Blood, Sweat and Tears

by Johnny Cash

Blood, Sweat and Tears cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1963
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:27
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This profound concept album celebrates the grit and folklore of the American working class. Johnny Cash's booming baritone lends a conscious, rhythmic gravity to tales of poverty and labor, cementing his connection to traditional country roots.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, rhythmic, melodic, conscious, folklore, work, poverty

Tracklist

  1. The Legend of John Henry's Hammer (8:26)
  2. Tell Him I'm Gone (3:02)
  3. Another Man Done Gone (2:32)
  4. Busted (2:16)
  5. Casey Jones (3:00)
  6. Nine Pound Hammer (3:15)
  7. Chain Gang (2:39)
  8. Waiting for a Train (2:04)
  9. Roughneck (2:09)

Credits

  • Johnny Cash - primary artist, written-by, written-by [additional material], arranged by
  • Frank Bez - photography by
  • Don Law - producer
  • Frank Jones - producer
  • June Carter - written-by
  • Alan Lomax - adapted by, arranged by, collected by
  • John A. Lomax - adapted by, arranged by, collected by
  • Vera Hall - adapted by, arranged by, collected by
  • Ruby Pickens Tartt - written-by [new material]
  • Harlan Howard - written-by
  • Merle Travis - written-by
  • Jimmie Rodgers - written-by
  • Sheb Wooley - written-by

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