NEW Johnny Cash - Essential Johnny Cash (CD): Amazon.ca: Music

Disc: 1
1. Hey Porter
2. Cry, Cry, Cry
3. I Walk The Line
4. Get Rhythm
5. There You Go
6. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
7. Big River
8. Guess Things Happen That Way
9. All Over Again
10. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
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Disc: 2
1. It Ain't Me, Babe (w/ June Carter Cash)
2. The One On The Right Is On The Left
3. Jackson (w/ June Carter Cash)
4. Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
5. Daddy Sang Bass
6. Girl From The North Country (w/ Bob Dylan)
7. A Boy Named Sue (Live)
8. If I Were A Carpenter
9. Sunday Morning Coming Down
10. Flesh And Blood
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Primer, May 24 2004

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Kevin Barnett (California) - See all my reviews
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This collection might more aptly be called "The Beginner's Guide to Johnny Cash". The hits are here, but in my opinion, the "Essential" Johnny Cash would encompass all of his recorded works. Cash was a musical titan when he started, and kept getting better until the day he died. He always challenged himself and his audience with new music, and his vast catalog deserves to be entirely remastered with the care taken in this collection, and re-issued to a new generation.
If you don't know much about Cash's music, start here. If you want to give someone who does not know Cash's music a great gift, give them this.
Again, consider this a starting point for Johnny Cash music...Go on from there.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation, Jan 17 2004

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Taylor X "Taylor X" (Las Vegas, NV (USA)) - See all my reviews
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From his first recordings in the mid-fifties up until his death in 2003, Johnny Cash has shelled out some of the finest hits in pop music history. His excellent stylings have made him universally accepted by many - I generally don't like country music, but Cash is a huge exception to that rule. Over the years, Cash has had a number of hits compilations (he has more hits compilations than many artists have studio albums!) Now, the Essential collection tries its hand at capturing Cash in a two-disc hits compilation. How does this compilation measure up? Read on and find out!

PROS:
-If you're just a casual fan of Cash, and you want a compilation that will give you the big hits of Cash's career, this compilation is a good bet. I Walk The Line, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, Ring Of Fire, The Ballad Of Ira Hayes, Folsom Prison Blues, and A Boy Named Sue are among the hits that you'll find here.
-In addition to the hits, you get a number of underrated masterpieces. Among these are Hey Porter and Get Rhythm, excellent tracks that were originally B-Sides.
-Many of the tracks on here are collaborations with other excellent artists. Among the artists Cash performs with on here are Bob Dylan, Marty Robbins, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, U2, and even his wife, June Carter Cash.
-This compilation is readily available in a number of stores, so you shouldn't have to look too hard for it.

CONS:
-Obviously, two-disc compilations cost more than single-disc ones.
-The major complaint I have is that there is no material on here from Cash's four albums on the American label. This really bites, because as another reviewer stated, his cover of the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt is nothing short of excellent, and it has been getting a lot of popularity.

OVERALL:
Representing Johnny Cash's career of approximately forty-five years in a hundred and sixty minutes is not an easy thing to do, but this compilation doesn't a pretty good job. Are you a casual fan of Johnny Cash? If so, this is a compilation that will be well worth your money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really great Review of Cash's Work, Nov 3 2003

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Neel Aroon "jaroon7648" (Lexington, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This is the first album I bought from Johnny Cash. It provides a pretty good background into the man's work from the 1960s and extending into the 1980s. It provides several songs he did by himself but also contains music that he collaborated with other on like his wife Jon Cash, Waylon Jennings and Bob Dylan. In all, the songs were well done and provides a good retrospective of his career except for his 90s music with American recordings.

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