The Legend Of Johnny Cash: Volume II

Johnny Cash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island
• ASIN: B000JRYNX4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,329 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1. There You Go
2. Home of the Blues
3. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
4. The Ways of a Woman in Love
5. I Still Miss Someone
6. Don't Take Your Guns to Town
7. The Long Black Veil
8. The Ballad of Ira Hayes
9. It Ain't Me Babe
10. Girl From the North Country
11. Daddy Sang Bass
12. Flesh and Blood
13. The Night Hank Williams Came to Town
14. That Old Wheel
15. The Beast in Me
16. Unchained
17. I Won't Back Down
18. I Hung My Head
19. Bird on a Wire
20. In the Sweet by and by

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well selected career-spanning single disc, November 21, 2006

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legend Of Johnny Cash: Volume II (Audio CD)

This 20-track collection is a good follow-up to last year's volume one. Both offer up seminal Cash sides, from his early days at Sun through his golden years at Columbia, his stay at Mercury in the '80s and his career capping sides for American. Both volumes also sandwich themselves in the narrow space between single-disc hit collections and deeper anthologies like 1992 and 2002's "Essential" titles, 2000's thematic "Love, God, Murder," 2005's 4-disc "The Legend," or Bear Family's oppressive triple-shot of box sets.

Both single-disc "Legend" volumes sample from the entire length of Cash's career, which means that they necessarily short-change any one phase, and leave out some seminal album releases. What you get instead is a sketch - rather than a full-color picture - of Cash's artistic arc, from slap-back echo at Sun through his righteous songs of the man in black, and finishing with stark, folk-styled renditions recorded with Rick Rubin for the American label.

Cash's fans may find this selection of tracks to be scattershot, duplicative of discs they already own, or unrepresentative of their particular favorites. But fans with deep Cash collections aren't the audience for this release. Instead, the songs have been selected and sequenced to make a compelling spin for new converts, those inspired by Cash's passing and subsequent biopic. And for these new fans, the Legend discs provide a good introduction to Cash's vast catalog that provides a bird's eye view from which to zoom in on specific eras or styles. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does it get better than this?, December 29, 2007

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Steven Mcclintock (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legend Of Johnny Cash: Volume II (Audio CD)

The fans of Johnny Cash that have not picked up this CD are really missing the boat. No it didn't get the hype that the Volume 1 got for sure, but it is equally amazing if not better. Tracks like That Old Wheel jump out as VINTAGE Cash. Also the pain and beauty of the Rick Rubin productions just shine on this CD.
Even if you arent a Cash fan...I can't imagine not 'getting' what this CD is saying...it is brilliant!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of his all time best!! A must have!, December 12, 2010

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This review is from: The Legend Of Johnny Cash: Volume II (Audio CD)

I absolutely love this collection, it has "Bird on a Wire" on it which is such a deep, meaningful song and he sings it with his soul.... also features duets with Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings. Another one of my favorites on this cd is "That Old Wheel" and "Daddy Sang Bass". He also does his own version of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" which is really nice to listen to. Overall anyone who loves Cash or just wants some great country music to add to their collection will fall in love with this cd!!