The Legend of Johnny Cash

The Legend of Johnny Cash
Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	October 25, 2005
Recorded	1955 - 2003
Genre	Country
Length	1:04:58
Label	Island/American/ Legacy/Columbia
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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. The album was certified Gold on 12/7/2005, Platinum on 12/14/2005 and 2x Platinum on 5/19/2006 by the R.I.A.A.

Track listing

1. Cry! Cry! Cry! (Cash) – 2:24
2. Hey, Porter (Cash) – 2:13
3. Folsom Prison Blues (Cash) – 2:49
4. I Walk the Line (Cash) – 2:45
5. Get Rhythm (Cash) – 2:14
6. Big River (Cash) – 2:32
7. Guess Things Happen That Way (Jack Clement) -1:51
8. Ring of Fire (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore) - 2:37
9. Jackson (Jerry Lieber, Wheeler) – 2:46
10. A Boy Named Sue (live) (Shel Silverstein) – 3:46
11. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (Kris Kristofferson) – 4:07
12. Man in Black (Cash) – 2:52
13. One Piece at a Time (Kemp) – 4:02
14. Highwayman (Webb) – 3:03 (With Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Kris Kristofferson)
15. The Wanderer (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) – 4:45
16. Delia's Gone (Cash, Silbersdorf, Toops) – 2:19
17. Rusty Cage (Chris Cornell) – 2:49
18. I've Been Everywhere” (Geoff Mack) – 3:16
19. Give My Love to Rose (Cash) – 3:27
20. The Man Comes Around (Early Take) (Cash) – 3:50
21. Hurt (Trent 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. [1]

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

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
U.S. Billboard 200	5

External links

• Johnny Cash’s official website