- Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
Infobox Album
Name = Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
Type =Album
Artist =Johnny Cash
Released =April 13 ,1987
Recorded = September 1986 -
January 1987
Genre = Country
Length = 32:37
Label = Mercury
Producer =Jack Clement
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fungtq1ztu4a link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=johnny+cash link]
Chronology =Johnny Cash
Last album = "Class of '55 "
(1986)
This album = "Johnny Cash is Coming to Town"
(1987)
Next album = ""
(1988)"Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town" is an
album by American country singerJohnny Cash , released in 1987 (see1987 in music ), and his first forMercury Records . It was re-released in 2003, paired with "Boom Chicka Boom " on a single CD. "Sixteen Tons " was previously a hit forTennessee Ernie Ford , "The Big Light" is anElvis Costello song from his album "King of America ", released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is fromGuy Clark 's debut, "Old No. 1 ". The album reached No. 36 on the country charts, while the only released single, "The NightHank Williams Came to Town", peaked at No. 43.Track listing
#"The Big Light" (
Elvis Costello ) – 2:41
#"Ballad of Barbara" (Cash) – 4:21
#"I'd Rather Have You" (Cash) – 3:11
#"Let Him Roll" (Guy Clark ) – 4:29
#"The NightHank Williams Came to Town" (Bobby Braddock , Charlie Williams) – 3:24
#*WithWaylon Jennings
#"Sixteen Tons " (Merle Travis ) – 2:46
#"Letters from Home" (J.C. Crowley, Jack Wesley Routh) – 3:21
#"W. Lee O'Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys" (James Talley) – 2:46
#"Heavy Metal (Don't Mean Rock and Roll to Me)" (Clark, Jim McBride) – 2:50
#"My Ship Will Sail" (Allen Reynolds ) – 2:46Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
External links
* [http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/c/Cash/cash2.htm Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing]
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