The Holy Land (album)

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The Holy Land
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	January 1969
Recorded	1968
Genre	Gospel
Length	43:43
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob Johnston
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Heart of Cash (1968) The Holy Land (1969) At San Quentin (1969)

The Holy Land is a concept album and the third gospel album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1969). Cash recorded the album inspired by a visit to the Holy Land with his wife, June Carter Cash. The majority of the songs on the record accept religion as their main theme, with several gospel tracks making an appearance. All but three of the songs were written by Cash, though the sole single, "Daddy Sang Bass", which reached No. 1 on the Country charts and was no. 1 for 6 weeks, was penned by Carl Perkins.

The cover has a picture of Cash standing in front of the chapel on top of the Mount of the Beatitudes, immediately north of the Sea of Galilee. Some versions of the album had a 3-D picture on the cover.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Cash; except where indicated

1. "Prologue" – 0:54
2. "Land of Israel" – 2:50
3. "Mother's Love" – 1:32
4. "This is Nazareth" – 0:43
5. "Nazarene" – 2:03
6. "Town of Cana" – 1:36
7. "He Turned Water Into Wine" – 2:47
8. "My Wife June at the Sea of Galilee" – 1:32
9. "Beautiful Words" – 1:52
10. "Our Guide Jacob at Mount Tabor" – 1:54
11. "The Ten Commandments" (Lew DeWitt) – 3:59
12. "Daddy Sang Bass" (Carl Perkins) – 2:19
13. "At the Wailing Wall" – 0:46
14. "Come to the Wailing Wall" – 2:49
15. "In Bethlehem" – 1:46
16. "In Garden of Gethsemane" – 1:57
17. "The Fourth Man" (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) – 2:08
18. "On the Via Dolorosa" – 3:53
19. "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" – 1:07
20. "At Calvary" – 2:33
21. "God is Not Dead" – 2:43

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
• The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers - Background Vocals
• Luther Perkins - Guitar
• Marshall Grant - bass
• W.S. Holland - drums
• Carl Perkins - Electric Guitar

Additional personnel

• Charlie Bragg - Engineer
• Bob Johnston - Producer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1969	Country Albums	6
1969	Pop Albums	54

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1968	"Daddy Sang Bass"	Country Singles	1

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on The Holy Land