The Legend of Johnny Cash
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. 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.
A UK version entitled Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash has a different track listing.
Track listing
Alternate UK track listing
A version released in the UK entitled Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash has a slightly altered track listing, with some of the above songs absent and others, such as covers of U2's "One" and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus", included in their place.Personnel
- Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, production
Additional personnel
- Rick Rubin, Steven Berkowitz, Charlie Bragg, Gregg Geller, Bob Johnston, Frank Jones, Don Law, Andy McKaie, Chips Moman – production
- Gavin Lurssen, Dana Smart – remastering
- Adam Abrams – production coordination
- Tom Jermann/t42design – design
- David Gahr, Don Hunstein, Les Leverett, Jim Marshall, Alan Messer – photography
- Ryan Null – photo coordination
- Adam Starr – product manager
- Rich Kienzle – liner notes
- Compilation produced by Rick Rubin
- Engineered by David R. Ferguson
Charts and certifications
Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 191 |
| US Top Country Albums | 32 |
| Chart | Position |
| US Top Country Albums | 36 |