The third album by Roseanne Cash following the death of her parents a decade ago proves to be the stand-out of a loose trilogy. Asked to help preserve the Arkansas childhood home of her father Johnny, Cash found herself drawn into southern history, with a psycho-geographical album the outcome. The Sunken Lands describes the dirt poor fields where her father toiled, Money Road visits the Tallahatchie bridge of Bobby Gentry's song, and World of Strange Design touches on religious fervour. The somewhat mainstream arrangements are meticulously crafted and played, but it's Cash's emotional, engaged vocals that carry the record.