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The complete Mercury recordings 1986-1991


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AllMusic

2020

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine

2020

"The 2020 box set The Complete Mercury Albums 1986-1991 is the first opportunity to challenge this conventional wisdom, a place where it's possible to concentrate on the relative merits of the handful of LPs he recorded for the label. The box expands upon the original five records for Mercury by adding a bunch of bonus tracks, plus a full album's worth of alternate mixes of the 1988 covers collection Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series and the 1986 collaborative set Class of 55 ...".


Under the radar

d. 22. July 2020

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Frank Valish

d. 22. July 2020

"The Complete Mercury Recordings is exactly what it's title states, compiling the six albums (with one bonus inclusion here) that Johnny Cash recorded for Mercury Records after his being dropped by Columbia after 26 years and almost innumerable albums. Cash's stint with Mercury was not his most successful, beginning at the height of hair metal and ending at the onset of grunge, but with The Complete Mercury Recordings it is no longer overlooked".