American V: A Hundred Highways is the 93rd overall album and a posthumous title by Johnny Cash released on July 4, 2006. Like its predecessors, American V: A Hundred Highways is produced by Rick Rubin and released on Rubin’s American Recordings record label.
The liner notes of “Unearthed”, a box set composed of outtakes from the first four entries into the series, claim “around 50” songs were recorded during the American V sessions before Cash’s death on September 12, 2003. However, only two albums worth of material were released, including American VI: Ain’t No Grave, which was released in February 2010.
As with the other American series albums, the album includes covers, originals, and a re-recording of a song. The originals on this album are “I Came to Believe” and “Like the 309”, the latter of which was the last song Cash ever wrote before passing away.
Tracklisting
Side A
1. Help Me
2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down
3. Like The 309
4. If You Could Read My Mind
5. Further On Up The Road
6. On The Evening Train
Side B
1. I Came To Believe
2. Love’s Been Good To Me
3. A Legend In My Time
4. Rose Of My Heart
5. Four Strong Winds
6. I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now