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Charming and funny Johnny Cash. Listening to most of these songs for the 1st time. "25 minutes to go" is my favourite so far.
Johnny Cash is one of the only artists that can play as good live as he did in the studio. He has a fantastic live persona that just electrifies the audience. Usually, I can never stand live versions of songs. Johnny makes one of the only exceptions. It does feel like cheating in a way, though, because he can pick his best songs. So, the album is composed of some of Johnny’s best songs, but the score I give it can’t reflect that. A real dilemma. One of the best live albums of all time. 4/5
Not only a good album on its own merits, but THE primary source of Outlaw Country.
JC IS KING ! 🤴 !
it's ok
A good album from a bygone time. The entire premise would be D.O.A. today.
This is just an amazing album
It just feels like he reached into the brains of prisoners and pulled out all the stuff going through their head
I had San Quentin a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it. This time the novelty has worn off a little and I found the joking about battery and murder a bit distasteful.
Less an album than a whole living, breathing, experience. You want to be there and live it.
This is one of those albums that is pretty hard to listen to objectively, die to its ubiquity and large footprint. It might be Cash’s most famous album and it also might be his best. One of those instances where the live versions of the songs are the definitive versions.
Highlights: "Folsom Prison Blues," "Flushed from the Bathroom of your Heart," "25 Minutes to Go," "The Wall" The highlights aren't as good as the San Quentin show, but this is a much more cohesive show with much stronger performances. A high watermark of the development of outlaw country in the '60s. Always a good reference point for any conversation about authenticity in art: people don't ask that songs about them be written by themselves; they want to feel recognized.
Great music, even better crowd. Surprised that a live album could be so good. 8/10
I like Johnny cash, but his earlier albums, while good musical theater, are not terribly musically inspiring. Won’t stop me from listening to him…
The best of the best. Vocals, lyrics, Johnny’s voice and easygoing dialogue. 6 stars if I could. Love this!
I'm not a C&W fan, but that voice is just amazing. I wasn't familiar with most of these songs, but I liked them; I never knew that Johnny Cash did a cover of "Green, Green Grass of Home". The album captures the atmosphere of the concert succinctly.
Love it
This is orders of magnitude better than any kind of country that is released today.
Best crowd 1968. Prison sounds like a sweet deal.
Zalige live! De humor naar de gevangenen toe is fantastisch, en ook dat af en toe iemand ergens naar toe wordt gestuurd maakt het enorm authentiek
Most of his best songs are here. A good argument for why he matters.
Classic JC. One of my favourite artists and an amazing album. His singing is a not perfect and the songs are more relatable to the 1800s than the 2000s, but there’s comfort in that.
I really enjoy this album. It's a super interesting concept for a live album and adds a different layer of meaning with the choice of songs he went with for this concert. I like that they keep the banter in between songs and it's nice to hear Johnny Cash break a bit and laugh during certain songs. Some of the songs start to feel similar when played one after another here and I feel take a bit of a dip in the middle but then pick back up. It's a quick and enjoyable listen too for how many songs are on the track list. Overall, I feel like this is a really strong live album with a cool concept. Standout Tracks: Folsom Prison Blues, I Still Miss Someone, Cocaine Blues, 25 Minutes to Go, Orange Blossom Special, The Wall, Jackson, I Got Stripes, Greystone Chapel
Yea not bad
Livealbum van Johnny Cash in Folsom State Prison, California. Tracklist bestaat vooral uit standards van Amerikaanse country met het thema gevangenschap. Cash symphatiseerde sterk met gevangenen en haalde duidelijk voldoening uit het optreden, met herhaaldelijk casual contact met het bajespubliek. Leuke nummers, fantastische artiest, legendarisch album. leukste nummer: Folsom Prison Blues Het daverende succes van het album - onverwacht van een drugsverslaafde, afgezakte country artiest - leidde ertoe dat Cash's carrière een doorstart maakte met o.a. zijn eigen tv show. Hij kickstartte ook de carrière van Glen Sherley, gevangene in Folsom waarvan Cash een nummer speelde.
Always brilliant. This one has all the classics and I probably should have listened to this before Live at San Quentin which appears as the fresher, sharper album of the two probably as a result. An excellent raconteur, performer and musician. Jonny Cash united all people in thinking he was an extremely cool fucking guy
Absolutely iconic live country album when Cash was in his prime.
Jeg elsker country, elsker livealbum, elsker Johnny cash. Vi begynner å nærme oss 5eren nå
Likte det! Cash virker som en koselig mann
It's a classic. Cash gets so much love and energy from the convicts of Folsom Prison that it propels him to o0ne of his best performances. It is the definitive Johnny Cash album, let alone live album.
Classic album deserves to be on the list, but after getting it earlier in this competition I prefer at San Quentin to this.
This live album was actually recorded in at Folsom Prison in Northern California. We listened as a family on our drive back from Las Vegas where we attended the Taylor Swift concert. No TS albums on the 1001 Albums list...so far! This was a great listen. The Man in Black had lots of hits and that distinctive baritone voice. I'd just watched a little bit about him on the Sound City documentary, as well. Good listen.
The most Johnny Cash move ever
I just think live music is neat
Probably the best live album ever? Johnny is on fantastic form throughout and the atmosphere is inimitably electric
One of the all time greatest live albums, Johnny Cash delivered one of the greatest performance for a group of individuals that society choose to forget.
Depressing monotone voice to a basic boom-chuck or waltztime guitar rhythm. Not even my parents listened to this growing up, I guess you needed to be full blown Montana hick to fully embrace and toe tap along to this one. Sorry, its just not for me.
Apart from the first track it’s not the album it’s made out to be
It'd all very iconic but overplayed.
Been loving these prison albums. 4
Can't be denied -- this is a classic recording. It's so much fun to hear the prisoners getting swept up in the music, hooting and hollering, and hearing Johnny mess up lyrics or start laughing. A minimalist show, as is to be expected. But always a decent listen. Just a few too many religious songs for me, personally.
Quite enjoyed this one!
Fairly enjoyable, especially at the beginning, but it gets very repetitive. It definitely belongs on the list, but I don't think I'll really listen to it again.
Loved it!
Really great live album! I love all the banter and the prison announcements in between tunes. Send picture of mother is such a great sad song. Love hearing June Carter on Jackson.
This is incredible. So cool that they played one of the inmates’ songs. Such a great band, Johnny and June are awesome. Sounds amazing for being recorded in a prison.
Is incredible how the venue is captured here. I love when Johnny laughs and makes comments. He’s so cool. His voice also sounds incredible.
obviously a classic. the opening minute of the opening track gives me chills
Let me just put this out there, I love music with an infinite passion, but there is one genre I absolutely disdain: country. However, Johnny Cash is the most punk country has ever been. He recorded MULTIPLE albums at fuckin prisons. You think Luke Bryan or whatever truck loving motherfucker these days would do that shit, no fucking way. Johnny was punk. Are there songs on the album that I would seek out, not really. But I do respect this enough to give it a 4.
Amazing album! I really enjoyed it. I'd heard lot about it before and know of him of course. I see his face every time I go to A Bar Named Sue. There was a track on there where his wife June sings with him (Jackson). Now it all makes sense. Johnny / June on the bathroom doors. I didn't know that was his wife. I hearted one song called Give My Love to Rose.
Gripping and compelling in a way few live (or any) albums are. A great record.
Good
Man in Black
Classic Johnny Cash, solid listen.
Not my genre
Love this album. Listened to so many of these songs when I was in high school. It was a great time to get into these songs because it's very much a fuck the system album. Wish I could go back in time to see how controversial in the moment the album was and the setting of it.
Interested to know the history on this album. How did Folsom Prison get Johnny Cash to come there? I do appreciate a live album being on this list. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog has to make a place in my vocabulary. There's a song named Jackson, 5 stars. I think I overlooked Johnny Cash just because I know his hits, but there's some good singin' here, nothing too crazy instrumentally, though. Great stage presence though. Do all of the solo musicians of this era have that molasses sounding voice like Johnny Cash, or does Johnny Cash sound like all the others?
Love me some Johnny. I’d shoot a man in Reno just to listen to this album
He looks like Jim Carrey on the album cover Very cool dynamic of performing in a prison and hearing the inmates. Especially laughed when they booed the warden. Loves the combination of songs about cocaine and then love songs Johnny Cash's voice is legendary
Johnny Cash is a man’s man. I think Cocaine Blues is one of the best songs out there, just gets 4 from me because some of the songs become forgettable after awhile. Still super solid I wish I could give 4.5 Fun fact: Cash only wrote 5 songs on the album.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Loved the interactions with the crowd. Made for a very unique listening experience. Who would have thought. Prison. Underrated spot for a live performance.
I listen to music for the music so you can imagine how this review is going to go. I’ll never understand the aura this guy has and never will. Listening to this is like eating a piece of un-toasted bread with no condiments. Plain and boring. Feels like one big 55 minute song. Someone tell Johnny he won’t end up in prison if he switches up the chord progressions once in a while. Johnny’s banter is fun to listen to, but I’d banter a ton also if it meant shifting the focus away from my dry music. Honourable mention to the convicts who go crazy in Folsom Prison Blues after Johnny talks about killing a man.
I didn't know about this one. I know the classic Johnny Cash songs, but had never listened to an album from start to finish. Really liked it! I enjoyed how it was a live album where he made mistakes, he cracked up, he had conversations with the audience. Great album. Will listen again for sure.
As good as the water at Folsom Prison.
I guess this would be interesting in 1968. Cool that he performed in a prison but otherwise this is Johnny Snorefest. Doesn't even have Ring of Fire, what kinda setlist is that. Dewey Cox is better.
The concept of recording an album from a State Prison is badass. And the little interactions between Johnny and the inmates are what make this album very unique. A hidden piece of the album is the inmates boo-ing the associate warden and then getting instructions of how to leave the mess hall, on the last track of the record. This album is pairs well with a sleeve-cut plaid shirt out doing chores in the yard, which reminds you of the community service you did after your stint in “the pen”. Nobody needs to know it was a white collar crime. But with about 25 minutes to go in the album, it started to get a little repetitive, as country and rockabilly does. The music itself is mostly boring, almost as bad as an egg-sucking dog. With the main focus being Cash’s lyrics. The lyrics of some of the songs are dark (as a dungeon), and the inmates go crazy for it. Which is both hilarious and terrifying. They call the Man in Black a master storyteller, and this is on full display in Cocaine Blues, which seems to be the plot of some crazy John Dillinger type shit. A gem on the album is Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart, in which each line is a poetic analogy of how he’s been dumped. I found it amusing and a creative departure from the rest of the tracks. The uniqueness of this live album is what makes it an awesome listen, even if I don’t care for much of Johnny Cash’s music. And as an overall soft person, I hope this is the closest I come to being in prison. Thanks for giving me that experience Johnny :)
Classic. The title track, Cocaine Blues and Jackson are favourites for me. 25 Minutes To Go is SO dark but pretty catchy tune. Johnny's voice is amazing. Musically pretty boring but the songs get my foot tappin'. The back and forth between Johnny and the crowd is pretty fun. Didn't like that jerk warden though. Would listen on to this on a Saturday morning at the lake.
Not a lot to say here. The story about this album is kind of interesting and the last song being written by an inmate is definitely cool, but I'm here to review music not read a story. The music is typical 50s stuff, though recorded in the late 60s. He is a good singer and good guitarist and has a serviceable band around him, but ultimately the music itself is boring. It's remarkable how little variety there is in 50s music like this stuff, like they couldn't be bothered to write a bridge? Or have a fourth chord? On top of all that the primitive recording stuff available at the time leads to a horrible mix where you can hardly hear anything besides Cash's vocal and guitar. There is little in this album to elevate it over its brethren from 10 years prior.
There was only one Johnny Cash, wasn't there.
Great atmosphere, the music would be less without the crowd and the crowd would be less without the music. I took a star off as I don't think its something I'd regularly listen to.
It’s a classic so it’s probably getting rated higher than it should. Johnny can’t tune his guitar, the drums sound the same on every (train) track, and he can’t remember the words for some of the songs. But it’s so real and raw it’s deserving.
yeehaw
LP
cooler for what it is rather than the music itself
Ganske okay livealbum. Meget unik "stemning", når man kan høre de hujende fanger, meddelelserne fra fængselsinspektøren og de ting Johnny Cash siger i mellem sangene.
This is the first country album I've ever listened to and I'm glad it is. Johnny's voice in this album is so clear especially for a live album which makes it easy to follow along with his amazing songwriting and storytelling. You can hear that Johnny is happy to be singing to an audience that really appreciates his music with the amount of passion he uses and the amount of fun he's having. 9/10
He has a great voice. I like the live vibe. Half way I got bored. I did finish listening to the record, but I didn't enjoy the 2nd half at all. Too much too similar in a style that I don't like very much in the first place. Favorite song: Folsom prison blues.
Delightful album. one of the few live albums that really captures a sense of audience and interplay there. Dark and cheeky, solemn and wisened. Gave me a whole new respect for country music.
Brilliant live album, very interesting.
‘At Folsom Prison’ is an excellent live album, featuring a cracking set of songs. Johnny Cash is at the top of his game here, winning over the crowd (i.e., inmates) with his tales of murder and imprisonment in a charismatic and effortless performance, ably supported by his band, Carl Perkins and soon to be wife June Carter. The lack of edits with Cash sometimes breaking mid song to have a laugh or crack a joke, along with the occasional wardens’ announcements to the prisoners really lend the album and air of authenticity and danger which add to the overall atmosphere.
I do not like live performances. The songs on this album are really good however, so overall quite a nice album. ***
Incredible album. Cash's voice is like silk, belting out this combination of originals and covers in a way that only Cash can do. In the spirit of other truly great live albums, the energy of the performance and the crowd comes through time and time again, making one feel like they're actually there. The way Cash jokes with the crowd, or occasionally stumbles in songs as he laughs at this and that is so incredibly engaging. This music is just brilliant, classic country - 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Cocaine Blues', '25 Minutes to Go', the moody 'Long Black Veil', the inspired duet cover with June Carter of 'Jackson', the touching 'Green, Green Grass of Home' - there's just so much to love here.
-live album -listening while doing HW -HERMONICA!!! Heavily featured in orange blossom special -someone get this man a drink of water damn -vintage yee haw
Folsom is a hair less than San Quentin before Johnny stops for his drink. After that, comparison blurs while the concerts remain distinct. This is dark material, for the most part.The audience seems to receive it as gallows humor; I hear Cash unsteady at first. A setlist carefully chosen, refined later for the vinyl. Human connection rendered unusually contingent comes through.
Fire
Too country for my tastes
Legendary stuff. Big fan of Johnny Cash, and he seemed like a genuinely funny guy. Standouts: Folsom Prison Blues, Send a Picture of Mother
“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” Best live album ever?
The man in black gets a 5.
I heard this album about 15 years ago with no real experience with the man in black and I absolutely loved it on my first listen and has since taken a regular spot in my library. It remains as amongst the top echelon of my favourite live albums. The stories of how came about and him befriending one of the inmates all just adds to the feel of the album. Also I would like to make it known that no....it was not Crister Ronald who invented Suey! It was in fact Mr Cash. Go to the opening track 'Folsom Prison Blues' and skip to 1:12 and you'll see my point proved. Messi & Cash > Cristen Rolando
“I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” - is there a cooler line than this? Is there anything more hardcore than recording a live album in a prison? Answer to both is no. This album rocks.
This just feels so different to any other live album. Prison life continues around the performance with the announcements and interjections
Johnny Cash was one of the original country stars. This album showcases many of his talents: His deep, sultry voice, his natural story telling, and most of all his striking charisma. There's times when he voice cracks or he just asks for a glass of water a second time, and it shows how comfortable he is on stage. One hell of an artist
what a voice. Classic jail Cash.
All sounds the same to me, apart from the title track which has always been a favourite of mine.
Maybe my favourite live album
Yep, Johnny singing at a prison again. "Best "bad boy" lyrics in a song ever" goes to: "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" from Folsom Prison Blues. The audience and banter give the album its charm and character. It's one of the better live albums I've heard on this list. 3.5/5
Such a good one
Essential country listening Amazing raw album Fascinating insight into the live gig at Folsom prison
Las que me han gustado: -Folsom Prison Blues -Jackson -I got stripes -25 minutes to go -Cocaine Blues
Already quite familiar with this, of course. Cash in concert - even in front of prisoners - is a bit of a mixed bag for me. Gets a little of that old fashioned showbiz. But he was certainly in fine form, and he does a few of his classic tunes.
Incredible. Love the back and forth between Johnny and the audience. The songs were wonderful stories. Such an iconic album. A concert in a prison. Classic Cash
One of the few live albums I enjoy. Cash's interplay with the crowd and songs are just fun, and it seems like he cares about the men he is playing to.
Johnny on mighty form
The lyrics and context haven’t aged welll
Live album - automatic 1 (Yes, I did actually listen to it)
A classic.
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makes you wanna take a shot of cocaine and shoot a man in reno
Otro disco en directo. Qué pereza me dan en general. Este en particular no suena mal, aunque la voz de Johnny a veces creo que estaba más pacá que payá. Divertido y escuchable, aunque no imprescindible.
I like this album. Old school country is pretty good, and I like Cash's singing. The songs in the album are a weird mix of sad/melancholy and humor. At first I didn't like the crowd cheering during songs, but I can tolerate it by the end, I'd still prefer it to be quiet but that's just my opinion. Unsurprisingly a lot of songs about prison in a performance at a prison. Favorite song: Jackson Worst song: 25 Minutes to Go
5 out of 5, of course. Listened to it many times and it always puts a smile on my face.
what a guy, so down to earth
"I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" PREFS : TOUT MOINS PREF : RIEN
Without a doubt, my favorite Cash album. His best? Probably not, but it's the one I've continued to listen to over and over again my whole life.
The greatest country album of all time. Favorite track: I Got Stripes
Sounds good, also its just interesting that this is at a prison i think
My buddy Jamie sang this song at karaoke
Prison Blues is super cool song.
Very cool. I love prison and I hate women.
so cool
Fan del blues de la cocaina, estas canciones realmente te dan ganas de recorrer el yelmo en fallout, el country realmente dice mucho de estados unidos supongo?
Me gusto pero se escuchan presos
I have 2,278 albums in my music library that I sometimes shuffle. I feel like a song from this album pops up every few days. My favorite part is when Johnny has to read official prison announcements. 5 stars.
While I understand the significance, I cannot get much into this. The sound is quite odd, the obvious 'it's live' things get old at some point. Id prefer 'cleaner' Cash albums personally.
Good Cash album
Amazing. (COME BACK TO)
Great album and just so cool to have done this
There may be notable synergy between the singer and his audience here, but not with me. It's simple, I don't like this music (and I definitely think it's overrated).
Death, Cocaine, Misery and Whiskey in a good way.
Cool
I love a live album and definitely some hard hitters on here. I knew some songs but this was my first listen to this album as a whole and I hate rating albums especially on first listen.
Buenaso, el hecho de que está grabado en una prisión mientras cash canta sobre crímenes le da una mística zarpada.
Can’t go wrong with Johnny cash
Really like his voice. Although as a live album and kinda like a best of, I question why I shouldn't be listening to a studio recording?
Surprised. In our carefully crafted modern culture I had no idea you could have a prison concert and jokingly sing about killing people and dogs. The songs were strong, the live set fun, and the irreverence elevated it.
Some great songs, never really listened much to Johnny, but will be back to this one!
The genius and the sheer size of Johnny Cash's balls for having the brilliant idea to record live in front of some at the worst degenerates, not only that but stacking the track list with a dark repertoire of gallows humour jail songs is inspired. Would listen again. Favourite tracks - Folsom Prison Blues/Cocaine Blues and Jackson.
Not big on live albums but this one at Folsom was great. I love listening to Johnny Cash. It’s comfort music. His camaraderie with the inmates was fantastic and fun to listen to. 4! T3B 1. Folsom Prison Blues 2. Give My Love to Rose 3. Cocaine Blues 4. Orange Blossom Special
Can’t go wrong with Cash. How such “simple” music can be feel so energetic and rowdy is amazing. See: Cocaine Blues.
I don’t like live albums
Great track, felt a little long but the banter during the show was fun and I liked most of the songs
Apart from it being a bit creepy when they cheer everytime he talks about killing, spitting at, or hurting someone…this album is quite interesting. It’s almost storybook, or like a play, you can really picture the performance and are transported. The music is toe tapping. Think I would have little interest if it wasn’t a live album.
I'm not sure why but I loved this album.
Old good classics. Not mine.
Top live albums ever made. Gave me chills hearing his smoker lungs sing
I’d go to prison for a Johnny Cash concert
Sometimes simplicity is best, but in this case it is just boring.
Timeless and cool
Johnny Cash is so badass. Dude had just come off of a hard fought battle with addiction and is looking to return to the music industry. Mind you, he had been out of the limelight for years. So he does the sensible thing and… makes a live album? From a prison? Hell yes. The audience noise and commentary makes you feel like you’re actually at the show. He’s singing about doing cocaine and shooting people and the crowd is loving it. Amazing record.
I like “Folsom Prison Blues”, which I already knew. Just not really a country person. Don’t really have anything else to say about this.
Country folk americano. Un 3.
Man, guy was a performer. Jackson stood out, weird how it can stir up memories
I like a few Johnny Cash songs but the religious ones are crap.
"At Folsom Prison" is the first live album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Cash had been interested in recording at a prison for a few years after recording "Folsom Prison Blues." Backed by June Carter, Carl Perkins and the Tennessee Three, Cash performed two shows at Folsom Prison from which this album was created. He was looking to turn his career around with recent limited commercial success and personal drug issues. And it did, hitting #1 on the Country Charts and #13 on the Pop Album Charts. What type of music? Well, this is poster child of outlaw country. An album that the Library of Congress added to Nationsl Recording Registry in 2003. "Hello I'm Johnny Cash" and a thunderous applause from the prisoners propels the start of "Folsom County Blues." It's hard to think of a more iconic album-opening moment. Cash's unique voice. The Tennessee Three rolling. "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die." Another giant ovation. A line he had to remove for the single. He tells the story of a man arrested in Juarez, Mexico for cocaine and killing his wife in "Cocaine Blues." Talk about knowing your audience. Needless to say, another crowd favorite. Cash adds a bit of a humorous tone to the grim tale in "25 Minutes to Go" which tells the minute-by-minute story of a man headed to the gallows to be a hung. A Preacher. Waiting for the never-coming pardon. His neck in the noose. Yet somehow, Cash adds lightness. A simple ballad "Send a Picture of Mother" begins side two. Just an acoustic guitar. Not all the songs are about prison. June Carter joins Johnny in "Jackson"." Great interplay between the two. Going to Jackson to get married. "Give My Love to Rose" is a sad love song. Great story telling about a man in prison sending a letter to his love Rose and their son. The last song on the album is appropriately "Greystone Chapel," a song written by Folsom inmate Glen Sherley. More traditional country music. The backing vocals giving a soulful feel. Great guitar solo. A hopeful song about God and faith. The actual album ending is the associate warden telling the inmates to exit through the doors and you hear them exit. Very eery. I don't think you'll find a live album where you're just as interested in the audience reaction as the music. Or a better connection of singer to audience. Or just a performance overall. A one of a kind live album which he would repeat on several subsequent albums and an album everyone needs a listen to.
Fantastic live album
Loved it, Johnny cash is such a good storyteller (also I feel like it helped with my whole "focus on lyrics" thing), also such great crowd work
I'm mighty surprised they let him play at a prison given the lyrics
Not usually a fan of live albums but this is excellent. The context of the performance adds to the whole experience too.
7/10
At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash is a good album
A classic JC
villiinnytetään vankeja...hulluunutetaan... johnny cash ei itse koskaan ollut yli yhtä yötä lukkojen takana...murahtava ääni, tietenkin esityksen tärkein napsu... folk biisit ovat mitä ovat, hyvää tarinam kerrontaa...suurin osa vähän tylsiä kuitenkin. fiilis kuitenkin hyvä...ehkä kadun tähtien määrää myöhemmin... 25 minutes to go paras biisi
Unusual idea for a live album. Music is okay, a bit bland and boomery
literally the definition of country, cunt-try if u will
The best to ever do it at the coolest place to do it at
Johnny Cash is a stone cold badass and he once said "You know who would love to hear my music? MURDERERS AND CRIMINALS AND SHIT" and he just went and sang a bunch of songs about DEATH AND BEING HANGED to STONE COLD MOTHERFUCKERS And we get to listen to it today.
first listen pretty great
Pas intéressant, pas intéressé.
il est mims ça va
Nice sounds, I hate the British.
I just had a Johnny Cash album two days ago, so it was a surprise to see another one. The algorithm strikes again. Anyway, this album is classic. I generally don’t like live albums but this might be one of very few exceptions. With the inmates’ laughter and cheers, announcements from the PA, Johnny’s accidentally laugher all come together to create an atmosphere that you can’t help but imagine yourself there.
An album so good he then did one at Sam Quentin
Don't like country, don't like live albums but by god this is good. strangely jolly but also so so sad. You can hear the audience hanging on every word. They're almost an instrument in themselves at times. It's best when Cash is just telling a story - "the Wall" & "Joe Bean" cut deep This is music as it should be no matter the genre - talking directly to people.
Best country album of all time. Favorite track: Cocaine Blues
An absolute classic and a must listen Cash is brilliant and has such an iconic voice and sound
Classic, the live atmosphere really adds to the album.
Kinda booring buy didnt listen thourougly
Is ok, actually strange to hear live and enjoy it same if not better than studio recording
How to connect with your audience
Meh
Really entertaining - one of the best live album atmospheres I've heard captured on record. Started off thinking it might make a interesting listen but nothing more and ended up being the fastest I've bought an album from this list. Great stuff
stage presence
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
Bit o Johnny Cash. Loved his cover of green green grass of home
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.
A classic
great
This is a great album from Johnny Cash, probably one of the best live albums of all time.
Molto Buono
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
Classic country hits from the best to ever do it in my opinion. The charm in this record is seen throughout the track list as Cash addresses the crowd and even takes a jab at his own record label. The charm is evident through the music as well. The whole album sort of feels like a movie at times, that's the appeal in my opinion, very unique experience that you can't get anywhere else. 8/10
I really hoped I'd enjoy this more. I just don't think I'll ever "get" Johnny Cash the way I should.
This actually is legit an album that everyone should hear at least once. Incredible. 5/5
I don't think there's another live album quite like this. The cheers from inmates, the telephone call in between songs, Johnny Cash joking around and interjecting at his own songs - all followed by him singing a song someone wrote in "Greystone Chapel." The album gives you a small window into Folsom and what Cash was like; how he related to people.
Johnny Cash has such a great voice and though his music is relatively simple, he is masterful. I love the interactions in this live album and how charming he is and what a "rock and roll" concept playing at a prison for a live album is
I might have enjoyed this live if I was in prison with nothing else to listen to. This had the opposite impact for me, felt like I was in prison and couldn't escape.
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.
Lacked a little of the edge of San Quentin, but still superb. The Legend of John Henry's Hammer was my highlight.
Probably the best live album of all time. The atmosphere is great. Such great performances
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.
I'm not a county fan but there's something strangely compelling about his interaction with his audience
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.
Johnny Cash is a badass. What else is there to say? Two Cash albums in (American IV being the first) and I am now a fan. Please excuse me as I look up where to watch his biopic, check YouTube for interviews & concert footage, and blast his greatest hits on Spotify. Standout tracks: At Folsom Prison, Cocaine Blues, 25 Minutes to Go (and a lot more, to be honest).
Mmm interactie!
Legend
A-
A live album with all the character of Johnny Cash distilled into less than hour
A fun live album. But I don't like live albums to begin with.
absolutely love johnny cash, just not the hugest fan of live albums, but this is still a solid 4 star.
Probably one of the best live albums I've heard. I love how the audience participation is just as important as Johnny's performance (which needless to say, it is really good), and is so funny to see how they interact with, cheer and joke around in a way that feels almost personal. Johnny also seems to have a lot of fun, singing the prisoners' own compositions and cracking up jokes ("please don't say s****, this is being recorded!" *proceeds to sing about a man killing his wife because of his cocaine addiction*) 10/10, I wish I was a male prisoner in 1968...
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
Johnny cash has charisma and he has a great sense of humor. The songs in this album are fun and uplifting.
Johnny Cash at his best.
epic
I loved this project. I had heard many cuts from it before, but never the whole thing from start to finish. I look forward to playing it again and again.
Enjoyable enough, I guess. That song about jail buddies was a real eyebrow raiser.
Really enjoyed, first intro into Cash
I don’t like country and this music is too old
I mean.. I get it but idk.. J.Cash is cool but so simple and kinda boring Unique but there’s better stuff from the same era, my opinion.
Love the prison albums but this wavers a bit in the middle
Amazing piece of history but not something I'd listen to again.
Johnny Cash is a treasure and this album sums up the guy pretty well. If modern country music sounded like this, maybe I would listen to it.
Somehow better than I imagined
Surprisingly enjoyable. Lyrics fitting of the location with fun banter between songs. I can see why this is considered a classic live album. Favorite: 25 Minutes to Go
It's a great album. Hard to put anything less than 5 for what it means and how it sounds.
No one has a voice like Johnny Cash that’s why he’s Johnny Cash! Overall i liked it, simple folksy songs with witty lyrics and couple zingers. Not really my thing but you can just hear how he has influenced contemporary music. Really cool that it was at a prison and included works from inmates and recordings from the live event.
One of the best live albums I've heard. And I usually don't like live albums
4, decent fun
Совсем альбом мимо меня проскочил. Хотя он очень атмосферный, судя по записи, но нужно понимать смысл, а в текст песен не вникал.
Nice and chill
One of my favorite live albums
Love the classic, deep tone of his voice. Didn’t rate higher because it seems like several songs had the same tune.
I'm not going to lie I was shocked. I always thought Johnny Cash was overrated because I basically only ever heard Hurt and Ring of Fire. After listening to this all the way through I can see why he was as big as he was. The voice and the music was very very talented.
Storytelling over a gently strummed guitar - with a voice fit for this. One or other more upbeat songs where Johnny proves that he can actually sing (Jackson for example). Classic country blues
This is one of the most amazing live albums ever recorded. I don't have the right words to describe it, but it's incredible to hear these simple folk/country songs performed by this incredible talent for this unique audience. The appreciation they have for it and the bond between performer and audience are apparent. I miss the days when we could acknowledge that even the lowest among us, including convicted criminals, were still human beings. This album is a good reminder of that. Truly a special experience listening to this. 5 stars.
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.
Not my normal style but quite enjoyable
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.
What can I say about this album that hasn’t been written before. Perfect, just perfect. Also inspired me to watch the Johnny Cash episode of Columbo
Cash is great. Not generally a fan of live recordings but this one was solid but it did leave out many of his songs I like the most.
This man’s portfolios are ridiculous. The interaction with the crowd, the live mistakes, the warden announcements… and that’s before you consider the music & lyrics
really fun listen
Johnny Cash est pour la première fois dans un album live montré sous un mauvais jour. L'artiste arrive en effet sur scène et, après une brève inspection de la salle, déclare avec son cheveux sur la langue caractéristique : « C'est pas mon Saint-Quentin, ça... »
Johnny Cash se fout bien de notre gueule c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire.
Great sounding album despite it being recorded live. Lots of his hits from top to bottom and a quick and easy listen. 8/10.
cash is a great storyteller. could do with more folk-blues and less polka, but hey
I appreciate the story telling, but I didn't like the country twang
I can’t think of another live album which so viscerally places in you in the setting of a concert. Perhaps more than any other American singer, Johnny Cash embodies the struggles of this country-and the ideals we aspire to.
Classic
Johnny sure had some fun with this one and I bet the inmates just loved it.
Honestly enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. I respect Johnny Cash and admire his influence, but in general wouldn't voluntarily listen to much of his music. It's not really my cup of tea, even if I enjoy a lot of the country music today that was inspired by this sort of thing. That being said, the atmosphere created (singing about crime in a prison to a pretty engaged audience, in a pretty engaging way) was remarkable. I teetered for a bit...4 or 5? But by the end I was sold.
Another Artist I've never been too familiar with. Some really great tracks in this album that get the knee going - especially enjoyed Folsom Prison Blues and 25 Minutes to Go. Cash's comments throughout the live performance are quite funny too and really help build a great personality for the album. Really enjoyed this album and found it as a great starting point for Cash's work.
I'm loving these Johnny Cash albums. He's a great performer and knows how to work the crowd. The songs feel carefully selected for his inmate audience. Most of the songs are about imprisonment, loneliness, betrayal and guilt. He keeps them short and sweet too; sometimes I get the impression that he wraps up a song and moves the show along to make sure he keeps the crowd's attention. June Carter has similar crowd-pleasing instincts too. She's not on the album much but she really goes for it on "Jackson." She wants to make sure these guys get a good show. Johnny Cash is a great singer but I can't say enough what a great performer he is. He handles interruptions from the crowd with humility and humor. Like on "The Long Black Veil," one of the saddest songs I know, he pauses to laugh at the reaction to the line "I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife." There's a lot of humor in the songs too. "25 Minutes to Go" is really fun and "Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart" has some great one-liners.
His wit and banter really make Johnny Cash a one of a kind performer, totally meant to have live albums like this. I love how he caters to his audience in every way, and handles everything with humor. 5 for the music. 5 for the charisma.
After reading Steve's review of Cash's "At San Quentin" I realized that there were several of these live-in-prison albums so I was gushing over a different one when I meant to be gushing over this one. They are both fantastic though and I think deserving of their spots in this 1001 list. This album is excellent and has everything that I would want in a country folk singer songwriting record. I love the energy, the banter, the recording quality, and the performance overall is stellar.
Love the commentary from Cash and the story behind the album. Great songs and a great live recorded album. 4/5
Interesting. First Johnny Cash album
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
This album was already in my heavy rotation list, but I'd never really taken the time to think about the end-to-end album (and the event itself) all that much. It's really quite remarkable that a well-established artist from any musical genre would opt to setup inside of a prison and perform a whole show for the prisoners. I very seriously doubt there is any modern musician with an established career and the courage to do the same (especially any country musician). I could be wrong, but I doubt I am. So, then the show gets started, and instead of rolling off a series of radio-worn popular tunes, the band plays a setlist of songs that tell the tales of criminals. Each song honestly, and often sympathetically, portrays the personhood and humanity of the criminal, without romanticizing or pitying. And in an amongst all of it, Johnny is chatting up the crowd and making jokes just like it's nothing. It's an enjoyable and voyeuristic musical experience, with a very subtle underlying tragedy that, when explored enough, challenges the listener to think of the humanity of the people that have been locked away from society.
Better than I expected for a live album
This is just wonderful. So much humour, so much love.
Ahh, Johnny. Love Johnny Cash. Truly the kind of artist that makes people question if they really hate country music after all (for the record, I don't, but it gets a bad rap thanks to racist fans--looking at you, Wallen stans). But for real, this whole album is incredible. Johnny Cash is an excellent storyteller with the perfect voice for country lore. I love the fact this was recorded live at a prison, and that he devoted so much of his career to making music that everyone loves. Everyone deserves good music and he knew that. Fave track could be Folsom Prison Blues or Cocaine Blues. You can't go wrong with any track here, though. No skips.
5 stars. Love this one, listened to it lots. Love how simple the songs are and the ambiance of the prison audience. The announcements here and there are just great. This works as foreground and background for me.
An album I already own - and it's a corker. Shame that this list also includes the San Quentin set - really, amidst the 1,001 albums to listen to before you die, how many Johnny Cash jailhouse performances does a body need? Nonetheless, taken in isolation, this one crackles with a rare electricity. A lovely setlist, and Cash sounds like a man fully in command of everything he surveys, even when he cracks up during 'Dark as the Dungeon'. What a voice, an Old Testament voice.
Indeed kinda silly that both this and the San Quentin record are on the list. I think I like this one better, though I’d have to do ‘em back to back to really be sure. Not every song pops for me, but nice to have an appearance from June and I certainly think this is the more playful of the two records. The one two punch of “Dirty old egg suckin’ dog,” and “Flushed from the bathroom of your heart” are so fun and would have equally crushed at middle schools. In fact, I really wish there was a “Johnny Cash Live at William Lenoir Middle” because that would have slayed.
ahhh i did not enjoy. someone get him a glass of water quicker so he will stop talking about it. it was somewhat cool, the live part, but his singing was gah i just don’t like it.
Said from one who does not enjoy so-called country music.... this is a great album. It's definitely the live aspect that really makes it stand out (i.e. I know to me it would be more staid and frankly dull if it were just in a sterile studio setting). Much of it really borrowed from (or established?) old rock/punky folk ... in addition his low-key band should get nearly equal billing for propelling these songs along. I actually love the banter between - and often during - these songs. 8/10 4 stars.
Cash is funny and charming, but I'm not sure two live prison albums (San Quentin is the other one) are needed here. It's a bit niche.
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.
This was awesome - even better than "At San Quentin". Loved the strong narrative many of the songs had. Fave track - "25 Minutes to Go" - morbid!
Live albums + greatest hits = cheating = 1 star
aight, and live... sorry johnny
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. Classic.
I dont usually like live albums but these are great songs and a great performance. Johnny was a master of his craft and just had so much charisma. A very interesting idea for a live album as well. A real gem.
Legendary. Not quite 5 stars.
Loved hearing the commentary in between sets
What an awesome album, Johnny Cash is a fantastic performer and musician. I was completely enthralled by his excellent story telling and sense of humor. I loved this album.
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.
I once went to prison for punching the pussy out of my niece. My cell mate was a huge, heavily tattooed man named Rupert. He was a toff who ran a paedophile ring in West London. Cool guy. I hope he's well.
Was definitely on the nonce wing
Look at the sweaty nonce. SHACK in a playground much?
Incredible.
One of the best live albums ever. Great songs and you can feel the atmosphere
A very quickly-paced Southern country record that was very consistent with its songs and performance. Johnny was one of the best performers of his era, and this mostly uncut recording proves it.
Legendary. Enough said.
This is the album that captured Johnny Cash the icon best for me. The song selection given the setting is superb.