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The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983
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Released1992
Recorded1955-1983
Genre Country
Length3:29:11
Label Legacy
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983 is a three-disc compilation album containing Johnny Cash's material from 1955-1983.

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Hey Porter"Johnny Cash2:11
2." Cry! Cry! Cry!"Johnny Cash2:23
3." Folsom Prison Blues"Johnny Cash2:48
4." Luther Played the Boogie"Johnny Cash2:01
5." Get Rhythm"Johnny Cash2:12
6." I Walk the Line"Johnny Cash2:42
7." Home of the Blues"Johnny Cash / Glen Douglas / Vic McAlpin2:38
8." Give My Love to Rose"Johnny Cash2:43
9." Rock Island Line" Lead Belly2:08
10."Doin' My Time" Jimmie Skinner2:37
11." Big River"Johnny Cash2:30
12." Ballad of a Teenage Queen" Jack Clement2:10
13." Guess Things Happen That Way"Jack Clement1:48
14." The Ways of a Woman in Love" Bill Justis / Charlie Rich2:14
15." Thanks a Lot"Charlie Rich2:36
16." Oh, What a Dream"Johnny Cash2:03
17." What Do I Care"Johnny Cash2:07
18." All Over Again"Johnny Cash2:05
19." I Still Miss Someone"Johnny Cash / Roy Cash2:34
20."I'd Just Be Fool Enough (to Fall)" Melvin Endsley2:08
21."Walking the Blues"Johnny Cash / Robert Lunn2:08
22." Frankie's Man, Johnny"Johnny Cash2:14
23." Tennessee Flat Top Box"Johnny Cash2:58
24."Sing It Pretty, Sue"Johnny Cash1:57
25."Pickin' Time"Johnny Cash1:57
26." Five Feet High and Rising"Johnny Cash1:46
27."The Old Account"Traditional2:18
28." (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)" Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey2:45
29." Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)"Traditional3:53
Total length:1:08:34
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Don't Take Your Guns to Town"Johnny Cash3:01
2." The Ballad of Boot Hill" Carl Perkins2:34
3." The Rebel – Johnny Yuma" Richard Markowitz1:51
4." The Big Battle"Johnny Cash4:02
5."When the Roses Bloom Again" A. P. Carter2:34
6." The Ballad of Ira Hayes" Peter La Farge4:07
7."The Legend of John Henry's Hammer"Johnny Cash / June Carter Cash8:24
8." Dark as a Dungeon" Merle Travis2:27
9." The Long Black Veil" Danny Dill / Marijohn Wilkin3:06
10." I Got Stripes"Johnny Cash / Charlie Williams2:02
11." 25 Minutes to Go" Shel Silverstein3:11
12."The Wall" Harlan Howard2:08
13." Busted"Harlan Howard2:15
14." Bad News" John D. Loudermilk2:56
15." Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog" Jack Clement2:06
16." Orange Blossom Special" Ervin T. Rouse3:05
17." Ring of Fire"June Carter Cash / Merle Kilgore2:36
18." Understand Your Man"Johnny Cash2:42
19." Jackson" Jerry Leiber [as Gaby Rodgers] / Billy Edd Wheeler2:44
20." Blistered"Billy Edd Wheeler2:20
21." See Ruby Fall"Johnny Cash / Roy Orbison2:50
22."Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station"Johnny Cash2:40
23." Daddy Sang Bass"Carl Perkins2:19
Total length:1:08:00
Disc Three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Folsom Prison Blues" (live)Johnny Cash2:41
2." Cocaine Blues" (live)T.J. "Red" Arnall2:44
3."San Quentin 2" (live)Johnny Cash2:32
4." A Boy Named Sue" (live)Shel Silverstein3:46
5." Wanted Man" Bob Dylan2:50
6." Singin' in Viet Nam Talkin' Blues"Johnny Cash2:54
7." Man in Black"Johnny Cash2:52
8." What Is Truth"Johnny Cash2:37
9." Flesh and Blood"Johnny Cash2:35
10." Sunday Morning Coming Down" Kris Kristofferson4:06
11." Oney" Jerry Chesnut3:04
12." One Piece at a Time" Wayne Kemp4:00
13."Hit the Road and Go"Johnny Cash2:41
14."Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)"Johnny Cash3:19
15." I Will Rock and Roll with You"Johnny Cash2:50
16." No Expectations" Mick Jagger / Keith Richards3:10
17." (Ghost) Riders In The Sky" Stan Jones3:46
18." Bull Rider" Rodney Crowell3:08
19." Highway Patrolman" Bruce Springsteen5:20
20."After the Ball"Johnny Cash3:00
21." Without Love" Nick Lowe2:28
22." The Last Time"Kris Kristofferson3:14
23."I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar"Johnny Cash3:00
Total length:1:12:37

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom ( BPI) [2] Gold 100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ The Essential Johnny Cash at AllMusic
  2. ^ "British album certifications – Johnny Cash – The essential". British Phonographic Industry.Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type The essential in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.