Silver (Johnny Cash album)

Silver

Studio album by Johnny Cash

Released

May 30, 1979

Recorded

February 14, 1979 - May 23, 1979

Genre

Length

32:05

Johnny Cash chronology

Tall Man
(1979)

Silver
(1979)

A Believer Sings the Truth
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	(favorable) link

Silver is the 62nd album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1979. It peaked at #28 on the Billboard albums chart. "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" peaked at #2 on the singles chart; the two other singles, "Bull Rider" and "I'll Say It's True", reached #66 and #42, respectively. Recordings of "Cocaine Blues" had previously appeared on At Folsom Prison and Now, There Was a Song!, under the title "Transfusion Blues" on the latter. The album was produced by Brian Ahern, who controversially introduced digital elements into the songs to the disapproval of some listeners. This is the last album that Marshall Grant, the original Tennessee Two bass player, played on. He departed from Cash's band the following year.

Silver was re-released in 2002 through Legacy Recordings, with remakes of two early Cash songs, "I Still Miss Someone" and "I Got Stripes," as bonus tracks; both are duets with George Jones.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore"	Jean Ritchie	3:17
2.	"Lonesome to the Bone"	Cash	2:40
3.	"Bull Rider"	Rodney Crowell	3:12
4.	"I'll Say It's True" (with George Jones)	Cash	2:48
5.	"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"	Stan Jones	3:49
6.	"Cocaine Blues"	T. J. "Red" Arnall	3:21
7.	"Muddy Waters"	Phil Rosenthal	3:29
8.	"West Canterbury Subdivision Blues"	Jack Clement	3:48
9.	"Lately I Been Leanin' Toward the Blues"	Billy Joe Shaver	2:37
10.	"I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar"	Cash	3:04

Bonus tracks on 2002 re-issue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"I Still Miss Someone" (with George Jones)	J. Cash, Roy Cash	2:52
12.	"I Got Stripes" (with George Jones)	Cash, Charlie Williams	2:16

Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
Marshall Grant - Bass
W.S. Holland - Drums
Bob Wootton - Electric Guitar
Jack Routh, Jerry Hensley - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Jack Clement - Acoustic Guitar
Brian Ahern - Acoustic Guitar, Earthwood Bass, 6-String Bass, Percussion
Earl Ball, Charles Cochran - Piano
Jack Hale, Bob Lewin - Trumpet
Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle
Bob Johnson - Mandocello
Mark Morris - Percussion
Alisa Jones - Hammer Dulcimer
George Jones, Jack Wesley Routh, June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Jan Howard - Vocals

Production

Original recording produced by: Brian Ahern
Recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio and Enactroc Studios
Engineers: Billy Sherrill & Harold Lee, Brian Ahern and Donivan Cowart
Produced for reissue by: Al Quaglieri
Mastered by: Seth Roster at Sony Music Studios, New York
Tracks 11 and 12 Mixed by: Chris Theis at Sony Music Studios, New York
Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz
Project Designer: John Jackson
A&R Coordinator: Darren Salmieri
Art Direction: Howard Fritzson
Design: Randall Martin
Photography: Urve Kuusik/Sony Music Archives, spine sheet: Norman Seeff (from original LP)
Packaging Manager: John Christiana

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Country Albums	28

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"	Country Singles	2
1979	"I'll Say It's Her"	Country Singles	42
1980	"Bull Rider"	Country Singles	66

External links

Luma Electronic entry on Silver

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler

Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers

Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

Television	The Johnny Cash Show

Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family

Related	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography The Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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