country, country rock 65 min 26 tracks Columbia Nashville Legacy
Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West is a concept double album and the twenty-second overall album released by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1965.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and nostalgic.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- PopMattersfavorable
- Record Mirror3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Hiawatha’s Vision2:25
- 2The Road to Kaintuck2:43
- 3The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. I2:53
- 4Narration 11:15
- 5The Ballad of Boot Hill2:33
- 6I Ride an Old Paint2:57
- 7Narration 20:31
- 8Hardin Wouldn’t Run3:47
- 9Narration 30:50
- 10Mister Garfield3:46
- 11The Streets of Laredo3:39
- 12Narration 40:24
- 13Johnny Reb2:27
- 14A Letter From Home2:33
- 15Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie2:26
- 16Mean as Hell3:07
- 17Sam Hall3:16
- 1825 Minutes to Go3:12
- 19The Blizzard3:52
- 20Narration 50:39
- 21Sweet Betsy From Pike3:17
- 22Green Grow the Lilacs2:46
- 23Narration 61:00
- 24Stampede2:59
- 25The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. II2:29
- 26Reflections2:46
26 tracks, 65 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Johnny Cash
- Label
- Columbia Nashville Legacy
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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