Forever Words

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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]
Gaffa4/6 stars[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[]

Original Album
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
15."What Would I Dreamer Do?" – The Jayhawks
16."Spirit Rider" – Jamey Johnson

Deluxe Edition
17."Big Hearted Girl"  – Hard Working Americans
18."I'm Comin' Honey"  – Shawn Camp
19."Brand New Pair of Shoes"  –
20."If You Loved Me"  – Elvis Costello and the Imposters
21."I've Been Around"  – Marty Stuart
22."Who's Gonna Grease My Skillet?"  – John Popper
23."California Poem"  – Jamey Johnson, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
24."Little Patch of Grass"  – and Clare Bowen
25."The Dogs Are In The Woods"  – John McEuen
26."Does Anybody Out There Love Me?"  – Jewel
27."Autumn"  – Watkins Family Hour
28."Let It Be Tonight"  – Ira Dean
29."Pretty Pictures in My Mind"  – The Lumineers
30."Outta Site Tonite"  – Ronnie Dunn and Brad Paisley
31."My Song"  – Runaway June
32."Dark and Bloody Ground"  – Ruston Kelly
33."The Third Degree"  – Aaron Lewis
34."Tecemesh"  – Bill Miller

Personnel[]

Charts[]

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[]

  • 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[]

  1. ^ Forever Words at Metacritic
  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. ^ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/10/23/johnny-cashs-forever-words-album-gets-the-deluxe-extended-re.html
  6. ^ https://kboeradio.com/johnny-cashs-forever-words-getting-deluxe-reissue/
  7. ^ https://societyofrock.com/expanded-edition-of-johnny-cashs-forever-words-announced/
  8. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  9. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Billboard 200: April 17, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

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