I Walk the Line (soundtrack album)

Not to be confused with Walk the Line (soundtrack) or I Walk the Line (1964 album)
I Walk the Line
Soundtrack album by Johnny Cash
Released November 1970
Recorded 1970
Genre Country
Length 26:29
Label Columbia
Producer Bob Johnston
Johnny Cash chronology
The Johnny Cash Show
(1970)
I Walk the Line
(1970)
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
(1971)

I Walk the Line is a soundtrack album to a 1970 film of the same name starring Gregory Peck. Released that same year on Columbia Records, it is, in essence, a country album by Johnny Cash (his 36th), as the entire soundtrack is composed solely of Cash songs, including a rearranged version of the famous title song. Also included is "Flesh and Blood", a ballad written by Cash which reached the top of the Country charts. The album is released on CD in 1999 backed with the soundtrack Little Fauss and Big Halsy [Bear Family Records 4000127161307]. The Bear Family release features an alternate longer version of the title song.

Track listing

All songs written by Johnny Cash except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "Flesh and Blood"   2:39
2. "I Walk the Line" (abbreviated version) 2:59*
3. "Hungry"   1:40
4. "This Town"   2:30
5. "This Side of the Law"   2:54
6. "Flesh and Blood" (instrumental version) 2:10
7. "'Cause I Love You"   1:48
8. "'Cause I Love You" (instrumental version) 1:46
9. "The World's Gonna Fall on You"   2:06
10. "Face of Despair"   3:36
11. "Standing on the Promises" / "Amazing Grace" (Celso Carter / John Newton, Bill Walker) 3:04
12. "Cause I Love You" (Bear Family CD bonus track) (string instrumental) 0:27
13. "Amazing Grace" (Bear Family CD bonus track) (John Newton, Bill Walker) 2:01

*This is the running abbreviated time on the original Columbia Vinyl release. The full version timed at 3:29 was released on the Bear Family CD I Walk The Line/Little Fauss And Big Halsy

Personnel

Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1970 Country Albums 9
1970 Pop Albums 176

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "Flesh and Blood" Country Singles 1
1970 "Flesh and Blood" Pop Singles 54

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