Lost Highway Records released this Johnny Cash album on April 6. It is also the fourth disc in the unmatched, outstanding "Unearthed" box set released in 2003. If you haven't heard this album, you don't know Johnny Cash.

Here's what the Muze reviewer had to say on Rhapsody: It's not unusual for an artist's most intimate work to be unearthed following his or her passing. Such is the case with Hymn Book, a previously unreleased solo acoustic album of spiritual standards. The late great Man in Black performed all these songs relying only on a spare guitar and his own impassioned vocals.

Here's an excerpt from the All Music Guide review: Featuring Cash alone playing an acoustic guitar, this is a stark, beautiful, and simple album. In the liner notes, Cash calls this his favorite record he's ever made and it's clear that learning these songs as a child is what inspired his love of music. In that sense, despite no original material, these are some of the most personal songs Cash ever recorded.

My Mother's Hymn Book