Love, God, Murder Johnny Cash compilation box set (and 84th overall release) released in 2000. It features three themed CDs of songs Cash chose from his catalog. Love features relationship songs, mostly written for June Carter Cash . God is a collection of Gospel and spiritual songs. Murder features another recurring topic of Cash's career, and perhaps his favorite subject, but one that he encouraged people "not to go out and do". Each album was also released separately on the same day. In 2004 Life
Love, God, Murder Released May 23, 2000 Recorded July 30, 1955 – June 1998 Genre
Length 130 :32 Label
Although the albums within the box set are compilations, they demonstrate Cash's lifelong affection for releasing concept albums . Examples of previous Cash theme albums include Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Rambler
Each of the three discs contains liner notes by a celebrity. Love has liner notes by Cash's wife, June Carter Cash , U2 's frontman Bono contributes liner notes for God , and Murder's liner notes are by film director Quentin Tarantino .
Title Writer(s) 1. "I Walk the Line " Cash 2:46 2. "Oh, What a Dream" Cash 2:03 3. "All Over Again" Cash 2:07 4. "Little at a Time" Cash, Terry 1:57 5. "My Old Faded Rose" Cash, Cash 2:53 6. "Happiness Is You" Cash, Cash 2:57 7. "Flesh and Blood " Cash 2:40 8. "I Tremble for You" Cash, DeWitt 2:15 9. "I Feel Better All Over" Rogers, Smith 2:04 10. "Cause I Love You" Cash 1:47 11. "Ballad of Barbara" Cash 3:49 12. "Ring of Fire " Carter, Kilgore 2:39 13. "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" Ross, Wills 2:26 14. "While I've Got It on My Mind" Cash 2:21 15. "I Still Miss Someone " Cash, Cash 2:35 16. "The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)" Lyon, McIntire 2:27
Another feature of Cash's career is his affinity for another theme: gospel . God pulls from a vast catalog of spiritual songs that includes the albums Hymns by Johnny Cash Songs of Our Soil Hymns from the Heart Sings Precious Memories Believe in Him My Mother's Hymn Book
Title Writer(s) 1. "What on Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake)" Cash 2:09 2. "My God is Real" Morris 2:01 3. "It Was Jesus" Cash 2:06 4. "Why Me Lord?" Kristofferson 2:22 5. "The Greatest Cowboy of Them All" Cash 3:58 6. "Redemption" Cash 3:04 7. "Great Speckled Bird " Carter, Smith 2:11 8. "The Old Account" Traditional 2:25 9. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Traditional 1:53 10. "When He Comes" Cash 3:33 11. "The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea" Carter, Carter, Carter, Cash 2:33 12. "Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) " Traditional 3:54 13. "Man in White" Cash 5:33 14. "Belshazzar" Cash 2:26 15. "Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)" Lomax, Lomax, Rogers, Spencer 3:55 16. "Oh Come, Angel Band " Cash 2:44
Johnny Cash – Arranger, Liner Notes, Adaptation, Compilation ProducerBono – Liner NotesJohn Jackson – Project Director
Steven Berkowitz – Producer
Chris Athens – EngineerMark Wilder – Engineer
Darcy Proper – Mastering
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
Don Hunstein – Photography
Johnny Cash – Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation ProducerQuentin Tarantino – Liner NotesJohn Jackson – Project Director
Steven Berkowitz – Producer
Chris Athens – EngineerMark Wilder – Engineer
Darcy Proper – Mastering
Mike Cimicata – Packaging Manager
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
Don Hunstein – Photography
Patti Matheny – A&R
Tim Smith – A&R
As a result of the success of the first three collections, in 2004, a fourth volume, Life
Title Writer(s) 1. "Suppertime" Ira Stanphill 2:51 2. "Country Trash" Johnny Cash 2:25 3. "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" Braddock, Williams 3:22 4. "Time Changes Everything " Duncan 1:51 5. "I Talk to Jesus Every Day" Tubb 2:04 6. "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" Atkins, Cash, Johnson 2:40 7. "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" George Jones 2:37 8. "These Are My People" Johnny Cash 2:38 9. "The Ballad of Ira Hayes " Peter LaFarge 4:09 10. "Oney " Chestnut 3:08 11. "Man in Black " Johnny Cash 2:53 12. "I'm Alright Now" Hensley 2:41 13. "Ragged Old Flag" Johnny Cash 3:08 14. "I Wish I Was Crazy Again" McDill 2:44 15. "Where Did We Go Right" Loggins, Schlitz 2:58 16. "Wanted Man" (live) Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan 2:59 17. "I Can't Go on That Way" (outtake from The Rambler Johnny Cash 2:33 18. "Lead Me Gently Home" Thompson 1:59
Johnny Cash – Producer, Compilation Producer, SelectionJohn Carter Cash – Executive ProducerLou Robin – Executive Producer
Steven Berkowitz – Producer
Andy Manganello – Mixing
Joseph M. Palmaccio – MasteringGeoffrey Rice – Mixing Assistant
Triana DOrazio – Packaging Manager
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
David Gahr – Photography
Don Hunstein – Cover Photo
Album – Billboard
Chart (2000)
Peak
Top Country Albums
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