Forever Words
2018 studio album by various artists
Forever Words | |
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Studio album by various artists | |
Released | April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) |
Genre | Country Folk, Americana |
Language | English |
Label | Legacy |
Producer | John Carter Cash |
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100[1] |
Review scores | |
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Classic Rock Germany | 8/10[2] |
Gaffa | [3] |
Forever Words is a 2018 album by various artists recording poetry and lyrics by Johnny Cash set to music for the first time. The album follows a 2016 book release of the poems entitled Forever Words: The Unknown Poems (ISBN 0399575138).[4] The album includes a posthumously released track by Chris Cornell, who died in 2017. In 2020 and 2021, a deluxe version of the album was released in four waves, with a total of 18 additional songs. The first and second waves were released on October 23 and December 11, 2020 with the two remaining waves set for release on February 5 and April 2, 2021 respectively.[5][6][7]
Track listing
- "Forever/I Still Miss Someone" – Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
- "To June This Morning" – Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
- "Gold All Over the Ground" – Brad Paisley
- "You Never Knew My Mind" – Chris Cornell
- "The Captain's Daughter" – Alison Krauss and Union Station
- "Jellico Coal Man" – T-Bone Burnett
- "The Walking Wounded" – Rosanne Cash
- "Them Double Blues" – John Mellencamp
- "Body on Body" – Jewel
- "I'll Still Love You" – Elvis Costello
- "June's Sundown" – Carlene Carter
- "He Bore It All" – Dailey & Vincent
- "Chinky Pin Hill" – I'm with Her
- "Goin', Goin', Gone" – Robert Glasper featuring Ro James and Anu Sun
- "What Would I Dreamer Do?" – The Jayhawks
- "Spirit Rider" – Jamey Johnson
Deluxe Edition:
- "Big Hearted Girl" – Hard Working Americans
- "I'm Comin' Honey" – Shawn Camp
- "Brand New Pair of Shoes" – Ana Christina Cash
- "If You Loved Me" – Elvis Costello and the Imposters
- "I've Been Around" – Marty Stuart
- "Who's Gonna Grease My Skillet?" – John Popper
- "California Poem" – Jamey Johnson, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
- "Little Patch of Grass" – Brandon Robert Young and Clare Bowen
- "The Dogs Are In The Woods" – John McEuen
- "Does Anybody Out There Love Me?" – Jewel
- "Autumn" – Watkins Family Hour
- "Let It Be Tonight" – Ira Dean
- "Pretty Pictures in My Mind" – The Lumineers
- "Outta Site Tonite" – Ronnie Dunn and Brad Paisley
- "My Song" – Runaway June
- "Dark and Bloody Ground" – Ruston Kelly
- "The Third Degree" – Aaron Lewis
- "Tecemseh" – Bill Miller
Personnel
- T. Bone Burnett
- Chris Cornell
- Elvis Costello
- Jamey Johnson
- Kris Kristofferson
- Jewel
- Willie Nelson
- John Mellencamp
- Brad Paisley
- Kacey Musgraves
- Rosanne Cash
- Alison Krauss
- Carlene Carter
- I'm with Her (band)
Charts
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 19 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] | 52 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 30 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] | 118 |
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9] | 28 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 48 |
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[11] | 8 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 40 |
US Billboard 200[12] | 66 |
US Billboard Country Albums[12] | 9 |
See also
- New Multitudes (2012), a similar project for Woody Guthrie lyrics
- Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (2014), a similar project for Bob Dylan lyrics and featuring Burnett and Costello
- Out Among the Stars (2014), a posthumous Cash album composed of abandoned sessions which also features Elvis Costello
References
- ^ Forever Words at Metacritic
- ^ Wohlfeld, Carsten (April 6, 2018). "Review: Various Artists – JOHNNY CASH: FOREVER WORDS".
- ^ "ANMELDELSE: Hæderlig hyldest med højdepunkter". gaffa.dk.
- ^ Barsanti, Sam (February 8, 2018). "Elvis Costello, Chris Cornell, and More Helped Turn Some Johnny Cash Poems into Songs". The A.V. Club. Univision.
- ^ "Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' album gets the deluxe, extended reissue treatment - Music News - ABC News Radio".
- ^ "Johnny Cash's "Forever Words" Getting Deluxe Reissue | KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country".
- ^ "Expanded Edition of Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' Announced". 26 October 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "ultratop.be – Johnny Cash – The Music: Forever Words". Ultratop. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Various Artists – Johnny Cash - The Music: Forever Words" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ a b "Billboard 200: April 17, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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