Silver (Johnny Cash album)

Silver
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	August 13, 1979
Recorded	February 14 – May 23, 1979
Genre	Country outlaw country
Length	32:05
Label	Columbia
Producer	Brian Ahern
Johnny Cash chronology
Tall Man (1979) Silver (1979) A Believer Sings the Truth (1979)
Singles from Silver
"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" Released: April 1979 "Cocaine Blues" / "I'll Say It's True" Released: September 1979 "Bull Rider" Released: March 1980

Silver is the 25th anniversary studio album by American country singer Johnny Cash,^[1] 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" (with George Jones on background vocals), had 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 featured bassist Marshall Grant, longtime Cash collaborator in Tennessee Two. 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.