The Legend of Johnny Cash
2005 compilation album by Johnny Cash
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The Legend of Johnny Cash is a single-disc compilation album of American musician and singer 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, as well as one track recorded for Island Records.[citation needed] 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 December 7, 2005, Platinum on December 14, 2005, and 2× Platinum on May 19, 2006, by the RIAA. As of November 2017, the album has sold 3,866,300 copies in the United States.[3]
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| Released | October 25, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1955–2002 | |||
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| Length | 64:58 | |||
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| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
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A UK version entitled Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash has a different track listing.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Cry! Cry! Cry!" | Johnny Cash | 2:24 |
| 2. | "Hey, Porter" | Johnny Cash | 2:13 |
| 3. | "Folsom Prison Blues" | Johnny Cash | 2:49 |
| 4. | "I Walk the Line" | Johnny Cash | 2:45 |
| 5. | "Get Rhythm" | Johnny Cash | 2:14 |
| 6. | "Big River" | Johnny 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" (with June Carter) | Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd 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" | Johnny Cash | 2:52 |
| 13. | "One Piece at a Time" | Wayne Kemp | 4:02 |
| 14. | "Highwayman" (with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson (as The Highwaymen)) | Jimmy Webb | 3:03 |
| 15. | "The Wanderer" (U2 with Johnny Cash) | Bono-U2 | 4:45 |
| 16. | "Delia's Gone" | Johnny Cash, Karl Silbersdorf, Dick 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" | Johnny Cash | 3:27 |
| 20. | "The Man Comes Around" (early take) | Johnny Cash | 3:50 |
| 21. | "Hurt" | Trent Reznor | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 64:58 | ||
Alternate UK 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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ring of Fire" (1963) | June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore | Don Law, Frank Jones | 2:36 |
| 2. | "I Walk the Line" (1956) | Johnny Cash | Sam Phillips | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Jackson" (1967) | Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Leiber | Don Law, Frank Jones | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Folsom Prison Blues" (1956) | Johnny Cash | Sam Phillips | 2:51 |
| 5. | "A Boy Named Sue (live)" (1969) | Shel Silverstein | Bob Johnston | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Big River" (1958) | Johnny Cash | Jack Clement, Sam Phillips | 2:31 |
| 7. | "Get Rhythm" (1956) | Johnny Cash | Sam Phillips | 2:13 |
| 8. | "Cry! Cry! Cry!" (1955) | Johnny Cash | Sam Phillips | 2:24 |
| 9. | "Hey Porter" (1955) | Johnny Cash | Sam Phillips | 2:14 |
| 10. | "A Thing Called Love" (1972) | Jerry R Hubbard | Larry Butler | 2:32 |
| 11. | "Guess Things Happen That Way" (1958) | Jack Clement | Jack Clement | 1:52 |
| 12. | "San Quentin (live)" (1969) | Johnny Cash | Bob Johnston | 3:07 |
| 13. | "Man in Black" (1971) | Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash | 2:53 |
| 14. | "Highwayman" (1985) | Jimmy Webb | Chips Moman | 3:03 |
| 15. | "The Wanderer - U2 Starring Johnny Cash" (1993) | Bono-U2 | Flood, Brian Eno, The Edge | 4:44 |
| 16. | "I've Been Everywhere" (1996) | Geoff Mack | Rick Rubin | 3:17 |
| 17. | "Rusty Cage" (1996) | Chris Cornell | Rick Rubin | 2:50 |
| 18. | "Personal Jesus" (2002) | Martin Lee Gore | Rick Rubin | 3:19 |
| 19. | "Give My Love to Rose" (2002) | Johnny Cash | Rick Rubin | 3:28 |
| 20. | "One" (2000) | Bono-U2 | Rick Rubin | 3:52 |
| 21. | "Hurt" (2002) | Trent Reznor | Rick Rubin | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 62:30 | |||
Personnel
- Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, production
Additional personnel
- Rick Rubin, Steven Berkowitz, Charlie Bragg, Gregg Geller, Bob Johnston, Frank Jones, Don Law, Andy McKaie, Chips Moman – production
- Gavin Lurssen, Dana Smart – remastering
- Adam Abrams – production coordination
- Tom Jermann/t42design – design
- David Gahr, Don Hunstein, Les Leverett, Jim Marshall, Alan Messer – photography
- Ryan Null – photo coordination
- Adam Starr – product manager
- Rich Kienzle – liner notes
- Compilation produced by Rick Rubin
- Engineered by David R. Ferguson
Charts and certifications
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