Water from the Wells of Home

Water from the Wells of Home
Studio album by Johnny Cash with friends
Released	May 1988
Recorded	December 1987 -; May 1988
Genre	Country
Length	31:21
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jack Clement
Johnny Cash chronology

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Water from the Wells of Home is the 75th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Mercury Records in 1988 (see 1988 in music). It features several collaborations with other artists, including "New Moon Over Jamaica" with Paul McCartney. Other guests include Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris and family members John Carter Cash and June Carter Cash. "Call Me the Breeze" is a J. J. Cale song that had been previously covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" is a new recording of a song that had appeared on Cash's Sun era album Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous. The album did not fare well on the charts, peaking at No. 48; the two singles, "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" and "That Old Wheel", reached No. 45 and No. 21, respectively.

[edit] Track listing

"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (Jack Clement) – 2:45
- With Rosanne Cash and the Everly Brothers
"As Long as I Live" (Roy Acuff) – 2:58
- With Emmylou Harris and Roy Acuff
"Where Did We Go Right" (Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz) – 2:58
- With June Carter Cash and The Carter Family
"The Last of the Drifters" (Tom T. Hall) – 3:17
- With Tom T. Hall
"Call Me the Breeze" (J. J. Cale) – 3:24
- With John Carter Cash
"That Old Wheel" (Jennifer Pierce) – 2:49
- With Hank Williams, Jr.
"Sweeter Than the Flowers" (Morry Burns, Syd Nathan, Ervin T. Rouse) – 2:56
- With Waylon Jennings
"A Croft in Clachan (The Ballad of Rob MacDunn)" (Johnny Cash) – 4:04
- With Glen Campbell
"New Moon Over Jamaica" (Johnny Cash, Tom T. Hall, Paul McCartney) – 3:12
- With Paul McCartney
"Water from the Wells of Home" (Johnny Cash) – 2:58
- With John Carter Cash

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	48