1977 studio album by Johnny Cash
The Last Gunfighter Ballad |
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Studio album by Johnny Cash |
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Released | January 1977 |
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Recorded | February 21, 1975 – October 6, 1976 |
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Studio | House of Cash Studios (Hendersonville) |
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Genre | |
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Length | 30:23 |
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Language | English |
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Label | Columbia |
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Producer | - Charlie Bragg
- Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash chronology |
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One Piece at a Time (1976) | The Last Gunfighter Ballad (1977) | The Rambler (1977) | |
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Singles from The Last Gunfighter Ballad |
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- "The Last Gunfighter Ballad"
Released: 1977 |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Last Gunfighter Ballad is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1977. Notable tracks include the title track, "Far Side Banks of Jordan" and "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine", the latter of which features Cash's brother Tommy Cash. The title track was the album's only single, reaching #38 on the country charts; it tells the tale of an aging gunslinger who finds himself unable to deal with the modern way of life.
"Ballad of Barbara" is a new recording of a song that had first appeared as the B-side of Cash's 1973 single "Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup", while "City Jail" is a studio version of a track first released on the live album På Österåker. "Far Side Banks of Jordan", a duet featuring Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, is a remake of a track first recorded in 1975 for a planned gospel album that was recorded in full, but for reasons unknown was never released (the 1975 version of the song, along with the other tracks, would not be released until 2012). The song is noted for its lyrics which feature June pondering the possibility of dying before her husband (she would in fact die several months before Cash in 2003).[2]
Track listing
Personnel
Additional personnel
- Produced by: Charlie Bragg and Don Davis
- Arranged by: Bill Walker
- Recorded at Sound Spectrum Recording, Inc. (House of Cash Studios)
- Engineers: Charlie Bragg, Roger Tucker, Danny Jones, Chuck Bragg
- Photography: Bill Barnes
- Liner Notes: Johnny Cash (as John D. (Deadeye) Cash)
Charts
Album - Billboard (United States)
Year | Chart | Position |
1977 | Country Albums | 29 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
1977 | "The Last Gunfighter Ballad" | Country Singles | 38 |
References
- ^ "Last Gunfighter Ballad Review by Jim Worbois". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Gregg Geller, "Producer's Note", Johnny Cash, Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth. Columbia/Legacy Records 88697985382, 2012
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Studio albums | 2000–2020s | - American III: Solitary Man
- American IV: The Man Comes Around
- American V: A Hundred Highways
- American VI: Ain't No Grave
- Out Among the Stars
- Songwriter
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Live albums | |
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Soundtracks | - I Walk the Line
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy
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Compilations | |
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Television | |
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Biographies | |
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Tribute albums | - The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
- Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
- Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny
- All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash Remixed
- We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
- Forever Words
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Category |
Authority control databases | - MusicBrainz release group
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