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Black Cadillac (album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[7]
Now[8]
PopMatters8/10[9]
Q[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut8/10[12]

Black Cadillac is Rosanne Cash's eleventh studio album, released on January 23, 2006. The album is dedicated to Cash's mother, Vivian Liberto, and father, Johnny Cash, both of whom died at the age of 71, hence the 71-second silent track at the end. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk album in 2007. This was Cash's last album for Capitol Records, a label Cash worked from 1996 to 2007. After that album's release, Cash left Capitol.

Track listing

All songs were written by Rosanne Cash, except where noted.

  1. "Black Cadillac"
  2. "Radio Operator" (Cash, John Leventhal)
  3. "I Was Watching You"
  4. "Burn Down This Town" (Cash, Leventhal)
  5. "God Is in the Roses"
  6. "House on the Lake" (Cash, Leventhal)
  7. "The World Unseen"
  8. "Like Fugitives
  9. "Dreams Are Not My Home"
  10. "Like a Wave"
  11. "World Without Sound"
  12. "The Good Intent" (Cash, Leventhal)
  13. "0:71"

Musicians

  • Rosanne Cash: Vocals
  • Bill Bottrell: Guitars, 12-String Guitar, E-Bow Guitar, Mando Cello, Bouzouki, Background Vocals, E-Bow, Mixing
  • Benmont Tench: Organ, Wurlitzer Piano, Background Vocals
  • Bruce Fowler: Trombone
  • John Leventhal: Guitars, Bass, Dobro, Percussion, Mandolin, Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Shawn Pelton: Drums
  • Michael Rhodes: Bass
  • Kevin Breit: Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar
  • Catherine Russell: Harmony Vocal
  • Charley Drayton: Drums
  • Brian MacLeod: Drums, Background Vocals
  • Dan Schwartz: Bass, Background Vocals
  • Jose Hernandez: Trumpet
  • Albert Wing: Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
  • Tom Gloadly, Joe Hogan, Mimi Parker: Engineering
  • Matt Shane: Mixing Assistant

Mastered by Ted Jensen

Chart performance

Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 18
U.S. Billboard 200 78

References

  1. ^ Pyndus, David (January 30, 2006). "Rosanne Cash: Black Cadillac". PopMatters. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Reviews for Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash". Metacritic. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  3. ^ Black Cadillac at AllMusic
  4. ^ The best of Cash's nuanced compositions... turns her healing process into great art. [27 Jan 2006, p.84]
  5. ^ Simmons, Sylvie (20 January 2006). "Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ^ It's a lot for anyone to get their hands around, but Cash grips tightly to the aspects of loss she has been able to process, even if the enormity of that task escapes her grasp at times. [21 Jan 2006]
  7. ^ A tear-stained, yet tasteful, requiem. [Feb 2006, p.93]
  8. ^ "ROSANNE CASH - Black Cadillac". Now. February 1, 2006. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  9. ^ Staff, PopMatters (31 January 2006). "Rosanne Cash: Black Cadillac". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  10. ^ Morbid, maybe, but she handles it all with dignity. [Mar 2006, p.106]
  11. ^ Rolling Stone review
  12. ^ The most intense record of Cash's career. [Feb 2006, p.68]