh, where, did I fail?
Why did you leave me
Always to sail
This sea of heartbreak
Lost love, loneliness,
Memories of your caress
So divine, how I wish
You were mine, again my dear,
I'm on this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak
Oh, what I'd give just to sail back to shore
Back to your arms once more
Come to my rescue
Come here to me
Take me and keep me
Away from the sea
Sea of heartbreak
Lost love, loneliness,
Memories of your caress
So divine, how I wish
You were mine, again my dear,
I'm on this sea of tears
Sea of heartbreak
Sea of heartbreak
Sea of heartbreak
Sea of heartbreak
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