The Legend of Johnny Cash

Infobox Album |
Name = The Legend of Johnny Cash
Type = Box set
Artist = Johnny Cash


Released = October 25, 2005
Recorded = 1955 - 2003
Genre = Country
Length = 1:04:58
Label = Island/American/
Legacy/Columbia
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4227gjvr66ip link]
Last album = "The Legend"
(2005)
This album = "The Legend of Johnny Cash"
(2005)
Next album = ""
(2006)

"The Legend of Johnny Cash" is a single-disc compilation album of country music legend Johnny Cash's career. It is the first such album to contain material from Cash's American Recordings era in addition to songs from his time at Sun and Columbia. It was released on October 25, 2005 on the Island/American/Columbia/Legacy record labels and tied to the release of the Cash biopic Walk the Line. In the wake of that film's success its sales made the compilation an overwhelming success, selling over two million copies.

Track listing

#"Cry Cry Cry" (Cash) – 2:24
#"Hey Porter" (Cash) – 2:13
#"Folsom Prison Blues" (Cash) – 2:49
#"I Walk the Line" (Cash) – 2:45
#"Get Rhythm" (Cash) – 2:14
#"Big River" (Cash) – 2:32
#"Guess Things Happen That Way" (Clement) -1:51
#"Ring of Fire" (Carter Cash, Kilgore) - 2:37
#"Jackson" (Leiber, Wheeler) – 2:46
#"A Boy Named Sue" (live) (Silverstein) – 3:46
#"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" (Kristofferson) – 4:07
#"Man in Black" (Cash) – 2:52
#"One Piece at a Time" (Kemp) – 4:02
#"Highwayman" (Webb) – 3:03
#"The Wanderer" (with U2) (Bono, Clayton, Edge, Mullen) – 4:45
#"Delia's Gone" (Cash, Silbersdorf, Toops) – 2:19
#"Rusty Cage" (Cornell) – 2:49
#"I've Been Everywhere" (Mack) – 3:16
#"Give My Love to Rose" (Cash) – 3:27
#"The Man Comes Around" (Early Take) (Cash) – 3:50
#"Hurt" (Reznor) – 3:38

Alternate track listing

A version released in the UK entitled "Ring of Fire (The Legend of Johnny Cash)" has a slightly altered track listing, with some of the above songs absent and others, such as covers of U2's One and Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus, included in their place. [http://www.gracenote.com/music/album.html/tradcountry/33a304785515def111ce1a97184f4c7c.html]

Personnel

* Johnny Cash - Vocals, Producer

Additional personnel

* Rick Rubin, Steven Berkowitz, Charlie Bragg, Gregg Geller, Bob Johnston, Frank Jones, Don Law, Andy McKaie, Chips Moman - Producers
* Gavin Lurssen, Dana Smart - Remastering
* Adam Abrams - Production Coordination
* Meire Murakami - Design
* David Gahr, Don Hunstein, Les Leverett, Jim Marshall, Alan Messer - Photography
* Ryan Null - Photo Coordination
* Adam Starr - Product Manager
* Rich Kienzle - Liner Notes

External links

* [http://www.johnnycash.com/ Johnny Cash's official website]