What was the name of the last album Johnny Cash released in his lifetime?

The last album Johnny Cash released during his lifetime was American IV: The Man Comes Around. It was released on November 5, 2002, less than a year before Cash died in September 2003.

The album was the fourth entry in Cash’s American Recordings series, produced by Rick Rubin. Its stripped-down, reflective style suited Cash’s late period, combining original material with interpretations of songs by artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, and the Beatles. The best-known track is Cash’s stark cover of “Hurt,” which introduced his work to a new generation.

American V: A Hundred Highways is an easy source of confusion. It contains recordings Cash made near the end of his life, but it was released posthumously in 2006. American III: Solitary Man came earlier, in 2000, while Unchained was the second American album, released in 1996. Cash continued recording after American IV, but those later sessions were issued after his death or in other posthumous projects.