 In comparison with the country folk sound of Cash's other American Recordings' albums, this release has more of a country rock sound.The album was recorded over a six-month period with engineer Sylvia Massy at Sound City Studios, Ocean Way Studios, Rick Rubin's home studio and the Cowboy Arms And Recording Spa in Nashville, Tennessee and mastered at Oasis Mastering, Studio City, California.Two songs on the album had previously been recorded by Cash.