Ring Of Fire: The Legend Of Johnny Cash | 
 enlarge | Artist: Johnny Cash
Label: Island/American/Columbia/Legacy
Category: Music
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 263
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 62 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 602498878507
EAN: 6024988785074
ASIN: B000BW9UJY
Release Date: November 21, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Ring Of Fire | | • | I Walk The Line | | • | Jackson - Johnny Cash, June Carter | | • | Folsom Prison Blues | | • | A Boy Named Sue | | • | Big River | | • | Get Rhythm | | • | Cry! Cry! Cry! | | • | Hey Porter | | • | A Thing Called Love | | • | Guess Things Happen That Way | | • | San Quentin | | • | Man In Black | | • | Highwayman - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson | | • | The Wanderer - U2, Johnny Cash | | • | I've Been Everywhere | | • | Rusty Cage | | • | Personal Jesus | | • | Give My Love To Rose | | • | One | | • | Hurt |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
The best of Johnny Cash captured on one CD September 22, 2008
Biffa (Cardiff, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At first I was skeptical of the whole Johnny Cash is a great musician/songwriter, and thought it was oldie country music for the oldies to reminisce about, and say how they never make music like they used to; that was until I was given this CD to try after seeing the film based upon his life.
Johnny Cash is without doubt a very clever songwriter/commentator with catchy 2-3min songs that reveal a story with very poignant and/or witty poetry set to music you'll hum along to after very few listens. Clear examples of this can be found in songs such as 'A boy named Sue' and 'San Quentin.'
This album captures the highlights of his music career from the early songs right to the covers of modern artists - which he covers in his 'Cash sound' that I feel are better than the originals.
If you are undecided, like I was, give it a try as you can always sell it on, but I am sure, you will not be disappointed.
True Legend August 28, 2008
tallpete33 (London, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great intro to new fans of Johnny Cash, a true icon whose music covered several generations.
When I first played it and the trumpets of Ring of Fire came on I wandered if I'd done the right thing ! The early tracks are pure 50s country, a complete contrast to the later U2/Depeche Mode covers/corroborations. There's something for everyone here but don't just buy it for the later stuff.
Cash has an amazing deep and warm voice, full of charisma and soul. It would have almost been worth being banged up in the notorious San Quentin to have seen him play live there. One of rock and roll's original bad boys, he lived his life and sang as he saw it.
For me and probably other non die-hard country fans, the later tracks probably have more appeal but I tend not to skip the early songs nowadays as they are mostly excellent. Personal Jesus is delivered deadpan but with so much meaning, a great interpretation of a classic. Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) could have been written about him, it has more emotion than any song I've ever heard and always sends a shiver down my spine. You can feel the "Hurt" in his voice as he mourns his late wife June Carter and no doubt voices the regrets of how he behaved to her and others during his pill popping years. It all comes out in spades and if it fails to move you, go and see the doctor to see if your heart is still beating....
Never owned a Cash record? This is where to start.
fantastic! December 15, 2007
Ms. A. L. Campbell (Hampshire)
I'd never heard of Johnny Cash until this cd appeared in the cd player at work. Needless to say, it came home with me about a week later, and has been in my car ever since. There's something about johnny Cash that is totally mesmerising, & i'm even more hooked since watching walk the line, which is one of my favourite films. This deserves a place in every CD collection.
Top rate October 30, 2007
G. J. Weeks (London)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you can only afford one CD from the Man in Black, get this one. All the classics from the great man. Superb.
 fine stuff October 29, 2007
sean paul mccann (ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
By sean paul mccann "mccanns23" (ireland) - See all my reviews
Johnny cash is a music icon,not just a country music icon but a fully fledged music icon,his fame is hard to measure but he wouldnt be that far behind elvis ,after all they are from the same era,and while elvis passed away early,cash racked up nearly 50 years of success before he gave way to death in 2003,and this is a testament of his work,21 tracks spanning his career and all i may ever need of the mans work,that isnt meant to be a sign of disrespect,i just accept that this is the best of his work, and as i am not a c ountry fan ,i will leave it at this more than likely but what a collection.
Cash was a songwriter that loved telling a story,along with his barritone voice,it is all very simple,yet effective,he had a nact of drawing you in with the simplicity of it all,the backing band kept it simple yet distinctive,shuffling along with the sound of a train is what springs to mind.
All the classics are here,'ring of fire' opens proceedings,probably his most famous of songs,hard to beat indeed.The classics keep coming,its hard to skip a track,the songs are short and sweet,'thing called love' is simply magical,maybe one of my fave tracks.
Cash gained new fans with his american recordings releases which were produced by rick rubin,of slayer and now metallica fame,these included cover versions of bands that cash had little in common with such as soundgarden and nine inch nails and to a lesser extent u2,and this makes up the final quarter of the album and what a bunch of songs these are,lease of all being the haunting 'hurt',possibly the most real sounding song i have ever heard,you can feel the pain and the realisation that his time on earth was up,chilling and no wonder that trent who wrote the song for his band nine inch nails reported on hearing this that the song was no longer his,a great album to own and cherish.
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