- Audio CD (Nov 15 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Warner
- ASIN: B000BSXYGI
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #12,821 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Get Rhythm -- Joaquin Phoenix |
| 2. I Walk The Line -- Joaquin Phoenix |
| 3. Wildwood Flower -- Reese Witherspoon |
| 4. Lewis Boogie Blues -- Waylon Payne |
| 5. Ring Of Fire -- Joaquin Phoenix |
| 6. You're My Baby -- Johnathan Rice |
| 7. Cry Cry Cry -- Joaquin Phoenix |
| 8. Folsom Prison Blues-- Joaquin Phoenix |
| 9. That's Allright Mama -- Tyler Hilton |
| 10. Jukebox Blues -- Reese Witherspoon |
| 11. It Aint Me Babe -- Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon |
| 12. Home of the Blues -- Joaquin Phoenix |
| 13. Milkcow Blues Boogie -- Tyler Hilton |
| 14. I'm A Long Way From Home -- Shooter Jennings |
| 15. Cocaine Blues -- Joaquin Phoenix |
| 16. Jackson -- Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
This is not a review about Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon's hair. However--as any self-respecting fan knows--in country music, after proving you can pluck a guitar and carry a tune, the power of the right hairstyle is not to be underestimated. Johnny Cash, in fact, was famously vain about his locks--perhaps one of the few things he was vain about--and many a guitar store employee can attest to the fact that when the Man in Black came in to buy his special brand of guitar pick, his hair was dyed a jet black more often seen on a boy of 20 than a man of 60. In any case, Phoenix and Witherspoon's performances as Johnny and June Carter Cash succeed more in the style and hair department than in their musicality. Phoenix fares better than his co-star in reinventing the Cash mystique, and his sweet, almost earnest interpretation of "Get Rhythm" is as charming as it is honest. Unfortunately, the powerful song "Ring of Fire" is flat and wholly without the narrative pull it had when Cash sang it. And Witherspoon is simply not up to the warbling task she's faced with in singing as June Carter Cash. (To be fair, it's hard to know who would be, but the estimable Loretta Lynn or Tift Merritt would have had better luck). Carter Cash's honeyed gift with melody, and the largeness of her voice, honed over decades in live performance, is hard to replicate for even a seasoned singer, and predictably, Witherspoon falls short of the mark. It's certainly seductive to imagine that playing a figure as compelling as Johnny or June would allow an actor to channel the soul and some of the talent of the artist, but the closest this record comes is in "Cry, Cry, Cry," where Phoenix's gravelly voice offers the same sustained thrill that made Johnny Cash irresistible--to June and his fans. --Megan Halverson
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZING!,
By Mark (st louis) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Walk the Line.. (Audio CD)
Joaquin Phoenix is the man! He gives me chills when he is in the studio doing Folsom Prison for the 1st time. The soundtrack is amazing but HOW ON EARTH do they have the nerve to exclude "Time's a Wastin" off the soundtrack? Jackson is great but Time's a Wastin' is so cute. I guess there are no hopes of getting a part II on the soundtrack with other tunes recorded but not used???
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing Soundtrack,
By Mr. Jones (Kitchener Ontario CANADA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Walk the Line.. (Audio CD)
This soundtrack is amazing, except it does NOT include "Time's a Wastin'" Joaquin Phoenix did an excellent job imitating Mr. Johnny Cash. Reese sounds better than the real June Carter!! A must buy for any Johnny Cash fan or Joaquin. Give Joaquin a break guys, you critics seem to think he is supposed to BE Johnny. An excellent CD of Tunes from the movie.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cheated....Big Time,
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This review is from: Walk the Line.. (Audio CD)
I loved this movie and have grown more accustomed to Phoenix and Reese singing the songs than the actual singers. However, I WOULD NOT have bought the CD had I known that the duo "Time's a Wastin'" wasn't on there. That duo is the only one that I really, really liked of them together. I love the song "it ain't me babe," but Reese is drowned out by Phoenix pretty much, which is the way it's suppose to be. I don't like the fact that there are about 6 songs on there by the guys who sung Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Waylon Jennings songs. That would be fine, but to leave off a couple of key songs sung by the stars of the movie really stinks. When you put the CD in the computer it takes you to the website where you can watch a couple of videos. The only way the studio can make this up to the movies music fans is to put "time's a wastin" on there for a free download to soundtrack owners. Heck, I would even pay a couple of dollars for the download of it.
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