Forever Words

Forever Words is a 2018 album by various artists recording poetry and lyrics by Johnny Cash set to music for the first time. The album follows a 2016 book release of the poems entitled Forever Words: The Unknown Poems (ISBN 0399575138).[4] The album includes a posthumously released track by Chris Cornell, who died in 2017. In 2020 and 2021, a deluxe version of the album was released in four waves, with a total of 18 additional songs. The first and second waves were released on October 23 and December 11, 2020 with the two remaining waves set for release on February 5 and April 2, 2021 respectively.[5][6][7]

Forever Words
In white on black: "JOHNNY CASH", in grey: "THE MUSIC", in white: "FOREVER WORDS"
Studio album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)
GenreCountry Folk, Americana
LanguageEnglish
LabelLegacy
ProducerJohn Carter Cash
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock Germany8/10[2]
Gaffa[3]

Track listing
  1. "Forever/I Still Miss Someone" – Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
  2. "To June This Morning" – Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
  3. "Gold All Over the Ground" – Brad Paisley
  4. "You Never Knew My Mind" – Chris Cornell
  5. "The Captain's Daughter" – Alison Krauss and Union Station
  6. "Jellico Coal Man" – T-Bone Burnett
  7. "The Walking Wounded" – Rosanne Cash
  8. "Them Double Blues" – John Mellencamp
  9. "Body on Body" – Jewel
  10. "I'll Still Love You" – Elvis Costello
  11. "June's Sundown" – Carlene Carter
  12. "He Bore It All" – Dailey & Vincent
  13. "Chinky Pin Hill" – I'm with Her
  14. "Goin', Goin', Gone" – Robert Glasper featuring Ro James and Anu Sun
  15. "What Would I Dreamer Do?" – The Jayhawks
  16. "Spirit Rider" – Jamey Johnson

Deluxe Edition:

  1. "Big Hearted Girl"  – Hard Working Americans
  2. "I'm Comin' Honey"  – Shawn Camp
  3. "Brand New Pair of Shoes"  – Ana Christina Cash
  4. "If You Loved Me"  – Elvis Costello and the Imposters
  5. "I've Been Around"  – Marty Stuart
  6. "Who's Gonna Grease My Skillet?"  – John Popper
  7. "California Poem"  – Jamey Johnson, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
  8. "Little Patch of Grass"  – Brandon Robert Young and Clare Bowen
  9. "The Dogs Are In The Woods"  – John McEuen
  10. "Does Anybody Out There Love Me?"  – Jewel
  11. "Autumn"  – Watkins Family Hour
  12. "Let It Be Tonight"  – Ira Dean
  13. "Pretty Pictures in My Mind"  – The Lumineers
  14. "Outta Site Tonite"  – Ronnie Dunn and Brad Paisley
  15. "My Song"  – Runaway June
  16. "Dark and Bloody Ground"  – Ruston Kelly
  17. "The Third Degree"  – Aaron Lewis
  18. "Tecemesh"  – Bill Miller

Personnel

Charts
Chart performance for Forever words
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 52
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 118
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9] 28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 48
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[11] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 40
US Billboard 200[12] 66
US Billboard Country Albums[12] 9

See also

References
  1. Forever Words at Metacritic
  2. Wohlfeld, Carsten (April 6, 2018). "Review: Various Artists – JOHNNY CASH: FOREVER WORDS".
  3. "ANMELDELSE: Hæderlig hyldest med højdepunkter". gaffa.dk.
  4. Barsanti, Sam (February 8, 2018). "Elvis Costello, Chris Cornell, and More Helped Turn Some Johnny Cash Poems into Songs". The A.V. Club. Univision.
  5. "Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' album gets the deluxe, extended reissue treatment - Music News - ABC News Radio".
  6. "Johnny Cash's "Forever Words" Getting Deluxe Reissue | KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country".
  7. "Expanded Edition of Johnny Cash's 'Forever Words' Announced". 26 October 2020.
  8. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  9. "ultratop.be – Johnny Cash – The Music: Forever Words". Ultratop. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Various Artists – Johnny Cash - The Music: Forever Words" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  11. "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  12. "Billboard 200: April 17, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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