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Forever Words

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{{Infobox album

| name = Forever Words

| type = studio

| artist = various artists

| cover = Johnny Cash - Forever Words.jpg

| border = yes

| alt = In white on black: "JOHNNY CASH", in grey: "THE MUSIC", in white: "FOREVER WORDS"

| released = {{start date|2018|04|06}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Country Folk, Americana

| length =

| language = English

| label = Legacy

| producer = John Carter Cash

}}

{{Music ratings

|MC = 75/100

|rev1 = Classic Rock Germany

|rev1score = 8/10

|rev2 = Gaffa

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|6}}

}}

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}}). 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.

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

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|+Chart performance for Forever words

scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)

| 19

scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)

| 52

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)

| 30

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)

| 118

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)

| 28

{{album chart|Germany4|48|id=353927|artist=Various Artists|album=Johnny Cash - The Music: Forever Words|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2018}}
scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)

| 8

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)

| 40

scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 66

scope="row"| US Billboard Country Albums

| 9

See also

References

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{{Cite web|url=https://societyofrock.com/expanded-edition-of-johnny-cashs-forever-words-announced/|title = Expanded Edition of Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' Announced| date=26 October 2020 }}

{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/elvis-costello-chris-cornell-and-more-helped-turn-som-1822849331 |title=Elvis Costello, Chris Cornell, and More Helped Turn Some Johnny Cash Poems into Songs |last=Barsanti |first=Sam |date=February 8, 2018 |publisher=Univision |work=The A.V. Club}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 14, 2018}}

{{Cite web|url=https://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/129493/anmeldelse-haederlig-hyldest-med-hojdepunkter|title=ANMELDELSE: Hæderlig hyldest med højdepunkter|website=gaffa.dk}}

{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2018-04-13|title=NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 13, 2018}}

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-04-21|title=Billboard 200: April 17, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 17, 2018}}

{{Cite web|url=https://classicrock.net/review-johnny-cash-forever-words/|title=Review: Various Artists – JOHNNY CASH: FOREVER WORDS|first=Carsten|last=Wohlfeld|date=April 6, 2018}}

{{Cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/10/23/johnny-cashs-forever-words-album-gets-the-deluxe-extended-re.html|title=Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' album gets the deluxe, extended reissue treatment - Music News - ABC News Radio}}

{{Metacritic album}}

{{Cite web|url=https://kboeradio.com/johnny-cashs-forever-words-getting-deluxe-reissue/|title=Johnny Cash's "Forever Words" Getting Deluxe Reissue | KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/compilation/56687/Johnny-Cash-The-Music:-Forever-Words|title=ultratop.be – Johnny Cash – The Music: Forever Words|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=April 18, 2018}}

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External links

  • {{official website}}

{{Johnny Cash}}

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Category:2018 albums

Category:Johnny Cash

Category:Legacy Recordings albums