Silver
by Johnny Cash
- Type: Album
- Released: May 1979
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 31:33
- Community rating: 3.24/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Commemorating his twenty-fifth anniversary as a recording artist, 'Silver' finds the Man in Black tackling a mix of contemporary covers and original compositions. Featuring production by Brian Ahern, the record possesses a polished, slightly modernized sheen that contrasts with his earlier, unadorned roots sound. It notably features a highly successful rendition of '(Ghost) Riders in the Sky', asserting his continued relevance in the late-seventies country landscape.
Genres
Descriptors: Acoustic
Tracklist
- The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (3:14)
- Lonesome to the Bone (2:36)
- Bull Rider (3:08)
- I'll Say It's True (with George Jones) (2:47)
- (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (3:44)
- Cocaine Blues (3:17)
- Muddy Waters (3:26)
- West Canterbury Subdivision Blues (3:44)
- Lately I Been Leanin' Toward the Blues (2:33)
- I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar (3:00)
Credits
- Jim Parkinson - typography [cover]
- Jack Clement - acoustic guitar, harmony vocals, written-by
- Jack Hale - arranged by [trumpets], arranged by [flugelhorns], arranged by [horns], french horn, trumpet
- Marshall Grant - bass
- Bob Wootton - electric guitar
- Ricky Skaggs - fiddle, fiddle, banjo, twelve-string guitar
- Bob Johnson - mandocello, lute [banjo lute]
- Mark Morris - percussion