This is the fourth in a series of collaborations between the original Man in Black, Johnny Cash, and producer Rick Rubin.

'The Man Comes Around' features new Cash compositions as well as a diverse array of cover songs, including Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt", Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". He also duets with Don Henley on "Desperado".