The Legend of Johnny Cash

The Legend of Johnny Cash
Producer = Rick Rubin
Compilation album by
Johnny Cash
ReleasedOctober 25, 2005
Recorded1955–2002
Genre
Length64:58
Label
ProducerRick Rubin
Johnny Cash chronology
The Legend
(2005) 		The Legend of Johnny Cash
(2005) 		June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Tom HullA−[2]

The Legend of Johnny Cash is a single-disc compilation album of American musician and singer Johnny Cash's career. It is the first such album to contain material from Cash's American Recordings era in addition to songs from his time at Sun and Columbia, as well as one track recorded for Island Records.[citation needed] It was released on October 25, 2005, on the Island/American/Columbia/Legacy record labels and tied to the release of the Cash biopic Walk the Line. In the wake of that film's success its sales made the compilation an overwhelming success. The album was certified Gold on December 7, 2005, Platinum on December 14, 2005, and 2× Platinum on May 19, 2006, by the RIAA. As of November 2017, the album has sold 3,866,300 copies in the United States.[3]

A UK version entitled Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash has a different track listing.

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  2. ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 9, 2019). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales: October 9, 2019". RoughStock. Retrieved October 15, 2019.