Johnny Cash – Johnny 99 (1983/2014) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Johnny Cash – Johnny 99 (1983/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:00 minutes | 705 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Nashville

If the Springsteen tunes hadn’t been included, this would still have been a good album. But Cash sinks his teeth into “Highway Patrolman” and the title tune and gives them the guts that Springsteen only dreamed of. ~ Jim Worbois

Although it went virtually unnoticed upon its initial release in 1983, this intriguing record momentarily put a halt to Johnny Cash’s precipitous artistic decline and kept the promise of his resurgence alive. Recorded in Los Angeles with session men including Marty Stuart, Norton Buffalo, Jo-El Sonnier, and producer Brian Ahern, Johnny 99 focuses on the work of younger songwriters-Bruce Springsteen, Paul Kennerley, Guy Clark-and might be the lone oasis in an otherwise barren decade. The solemn opener, Springsteen’s “Highway Patrolman,” sets the tone as Cash turns a very restrained reading into an emotional powerhouse, supported by Hoyt Axton’s baritone growl. The Springsteen-penned title track becomes a honky-tonk anthem as Cash delivers the Boss’s lyrics with acute understanding. The touching Civil War ballad “God Bless Robert E. Lee,” the tropical/topical “Joshua Gone Barbados,” and the attractive duet with June Carter on Kennerley’s “Brand New Dance” help round out a rather diverse (for Cash) collection. Aside from the occasional guitar effect and unnecessary keyboard intrusion (it was 1983 after all), this set marks a high point of a low period. -Marc Greilsamer

Tracklist:
01. Highway Patrolman (5:24)
02. That’s The Truth (2:48)
03. God Bless Robert E. Lee (3:45)
04. New Cut Road (3:37)
05. Johnny 99 (3:37)
06. Ballad Of The Ark (2:57)
07. Joshua Gone Barbados (5:13)
08. Girl From The Canyon (2:42)
09. Brand New Dance (3:27)
10. I’m Ragged But I’m Right (2:35)

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