Forever Words

Forever Words
In white on black: "JOHNNY CASH", in grey: "THE MUSIC", in white: "FOREVER WORDS"
Studio album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)
GenreCountry Folk, Americana
LanguageEnglish
LabelLegacy
ProducerJohn Carter Cash
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock Germany8/10[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

  1. "Forever/I Still Miss Someone" – Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
  2. "To June This Morning" – Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
  3. "Gold All Over the Ground" – Brad Paisley
  4. "You Never Knew My Mind" – Chris Cornell
  5. "The Captain's Daughter" – Alison Krauss and Union Station
  6. "Jellico Coal Man" – T-Bone Burnett
  7. "The Walking Wounded" – Rosanne Cash
  8. "Them Double Blues" – John Mellencamp
  9. "Body on Body" – Jewel
  10. "I'll Still Love You" – Elvis Costello
  11. "June's Sundown" – Carlene Carter
  12. "He Bore It All" – Dailey & Vincent
  13. "Chinky Pin Hill" – I'm with Her
  14. "Goin', Goin', Gone" – Robert Glasper featuring Ro James and Anu Sun
  15. "What Would I Dreamer Do?" – The Jayhawks
  16. "Spirit Rider" – Jamey Johnson

Deluxe Edition:

  2. "Big Hearted Girl"  – Hard Working Americans
  3. "I'm Comin' Honey"  – Shawn Camp
  4. "Brand New Pair of Shoes"  – Ana Christina Cash
  5. "If You Loved Me"  – Elvis Costello and the Imposters
  6. "I've Been Around"  – Marty Stuart
  7. "Who's Gonna Grease My Skillet?"  – John Popper
  8. "California Poem"  – Jamey Johnson, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
  9. "Little Patch of Grass"  – Brandon Robert Young and Clare Bowen
  10. "The Dogs Are In The Woods"  – John McEuen
  11. "Does Anybody Out There Love Me?"  – Jewel
  12. "Autumn"  – Watkins Family Hour
  13. "Let It Be Tonight"  – Ira Dean
  14. "Pretty Pictures in My Mind"  – The Lumineers
  15. "Outta Site Tonite"  – Ronnie Dunn and Brad Paisley
  16. "My Song"  – Runaway June
  17. "Dark and Bloody Ground"  – Ruston Kelly
  18. "The Third Degree"  – Aaron Lewis
  19. "Tecemseh"  – Bill Miller

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Forever words
Chart (2018) Peak
position
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

References

  1. ^ Forever Words at Metacritic Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Wohlfeld, Carsten (April 6, 2018). "Review: Various Artists – JOHNNY CASH: FOREVER WORDS".
  3. ^ "ANMELDELSE: Hæderlig hyldest med højdepunkter". gaffa.dk.
  4. ^ Barsanti, Sam (February 8, 2018). "Elvis Costello, Chris Cornell, and More Helped Turn Some Johnny Cash Poems into Songs". The A.V. Club. Univision.
  5. ^ "Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' album gets the deluxe, extended reissue treatment - Music News - ABC News Radio".
  6. ^ "Johnny Cash's "Forever Words" Getting Deluxe Reissue | KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country".
  7. ^ "Expanded Edition of Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' Announced". 26 October 2020.
  8. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d e "ultratop.be – Johnny Cash – The Music: Forever Words". Ultratop. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Various Artists – Johnny Cash - The Music: Forever Words" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  11. ^ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Billboard 200: April 17, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2018.