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Release Date: 02/01/2008
Run Time: 28:28
The Fabulous Johnny Cash was
Cash's first album for
Columbia Records and one of his best for the label. Unlike some of his latter-day albums, there wasn't much filler on the record. At the time of its recording,
Cash had just been freed from his contract with
Sun. Instead of recording these songs for his last
Sun sessions, he wound up saving much of his best material for his
Columbia album, and that's what makes
The Fabulous so consistent. The album builds on his basic, spare sound, but it is slightly more polished than his
Sun records. But what makes it so entertaining are the songs themselves. From
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" and
"Frankie's Man, Johnny" to
"Pickin' Time" and
"The Troubador," the album is filled with first-rate songs, with only a handful of mediocre songs like
"Suppertime," which don't distract from the overall quality of the album at all.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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