Love, God, Murder

Box set by Johnny Cash

Released

May 23, 2000

Recorded

July 30, 1955 -
June 1998

Genre

Country, rock and roll, gospel

Length

2:10:32

Label

Legacy/Columbia

Johnny Cash chronology

16 Biggest Hits
(1999)

Love, God and Murder
(2000)

American III: Solitary Man
(2000)

Box set
Review scores
Source	Rating
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Rolling Stone	link

Love, God, Murder is a Johnny Cash compilation box set (and 84th overall release) released in 2000. It features three themed CDs of songs Cash chose from his catalog. Love features relationship songs, mostly written for June Carter Cash. God is a collection of Gospel and spiritual songs. Murder features another recurring topic of Cash's career, and perhaps his favorite subject, but one that he encouraged people "not to go out and do". Each album was also released separately on the same day. In 2004 Life, a fourth compilation was released.

Although the albums within the box set are compilations, they demonstrate Cash's lifelong affection for releasing concept albums. Examples of previous Cash theme albums include Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964), Sings the Ballads of the True West (1965), America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song (1972) and The Rambler (1977).

Each of the three discs contains liner notes by a celebrity. Love has liner notes by Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, U2's frontman Bono contributes liner notes for God, and Murder's liner notes are by film director Quentin Tarantino.

Love

Love

Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	April 2, 1956 - August 1996
Genre	Country, rock and roll
Length	39:42
Label	Legacy/Columbia

Love
Review scores
Source	Rating
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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Walk the Line"	Cash	2:46
2.	"Oh, What a Dream"	Cash	2:03
3.	"All Over Again"	Cash	2:07
4.	"Little at a Time"	Cash, Terry	1:57
5.	"My Old Faded Rose"	Cash, Cash	2:53
6.	"Happiness Is You"	Cash, Cash	2:57
7.	"Flesh and Blood"	Cash	2:40
8.	"I Tremble for You"	Cash, DeWitt	2:15
9.	"I Feel Better All Over"	Rogers, Smith	2:04
10.	"Cause I Love You"	Cash	1:47
11.	"Ballad of Barbara"	Cash	3:49
12.	"Ring of Fire"	Carter, Kilgore	2:39
13.	"My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You"	Ross, Wills	2:26
14.	"While I've Got It on My Mind"	Cash	2:21
15.	"I Still Miss Someone"	Cash, Cash	2:35
16.	"The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)"	Lyon, McIntire	2:27

Release credits

Johnny Cash – Arranger, Liner Notes, Adaptation, Compilation Producer
June Carter Cash – Liner Notes
John Jackson – Project Director
Steven Berkowitz – Producer
Chris Athens – Engineer
Mark Wilder – Engineer
Darcy Proper – Mastering
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
Don Hunstein – Photography

God

God

Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	April 5, 1957 - Mar 24, 1994
Genre	Country, gospel
Length	46:39
Label	Legacy/Columbia

God
Review scores
Source	Rating
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Another feature of Cash's career is his affinity for another theme: gospel. God pulls from a vast catalog of spiritual songs that includes the albums Hymns by Johnny Cash (1959), Songs of Our Soil (1959), Hymns from the Heart (1962), Sings Precious Memories (1975), Believe in Him (1986) and My Mother's Hymn Book (2004).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What on Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake)"	Cash	2:09
2.	"My God is Real"	Morris	2:01
3.	"It Was Jesus"	Cash	2:06
4.	"Why Me Lord?"	Kristofferson	2:22
5.	"The Greatest Cowboy of Them All"	Cash	3:58
6.	"Redemption"	Cash	3:04
7.	"Great Speckled Bird"	Carter, Smith	2:11
8.	"The Old Account"	Traditional	2:25
9.	"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"	Traditional	1:53
10.	"When He Comes"	Cash	3:33
11.	"The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea"	Carter, Carter, Carter, Cash	2:33
12.	"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)"	Traditional	3:54
13.	"Man in White"	Cash	5:33
14.	"Belshazzar"	Cash	2:26
15.	"Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)"	Lomax, Lomax, Rogers, Spencer	3:55
16.	"Oh Come, Angel Band"	Cash	2:44

Release credits

Johnny Cash – Arranger, Liner Notes, Adaptation, Compilation Producer
Bono – Liner Notes
John Jackson – Project Director
Steven Berkowitz – Producer
Chris Athens – Engineer
Mark Wilder – Engineer
Darcy Proper – Mastering
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
Don Hunstein – Photography

Murder

Murder

Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	Jul 30, 1955 - December 1993
Genre	Country, rock and roll
Length	51:11
Label	Legacy/Columbia

Murder
Review scores
Source	Rating
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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Folsom Prison Blues"	Cash	2:52
2.	"Delia's Gone"	Silbersdorf, Toops	2:18
3.	"Mr. Garfield"	Elliott	4:39
4.	"Orleans Parish Prison"	Feller	2:30
5.	"When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)"	Franks, Horton	2:40
6.	"The Sound of Laughter"	Howard	2:38
7.	"Cocaine Blues"	Arnall	2:50
8.	"Hardin Wouldn't Run"	Cash	4:22
9.	"Long Black Veil"	Dill, Wilkin	3:07
10.	"Austin Prison"	Cash	2:10
11.	"Joe Bean"	Freeman, Pober	3:09
12.	"Going to Memphis"	Cash, Dew, Lomax	4:22
13.	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"	Cash	3:05
14.	"Highway Patrolman"	Bruce Springsteen	5:22
15.	"Jacob Green"	Cash	3:06
16.	"The Wall"	Howard	2:10

Release credits

Johnny Cash – Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
Quentin Tarantino – Liner Notes
John Jackson – Project Director
Steven Berkowitz – Producer
Chris Athens – Engineer
Mark Wilder – Engineer
Darcy Proper – Mastering
Mike Cimicata – Packaging Manager
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
Don Hunstein – Photography
Patti Matheny – A&R
Tim Smith – A&R

Life

Life

Compilation album by Johnny Cash
Released	March 23, 2004
Recorded	1958 - June 30, 1988
Genre	Country, folk
Label	Legacy/Columbia

Life
Review scores
Source	Rating
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As a result of the success of the first three collections, in 2004, a fourth volume, Life, was released (his 90th overall release). It mostly features songs about social and economic struggle.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Suppertime"	Ira Stanphill	2:51
2.	"Country Trash"	Johnny Cash	2:25
3.	"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"	Braddock, Williams	3:22
4.	"Time Changes Everything"	Duncan	1:51
5.	"I Talk to Jesus Every Day"	Tubb	2:04
6.	"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"	Atkins, Cash, Johnson	2:40
7.	"I'm Ragged But I'm Right"	George Jones	2:37
8.	"These Are My People"	Johnny Cash	2:38
9.	"The Ballad of Ira Hayes"	Peter LaFarge	4:09
10.	"Oney"	Chestnut	3:08
11.	"Man in Black"	Johnny Cash	2:53
12.	"I'm Alright Now"	Hensley	2:41
13.	"Ragged Old Flag"	Johnny Cash	3:08
14.	"I Wish I Was Crazy Again"	McDill	2:44
15.	"Where Did We Go Right"	Loggins, Schlitz	2:58
16.	"Wanted Man" (live)	Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan	2:59
17.	"I Can't Go on That Way" (outtake from The Rambler [1976])	Johnny Cash	2:33
18.	"Lead Me Gently Home"	Thompson	1:59

Release credits

Johnny Cash – Producer, Compilation Producer, Selection
John Carter Cash – Executive Producer
Lou Robin – Executive Producer
Steven Berkowitz – Producer
Andy Manganello – Mixing
Joseph M. Palmaccio – Mastering
Geoffrey Rice – Mixing Assistant
Triana DOrazio – Packaging Manager
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
David Gahr – Photography
Don Hunstein – Cover Photo

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	67

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"

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

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