America

Johnny Cash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GMZS6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,249 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening Dialogue

2. Paul Revere

3. Begin West Movement

4. The Road to Kaintuck

5. To the Shining Mountains

6. The Battle of New Orleans

7. Southwestward

8. Remember the Alamo

9. Opening the West

10. Lorena

11. The Gettysburg Address

12. The West

13. Big Foot

14. Like a Young Colt

15. Mr. Garfield

16. A Proud Land

17. The Big Battle

18. On Wheels and Wings

19. Come Take a Trip in My Airship

20. Reaching for the Stars

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'd recommend 'Ride This Train' instead., February 3, 2006

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Ben Parker "Cheshire" (Church Point, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America (Audio CD)

If you're thinking of investing in your first Cash concept album, i'd recommend Ride This Train (1960). Try that, see if you like it. I loved Ride This Train, but wasn't as impressed by America, and sort of regretted paying retail for it. Like most of the Cash concept albums, its well under thirty minutes total, and each of the songs are slight two-minute affairs, the rest being made up by the between-song narration. In Ride This Train, the narration is backed by the sound of a train, which works quite well. On America, Cash just narrates in silence, and it doesn't work as well. I think Ride This Train has better songs, too. Preview 'Loading Coal,' opening track of Ride This Train, with its crisp production and assured vocal, and see for yourself.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cash is America!!, March 18, 2006

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J. Barksdale "JB" (Coral Springs, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: America (Audio CD)

I can't say enough about this CD. Like previous viewers, I too wore out this cassette as a child listening to it on family vacations. I know every word and song and basically this is how I began to learn American History. I was thrilled to see it available on CD a few years ago. Combination song and "spoken word," Johnny is in top form. Well, better go because "I'm goin' west to Kentuck, down the road to moccasin gap!"

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Man in Black", February 25, 2002

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Robert Weil (Jackson, WY. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America (Audio CD)

Johnny Cash is cleary an icon in country music, but he is often neglected when the great folk singers come to mind. This album is clearly a testament to his versatility. I have been blown away by his recent releases from American Recordings. Rick Rubin seemed to call back to a period when Johnny was doing great folk cuts with a hillbilly twist (Unchained); and in this collection I see where it may have started. Big Foot, The West, and Paul Revere have an honesty that only one can display when they really care about the subject at hand. Guthrie, Elliot, and Dylan all have and had it; and Johnny Cash belongs in their category! During these patriotic times people often look to art as a window of escape. Johnny Cash does that with these songs; and I don't believe anybody loves America more than he does! Buy this with confidence. Enjoy!