The Legend of Johnny Cash

Compilation album by Johnny Cash

Released

October 25, 2005

Recorded

1955 – 2003

Genre

Length

64:58

Label

Johnny Cash chronology

The Legend
(2005)

The Legend of Johnny Cash
(2005)

June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets
(2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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. 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 12/7/2005, Platinum on 12/14/2005 and 2x Platinum on 5/19/2006 by the RIAA. As of October 2016, the album has sold 3,526,800 copies in the United States.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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"	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/Kris Kristofferson)	Jimmy Webb	3:03
15.	"The Wanderer"	Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.	4:45
16.	"Delia's Gone"	Cash, Silbersdorf, 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

Alternate 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.

UK Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
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	Rob Johnston	3:46
6.	"Big River" (1958)	Johnny Cash	Jack Clement	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	Rob 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

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
Meire Murakami – design
David Gahr, Don Hunstein, Les Leverett, Jim Marshall, Alan Messer – photography
Ryan Null – photo coordination
Adam Starr – product manager
Rich Kienzle – liner notes

Charts and certifications

Album charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Country Albums^[3]	2
US Billboard 200^[3]	5

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[4]	10
Austrian Albums Chart^[5]	10
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart^[6]	31
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[7]	55
Canadian Albums Chart^[8]	5
Danish Albums Chart^[9]	4
Dutch Albums Chart^[10]	21
French Compilations Chart^[11]	9
German Albums Chart^[12]	15
Irish Albums Chart^[13]	1
New Zealand Albums Chart^[14]	2
Norwegian Albums Chart^[15]	2
Swedish Albums Chart^[16]	12
Swiss Albums Chart^[17]	21
UK Albums Chart^[18]	11

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[19]	Gold	35,000^{^}
Ireland (IRMA)^[20]	5× Platinum	75,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[21]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[22]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[23]	2× Platinum	3,526,800^[2]
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

External links

Johnny Cash’s official website

References

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Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Television	The Johnny Cash Show

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography The Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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