At Folsom Prison

Kinda booring buy didnt listen thourougly

the first thing i noticed to enjoy was the lyrics. it just made sense to me. for some reason the fact that it was recorded live made the whole album better in my eyes. speaking of the music itself, very classic, like a fundament of country music. i am not the biggest fan of the genre, i listen to it from time to time, but those specific songs sound actually great. maybe an old classic country is something for me. definitely it put me in a good mood and that's a big advantage. bad thing i noticed is that every song sounds very similar to one another and it'd be hard to distinguish which one is the one. but the melody is good obviously so i can't complain. favourite track: "at folsom prison" and "cocaine blues", least favourite track: couldn't actually choose.

6/16, 38%

A very charming album with lots of heart, just not really for me

Genuine respect for a singer with a man in black image of murders, betrayals and heists going to a prison full of people who did those things for real. Almost like Gangsta Country and Western. Couple of novelty tracks in between the murdering, drug taking and prison timing.

great

Cash kills it and there’s awesome energy here with the crowd, the concept is super cool but there’s too many slow love songs what makes you choose this set list for a room full of dudes

I really hoped I'd enjoy this more. I just don't think I'll ever "get" Johnny Cash the way I should.

Johnny Cash has a really unique voice and the concept of this album is very cool. My problem with it is everything sounds the same so it gets redundant.

Fun album, listening to the crowd and all. Folsom blues and long black veil are among some of the best here. A lot of the songs sound repetitive, however.

The performance was spot on and the sound quality was surprisingly good. It was generally a pleasant record to listen and would be amazing to see it on video. However I just can't appreciate this as an album, not a fan of treating live records the same way as studio ones with new material (with the exception of Daft Punk's Alive). I also felt a bit uneasy about the romanticization of prison and outlaw life in general. So in spite of me enjoying country music I have to rate this rather low.

The music is OK but do we really need another live prison album from Johnny Cash on this list?

Johnny's obsession with prison and criminals is weird and his music is just one big Ballad to um. Intersting to hear the interaction though.

Have we not listened to this already? Maybe I just had our on repeat after watching Walk The Line... Good stuff, anyway. I like the live element, it does add something. Only three stars because I'm not into country music.

At San Quentin came up first on our group, so we'd already had "a Johnny Cash prison album", even though At Folsom Prison was released first. It's good, the live interaction bits give it more character.

A fun live album. But I don't like live albums to begin with.

Fuck the system *screaming prisoners*

Another one that’s kind of average, like no songs will make it on playlists for me or anything like that. Liked how it was recorded live and they kept the silly bits in between, that is perhaps the most charming and best quality of the album. ‘Green, Green Grass of Home’ was my favourite song of the album but then I will always have a soft spot for Tom Jones’ version of the song and is probably why it’s my favourite on the album. 3.5/5

Enjoyable enough, I guess. That song about jail buddies was a real eyebrow raiser.

Amazing piece of history but not something I'd listen to again.

Совсем альбом мимо меня проскочил. Хотя он очень атмосферный, судя по записи, но нужно понимать смысл, а в текст песен не вникал.

Can't not love Johnny geeing up a room full of convicted felons but got a bit same same after a while.

Great storyteller

Very enjoyable, and a lot of fun. 3.5/5

San Quentin was better and had a better crowd. Don't know why they needed 2 of the same type of albums in the list.

Electric when it starts, slowed down with the joke songs.

A true country classic. Very solid live album, Johnny Cash has great chemistry with his audience which adds to my enjoyment of this album very much.

La verdad que este tipo de música me da un poco de pereza, pero es bastante divertida y buena para echarse unas risas en los viajes en coche.

Johnny Cash se fout bien de notre gueule c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire.

Not my type of music but it's easy to see why this album is so revered. Great live vocals, funny stage presence and the crowd at the prison was extremely into it. Not many standout songs to me because it's not my genre although I do appreciate the talented performance. Favorite Song: 25 Minutes to Go

Another interesting story but there's something about the way Johnny tells a story in each song. Certainly Folsom Prison Blues hits hard at the start and the whole record kept me engaged. 25 Minutes to Go is my favourite today.

i suppose as much as i don't want to you kind of have to classify cash as country music. which means there is country music i like, so its now harder to just slag off all country music for being dogshit. There's a lot of filler on here, but the context of it being played to a room full of men who've probably killed people makes it more interesting and somehow makes you listen to it from the perspective of a crim locked in a 60s american prison. so i reckon you could call this some wort of performance art then.

Was definitely on the nonce wing

On the one hand, this is actually fairly good. On the other, it's live, which is always a shame.

Country puro de uno de los mayores exponentes. Con ritmo y fácil de escuchar

Country folk americano

Rollo

I prefer the San Quentin album. Still a good 'un

Classic Johnny Cash album that I had not listened to for many years. It is a fine album but a liitle boring as the songs sound a bit similar.

A good set of his best stuff at the time.

I think this is the second of 2 prison albums..... like.... did he play to the inmates? What kind of prisoners did the jail incarcerate? Can't imagine playing to an audience of murderers. Anyway. As live albums go, this is fine. Give my love to Rose being particularly poignant. Can't get away from the feeling that this album is most notable for where it was played rather than the recording itself

Cash is absolutely fine by me but I've never really been properly grabbed by his work. I suspect I'll enjoy it more in certain times/places/moods but at others less so. Not sure I'll stretch to 5 on it.

Jonathan ec karte liefert

I’m just gonna say these boys in prison prob don’t want to hear a song about waiting to be hanged. Just play Boy Named Sue, John. Also the last Cash album I got on my list I listened to on the way to get my third COVID shot. So that’s still working well!

Coincidence or providence? Interesting that this LP came up for review today. I’m working in a job that I don’t particularly enjoy very much anymore, but I’m dependent on for paying the bills and carrying insurance and such; and, my marriage is completely broken to the point that my wife and I occupy the same house, but different rooms. We seldom eat together. Our conversation usually ends in a fight. I’m not technically in prison (and cannot begin to imagine the horrors of that atmosphere), but I do very much feel imprisoned by the consequences of my own bad, habitual behavior. Long story short: I was never taught, never mentored, never learned how to deal with adversity maturely, and instead unfortunately took it out on my wife in the form of emotional and verbal abuse. And I could feel it was going in a more physical direction if I didn’t get some help. I did, and am, but there’s been a lot of damage done, and there are consequences I must now bear. The chickens have come home to roost, as they say. So, in my own way, I listened to 'At Folsom Prison' as a prisoner, along with the rest of the live incarcerated audience on this recording. And the vast majority of these songs- I would categorize them as country blues- are about life in prison, including even death in prison, either by planned execution or in a failed escape attempt. Even the second to last cut, the country classic ‘Green, Green Grass of Home,’ concerns a poor fellow dreaming he’s back home only to awake and find he’s still in prison. The only way he’ll make it back home is when he’s dead and they lay his body to rest underneath that green, green grass . This is Johnny Cash at his most comfortable because of his own personal familiarity with prison life. These are truly his people, probably for the most part poor, uneducated, underprivileged, abused, traumatized, and genetically predisposed to things like alcoholism and drug abuse. The sort most of us model citizens wouldn’t want anything to do with. But the final song is when Johnny segues from entertainer to evangelist, and the audience becomes his congregation. The prison church, ‘Greystone Chapel,’ is described as ‘a flower of light in a field of darkness.’ And the lyricist testifies that ‘it’s given me the strength to carry one. Inside the walls of prison my body may be, but the Lord has set my soul free.’ One’s material body may be ‘stuck in Folsom prison,’ but one’s spirit does not have to share in the bondage. I’m reminded of the early disciples of Jesus who also found themselves imprisoned, sometimes severely beaten; but chose to sing hymns of thanksgiving and praise to God for the release of their spirits. Their inner freedom was universally expansive, far beyond the exterior movement restricted by chains and barred cells. God’s even in prison, too, Johnny shockingly testifies, and offers you a share in the salvation that has snuck in like a file smuggled in a loaf of bread. There is hope. Johnny Cash has never really been my bag. I appreciate the talent, but the music is pretty hokey and dated, and Cash’s nervous energy is, at times, distracting. And listening to this LP isn’t going to magically make my job better, nor will it miraculously save my marriage. It’s a very cold, snowy day today where I live, with most outside movement at a standstill. I’m currently stuck in my room, alone and lonely, isolated, abandoned, and looking through the blinds/bars across my window, contemplating how and why I ended up in this place. Like most prisoners, I want to cry foul, unjustly accused, and all that. But in my heart I know the truth. ‘I know I had it comin’,’ as Cash sings on the opening song. And having been tried and convicted I’m now serving my sentence, with no release in sight. But 'At Folsom Prison' does give me hope in the possibility of spiritual rehabilitation even while I’m paying off my debt.

ON DOWN TO SAAAINT ANTOOONE *The good suicide squad movie starts*

Better than I expected.

now i am admittedly not the biggest johnny cash fan, i think the concept of him singing at a prison is interesting but also makes me wonder if the recording of it is necessary. But that being said I do really enjoy the snippets of him interacting with the crowd which is usually something i dislike about live albums. Favourites on the album: Green, Green Grass of Home, Send a Picture to Mother, Jackson, Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog Overall its your classic run of the mill 1960s country album I would love a bit more production on the tracks for some distinction but also given the context of the album i think that the simplicity works fine. /bagcloud

was pretty good! pretty samey but I loved that it was a live version, you can hear how much it meant to the inmates. my fav track was the wall, I’ll definitely revisit this soon.

Really enjoyable but not even his best prison album, let alone studio work

Not as Fol of great tunes as the other one, but som good ones on here

Не мой стиль музыки, но это невероятно атмосферный лайв-альбом!!! Классик!

Generic Johnny Cash

Fine. Interesting how the logistics/patter were kept. Don't think it'd be that way now.

Johny Cash voice is great. But that's jail music, about people in jail, he is trying to push some morals in songs, but crowd just cheering at all the wrong themes, like YEAH I KILLED MY WIFE TOO, OH DARN WHISKEY. Overall a great move from whoever decided to make a record with jail songs in jail

Great: 7/10

At the end of the day, it's a live Johnny Cash album, nothing much more to it. It has Johnny Cash, which is great, and it has aspects of live albums, of which I generally dislike. This album doesn't change either of those two things. Favorite track: Dark as the Dungeon

Good old country. Performing a concert in prison about all the ways one can break the law is a pretty neat PR idea.

Dont like Live albums

Great C&W sound... Outlaw without being outlaw.

This one is a little longer and has some slower stuff than "At San Quentin". This one just generally seems less rowdy. This version of Jackson with super growly June Carter is the best though.

Ja, ik blijf het leuk vinden dat hij deze nummers in live zingt in de gevangenis.

Ja, best leuk en echt een klassieker natuurlijk, maar dit ga ik toch echt niet vaak draaien helaas...

Net als de vorige erg tof!

Ik vond dit een rommelig album en Cash is hier niet op z'n best. Maar het blijft natuurlijk wel Johnny Cash.

'I still miss someone' is schitterend maar ik heb wel eens beters van Johnny gehoord. Toch ben ik fan.

Good stuff

Gangsta country - songs about committing crimes sung to actual criminals. How meta.

Twanger!!

power move to sing live at a prison and just diss the police

I would get country for my first album of this bruh. But this is older country and doesn't have what I hate about a lot of newer pop country. So first song in and I'm enjoying it a good amount.

It was pretty cool to hear Johnny Cash's performance to the inmates at Folsom. A performance I've always heard about but never took the time to listen to.

Johnny Cash's showmanship elevates this album to iconic status. Not necessarily representative of his best songwriting work.

Good for a live album. Nostalgic feeling for me in a way

Loved hearing the interaction with the prison audience. I found many of the songs very repetitive in form, but an entertaining record nonetheless. 3.5 rounded down

interesting, like it strangely

Johnny Cash is alright. Still not a fan of live albums. It's exactly what you expect. He sings, he interrupts the songs to laugh and ask for a drink of water. The inmates cheer. I'd rather hear a studio album. I love the fact that he records a new song at the end, written by one of the inmates.

Interesting to hear him get the prisoners on his side, unique take on a live album

Really enjoyable but not even his best prison album, let alone studio work ⭐️⭐️⭐️

lotsa train songs, then lotsa mournful songs It was all right.

Solid album, I do like his unique voice and incredible storytelling in his songs. However, his voice can get a bit repetitive as he doesn't always change up how he sounds (always sounds a bit solemn) so it can cause the songs to blend in with each other and lose their meaning when you listen to the full album straight.

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Something warm and familiar with these standards. Not likely to listen much again, though.

Prefer live Cash stuff to the studio albums. The interaction with the crowd/prisoners brings it to life.

Enjoy a bit of Johnny. Can be too much of a good thing, but still enjoyable.

Mucho country algo decepcionado lo esperaba que me llamase más

Was für ein Event, ehe man solche Auftritte als solches zu nee nennen angefangen hat. Diese warmherzige Verbrüderung mit den Knackis ist rührend, da mag man sich nicht vorstellen müssen, wofür die Kerle alles einsitzen.

Ganz schön, aber spricht mich auch nicht wirklich an. Guter Mann, der Man in Black.

Rollo.

I respect Cash for his ability to connect with the audience and his showmanship but I’m not a fan of Country and this is pretty Deep South Country. Respect and Acknowledgement, but I wouldn’t seek it out to be honest

Good, but Very American. Likely to be loved by trump supporters.

Fun album from the prison, it’s interesting to hear them all having a good time

5

macht schon spaß to listen to -3

Funny

good times

3.5 - this is great. loads of charm and great atmosphere. awesome tunes

Songs Divorced Uncles Get Turnt Up To

He's the king of country. I can enjoy listening to it, but I don't seek it.

Absolut bra, även om country inte är min grej. Johnny får det ändå att svänga.

Now this I can understand being on the list!!

Anyone think it's a bit fucked how whenever he mentions murder or anything illegal all the boys in the crowd are like "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh". A three more because of the iconic nature and event than the music. They do blend into one lots of the time.

I do enjoy Johnny Cash and respect his music. Not something that I just turn on though

sad lyrics. wont listen again

Something special

Not as bad as I thought it would be :)

As far into country and western as I’m willing to wander!

Really fun listening to his banter with the crowd (inmates!) and how composed his performance is around what seems like a fairly chaotic setting. I love the interruptions by the warden. However, I'm not a huge fan of the songs themselves, so this is something I would see as a curio, rather than a record I would return to often.

Live at san Quentin was my first album on the list and I liked it but this one doesn’t hit the same Not sure why there’s more than one of these on here He’s way more silly goofy on this one but his jokes are about shooting his dog He's also doing a lot a lot of weird voices He's giving krusty the clown or evil jim carrey

Love the banter. Good selection of tunes. Just fine.

Just ok

Didnt keep my attention well, decent music but not standing out to me

Had a hard time finishing this one. When I was in high school I went through a big Johnny Cash phase mostly because of my Photo teacher and concert-going-companion Roger Rigby. He loved classic country and introduced to John Prine and Kris Kristopherson. I was still trying to figure out a male identity that I could make fit and I think there was something about being a rebel and going against the grain that really appealed to me. Breaking out of moulds and such. Its jarring to listen to these types of songs now especially ones like "Cocaine Blues" which ostensibly are cautionary tales about drug use but still seem to trivialize and almost mythologize violence against women as something common and a mere casualty of the "hardships" men must endure. I think I am better now so far into my transition at recognizing the gut feelings of disgust and not diminishing them or ignoring them. I think these stories are indeed important to hear due precicesly to their odious nature. To really feel the disgust. I hate this kind of music that I once forced myself to pretend to love. THere is something to be said however about the context that I do think is important artistically though and that i will always appreciate. I believe in the core mission of good art to comfort the disturbed.

langweilig

No me gusta este tipo de música

me finding out johnny cash is a real person and not some american movie character

like the energy between cash and the public. But i'm not a fan of 60's country.

remember when celebrities used to sing at prisons???? woah .... lost art

I understand how this is an iconic album and there are a couple of songs I really like, but his voice is very monotonous, without much range or versatility. Many of the songs sound the same.

Honestly the commentary and bits in between (and sometimes the middle of the songs) were the main appeal, it made it like a story come to life! Not really my genre of music but I got into it the second time around, It got a sway or two out of me!

I like Johnny Cash but didn't think this was his best work. He laughed in the middle of 3 ballads and June came off as a ditzy country bumpkin. I enjoyed listening to the extended album with Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers more. At San Quentin was also better.

- Oh great, yet another Zio. I can't tell you if he'd change his mind these days, but, I mean, "Professor Shalom Goldman makes a strong case for Johnny Cash being the forerunner of the American Christian Zionist movement", his 5 trips to Israel, and "Cash's initial visit to the Israel in 1966 was followed by a trip with June in 1968 and developed into a lifelong project to serve as advocates for the State of Israel, even when such advocacy was unfashionable among American performing artists" is pretty damning on that front. Another boycott. - The positives: 1. his voice is cool, 2. there's a lot of humour and it's an interesting concept to sing upbeat prison songs to prisoners, and 3. he clearly has charisma. - The negatives: The songs all have the same honkey tonk sound, one of my least favourites, and they're mainly violent and misogynistic. - Also, his lack of range and very very bare bones, uninteresting instrumentation make nothing stand out, and the songs don't have any hooks (musically - they are only interesting topically and in terms of humour). So, even though the songs are short, it feels like the album goes on forever because every song is so same-y musically. - I appreciate banter at a live show, but it has to also be backed by good music, and this all just feels jokey. If I were in prison, I'd appreciate this as a break from prison life and because it feels like Johnny Cash was relating to me, but I'm not - I can listen to whatever I want, and the songs kind of suck.

Album no 6 Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968) Pleasant enough. Johnnys voice is obviously great. I can’t really pick out a favourite track.. maybe the green green grass of home. Not for me. The prison announcements for inmates to report to various places were interesting though.. EDIT- Greystone Chapel is probably the best track ⭐️⭐️

No me ha parecido gran cosa, Johnny Cash no me encaja o está sobrevalorado.

A step up from Willie Nelson in my view

Interesante, no está mal

Spokooo, nic szczególnego

San Quentin was much better.

Overall, decent.

Ça devait être être sympa … au siècle dernier

2.5 - Meh

L'histoire de l'album est belle, et c'est un album live donc c'est franchement bon. Ce n'est pas mon style de musique par contre (country)

Un artista con impronta y actitud de sello registrado, entiendo que es un disco valioso, pero me pareció monótono, o termine de disfrutarlo.

I can appreciate how others can view this as one of the greatest albums of all time. I get it. And Johnny Cash is a legend. But I'm scoring on how I personally like the music and while Folsom Prison is a classic song, the album as a whole is not my jam.

Comically old fashioned

Me embolo

Not for me.

not my type of music. definitely a product of its time. 2/5

Country

I actually hate Johnny Cash. His music is just very stale to me and just watered down blues. Fuck you Johnny Cash

Oh boy, more country! Like with other albums I've had to listen through on the list, I can see the appeal but it's just really not my vibe. Obviously Mr. Cash is an icon and has incredible voice, it's just not a voice I'm rushing to put on.

Johnny Cash? More like Johnny ass. Nah I'm just kidding. Except not really. The music sucks, but the storytelling is pretty good.

Really not for me

🦅🇺🇸WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER ??!??! 🤠🦅💥🔫🐎

Initially i was thinking that i would have to be in a certain kind of mood to enjoy this music based off track 1 which isn’t a bad thing i was just so caught off guard. i actually really prefer the slower tracks on this album i think his voice suits that kind of mood better than the fast songs. I liked ‘i still miss someone’ i though that ‘cocaine blues’ was so odd lol the lyrics were crazy although ill give it to him he’s a great storyteller and performer i can tell the way he interacts with the audience and changes his voice to match the lyrics. I liked ‘send a picture of mother’. ‘the wall’ the entire theme of this album i find so cool although this genre of music i wouldn’t gravitate towards im glad i listened to it. wasn’t completely perfect to me but also not complete torture.

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svidja mi se koncept pesme 25 minutes to go - svaki put kad kaze kolko mu je minuta zivota ostalo, kaze jedan minut manje, odnosno odbrojava do svoje smrti. zasto oce da ubije svog psa. okej. antropoloski, ovaj album je izuzetno zanimljiv: koncertni snimak nastupa dzoni kesa u nekom zatvoru pred svim zatvorenicima cije aplauze i zvizduke cujemo u svakoj pesmi, plus sve ostale "nesavrsenosti" zive muzike, dzonijeve komentare izmedju, a ponekad i usred pesama. muzika sama po sebi je redneck propaganda na koju ne mogu da se pretplatim ni u snu, ali i ako izuzmemo tekstove pesama, cela atmosfera je muskarci u americi sa puskom i pivom u ruci u sred neke americke vukojebine sredinom 60-ih godina. prosto se ne poistovecujem ni sa jednim aspektnom ove muzike. volim bluz ali ne toliko.

Not really my thing, a bit too classic rock and wouldn’t listen to his voice on a regular basis

I didn’t like it so much, too much like country music

idk man

more blues damn live recording is cool another chill one but generally very simple songs both blues songs and 25 minutes to go good

Green green grass of home...

didn't give it the fairest shot, can't imagine id enjoy it much more though

pretty dull. i'm sure it was good in person

A weird album - full of prison and gallows 'humour' folk songs played in front of prisoners. I'm not a real fan of folk rock music but this album isn't too bad to listen to.

En la linea de conciertos para militares y presos de los americanos, tiene cositas interesantes, pero es que como no soy ni militar ni presa de los estados unidos de america, pues no me termina de gustar, por lo que sea.

No es mi género favorito pero él es gracioso, y el concepto de grabar un disco es una prisión es muy original

Not much going on in this album really. Vocals are great and I love almost everything about them but although the melodies are nice, they got repetitive throughout the album. I liked the live atmosphere and lyricism about the Folsom Prison but sonically I had mild enjoyment. 4/10, Favorite Song: Cocaine Blues

Folsom Prison Blues, Cocaine Blues,

Only knew the first song (im young okay 😂). No songs really stood out for me, not really my style of music aswell. A sunny saturday morning classic though and gave me a good mood

1. Folsom Prison Blues: it’s pretty good. not really my style but it is cachy. 5/10 2. Dark as the Dungeon: surprisingly, i enjoy it more than the last one. 7/10. 3. I Still Miss Someone: the depth of the lyrics is lowkey what i like most about it. 8/10. 4. Cocaine Blues: actually really like it ngl. the beat and the aesthetic of the song is great. 8/10. 5. 25 Minutes to Go: it’s a great song i just don’t like it as much. 5/10. 6. Orange Blossom Special: same as the last one. 5/10. 7. The Long Black Veil: it’s a slow song but it is really good. 8/10. 8. Send a Picture of Mother: i like this song. again, this album is not really my style. 7/10. 9. The Wall: a good song, too. the storytelling is great. 6/10. 10. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog: again, not too much of my style. 6/10. 11. Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart: the references are great. it is just, once again, not my style. 6/10. 12. Jackson: the start is great. the harmony that both voices make scratches my head. not my style but catchy. 7/10. 13. Give My Love to Rose: genuinely sad asf. i really liked it. 8/10. 14. I Got Stripes: i liked it. the beat is catchy. 8/10. 15. Green, Green Grass of Home: i really liked the plottwist. 8/10. 16. Greystone Chapel: didn’t like it as much. 6/10.

Love the atmosphere and the story in the songs, it's just not my kind of music. Favorite song: Cocaine Blues.

Nisam amerikanka pa ne mogu cijeniti koncept odlaska u prokleti zatvor da nekom pjevam. Ništa u vezi s ovim nema smisla i pjesme su poprilično dosadne. Usred slušanja shvatam da je američki country vrlo blizu po kompleksnosti i muzičkoj vrijednosti našem turbo-folku.

un album interesant,un concert care mai mult a fost un show de comedie

Absolutamente poético q el primer album q me genere sea uno de Folk. Mejor que Bob Dylan, pero la vara estaba baja.

feels very popeye for some reason

An element of excitement runs through this record. Largely due to the circumstances of recording and less so to the actual songs. They are a tad pedestrian. Not a fan of johnny cash on stage with other voices as his becomes diminished. All in all more of a historical monument than an enjoyable experience.

2/5

There’s a few classics on here (Jackson, Folsom Prison Blues, Cocaine Blues) but everything else was kind of bland. It was interesting that Greystone Chapel was written by an inmate. That was probably one of the better written songs on this album.

It is a fun album , not a fan of country music but can appreciate the quality of mr Cash’s voice but not for me I’m afraid

Not my kind of music, but it was fun.

Klinkt heel echt alsin live. Basic bluesy maar ook cool hoe de man als sensatie gecaptured wordt hierop (1e indruk). Verder niet baanbrekend voor mij

Not my style.But it definitely grew on me as I listened. Not a lot of priori Johnny Cash knowledge but the crowd interactions really made the live experience special. He jokes around, the prison warden comes to talk. A lot of prison/crime themed songs as well. Overall just not my cup of tea

At a prison! Neat. It seems like a very important album for Johnny Cash and for the prisoners but it wasn't much to me. I didn't connect with the songs and the vocals left a lot to be desired in my opinion. 2 starts since Johnny Cash is classic, but not much of a Cash fan myself.

2nd Cash prison album from the generator. It was way better than the other one but I still just don't care. I had fun for like 1/3rd of the album and then I got bored 2/5

I guess the greatness of this one is lost on me. I didn't really think it was all that special outside of the setup and the banter. The music was fine and the performance was fun, but it never really did anything impressive. I think that's in line with the nature of Cash's music, though; so much of it is structured in the same way. It just gets a tad old after a few songs. And I say that as someone who generally likes his music. Also, it's a live album. It is missing half of what makes it special. I do think this was a much more interesting instance of the live performance recording than most others I've gotten on here, but still. At least the crowd reaction/interaction was preserved well. I'm sure it was pretty awesome for them to be part of it. I just can't say the same based on my listen. Overall: 2.1/5

i thought this was supposed to be legendary/amazing. it's fine.

I imagine for fans of Cash this album is probably the holy grail. The problem is I'm not a huge fan, it's just not my thing for the most part. To me, a lot of the songs sounded samey and I felt not much to differentiate between them. I will say that Cash has a good way with lyrics and storytelling in his songs - often with a kind of gallows humour. Cocaine Blues, 25 Minutes To Go, Give My Love to Rose are ones I liked more. Also his version of Green Green Grass of Home was a nice surprise.

Not my cup of tea

Not quite my taste - but i get why people might like it

Was cool but silly and a bit boring

60er Blues, ist ok zum einmal hören. 2/5

Good but don't love live

Not for me

Great voice and crazy stories, but the album is boring

Every song is pretty much the same, the lyrics are sometimes good but most of the time just okay, mediocore.

Ah, bonzinho. O cara tem uma voz muito bonita, manda bem e tal, mas... é...

Not my type of music

It isn't bad. It isn't for me. My guess is the people rate this a 3.02.

*picks up water* J'ai pas vraiment réussi à me concentrer sur la musique à cause du public. Je kiffe pas trop les albums live je pense.

Très dark, très je parle de tuer ma femme et de prendre de la coke devant des prisonniers qui ont sûrement fait ça. Pour le coup j'ai trouvé le public un peu dérangeant car trop présent, et j'ai aucune musique qui est ressortie.

Leider ned so lust gha uf de johnny “sweat-drop on my cheek” cash

The music is enjoyable to listen to, but the lyrics are not. He was quite the musician, but seemed to have a hard life and was not that great of a person.

Niet weer

Look, I'm really not a fan of this kind of country. Or country in general, to be honest. I love the vibes of this album, the sound of the inmates, Cash speaking between songs and so on. But I just can't help but find the music itself to be completely dull

this has gotta be a joke.

Весёлые (?) и мудрые (?) напевы как-то совсем не зашли. Возможно, нужно ознакомится с текстами.

4/10 - Johnny Cash is alright but this was brought down by it being a live album

lowkey ass (i usually wouldn’t listen to this type of music but maybe i need to give it another try)

It's only 12:01 AM and my day is already ruined since I saw Johnny's judgmental face staring down at me. Wasn't one Johnny Cash live album enough? (/sarcasm, but also serious.) Guess who's earned his one-way ticket to my worse rated artists? ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ )

I dont like his music. This is okay But I dont like it But thats just my opinion, its not actively bad or evil, just something I think its unappealing and a little shit

“Hello! I’m Johnny Cash... and I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.” Desde una prisión estatal en Folsom, California, Johnny Cash dice esa frase que resume las múltiples capas de sentido que tiene este álbum en vivo. ¿Está hablando de su propia carrera? ¿Está haciendo una crítica al sistema carcelario de California? ¿Está llevando al folk, al rockabilly y al country a su límite más político y crudo? Lo único cierto es que solo un blanco puede salir impune de hacer un chiste sobre que no se puede putear en la cárcel porque el policía de Columbia Records nos está vigilando. Entre risas, murmullos e interludios hablados, las cuerdas del banjo country hacen que la carrera carcelaria de Cash anhele libertad. Con su carrera yéndose en picada —atravesada por adicciones, arrestos y escándalos— decide que su fijación con las cárceles se convierta en el escenario de su próximo proyecto. La irreverencia y el privilegio clasista norteamericano de Johnny salió tan bien que, años más tarde, nos traería el Unplugged de Nirvana: otra postal del privilegio blanco en músicos norteamericanos con guitarras. El ritmo seco y constante de The Tennessee Three contrasta con los sonidos típicos de la cachiporra contra los barrotes que conocían los presidiarios. Tal vez ese fue el único día en que la banda sonora de esos hombres sonó distinta. Y para Johnny, ese escenario le permitió resignificar su carrera. Un montón de gente reunida en una prisión, creyendo en las segundas oportunidades y en una forma de igualdad que suena a ficción. Pero las preguntas quedan: ¿Qué pasa cuando ser un criminal te da el beneficio de tener una listening party con Johnny Cash? ¿Está el sistema penitenciario preparado para su propio Lollapalooza? ¿Qué sucede cuando los nombres del público solo aspiran a ser reingresados al sistema de reinserción, mientras el que está arriba del escenario termina en otro tipo de registros... como el Registro Nacional de Grabaciones de EE.UU.? 56 años después, Beyoncé dirá que el country tiene raíces afroamericanas —como todas las historias de emblemas nacionales yankees—, pero para 1968, que un blanco con guitarra, medio predicador y medio delincuente, cante una canción escrita por un presidiario de Folsom redefinió la política de los álbumes en vivo. Si ves a un grupo de personas que creen en las segundas oportunidades, y están en una especie de trance donde la igualdad parece real, y hay un escenario con un hombre blanco, medio predicador y medio delincuente... Usted no entró a una iglesia evangelista. Usted está At Folsom Prison.

Fairly decent for country.

I still don't like live albums. I only liked three songs from this album.

Over rated. Boring songs, very samey, annoying crowd interaction

.....I've lost all motivation to put effort into rating songs now

he looks sweaty

not a country guy. 2.09

Which Jesus do I need to pray to in order to not get any more Johnny Cash albums? I like baby Jesus the best, of course, but I'll pray to pre-teen Jesus if I need to, or obnoxious mid-20s Jesus, even. Just, please. No more Johnny Cash.

I like it better than the other prison album, but the music is still just alright, the interactions seemed more fun

Voting with my head not my heart. I love a bit of Johnny Cash and there’s a couple of Cash classics on the album but other than the novelty of Folsom Prison live at Folsom Prison I don’t think it will massively please anyone other than the die hards. Jackson for instance sounded really tired compared to some other performances.

Bit too much rambling on this one. It just started getting good towards the end but sadly too late for me. He can be so much better than this!

Sounds like hymns that old people sing at church.

he’s quite funny between the songs and i like the music more or less. i don’t think it’s anything special more just a fun piece that brings you back to this time and what it might have been like to be at one of his concerts and the music that was enjoyed then. i like the chiller songs but also the harmonica in almost all of them. plus the interaction from the crowd is fun.

77/1089 - I don't really understand prison performances. On one hand, the pro of prison performances is treating prisons as a place of rehabilitation and providing some sort of societal connection to make it easier for prisoners returning to society possibly decreasing the chances they become repeat offenders. On the other hand... you're playing for murderers! I'll do my best to put my biases aside and listen only to the music. After listening to this recording, I found the music to be mediocre. It seemed well done for the genre it was and the murderers seemed to have fun, but it was overall very samey, predictable, and rudimentary.

arranca bien dsps es demsaido country. como 100pre

i don't like the country genre

Naja, der hat schon eine ganz schöne Stimme. Trotzdem wird das nicht meine Musik.

I can do with the sense of humor, but not with the country music, sorry. 3/10

genere che odio però l’idea dietro tanta roba

不太喜欢 但是是给监狱的人唱的

This album is quite unique in a way that all the interruptions, jokes, bickering, and audience reactions are left in on purpose. And although I'd usually prefer the recording to be as clean as possible, it's hard to deny that all the imperfections add quite a bit of charm to it. That being said, I just don't get what people like about vocals. No matter how much I listen, I don't understand what I'm supposed to be finding in vocal-based music. I like vocals to be just another instrument, not completely take over the song. For me, it makes the music so much less interesting and engaging, especially when the songs are as monotonous as these ones. I just don't get how I am supposed to like music there only one "instrument" is good and all the others just support it when there's music there every instrument is good simultaneously. 5/10

i do not care about this man

This will be one of my more controversial negative reviews. I respect this at a 5-star level, but on an actual “do I enjoy listening to this?” level … I like country, but Johnny Cash’s voice and musical backing get old for me pretty quick—it’s hard to listen to a whole album.

I expected to dislike this more than I did. It was fine.

More cash, its just all the same

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Meh

chasch nüt defür Johnny, isch eifach nöd so mini Musig.. de Live-Charakter mit sim Lache und sim „I might have a glass of water“ gfallt mer aber mega. und spannende Hintergrund mitem Gfängnis.

Musically a good album, shame about the songs

Oh, we've already had Johnny Cash at San Quentin...which I think I preferred to this earlier recording of a prison album, which has less engagement with the audience.

A live album at a prison is a pretty interesting idea and this does a good job of capturing the performance and the crowd. But this style of simple country blues is really not my thing and I found the album a bit boring to listen to.

Some of these are really fun but it's just the same old same old after the first few

Może być ale nic szczególnego. Nawet nudne lekko. 2/5

Not great. Suspect it’s so revered because it was a live recording from a prison. Songs were lame, not my cup of tea.

The prison tour continues… Didn’t we hear this already? All songs similar, and this album is very similar to the previous listen from SQ although not as good. (2.0*s)

I understand Johnny Cash and his prison tour being on this list but I don't think I needed another cell stay so soon. Aside from that, this is a very entertaining listen. The songs are already pushing the limit (cocaine, murder, hell + shit) and the banter and laughter from the crowd only takes it further (in a good way). Handcuffs rattling, warden PA announcements, and stories of crimes echoing off the concrete walls containing crime perpetrators all create the irreplaceable atmosphere that really sells this performance. This is why it's on the list and I liked him better here than at SQ. It's a 2.15 for singing about murder to applause from murderers.

Although I am not a fan of his music...Johnny Cash has swagger no doubt. This album makes the list purely for the fact it was his 1st prison concert and I get it...no one was doing that. Why have some of his follow up prison concert albums made the list though? This one has some staple Cash tracks and banter. "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog" was a bit weird. Not sure he really kicked his drug habit though. Sounded like he was battling the Cocaine Blues drip and needed a glass of water and with about 5 mins to go, he flubbed the timing. Ranking it slightly better than San Quinten for being the 1st of his prison tour...1.75.

Another Johnny Cash live at a prison pick, and I don’t get it. Again just too many distractions that take away from the music. After the 2nd speaker announcement, and then people interrupting him singing at the start of a song, I was just annoyed. Then he sang a song about shooting his dog for being A FUCKING DOG. Yeah I hit stop and moved on. Also considering a line on one of his songs was “I’ll shoot that bitch dead” (which by the way, does not bother me). Anyone praising Johnny Cash, but criticizing rap lyrics for violence. I can assure you it's not the lyrical content you object to. You’re just a racist.

Kul setting. Men tyvärr är musiken inte top notch. Har inget med kvaliteten att göra. Det är rätt trist musik.

Not my style of music, but I appreciate the fact that the recording is as is, and it feels as if you were there. He laughs occasionally and ask for water. Appreciate how they kept him messing up the lyrics in too. Favorite track: 25 minutes to go

I understand the importance of this album, but holy cow was I bored.

Never listened to Johnny before except an occasion song on the radio. Some very good lyrics on this album and I particularly enjoyed 25 Minutes

Unfortunately not my cup of tea

Like most of Cash's stuff, but didn't particularly enjoy this live album.

I thought I rated this album again? Is there seriously 2 Folsom albums on here by Johnny Cash? Weird... This one is better than the last but it's still not perfect. I don't get why this record is on here. The performances aren't the best. June carter's vocals sound abrasive. Every song has a similar sound to Walk The Line - which we already know... Cash's talk singing is actually not bad. And I do enjoy him. But this set list was boring and short. Some of the banter was funny. But the mixing in these records are poor.

The sort of music men in the '70s sang along to instead of talking about how they were feeling. The songs are alternately mawkish and filled with crushing despair, but at a distance of more than fifty years a lot of it sounds like parody. The ballady ones are the best. Original recording had another sixteen songs but they were sung so low that only elephants and blue whales could hear them, so they were never released.

i can imagine how they musta thought this was the shit back in the day when there was less music in the world

About as mid as the other prison recording

What an absolute chore that was to get through. Really not my thing.

Should be noted. He only wrote four or five of these 16 songs. Is his performance so amazing to be noted as a great album? I don't think so. Folsom Prison Blues is a good song but I'm leaning toward Johnny Cash being one of the more overrated artists in history after listening to two of these live from prison albums.

I liked some and his charisma but not a fan of country.

Once again with Cash, I appreciate the talent and impact. But his style just isn't for me.

Doesnt do much for me. Live element doesnt really add anything either.

See the rating below for at San Quentin. Cause it's about the same

ANOTHER Johnny cash at a prison album????

Not my style. Much more country, but good for what it is.

Guess I might be in the minority on this one. Was unique for a song or two, then just kinda blended together. Did appreciate his brand of country - seems more authentic and raw than our current country stars. 2/5

Not for me and was a live album with all the boring extras which come with that

This is an album worth hearing. But not often.

I do find Johnny cash a little boring after a while. None of the big songs are on the album. I wouldnt listen to this again. Favourite song: Folson Prison Least favourite: Nothing was bad but nothing stood out to me. Album artwork: Iconic

Boring

Feels more significant to me than it is enjoyable.

Distilled essence of Johnny Cash. Notable in the passion of the performance, as compared to other somewhat muted albums from him.

I enjoyed Cash's banter on this album but musically it was a big 'meh' from me

Not my style. Old style Rock and roll

Decent, starts strong and lulls in the middle

More of a novelty / snapshot in time / historical piece than something I'd want to actively re-listen to (besides Folsom Prison Blues). Might be OK to put on for old-timey, western, "Better Call Saul" vibes.

I prefer the cover albums

a voz desse homem é surreal, porém ficou nisso, né... quanto country, howdy, fellas! gosto quando ele traz sofrência

Una voz increible. Pero muy americano. Escuchas un tema y son todos iguales. Ni

Não gostei, vai toma no cu Jhonny cash, vai toma no cu country americano, música desgraçada parece que eu tô num filme paia dos anos 50, falando de cidades bostas norte americanas. Música Mt agitada com a bateria Mt ruim, agoniante de ouvir, as músicas que eu mais gostei são as mais calmas e sem Mt bateria mas msm assim tem Mt a vibe do country. Vai se fude 🖕🖕🖕🖕

One of those 'legendary' things that you hear about. I've never got Johnny Cash - or why he's so important. All his songs are very very very similar, and aren't heavy on melody or musicianship - but I get how he can be fun, and how it must have been amazing in 1968. But still, this is just three quarters of an hour of a guy singing risque songs to some criminals

Not my genre, sadly.

Not a huge fan of Johnny Cash, but hearing him belt out some songs to the prisoners was pretty interesting.

Cash is great but this isn't something I want to listen to again. Just not for me.

Conceptually, it was really interesting that Cash wanted to perform a live album at a prison, but it meant the set list felt like it catered and pandered a lot to toxic masculinity. The number of references to violence towards women and animals made the album unenjoyable. The songs that didn't include these topics were interesting, and I enjoyed the story quality of the lyrics, but the light scattering of these songs in between violent ones wasn't enough. I also was pretty "meh" about Cash's voice and musicality. Just not my style.

En klassiker

Best Song: Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog. I mean, that's just a fun name for a song. Worst Song: The Long Black Veil. Too melancholy, and the extended request for water was just uninteresting to any audience that isn't literally captive. Overall: The live setting contributes about as much as it detracts. The laughter and hooting adds a nice element, but the conversations just drag the whole thing down. At the end you're just left with some ordinar, straight-down-the-middle Johnny Cash.

Habe es angehört/nebenbei laufen lassen. Johnny Cash ist groß. Der Auftritt sicherlich legendär. Seine Stimme hat einen riesigen Wiedererkennungswert. Mehr kann ich dazu aber nicht sagen, außer, dass es nicht meine Musik ist und ich andere Lieder von ihm besser finde und mich ab und an die Interaktionen mit dem Publikum (finde ich eigentlich grundsätzlich klasse) innerhalb der Songs rausgebracht hat. Hintergründe habe ich keine recherchiert, hier schreibt also ein unwissender Musik-Trottel, dessen Meinung niemand zu ernst nehmen sollte..

Interesting for a bit but then it gets pretty boring. The concept of these guys celebrating figurative murder and abuse is fascinating. Also the mentions of cocaine and use of bad language feels so oddly taboo. Still, though, the music gets stale fast. It’s just boring, eventually.

I like the idea, the music is too old timey for me. Will I listen to again: 0%

I thought I liked Johnny Cash, cause I quite enjoy some of his songs. That was until I listened to an entire album. Every song sounds the same until I got Stripes changes it up and makes it the best song on the album.

war okay, hat mich jetzt nicht vom hocker gehauen. vielleicht nochmal in ruhe hören.

Auch ein ganz großer.

meh i'm not american enough to enjoy this. Pretty cool album nonetheless

Dont like live albums, it was cure tho. Significant 24/63 Liked 10/63 Added 3/63 YNN

This rating is not indicative of how much I enjoy Johnny, I just don’t think live performances have a place on this list

Not my favorite Cash

Many of the songs sounded the same. His voice was pleasant and I can picture his charismatic stage presence. It mostly just wasn’t my style, but I’d listen again

Know its legendary but did not liked it that much

Great voice, nice idea of recording in prison, but once again, I just can't stand country music, especially the "true" genre, without a mix from anything else. I am trying, but it's just too much for my ears. Sorry Mr. Cash, I will always cherish "Hurt" instead.

I still miss someone was good Cocaine blues was good Overall decent Maybe it was because I was listening to it while reading an article about Aztec cities for class, but I didn’t enjoy it too much. There were maybe 2 songs that I enjoyed, “Cocaine Blues” and “I still Miss Someone”, but everything else was just alright. Not bad, not good, but overall probably wouldn’t listen to it again.

A couple of highlights

Not my thing but I get why it’s cool

It's kinda charming

2,5

Apart from the first track it’s not the album it’s made out to be

Not my genre