Original songs on "American Recordings"

"Thirteen" was covered by Danzig on the album "Satan's Child"

Cover songs on "American Recordings"

The Nick Lowe song "The Beast in Me" was originally on the album "The Impossible Bird"

The Leonard Cohen song "Bird on a Wire" was originally on the album "The Essential Leonard Cohen (Disc 1)"

The Loudon Wainwright III song "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" was originally on the album "Career Moves"

The Danzig song "Thirteen" was originally on the album "Danzig 6:66: Satan's Child"

The Kris Kristofferson song "Why Me Lord" was originally on the album "Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection (disc 4)"