Love God Murder

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Artist : Johnny Cash
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0074646380925
Format : Box set
Format : Collector's Edition
Format : Limited Edition
Format : Original recording remastered
Format : Import
Label : Sony
Manufacturer : Sony
Number Of Discs : 3
Package Dimensions : 1.26 inches (Height) x 5.83 inches (Length) x 0.75 pounds (Weight) x 5.28 inches (Width)
Package Quantity : 1
Product Group : Music
Publisher : Sony
Release Date : 2000-05-23
SKU : 0074646380925
Studio : Sony
UPC : 074646380925

Barrel-chested in its breadth, Johnny Cash's voice is as ideal a delivery mechanism for these metaphysical themes of Love, God, Murder as it is for the realism of the police blotter, the confessional and the altar. Love, God, Murder goes all out to follow its thematic breakdown, avoiding chronological layout--except for Sun-era classics such as "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line" to open Murder and Love, respectively. Murder's inclusion of "Orleans Parish Prison" and its B-side "Jacob Green", both recorded in 1972 at Stockholm, Sweden's Osteraker Prison, testify at once to the American roots and global relevance of Cash's vision. The contrasts between 1990's material such as Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me Lord" and Cash's own "Redemption" (both from American Recordings) with 1958's "It Was Jesus" and 1959's "Great Speckled Bird" (on God) is inspired, a great way to track the sometimes single-mindedness of Cash in his investigation of human behaviour. Sure, the inclusion of short commentaries by Cash, U2's Bono (on God), June Carter Cash (on Love) and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino (on Murder) amounts to very little of substance, but it's always nice to read Johnny on Cash and especially June Carter Cash on Johnny. Fans might question another packaging of Cash hits, but the impeccable logic of the song choices and their thematic placement make this slim box an inarguably good thing for most with a passing interest in--or even a lasting obsession with--Cash. --Andrew Bartlett

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Love God Murder

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