Southwind/The Devil To Pay/'Cause I Love You/See Ruby Fall/Route No 1 Box 144/Sing A Travelling Song/If I Were A Carpenter/To Beat The Devil/Blistered/Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill/I've Got A Thing About Trains/Jesus Was A Carpenter
During this period the reputation of country star Johnny Cash had soared following his two acclaimed prison albums. The follow up studio album Hello I'm Johnny Cash became one of his most successful. (US:6 UK:6)
"A real solid album that would set the tone for Cash in the 70s - lots of honky-tonk piano rolls and a slow move to more singer-songwriter country material. It's got his take on a bunch of great contemporary classics - To Beat The Devil, If I Were A Carpenter and Southwind, a great opener.”
“One of the best Cash albums. Most of the songs have a rockin' edge and his version of Blistered is unbeatable."
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash is one of his more listenable albums of the era, one that another reviewer described as setting the tone for Cash's output for the rest of the decade. Much of the material is good but not great, but there also is a noticeable lack of any major missteps. One clear highlight is a duet with June Carter on Tim Hardin's If I Were A Carpenter. It's a song that is perfectly suited to the singers and the one that really reflects the best of the simple but refined production style, with clear yet soft tones and varied yet unobtrusive accompaniment. This is an enjoyable one for the Cash fan."
"This was an album of all new songs. Some written by Johnny and some by others. It was a worthy effort. It reminds me so much of his TV show from the late 60s and early 70s."
"We hear Cash singing some of the most original country music ever recorded. The subject matter of the songs richly deviates from the usual country topics which elevates the record beyond most country albums."
"There's a song about the death of Viet Nam soldier, a girlfriend turned prostitute, a warning to a wayward love that she's still got 'the Devil to pay' and a straight up love song. There's a song that's arguably the best duet with June Carter, a hot song about arousal, a train song, a song written by Kris Kristofferson, and a song about Jesus. What's not to love about this ground breaking album?"
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