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The eagerly anticipated Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherpoon, needed a soundtrack. So someone had the unenviable task of condensing a five decade recording career into one teeny tiny album.
But the twenty-one tracks here paint a good picture of an artist who started his musical career rubbing shoulders with Elvis at Sun Studios, went rebel rousing in top security prisons, stood tall with his fellow Outlaws, and bowed out shortly after recording the deeply poignant "Hurt" on the American Recordings albums.
Long-time fans won't need this compilation; others will have 2002's excellent two-disc set Man In Black. But for those new to the man who defined American music with such humour, beauty and pain, this is a fine place to start. --Sue Keogh
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1-Ring Of Fire 2-I Walk The Line 3-Jackson 4-Folsom Prison Blues 5-A Boy Name Sue 6-Big River 7-Get Rhythm 8-Cry! Cry! Cry! 9-Hey Porter 10-A Thing Called Love 11-Guess Things Happen That Way 12-San Quentin (Live) 13-Man In Black 14-Highwayman 15-The Wanderer (U2 & Johnny Cash) 16-I've Been Everywhere 17-Rusty Cage 18-Personal Jesus 19-Give My Love To Rose 20-One 21-Hurt (2005/UNIVERSAL) 21 tracks 1955-2002 (Sun/Columbia/American) with 20 page booklet - SAT.1 TV Advertising die eine Zusammenstellung die jeder Haushalt besitzen sollte ! (Folge 2 ebenfalls erhältlichCD-1713840)
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77 of 79 people found the following review helpful
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Like many others, I only recently discovered Johnny Cash having seen the film "Walk the Line". Better late than never.
I can't remember the last time I listened with such undivided concentration to a CD. There's something about Johnny Cash's song-writing and his delivery that is just hypnotic. You find yourself really listening to the words. The cover versions of U2's One and Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus are among the best covers I've heard for any song in any style (and I'm a huge DM fan).
The last track, "Hurt", is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, recorded in Cash's home studio when he was already terminally ill. The frailty in his voice makes you realise that every word in the song is true.
48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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This album could serve very easily as an introduction to Johnny Cash, far better than the same year's cringe-inducing (and cringe-inducingly titled) The Legend Lives On or the myriad repackaged Sun recordings. Gathering songs from Sun, Columbia, American and Mercury on one compilation, this disc covers all bases.
However, the only real problem - which to be fair is a bit of a big one - with this disc is its length. At just over an hour, this single-disc collection is a woeful under-representation of the fifty-year career of this legendary country star.
Luckily, this serves as an advantage in that there is not a single ounce of fat on this record; every song is utterly brilliant, despite the odd omission of anything from the first American album (1994). You get a sample of all stages of his career; the peerless title track's mariachi horns indicate his relationship with June Carter; 'Folsom Prison Blues,' one of his defining songs, resplendent in its classic Sun-records production, laden with echo; 'Highwayman,' his supergroup with Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson; the curio 'The Wanderer' (amusingly, one of two U2-penned songs on this Cash compilation) from that band's Zooropa album; and, of course, some fantastic songs from the American recordings.
While by no means the definitive Johnny Cash, this is a perfect way in for any budding Johnny Cash fan.
However, the only real problem - which to be fair is a bit of a big one - with this disc is its length. At just over an hour, this single-disc collection is a woeful under-representation of the fifty-year career of this legendary country star.
Luckily, this serves as an advantage in that there is not a single ounce of fat on this record; every song is utterly brilliant, despite the odd omission of anything from the first American album (1994). You get a sample of all stages of his career; the peerless title track's mariachi horns indicate his relationship with June Carter; 'Folsom Prison Blues,' one of his defining songs, resplendent in its classic Sun-records production, laden with echo; 'Highwayman,' his supergroup with Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson; the curio 'The Wanderer' (amusingly, one of two U2-penned songs on this Cash compilation) from that band's Zooropa album; and, of course, some fantastic songs from the American recordings.
While by no means the definitive Johnny Cash, this is a perfect way in for any budding Johnny Cash fan.
39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great place to start if you're new to Cash. You have all his early hits, as well as his later output, including some great covers (U2's One and soundgardens rusty cage). If you like this you can then move on to the prison albums and wherever else takes your fancy. You get a short essay in the booklet and you are told where each song came from so you can find specific albums to go deeper into this great music. well worth a try.
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Great Summary of his music
If you like the sound of Johnny Cash and don't have anything of his, this is perfect.
If you haven't heard him, but want an introduction, this is perfect..... And good value.
If you haven't heard him, but want an introduction, this is perfect..... And good value.
Published 1 month ago by DEG
Interesting
I found the content of this a little repetitive, but still enjoyable. I now own three of his CD's and do find them thought provoking. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Simj
a must buy album
theres plenty of johnny cash best of albums out there , but if you wanna buy 1 album for any collection that covers the best of the man , the legend , id say this is the album for... Read more
Published 9 months ago by legless09
Everything i needed
I have been a Johnny Cash fan for years, but never seemed to get round to buying an albumn, (perhaps because their was so many to choose from), I wanted an albumn that offered a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Blinky1104
Ring of Fire
An enjoyable CD from start to finish. If you're new to Johnny Cash, this is a great introduction spanning decades of great music.
Published 15 months ago by J. Brooks
Ring of Fire
Just as I imagined.
I saw the Johhny Cash Boi on SKY and thought I would like some of his music in my collection. Read more
I saw the Johhny Cash Boi on SKY and thought I would like some of his music in my collection. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Mark Hall
A good overview for a beginner
Have only just got into Johnny Cash. Have been familiar with his music throughout my life, but never really concentrated on him. Read more
Published 18 months ago by MexicanWave
Brilliant
Bought as a present for my husband. He loves it! I don't but it's not my taste.
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. S. A. Beard
ring of fire review
What a great album! i wasn't really into johnny cash until i saw his biography on tv, then i decided to buy this album. now i don't stop listening to it! well worth it.
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by Mr. D. C. Brown
great compilation
I bought this after watching a TV documentary on Cash's life. It contains all the best songs - recommended.
Published on 25 Jun 2009 by Happy Hilly
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