Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

| type = Album

| artist = Johnny Cash

| cover = JohnnyCashHelloImJC.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 26, 1970

| recorded = February 17 – September 10, 1969

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

  • Country folk{{cite book|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|date=2004|page=147|isbn=9780743201698|publisher=Simon & Schuster|accessdate=27 June 2024|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC}}

  • country rock{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-im-johnny-cash-mw0000887275|title = Hello, I'm Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website = AllMusic}}
  • talking blues{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-im-johnny-cash-mw0000887275|title = Hello, I'm Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website = AllMusic}}}}

| length = 37:10

| label = Columbia

| producer = Bob Johnston

| prev_title = More of Old Golden Throat

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = The World of Johnny Cash

| next_year = 1970

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

| type = studio

| single1 = Blistered

| single1date = October 21, 1969

| single2 = See Ruby Fall

| single2date = October 21, 1969

| single3 = If I Were a Carpenter

| single3date = December 22, 1969

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r91941|pure_url=yes}} link]

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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash is the 33rd album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1970 (see 1970 in music). "If I Were a Carpenter", a famous duet with Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, earned the couple a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1971 (see Grammy Awards of 1971); the song also reached #2 on the Country charts. This album also includes "To Beat the Devil", the first Kris Kristofferson song covered by Cash; the two would later collaborate numerous times, most famously on "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down". "See Ruby Fall" and "Blistered" were also released as singles, and the album itself reached #1 on the country charts and No. 6 on the pop charts. It was certified Gold on January 29, 1970 the RIAA. The album has been released on CD (Sony Music, Original Album Classics, along with The Johnny Cash Show and Man In Black) and it has been made available on official download sites. This album is not to be confused with a 1977 Columbia Special Products compilation LP (issued on CD in 1992) with the same name.

Track listing

{{track listing

|title1=Southwind

|writer1=Johnny Cash

|length1=3:15

|title2=Devil to Pay

|writer2=Merle Travis, Leon Rusk

|length2=3:28

|title3={{-'}}Cause I Love You

|note3=duet with June Carter Cash

|writer3=Johnny Cash

|length3=2:34

|title4=See Ruby Fall

|writer4=Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison

|length4=2:52

|title5=Route No. 1, Box 144

|writer5=Johnny Cash

|length5=2:28

|title6=Sing a Traveling Song

|writer6=Ken Jones

|length6=3:08

|title7=If I Were a Carpenter

|note7=duet with June Carter Cash

|writer7=Tim Hardin

|length7=3:00

|title8=To Beat the Devil

|writer8=Kris Kristofferson

|length8=4:22

|title9=Blistered

|writer9=Billy Edd Wheeler

|length9=2:25

|title10=Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill

|writer10=Vincent Matthews

|length10=2:32

|title11=I've Got a Thing About Trains

|writer11=Jack Clement

|length11=2:50

|title12=Jesus Was a Carpenter

|writer12=Chris Wren

|length12=3:57

}}

Personnel

;Technical

  • Charlie Bragg - engineer
  • Joel Baldwin - cover photograph

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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scope="col"| Chart (1970)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=Johnny Cash|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 24, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Johnny Cash|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 24, 2021}}

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= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1970)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1970/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1970|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|accessdate=July 24, 2021}}

| 54

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1970/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1970|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|accessdate=July 24, 2021}}

| 5

{{col-end}}

= Singles =

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Single

!align="left"|Chart

!align="left"|Position

align="left"|1969

|align="left"|"Blistered"

|align="left"|Country Singles

|align="left"|4

align="left"|1969

|align="left"|"Blistered"

|align="left"|Pop Singles

|align="left"|50

align="left"|1969

|align="left"|"See Ruby Fall"

|align="left"|Country Singles

|align="left"|4

align="left"|1969

|align="left"|"See Ruby Fall"

|align="left"|Pop Singles

|align="left"|75

align="left"|1969

|align="left"|"If I Were a Carpenter"

|align="left"|Country Singles

|align="left"|2

align="left"|1969

|align="left"|"If I Were a Carpenter"

|align="left"|Pop Singles

|align="left"|36

Certifications

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References

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Category:1970 albums

Category:Albums produced by Bob Johnston

Category:Columbia Records albums

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