. ' Released: March 11, 2014 Out Among the Stars is a posthumously released studio album by, published through on March 25, 2014. The recordings come from lost 1980s sessions with famed producer which were shelved by Cash's record company, and discovered by Cash's son in 2012.
Cash also recorded the 1981 album with Sherrill in an attempt to turn around his dismal album sales but the strategy did not work, leaving his record executives eager to end his affiliation with the label. The album also doubles as a posthumous release for singer, Johnny Cash's wife, who is featured on vocals on two tracks, and for and, who provide vocals on two other songs. Two of the tracks would later be rerecorded by Cash at and would be released posthumously prior to earlier versions being included here; 'I Came to Believe' on and a non-duet version of 'I'm Movin' On' appears in the box set. Contents. Release and promotion The album was preceded by the single ' with a remix of the song from. Reception Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Prior to its release, named it one of the most anticipated albums of 2014.
Of wrote that 'winds up simply sweetening Johnny without changing his core sound'. He added that the album 'is generally chipper and bright' and 'one of Cash's stronger '80s albums'. Rob Tannembaum's review in mentions Cash's fading star power in the early 1980s amidst the 'Urban Cowboy fad'. Tannembaum continued: 'You might expect Out Among the Stars—a set of unreleased songs he cut with Sherrill in 1981 and 1984—to be a contract-fulfilling sleepwalk. (Cash put out several mostly mediocre LPs in those years, but left this material unfinished; it was discovered after his death.) Instead, it proves that even at his most uninterested, Cash couldn't help but make a record with weight, moral complexity and grim humor.' Commercial performance Released on March 25, 2014, Out Among the Stars debuted at #3 on the and #1 on the Billboard charts, selling 54,000 copies its first week.
As of June 29, 2014, the album has sold 149,000 copies in the United States. In the UK, the album debuted at No. 4 in the album chart. The album has sold 63,700 copies in the UK as of July 2014. Further release of additional material In a March 2014 interview promoting the release of Out Among the Stars, John Carter Cash indicated that there may be as many as 'four or five' albums worth of previously unreleased material from Cash's 1990s–2000s American label recording sessions, with Cash's last producer, indicating at least one more such release is planned for the future. March 2, 2014.
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