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3.0 out of 5 stars
Wackos and weirdos and dingbats and dodos, September 12, 2004
This album came out after Johnny Cash was dropped by his longtime label Columbia Records, but before he made his "comeback" with American Recordings. In many ways, these are the "forgotten" years of Johnny's career. Boom Chicka Boom has a sound that harkens back to his Sun Records recordings, somewhat, but it's not nearly as good as those classic records. It's merely an "okay" album, without any songs that I would call "great". Cash's original songs are somewhat cornier than usual, and while there are some cover songs here that you would think would work out well for Johnny, something is missing. Elvis Costello's "Hidden Shame" is a song that could have been a great one for Johnny, but it didn't come out as well as it could have. For some reason, Johnny just doesn't sound as "inspired" as he did on the later American Recordings. This album will be of interest to Cash's hardcore fans only.
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