Hymns from the Heart is the twelfth album and the second gospel album of singer Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music

1962 in music

-Events:*January 1 – The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only...

). It features a selection of gospel

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

 songs, and is the second album of this type released by Cash, the first being Hymns by Johnny Cash

Hymns by Johnny Cash

Hymns by Johnny Cash is the fifth album and the first gospel album by Johnny Cash. It was originally released in May 1959, then re-issued in 2002 with an alternate version of "It Was Jesus" as a bonus track...

. Cash would go on to record many more gospel albums, including Sings Precious Memories

Sings Precious Memories

Sings Precious Memories is the fifth gospel album by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It is one of several spiritual albums that Cash recorded. Other examples include Hymns by Johnny Cash, Hymns from the Heart, The Holy Land and Believe in Him...

and Believe in Him

Believe in Him

Believe in Him is a gospel album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Word Records in 1986. It features acoustic arrangements of classic gospel songs. As of 2006, it has not been released on CD. "Belshazzar" had previously been recorded by Cash for Sun Records...

, among others. This album has a more traditional hymn/gospel feel than Cash's previous Hymns album.

Track listing

1. "He'll Understand and Say Well Done" (Roger Wilson) – 2:27
2. "God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away" (Ted Harris) – 2:49
3. "I Got Shoes" (Cash) – 2:01
4. "When I've Learned Enough to Die" (Ray Baker, Buddy Killen, Delbert Wilson) – 2:47
5. "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" (Philip Bliss
   Philip Bliss
   Philip Paul Bliss was an American composer, conductor, bass-baritone writer of hymns and a Gospel singer. He wrote many well-known hymns, including Almost Persuaded, Hallelujah, What a Saviour!, Let the Lower Lights Be Burning, Wonderful Words of Life, and the tune for Horatio Spafford's It Is...
   
   ) – 2:14
6. "If We Never Meet Again" (Albert E. Brumley
   Albert E. Brumley
   Albert Edward Brumley was a shape note gospel music composer and publisher.Brumley was born near Spiro, Oklahoma on October 29, 1905. Pre-Dustbowl Oklahoma was primarily made up of sparse agricultural communities; Brumley's family was no different. He spent much of his early life chopping and...
   
   ) – 3:02
7. "When I Take My Vacation in Heaven" (Herbert Buffum, R.E. Winsett) – 2:26
8. "Taller Than Trees" (Lee Ferebee) – 1:52
9. "I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone" (Charles Durham, Tom Ramsey) – 3:00
10. "When He Reached Down His Hand for Me" (G.E. Wright) – 2:04
11. "My God Is Real" (Kenny Morris) – 2:00
12. "These Hands" (Eddie Noack) – 2:14

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Main Performer, Vocals, Guitar
• Luther Perkins
  Luther Perkins
  Luther Monroe Perkins was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music...
  
  , Billy Strange
  Billy Strange
  William E. "Billy" Strange is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor.-Recordings and songwriting:...
  
  , Ray Edenton - Guitar
• Marshall Grant
  Marshall Grant
  Marshall Garnett Grant was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became known as The Tennessee Three in 1960, with the addition of drummer W. S. Holland...
  
  , Buddy Clark - Bass
• W.S. Holland, Irving Kluger - Drums
• Floyd Cramer
  Floyd Cramer
  Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...
  
   - Piano
• Bill Pursell
  Bill Pursell
  Bill Pursell is an American composer and former session pianist. He had a brief but successful career as a pop musician before continuing on as a session player....
  
  - Organ
• Billy Lathum - Banjo
• Marvin Hughes, Hubert Anderson - Vibes
• Elliot Fisher, Anthony Olson, Frank Green, Olcott Vail, Joseph Livotti, Bobby Bruce - Violin
• Gary White, Myron Sander - Viola
• William E. Liebert - Leader