Love, God and Murder
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- "I Walk the LineI Walk the Line"I Walk the Line" is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956. It was performed with the help of Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, two mechanics that his brother introduced him to following his discharge from the Air Force. Cash and his wife, Vivian, were living in Memphis, Tennessee,...
" (Cash) – 2:46 - "Oh, What a Dream" (Cash) – 2:03
- "All Over Again" (Cash) – 2:07
- "Little at a Time" (Cash, Terry) – 1:57
- "My Old Faded Rose" (Cash, Cash) – 2:53
- "Happiness Is You" (Cash, Cash) – 2:57
- "Flesh and BloodFlesh and Blood (Johnny Cash song)"Flesh and Blood" is a 1970 single written and recorded by Johnny Cash and was featured in the film, I Walk the Line starring Gregory Peck . "Flesh and Blood" went to number one on the U.S. country singles chart for one week, spending a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.-Chart performance:...
" (Cash) – 2:40 - "I Tremble for You" (Cash, DeWitt) – 2:15
- "I Feel Better All Over" (Rogers, Smith) – 2:04
- "'Cause I Love You" (Cash) – 1:47
- "Ballad of Barbara" (Cash) – 3:49
- "Ring of FireRing of Fire (song)"Ring of Fire" or "The Ring of Fire" is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash's 1963 compilation album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash...
" (Carter, Kilgore) – 2:39 - "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (Ross, Wills) – 2:26
- "While I've Got It on My Mind" (Cash) – 2:21
- "I Still Miss Someone" (Cash, Cash) – 2:35
- "The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)" (Lyon, McIntire) – 2:27
Release credits
- Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
– Arranger, Liner Notes, Adaptation, Compilation Producer - June Carter CashJune Carter CashValerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...
– Liner Notes - John Jackson – Project Director
- Steven BerkowitzSteven BerkowitzSteven Berkowitz is an American producer. He is credited as the producer for Love, God, Murder, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall, Cloud 7 . He was the CEO for ask.com before moving on to Microsoft. He has since left Microsoft.He has a Bachelor's degree...
– Producer - Chris Athens – Engineer
- Mark Wilder – Engineer
- Darcy Proper – Mastering
- Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
- Don Hunstein – Photography
God
Another feature of Cash's career is his affinity for another type of album centered around a single topic: gospelGospel 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....
albums. God pulls from a vast catalog of spiritual songs that includes the albums 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...
(1959), Hymns from the Heart
Hymns from the Heart
Hymns from the Heart is the twelfth album and the second gospel album of singer Johnny Cash, released in 1962 . It features a selection of gospel songs, and is the second album of this type released by Cash, the first being Hymns by Johnny Cash...
(1962), 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...
(1975), 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...
(1986) and My Mother's Hymn Book (2004).
Track listing
- "What on Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake)" (Cash) – 2:09
- "My God is Real" (Morris) – 2:01
- "It Was Jesus" (Cash) – 2:06
- "Why Me Lord?" (Kristofferson) – 2:22
- "The Greatest Cowboy of Them All" (Cash) – 3:58
- "Redemption" (Cash) – 3:04
- "Great Speckled BirdThe Great Speckled Bird (song)"The Great Speckled Bird" is a Southern hymn whose lyrics were written by the Reverend Guy Smith. It is an allegory referencing Fundamentalist self-perception during the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy. The song is in the form of AABA and has a 12 bar count...
" (Carter, Smith) – 2:11 - "The Old Account" (Traditional) – 2:25
- "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Traditional) – 1:53
- "When He Comes" (Cash) – 3:33
- "The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea" (Carter, Carter, Carter, Cash) – 2:33
- "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" (Traditional) – 3:54
- "Man in White" (Cash) – 5:33
- "Belshazzar" (Cash) – 2:26
- "Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)" (Lomax, Lomax, Rogers, Spencer) – 3:55
- "Oh Come, Angel Band" (Cash) – 2:44
Release credits
- Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
– Arranger, Liner Notes, Adaptation, Compilation Producer - BonoBonoPaul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
– Liner Notes - John Jackson – Project Director
- Steven Berkowitz – Producer
- Chris Athens – Engineer
- Mark Wilder – Engineer
- Darcy Proper – Mastering
- Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
- Don Hunstein – Photography
Track listing
- "Folsom Prison BluesFolsom Prison Blues"Folsom Prison Blues" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Cash. The song combines elements from two popular folk genres, the train song and the prison song, both of which Cash would continue to use for the rest of his career...
" (Cash) – 2:52 - "Delia's Gone" (Silbersdorf, Toops) – 2:18
- "Mr. Garfield" (Elliott) – 4:39
- "Orleans Parish Prison" (Feller) – 2:30
- "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)"When It's Springtime in Alaska " is a 1959 single by Johnny Horton. The single was Johnny Horton's sixth release on the country chart and the first of three number ones on the country chart . The single spent twenty-three weeks on the chart....
" (Franks, Horton) – 2:40 - "The Sound of Laughter" (Howard) – 2:38
- "Cocaine BluesCocaine Blues"Cocaine Blues" is a Western Swing song written by T. J. "Red" Arnall, a reworking of the traditional song "Little Sadie". This song was originally recorded by W. A. Nichol's Western Aces on the S & G label, probably in 1947, and by Roy Hogsed and the Rainbow Riders May 25, 1947, at Universal...
" (Arnall) – 2:50 - "Hardin Wouldn't Run" (Cash) – 4:22
- "Long Black Veil" (Dill, Wilkin) – 3:07
- "Austin Prison" (Cash) – 2:10
- "Joe Bean" (Freeman, Pober) – 3:09
- "Going to Memphis" (Cash, Dew, Lomax) – 4:22
- "Don't Take Your Guns to TownDon't Take Your Guns to Town"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is a 1958 single by Johnny Cash. The song tells the story of a young cowboy who, ignoring the titular advice from his mother, gets into a gunfight at a saloon and is killed. The single became his fifth release to reach the number one position on the country chart,...
" (Cash) – 3:05 - "Highway Patrolman" (Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
) – 5:22 - "Jacob Green" (Cash) – 3:06
- "The Wall" (Howard) – 2:10
Release credits
- Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
– Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation Producer - Quentin TarantinoQuentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
– Liner Notes - John Jackson – Project Director
- Steven Berkowitz – Producer
- Chris Athens – Engineer
- Mark Wilder – Engineer
- Darcy Proper – Mastering
- Mike Cimicata – Packaging Manager
- Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
- Don Hunstein – Photography
- Patti Matheny – A&R
- Tim Smith – A&R
Life
As a result of the success of the first three collections, in 2004, a fourth volume, Life, was released. It mostly features songs about social and economic struggle.Track listing
- "Suppertime" (Ira StanphillIra StanphillIra Forest Stanphill was a well-known American gospel songwriter of the mid-twentieth century. Stanphill was born in Belleview, New Mexico....
) – 2:51 - "Country Trash" (Cash) – 2:25
- "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (Braddock, Williams) – 3:22
- "Time Changes EverythingTime Changes Everything (song)"Time Changes Everything" is a Western swing standard written by Tommy Duncan, the long-time vocalist with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. Written as a ballad, the lyrics tell of a failed romance and of the hurt that has healed. Each verse ends with:...
" (Duncan) – 1:51 - "I Talk to Jesus Every Day" (Tubb) – 2:04
- "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" (Atkins, Cash, Johnson) – 2:40
- "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" (Cash) – 2:37
- "These Are My People" (Cash) – 2:38
- "The Ballad of Ira HayesThe Ballad of Ira Hayes"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" was written by folk singer Peter La Farge. It tells the story of Ira Hayes, one of the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who became famous for having raised the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II....
" (Peter LaFarge) – 4:09 - "OneyOney (song)"Oney" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash. Released in July 1972, it was the second single from his album Any Old Wind That Blows. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.The...
" (Chestnut) – 3:08 - "Man in BlackMan in Black (song)"Man in Black" is a protest song written and sung by and about Johnny Cash, originally released on his 1971 album of the same name. Cash himself was known as "The Man in Black" for his distinctive style of on-stage costuming...
" (Cash) – 2:53 - "I'm Alright Now" (Hensley) – 2:41
- "Ragged Old Flag" (Cash) – 3:08
- "I Wish I Was Crazy Again" (McDill) – 2:44
- "Where Did We Go Right" (Loggins, Schlitz) – 2:58
- "Wanted Man" (live) (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 2:59 - "I Can't Go on That Way" (Cash) – 2:33
- Outtake from The RamblerThe Rambler (album)The Rambler is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1977 . It is a concept album about travel. Between each song is dialogue between Cash and hitchhikers picked up or other people he meets during the album's cross-country trip...
(1976)
- Outtake from The Rambler
- "Lead Me Gently Home" (Thompson) – 1:59
Release credits
- Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
– Producer, Compilation Producer, Selection - John Carter CashJohn Carter CashJohn Carter Cash is an American Country music-singer, author, songwriter and producer. He is the only son of Johnny and June Carter Cash.-Biography:...
– Executive Producer - Lou Robin – Executive Producer
- Steven Berkowitz – Producer
- Andy Manganello – Mixing
- Joseph M. PalmaccioJoseph M. PalmaccioJoseph M. Palmaccio is an American mastering engineer born in rural South Carolina.Palmaccio has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and has won 3 in the Best Historical Album category for mastering...
– Mastering - Geoffrey Rice – Mixing Assistant
- Triana DOrazio – Packaging Manager
- Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
- David Gahr – Photography
- Don Hunstein – Cover Photo
Chart performance
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 67 |