At Folsom Prison

I would get country for my first album of this bruh. But this is older country and doesn't have what I hate about a lot of newer pop country. So first song in and I'm enjoying it a good amount.

It was pretty cool to hear Johnny Cash's performance to the inmates at Folsom. A performance I've always heard about but never took the time to listen to.

Johnny Cash's showmanship elevates this album to iconic status. Not necessarily representative of his best songwriting work.

Good for a live album. Nostalgic feeling for me in a way

Loved hearing the interaction with the prison audience. I found many of the songs very repetitive in form, but an entertaining record nonetheless. 3.5 rounded down

interesting, like it strangely

Johnny Cash is alright. Still not a fan of live albums. It's exactly what you expect. He sings, he interrupts the songs to laugh and ask for a drink of water. The inmates cheer. I'd rather hear a studio album. I love the fact that he records a new song at the end, written by one of the inmates.

Interesting to hear him get the prisoners on his side, unique take on a live album

Really enjoyable but not even his best prison album, let alone studio work ⭐️⭐️⭐️

lotsa train songs, then lotsa mournful songs It was all right.

Solid album, I do like his unique voice and incredible storytelling in his songs. However, his voice can get a bit repetitive as he doesn't always change up how he sounds (always sounds a bit solemn) so it can cause the songs to blend in with each other and lose their meaning when you listen to the full album straight.

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Something warm and familiar with these standards. Not likely to listen much again, though.

Prefer live Cash stuff to the studio albums. The interaction with the crowd/prisoners brings it to life.

Enjoy a bit of Johnny. Can be too much of a good thing, but still enjoyable.

Mucho country algo decepcionado lo esperaba que me llamase más

Was für ein Event, ehe man solche Auftritte als solches zu nee nennen angefangen hat. Diese warmherzige Verbrüderung mit den Knackis ist rührend, da mag man sich nicht vorstellen müssen, wofür die Kerle alles einsitzen.

Ganz schön, aber spricht mich auch nicht wirklich an. Guter Mann, der Man in Black.

Rollo.

I respect Cash for his ability to connect with the audience and his showmanship but I’m not a fan of Country and this is pretty Deep South Country. Respect and Acknowledgement, but I wouldn’t seek it out to be honest

Good, but Very American. Likely to be loved by trump supporters.

Fun album from the prison, it’s interesting to hear them all having a good time

5

macht schon spaß to listen to -3

Funny

good times

3.5 - this is great. loads of charm and great atmosphere. awesome tunes

Songs Divorced Uncles Get Turnt Up To

He's the king of country. I can enjoy listening to it, but I don't seek it.

Absolut bra, även om country inte är min grej. Johnny får det ändå att svänga.

Now this I can understand being on the list!!

Anyone think it's a bit fucked how whenever he mentions murder or anything illegal all the boys in the crowd are like "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh". A three more because of the iconic nature and event than the music. They do blend into one lots of the time.

I do enjoy Johnny Cash and respect his music. Not something that I just turn on though

sad lyrics. wont listen again

Something special

Not as bad as I thought it would be :)

As far into country and western as I’m willing to wander!

Really fun listening to his banter with the crowd (inmates!) and how composed his performance is around what seems like a fairly chaotic setting. I love the interruptions by the warden. However, I'm not a huge fan of the songs themselves, so this is something I would see as a curio, rather than a record I would return to often.

Didnt keep my attention well, decent music but not standing out to me

Had a hard time finishing this one. When I was in high school I went through a big Johnny Cash phase mostly because of my Photo teacher and concert-going-companion Roger Rigby. He loved classic country and introduced to John Prine and Kris Kristopherson. I was still trying to figure out a male identity that I could make fit and I think there was something about being a rebel and going against the grain that really appealed to me. Breaking out of moulds and such. Its jarring to listen to these types of songs now especially ones like "Cocaine Blues" which ostensibly are cautionary tales about drug use but still seem to trivialize and almost mythologize violence against women as something common and a mere casualty of the "hardships" men must endure. I think I am better now so far into my transition at recognizing the gut feelings of disgust and not diminishing them or ignoring them. I think these stories are indeed important to hear due precicesly to their odious nature. To really feel the disgust. I hate this kind of music that I once forced myself to pretend to love. THere is something to be said however about the context that I do think is important artistically though and that i will always appreciate. I believe in the core mission of good art to comfort the disturbed.

langweilig

No me gusta este tipo de música

me finding out johnny cash is a real person and not some american movie character

like the energy between cash and the public. But i'm not a fan of 60's country.

I understand how this is an iconic album and there are a couple of songs I really like, but his voice is very monotonous, without much range or versatility. Many of the songs sound the same.

Honestly the commentary and bits in between (and sometimes the middle of the songs) were the main appeal, it made it like a story come to life! Not really my genre of music but I got into it the second time around, It got a sway or two out of me!

I like Johnny Cash but didn't think this was his best work. He laughed in the middle of 3 ballads and June came off as a ditzy country bumpkin. I enjoyed listening to the extended album with Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers more. At San Quentin was also better.

- Oh great, yet another Zio. I can't tell you if he'd change his mind these days, but, I mean, "Professor Shalom Goldman makes a strong case for Johnny Cash being the forerunner of the American Christian Zionist movement", his 5 trips to Israel, and "Cash's initial visit to the Israel in 1966 was followed by a trip with June in 1968 and developed into a lifelong project to serve as advocates for the State of Israel, even when such advocacy was unfashionable among American performing artists" is pretty damning on that front. Another boycott. - The positives: 1. his voice is cool, 2. there's a lot of humour and it's an interesting concept to sing upbeat prison songs to prisoners, and 3. he clearly has charisma. - The negatives: The songs all have the same honkey tonk sound, one of my least favourites, and they're mainly violent and misogynistic. - Also, his lack of range and very very bare bones, uninteresting instrumentation make nothing stand out, and the songs don't have any hooks (musically - they are only interesting topically and in terms of humour). So, even though the songs are short, it feels like the album goes on forever because every song is so same-y musically. - I appreciate banter at a live show, but it has to also be backed by good music, and this all just feels jokey. If I were in prison, I'd appreciate this as a break from prison life and because it feels like Johnny Cash was relating to me, but I'm not - I can listen to whatever I want, and the songs kind of suck.

Album no 6 Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968) Pleasant enough. Johnnys voice is obviously great. I can’t really pick out a favourite track.. maybe the green green grass of home. Not for me. The prison announcements for inmates to report to various places were interesting though.. EDIT- Greystone Chapel is probably the best track ⭐️⭐️

No me ha parecido gran cosa, Johnny Cash no me encaja o está sobrevalorado.

A step up from Willie Nelson in my view

Interesante, no está mal

Spokooo, nic szczególnego

San Quentin was much better.

Overall, decent.

Ça devait être être sympa … au siècle dernier

2.5 - Meh

L'histoire de l'album est belle, et c'est un album live donc c'est franchement bon. Ce n'est pas mon style de musique par contre (country)

Un artista con impronta y actitud de sello registrado, entiendo que es un disco valioso, pero me pareció monótono, o termine de disfrutarlo.

I can appreciate how others can view this as one of the greatest albums of all time. I get it. And Johnny Cash is a legend. But I'm scoring on how I personally like the music and while Folsom Prison is a classic song, the album as a whole is not my jam.

Comically old fashioned

Me embolo

Not for me.

not my type of music. definitely a product of its time. 2/5

Country

I actually hate Johnny Cash. His music is just very stale to me and just watered down blues. Fuck you Johnny Cash

Oh boy, more country! Like with other albums I've had to listen through on the list, I can see the appeal but it's just really not my vibe. Obviously Mr. Cash is an icon and has incredible voice, it's just not a voice I'm rushing to put on.

Johnny Cash? More like Johnny ass. Nah I'm just kidding. Except not really. The music sucks, but the storytelling is pretty good.

Really not for me

🦅🇺🇸WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER ??!??! 🤠🦅💥🔫🐎

Initially i was thinking that i would have to be in a certain kind of mood to enjoy this music based off track 1 which isn’t a bad thing i was just so caught off guard. i actually really prefer the slower tracks on this album i think his voice suits that kind of mood better than the fast songs. I liked ‘i still miss someone’ i though that ‘cocaine blues’ was so odd lol the lyrics were crazy although ill give it to him he’s a great storyteller and performer i can tell the way he interacts with the audience and changes his voice to match the lyrics. I liked ‘send a picture of mother’. ‘the wall’ the entire theme of this album i find so cool although this genre of music i wouldn’t gravitate towards im glad i listened to it. wasn’t completely perfect to me but also not complete torture.

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svidja mi se koncept pesme 25 minutes to go - svaki put kad kaze kolko mu je minuta zivota ostalo, kaze jedan minut manje, odnosno odbrojava do svoje smrti. zasto oce da ubije svog psa. okej. antropoloski, ovaj album je izuzetno zanimljiv: koncertni snimak nastupa dzoni kesa u nekom zatvoru pred svim zatvorenicima cije aplauze i zvizduke cujemo u svakoj pesmi, plus sve ostale "nesavrsenosti" zive muzike, dzonijeve komentare izmedju, a ponekad i usred pesama. muzika sama po sebi je redneck propaganda na koju ne mogu da se pretplatim ni u snu, ali i ako izuzmemo tekstove pesama, cela atmosfera je muskarci u americi sa puskom i pivom u ruci u sred neke americke vukojebine sredinom 60-ih godina. prosto se ne poistovecujem ni sa jednim aspektnom ove muzike. volim bluz ali ne toliko.

Not really my thing, a bit too classic rock and wouldn’t listen to his voice on a regular basis

I didn’t like it so much, too much like country music

idk man

more blues damn live recording is cool another chill one but generally very simple songs both blues songs and 25 minutes to go good

Green green grass of home...

didn't give it the fairest shot, can't imagine id enjoy it much more though

pretty dull. i'm sure it was good in person

A weird album - full of prison and gallows 'humour' folk songs played in front of prisoners. I'm not a real fan of folk rock music but this album isn't too bad to listen to.

En la linea de conciertos para militares y presos de los americanos, tiene cositas interesantes, pero es que como no soy ni militar ni presa de los estados unidos de america, pues no me termina de gustar, por lo que sea.

No es mi género favorito pero él es gracioso, y el concepto de grabar un disco es una prisión es muy original

Not much going on in this album really. Vocals are great and I love almost everything about them but although the melodies are nice, they got repetitive throughout the album. I liked the live atmosphere and lyricism about the Folsom Prison but sonically I had mild enjoyment. 4/10, Favorite Song: Cocaine Blues

Folsom Prison Blues, Cocaine Blues,

Only knew the first song (im young okay 😂). No songs really stood out for me, not really my style of music aswell. A sunny saturday morning classic though and gave me a good mood

1. Folsom Prison Blues: it’s pretty good. not really my style but it is cachy. 5/10 2. Dark as the Dungeon: surprisingly, i enjoy it more than the last one. 7/10. 3. I Still Miss Someone: the depth of the lyrics is lowkey what i like most about it. 8/10. 4. Cocaine Blues: actually really like it ngl. the beat and the aesthetic of the song is great. 8/10. 5. 25 Minutes to Go: it’s a great song i just don’t like it as much. 5/10. 6. Orange Blossom Special: same as the last one. 5/10. 7. The Long Black Veil: it’s a slow song but it is really good. 8/10. 8. Send a Picture of Mother: i like this song. again, this album is not really my style. 7/10. 9. The Wall: a good song, too. the storytelling is great. 6/10. 10. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog: again, not too much of my style. 6/10. 11. Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart: the references are great. it is just, once again, not my style. 6/10. 12. Jackson: the start is great. the harmony that both voices make scratches my head. not my style but catchy. 7/10. 13. Give My Love to Rose: genuinely sad asf. i really liked it. 8/10. 14. I Got Stripes: i liked it. the beat is catchy. 8/10. 15. Green, Green Grass of Home: i really liked the plottwist. 8/10. 16. Greystone Chapel: didn’t like it as much. 6/10.

Love the atmosphere and the story in the songs, it's just not my kind of music. Favorite song: Cocaine Blues.

Nisam amerikanka pa ne mogu cijeniti koncept odlaska u prokleti zatvor da nekom pjevam. Ništa u vezi s ovim nema smisla i pjesme su poprilično dosadne. Usred slušanja shvatam da je američki country vrlo blizu po kompleksnosti i muzičkoj vrijednosti našem turbo-folku.

un album interesant,un concert care mai mult a fost un show de comedie

Absolutamente poético q el primer album q me genere sea uno de Folk. Mejor que Bob Dylan, pero la vara estaba baja.

feels very popeye for some reason

An element of excitement runs through this record. Largely due to the circumstances of recording and less so to the actual songs. They are a tad pedestrian. Not a fan of johnny cash on stage with other voices as his becomes diminished. All in all more of a historical monument than an enjoyable experience.

2/5

There’s a few classics on here (Jackson, Folsom Prison Blues, Cocaine Blues) but everything else was kind of bland. It was interesting that Greystone Chapel was written by an inmate. That was probably one of the better written songs on this album.

It is a fun album , not a fan of country music but can appreciate the quality of mr Cash’s voice but not for me I’m afraid

Not my kind of music, but it was fun.

Klinkt heel echt alsin live. Basic bluesy maar ook cool hoe de man als sensatie gecaptured wordt hierop (1e indruk). Verder niet baanbrekend voor mij

Not my style.But it definitely grew on me as I listened. Not a lot of priori Johnny Cash knowledge but the crowd interactions really made the live experience special. He jokes around, the prison warden comes to talk. A lot of prison/crime themed songs as well. Overall just not my cup of tea

At a prison! Neat. It seems like a very important album for Johnny Cash and for the prisoners but it wasn't much to me. I didn't connect with the songs and the vocals left a lot to be desired in my opinion. 2 starts since Johnny Cash is classic, but not much of a Cash fan myself.

2nd Cash prison album from the generator. It was way better than the other one but I still just don't care. I had fun for like 1/3rd of the album and then I got bored 2/5

I guess the greatness of this one is lost on me. I didn't really think it was all that special outside of the setup and the banter. The music was fine and the performance was fun, but it never really did anything impressive. I think that's in line with the nature of Cash's music, though; so much of it is structured in the same way. It just gets a tad old after a few songs. And I say that as someone who generally likes his music. Also, it's a live album. It is missing half of what makes it special. I do think this was a much more interesting instance of the live performance recording than most others I've gotten on here, but still. At least the crowd reaction/interaction was preserved well. I'm sure it was pretty awesome for them to be part of it. I just can't say the same based on my listen. Overall: 2.1/5

i thought this was supposed to be legendary/amazing. it's fine.

I imagine for fans of Cash this album is probably the holy grail. The problem is I'm not a huge fan, it's just not my thing for the most part. To me, a lot of the songs sounded samey and I felt not much to differentiate between them. I will say that Cash has a good way with lyrics and storytelling in his songs - often with a kind of gallows humour. Cocaine Blues, 25 Minutes To Go, Give My Love to Rose are ones I liked more. Also his version of Green Green Grass of Home was a nice surprise.

Not my cup of tea

Not quite my taste - but i get why people might like it

Was cool but silly and a bit boring

60er Blues, ist ok zum einmal hören. 2/5

Good but don't love live

Not for me

Great voice and crazy stories, but the album is boring

Every song is pretty much the same, the lyrics are sometimes good but most of the time just okay, mediocore.

Ah, bonzinho. O cara tem uma voz muito bonita, manda bem e tal, mas... é...

Not my type of music

It isn't bad. It isn't for me. My guess is the people rate this a 3.02.

*picks up water* J'ai pas vraiment réussi à me concentrer sur la musique à cause du public. Je kiffe pas trop les albums live je pense.

Très dark, très je parle de tuer ma femme et de prendre de la coke devant des prisonniers qui ont sûrement fait ça. Pour le coup j'ai trouvé le public un peu dérangeant car trop présent, et j'ai aucune musique qui est ressortie.

Leider ned so lust gha uf de johnny “sweat-drop on my cheek” cash

The music is enjoyable to listen to, but the lyrics are not. He was quite the musician, but seemed to have a hard life and was not that great of a person.

Niet weer

Look, I'm really not a fan of this kind of country. Or country in general, to be honest. I love the vibes of this album, the sound of the inmates, Cash speaking between songs and so on. But I just can't help but find the music itself to be completely dull

this has gotta be a joke.

Весёлые (?) и мудрые (?) напевы как-то совсем не зашли. Возможно, нужно ознакомится с текстами.

4/10 - Johnny Cash is alright but this was brought down by it being a live album

lowkey ass (i usually wouldn’t listen to this type of music but maybe i need to give it another try)

It's only 12:01 AM and my day is already ruined since I saw Johnny's judgmental face staring down at me. Wasn't one Johnny Cash live album enough? (/sarcasm, but also serious.) Guess who's earned his one-way ticket to my worse rated artists? ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ )

I dont like his music. This is okay But I dont like it But thats just my opinion, its not actively bad or evil, just something I think its unappealing and a little shit

“Hello! I’m Johnny Cash... and I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.” Desde una prisión estatal en Folsom, California, Johnny Cash dice esa frase que resume las múltiples capas de sentido que tiene este álbum en vivo. ¿Está hablando de su propia carrera? ¿Está haciendo una crítica al sistema carcelario de California? ¿Está llevando al folk, al rockabilly y al country a su límite más político y crudo? Lo único cierto es que solo un blanco puede salir impune de hacer un chiste sobre que no se puede putear en la cárcel porque el policía de Columbia Records nos está vigilando. Entre risas, murmullos e interludios hablados, las cuerdas del banjo country hacen que la carrera carcelaria de Cash anhele libertad. Con su carrera yéndose en picada —atravesada por adicciones, arrestos y escándalos— decide que su fijación con las cárceles se convierta en el escenario de su próximo proyecto. La irreverencia y el privilegio clasista norteamericano de Johnny salió tan bien que, años más tarde, nos traería el Unplugged de Nirvana: otra postal del privilegio blanco en músicos norteamericanos con guitarras. El ritmo seco y constante de The Tennessee Three contrasta con los sonidos típicos de la cachiporra contra los barrotes que conocían los presidiarios. Tal vez ese fue el único día en que la banda sonora de esos hombres sonó distinta. Y para Johnny, ese escenario le permitió resignificar su carrera. Un montón de gente reunida en una prisión, creyendo en las segundas oportunidades y en una forma de igualdad que suena a ficción. Pero las preguntas quedan: ¿Qué pasa cuando ser un criminal te da el beneficio de tener una listening party con Johnny Cash? ¿Está el sistema penitenciario preparado para su propio Lollapalooza? ¿Qué sucede cuando los nombres del público solo aspiran a ser reingresados al sistema de reinserción, mientras el que está arriba del escenario termina en otro tipo de registros... como el Registro Nacional de Grabaciones de EE.UU.? 56 años después, Beyoncé dirá que el country tiene raíces afroamericanas —como todas las historias de emblemas nacionales yankees—, pero para 1968, que un blanco con guitarra, medio predicador y medio delincuente, cante una canción escrita por un presidiario de Folsom redefinió la política de los álbumes en vivo. Si ves a un grupo de personas que creen en las segundas oportunidades, y están en una especie de trance donde la igualdad parece real, y hay un escenario con un hombre blanco, medio predicador y medio delincuente... Usted no entró a una iglesia evangelista. Usted está At Folsom Prison.

Fairly decent for country.

I still don't like live albums. I only liked three songs from this album.

Over rated. Boring songs, very samey, annoying crowd interaction

.....I've lost all motivation to put effort into rating songs now

he looks sweaty

not a country guy. 2.09

Which Jesus do I need to pray to in order to not get any more Johnny Cash albums? I like baby Jesus the best, of course, but I'll pray to pre-teen Jesus if I need to, or obnoxious mid-20s Jesus, even. Just, please. No more Johnny Cash.

I like it better than the other prison album, but the music is still just alright, the interactions seemed more fun

Voting with my head not my heart. I love a bit of Johnny Cash and there’s a couple of Cash classics on the album but other than the novelty of Folsom Prison live at Folsom Prison I don’t think it will massively please anyone other than the die hards. Jackson for instance sounded really tired compared to some other performances.

Bit too much rambling on this one. It just started getting good towards the end but sadly too late for me. He can be so much better than this!

Sounds like hymns that old people sing at church.

he’s quite funny between the songs and i like the music more or less. i don’t think it’s anything special more just a fun piece that brings you back to this time and what it might have been like to be at one of his concerts and the music that was enjoyed then. i like the chiller songs but also the harmonica in almost all of them. plus the interaction from the crowd is fun.

77/1089 - I don't really understand prison performances. On one hand, the pro of prison performances is treating prisons as a place of rehabilitation and providing some sort of societal connection to make it easier for prisoners returning to society possibly decreasing the chances they become repeat offenders. On the other hand... you're playing for murderers! I'll do my best to put my biases aside and listen only to the music. After listening to this recording, I found the music to be mediocre. It seemed well done for the genre it was and the murderers seemed to have fun, but it was overall very samey, predictable, and rudimentary.

arranca bien dsps es demsaido country. como 100pre

i don't like the country genre

Naja, der hat schon eine ganz schöne Stimme. Trotzdem wird das nicht meine Musik.

I can do with the sense of humor, but not with the country music, sorry. 3/10

genere che odio però l’idea dietro tanta roba

不太喜欢 但是是给监狱的人唱的

This album is quite unique in a way that all the interruptions, jokes, bickering, and audience reactions are left in on purpose. And although I'd usually prefer the recording to be as clean as possible, it's hard to deny that all the imperfections add quite a bit of charm to it. That being said, I just don't get what people like about vocals. No matter how much I listen, I don't understand what I'm supposed to be finding in vocal-based music. I like vocals to be just another instrument, not completely take over the song. For me, it makes the music so much less interesting and engaging, especially when the songs are as monotonous as these ones. I just don't get how I am supposed to like music there only one "instrument" is good and all the others just support it when there's music there every instrument is good simultaneously. 5/10

i do not care about this man

This will be one of my more controversial negative reviews. I respect this at a 5-star level, but on an actual “do I enjoy listening to this?” level … I like country, but Johnny Cash’s voice and musical backing get old for me pretty quick—it’s hard to listen to a whole album.

I expected to dislike this more than I did. It was fine.

More cash, its just all the same

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Meh

chasch nüt defür Johnny, isch eifach nöd so mini Musig.. de Live-Charakter mit sim Lache und sim „I might have a glass of water“ gfallt mer aber mega. und spannende Hintergrund mitem Gfängnis.

Musically a good album, shame about the songs

Oh, we've already had Johnny Cash at San Quentin...which I think I preferred to this earlier recording of a prison album, which has less engagement with the audience.

A live album at a prison is a pretty interesting idea and this does a good job of capturing the performance and the crowd. But this style of simple country blues is really not my thing and I found the album a bit boring to listen to.

Some of these are really fun but it's just the same old same old after the first few

Może być ale nic szczególnego. Nawet nudne lekko. 2/5

Not great. Suspect it’s so revered because it was a live recording from a prison. Songs were lame, not my cup of tea.

The prison tour continues… Didn’t we hear this already? All songs similar, and this album is very similar to the previous listen from SQ although not as good. (2.0*s)

I understand Johnny Cash and his prison tour being on this list but I don't think I needed another cell stay so soon. Aside from that, this is a very entertaining listen. The songs are already pushing the limit (cocaine, murder, hell + shit) and the banter and laughter from the crowd only takes it further (in a good way). Handcuffs rattling, warden PA announcements, and stories of crimes echoing off the concrete walls containing crime perpetrators all create the irreplaceable atmosphere that really sells this performance. This is why it's on the list and I liked him better here than at SQ. It's a 2.15 for singing about murder to applause from murderers.

Although I am not a fan of his music...Johnny Cash has swagger no doubt. This album makes the list purely for the fact it was his 1st prison concert and I get it...no one was doing that. Why have some of his follow up prison concert albums made the list though? This one has some staple Cash tracks and banter. "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog" was a bit weird. Not sure he really kicked his drug habit though. Sounded like he was battling the Cocaine Blues drip and needed a glass of water and with about 5 mins to go, he flubbed the timing. Ranking it slightly better than San Quinten for being the 1st of his prison tour...1.75.

Another Johnny Cash live at a prison pick, and I don’t get it. Again just too many distractions that take away from the music. After the 2nd speaker announcement, and then people interrupting him singing at the start of a song, I was just annoyed. Then he sang a song about shooting his dog for being A FUCKING DOG. Yeah I hit stop and moved on. Also considering a line on one of his songs was “I’ll shoot that bitch dead” (which by the way, does not bother me). Anyone praising Johnny Cash, but criticizing rap lyrics for violence. I can assure you it's not the lyrical content you object to. You’re just a racist.

Kul setting. Men tyvärr är musiken inte top notch. Har inget med kvaliteten att göra. Det är rätt trist musik.

Not my style of music, but I appreciate the fact that the recording is as is, and it feels as if you were there. He laughs occasionally and ask for water. Appreciate how they kept him messing up the lyrics in too. Favorite track: 25 minutes to go

I understand the importance of this album, but holy cow was I bored.

Never listened to Johnny before except an occasion song on the radio. Some very good lyrics on this album and I particularly enjoyed 25 Minutes

Unfortunately not my cup of tea

Like most of Cash's stuff, but didn't particularly enjoy this live album.

I thought I rated this album again? Is there seriously 2 Folsom albums on here by Johnny Cash? Weird... This one is better than the last but it's still not perfect. I don't get why this record is on here. The performances aren't the best. June carter's vocals sound abrasive. Every song has a similar sound to Walk The Line - which we already know... Cash's talk singing is actually not bad. And I do enjoy him. But this set list was boring and short. Some of the banter was funny. But the mixing in these records are poor.

The sort of music men in the '70s sang along to instead of talking about how they were feeling. The songs are alternately mawkish and filled with crushing despair, but at a distance of more than fifty years a lot of it sounds like parody. The ballady ones are the best. Original recording had another sixteen songs but they were sung so low that only elephants and blue whales could hear them, so they were never released.

i can imagine how they musta thought this was the shit back in the day when there was less music in the world

About as mid as the other prison recording

What an absolute chore that was to get through. Really not my thing.

Should be noted. He only wrote four or five of these 16 songs. Is his performance so amazing to be noted as a great album? I don't think so. Folsom Prison Blues is a good song but I'm leaning toward Johnny Cash being one of the more overrated artists in history after listening to two of these live from prison albums.

I liked some and his charisma but not a fan of country.

Once again with Cash, I appreciate the talent and impact. But his style just isn't for me.

Doesnt do much for me. Live element doesnt really add anything either.

See the rating below for at San Quentin. Cause it's about the same

ANOTHER Johnny cash at a prison album????

Not my style. Much more country, but good for what it is.

Guess I might be in the minority on this one. Was unique for a song or two, then just kinda blended together. Did appreciate his brand of country - seems more authentic and raw than our current country stars. 2/5

Not for me and was a live album with all the boring extras which come with that

This is an album worth hearing. But not often.

I do find Johnny cash a little boring after a while. None of the big songs are on the album. I wouldnt listen to this again. Favourite song: Folson Prison Least favourite: Nothing was bad but nothing stood out to me. Album artwork: Iconic

Boring

Feels more significant to me than it is enjoyable.

Distilled essence of Johnny Cash. Notable in the passion of the performance, as compared to other somewhat muted albums from him.

I enjoyed Cash's banter on this album but musically it was a big 'meh' from me

Not my style. Old style Rock and roll

Decent, starts strong and lulls in the middle

More of a novelty / snapshot in time / historical piece than something I'd want to actively re-listen to (besides Folsom Prison Blues). Might be OK to put on for old-timey, western, "Better Call Saul" vibes.

I prefer the cover albums

a voz desse homem é surreal, porém ficou nisso, né... quanto country, howdy, fellas! gosto quando ele traz sofrência

Una voz increible. Pero muy americano. Escuchas un tema y son todos iguales. Ni

Não gostei, vai toma no cu Jhonny cash, vai toma no cu country americano, música desgraçada parece que eu tô num filme paia dos anos 50, falando de cidades bostas norte americanas. Música Mt agitada com a bateria Mt ruim, agoniante de ouvir, as músicas que eu mais gostei são as mais calmas e sem Mt bateria mas msm assim tem Mt a vibe do country. Vai se fude 🖕🖕🖕🖕

One of those 'legendary' things that you hear about. I've never got Johnny Cash - or why he's so important. All his songs are very very very similar, and aren't heavy on melody or musicianship - but I get how he can be fun, and how it must have been amazing in 1968. But still, this is just three quarters of an hour of a guy singing risque songs to some criminals

Not my genre, sadly.

Not a huge fan of Johnny Cash, but hearing him belt out some songs to the prisoners was pretty interesting.

Cash is great but this isn't something I want to listen to again. Just not for me.

Conceptually, it was really interesting that Cash wanted to perform a live album at a prison, but it meant the set list felt like it catered and pandered a lot to toxic masculinity. The number of references to violence towards women and animals made the album unenjoyable. The songs that didn't include these topics were interesting, and I enjoyed the story quality of the lyrics, but the light scattering of these songs in between violent ones wasn't enough. I also was pretty "meh" about Cash's voice and musicality. Just not my style.

En klassiker

Best Song: Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog. I mean, that's just a fun name for a song. Worst Song: The Long Black Veil. Too melancholy, and the extended request for water was just uninteresting to any audience that isn't literally captive. Overall: The live setting contributes about as much as it detracts. The laughter and hooting adds a nice element, but the conversations just drag the whole thing down. At the end you're just left with some ordinar, straight-down-the-middle Johnny Cash.

Habe es angehört/nebenbei laufen lassen. Johnny Cash ist groß. Der Auftritt sicherlich legendär. Seine Stimme hat einen riesigen Wiedererkennungswert. Mehr kann ich dazu aber nicht sagen, außer, dass es nicht meine Musik ist und ich andere Lieder von ihm besser finde und mich ab und an die Interaktionen mit dem Publikum (finde ich eigentlich grundsätzlich klasse) innerhalb der Songs rausgebracht hat. Hintergründe habe ich keine recherchiert, hier schreibt also ein unwissender Musik-Trottel, dessen Meinung niemand zu ernst nehmen sollte..

Interesting for a bit but then it gets pretty boring. The concept of these guys celebrating figurative murder and abuse is fascinating. Also the mentions of cocaine and use of bad language feels so oddly taboo. Still, though, the music gets stale fast. It’s just boring, eventually.

I like the idea, the music is too old timey for me. Will I listen to again: 0%

I thought I liked Johnny Cash, cause I quite enjoy some of his songs. That was until I listened to an entire album. Every song sounds the same until I got Stripes changes it up and makes it the best song on the album.

war okay, hat mich jetzt nicht vom hocker gehauen. vielleicht nochmal in ruhe hören.

Auch ein ganz großer.

meh i'm not american enough to enjoy this. Pretty cool album nonetheless

Dont like live albums, it was cure tho. Significant 24/63 Liked 10/63 Added 3/63 YNN

This rating is not indicative of how much I enjoy Johnny, I just don’t think live performances have a place on this list

Not my favorite Cash

Many of the songs sounded the same. His voice was pleasant and I can picture his charismatic stage presence. It mostly just wasn’t my style, but I’d listen again

Know its legendary but did not liked it that much

Great voice, nice idea of recording in prison, but once again, I just can't stand country music, especially the "true" genre, without a mix from anything else. I am trying, but it's just too much for my ears. Sorry Mr. Cash, I will always cherish "Hurt" instead.

I still miss someone was good Cocaine blues was good Overall decent Maybe it was because I was listening to it while reading an article about Aztec cities for class, but I didn’t enjoy it too much. There were maybe 2 songs that I enjoyed, “Cocaine Blues” and “I still Miss Someone”, but everything else was just alright. Not bad, not good, but overall probably wouldn’t listen to it again.

A couple of highlights

Not my thing but I get why it’s cool

It's kinda charming

2,5

Apart from the first track it’s not the album it’s made out to be

Not my genre

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 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.

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.

Too country for my tastes

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).

Unusual idea for a live album. Music is okay, a bit bland and boomery

Pas intéressant, pas intéressé.

Meh

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.

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.

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... »

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.

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.

aight, and live... sorry johnny

nah min ven

Blues-rock, country, live-optræden i et fængsel

Expected to enjoy this one more. Just a little too samey throughout. 1.5/5

I can respect Cash's work and this album but it isn't really my thing at all. His voice is overdone and his guitarwork isn't terribly memorable. The prison gimmick definitely adds to this live album though I will say.

While country still isn't for me, there's much more charm to Cash's stuff, and the iconic nature of the show was fun. Don't want to list things I personally don't like about such a legendary figure, so I'll leave it there.

not really my type of music but I can understand the formative nature of this album

Æji nei

A couple of things going against this album. First, the genre is country, and Johnny Cash falls into the bucket of folks that I don't enjoy much in that genre; second, the album is live, and Johnny Cash's voice is only so-so here. Once again, I have to give something... 2 stars. This is your last chance, albumgenerator. Give me something worth listening to, or we're done.

Country ist einfach nicht meine Welt. Es war schon vorher klar, dass es nicht schön ist, in Knast zu sitzen, romantische Verklärung braucht das nicht.

t w a n g but funny

Started okay but overall it got very repetitive

Never been a fan of Cash and this didn't sway me otherwise.

Every Song is the same

Some good songs here but a little too live for me.

Meinasin jättää kesken, mutta kituuttelin läpi...

They all sound the same. Even managed to suck the soul out of Green, Green Grass of Home!

Ei Käteinen mulle wörki juurikaan. Yliarvostettu imo, mutta menkööt.

I just can’t enjoy country

I'm boooooredddd. Lyrics are funny but also a tad repetitive after a while. Just like the sound. Sorry not sorry

Just not a Jonny Cash fan...

Na un perno total

Si me siguen dando albums de rock and roll/folk/country me voy a matar

1. Folsom Prison Blues - F Major/I->IV->V7->I 2. Dark as the Dungeon - Eb Major/I->IV->V->I 3. I still miss someone - Bb Major/ 4. Cocaine Blues - C# Major 5. 25 Minutes Left - Ab 6. Orange Blossom Special - C 7. The Long Black Veil - Bb 8. Send a Picture of Mother - Bb 9. The Wall - Ab 10. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin Dog - Ab 11. Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - Ab 12. Jackson - C# 13. Give my Love to Rose - Ab 14. I Got Stripes - Eb 15. Green, Green Grass of Home - C# 16. Greystone Chapel - E

Johnny Cash is ass and drags down every album with his vocals.

Not a fan of Johnny cash or live albums. This didn't change my mind. 0/16 songs liked

country is just not for me

Meh. I didn't listen to it fully. Not my type. Rating: 1/5

Du Johnny Cash beaucoup plus blues-country, pas mon truc

Not really like this album

Load of shit and bollock

i didn’t like that he was singing to a prison

country ET du live

I cant stand country

Country but don’t really liked it he doesent sing so good not my style

se siente la antiguedad de este album, a pesar de que no es mi estilo las canciones se sienten como si entraras en una pelicula de vaqueros y es bastante divertido pero la verdad siento que solo esta en el top por lo que representa Johnny Cash en la historia estadounidense

Sounds like something you’d listen to during a US history class. Not for me but I could probably understand its historical significance

This idiot had more than one prison album? Fuck Johnny cash. Fraud bitch.

I never used to like Johnny cash. I still don’t I could never see the appeal of out of tune singing and dreary lyrics. Waste of time listening to it. It must have been bad enough being in jail, it was nothing short of cruelty making them listen to this.

More than half is covers... again. Those are the most interessting ones.

Listening to At Folsom Prison feels less like a legendary live album and more like being stuck in a room while someone rehearses old hits. The prison setting doesn’t exactly make the songs any more interesting, and the whole thing drags along like it’s trying too hard to feel “real.”

Ugh! Still do not like Johnny Cash. This album showcases the things I hate in music and which abound in classic county music: violence against women, whiskey, cocaine, murder, running from the law, romanticizing lawbreaking, death row, hanging, gun violence and even a lousy dog owner threatening his poor dog. The only good song on the album is Green Green Grass of Home (which I heard across my entire childhood)….and Cash sings it badly. If you want good versions of this song, listen to Merle Haggard, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Elvis and Roger Whittaker. Every other version of this song is better than Cash’s version. Ouch! Will not listen to this album again.

I LOVE USA I LOVE TEXAS BABY YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAA (cri de l'aigle) Non en vrai ça commence à me faire chier tous ces albums américains c'est bon on a compris. J'ai écouté 2 morceaux y'en a un qui parle de meurtre et l'autre de cocaïne non mais on est où là ? Pas mon style de musique je trouve que c'est tout le temps la même chose franchement c'est nul hein. Je préfererai ne pas le noter plus que de mettre 1 étoile parce que je pense juste qu'il a pas sa place ici.

Pues es country, cocaine blues está curada

Please no, I hate country. The moment I heard harmonica playing, I knew I was doomed. Couldn't bring myself to listen to whole album, dropped with 2-3 songs left.

kad sam vidjela da spotify nudi samo live verziju su mi se ocekivanja znatno smanjila ali turns out da je to potpuno nebitno jer naprosto ne volim country i ne bih nikad ovo slusala da ne "moram". mislim da sam in fact ovo uopce poslusala do kraja samo zato sto je 4. album u ovom projektu pa sam za sada locked in. zao mi je da nisam od onih kojima je u glazbi najbitniji tekst jer mi stvarno svaka pjesma zvuci isto and i really do not care enough da bi pratila tekst. sve u svemu nije za mene

Second album de J. Cash proposé par le générateur: Country, 24eme album => 1/5

Repetitive

Terrible. Nothing good about this album other than the songs being short. Bad songwriting, same instrumentals and just an overrated voice with nothing special. He talks about being on death row or something and just came off disturbing. Just very repetitive so it’s a 2.6 1.3/5

Didn’t like any records on this one. Interesting Lyrical content as well.

Not my cup of tea. Historically intereesting.

Not my jam, proprio 0

Boring as shit, to put it simply. It's just an old man talk-crooning slowly and blandly. Every song sounds the same and I couldn't wait for this album to be over. 1/5 stars.

Hillbilly nonsense, "I don't like country but I like Johnny Cash" it's such bullshit, you don't have to like or dislike country to like Johnny Cash, you just don't like music if you like Johnny Cash

Awful stuff.

Idk if it’s country to what, but Im usually not a huge fan. I understand that it has amazing quality and I liked it, I just don’t think I would ever listen to it alone out of pleasure. The voice is not bad, and the music is really good. Since it is the live version, I did feel more of a connection with the music. Its just not my kind of music, and tbh every time the audience clapped at a phrase, I thought it was pretty corny and bad

Ugh. It is still country music. The prison setting does not help. Not the worst but not a two.

Un gran cantante y un gran músico. Un álbum en directo es la perfecta oportunidad para admirar todas esas cualidades pero tengo que admitir que no es para mi, no diría que es un mal disco, pero particularmente no me ha gustado.

Folsom Prison Blues war schon ein starker Einstieg, wonach es leider mostly in Einheitsbrei überging. Zwischendurch Probleme mit seiner Stimme, finde ich, dass es ein eher komisches Live Album ist. Habe bisher vielleicht nicht viel von Cash gehört, allerdings gibt es da doch andere Songs, die mir im Kopf geblieben sind und deren Alben ich dann gerne mal gehört hätte. Aber vielleicht kommt das ja noch später in den 1001 Alben. Rating: 1 / 5 ⭐

Livealbum, men syns egentlig da e ganske bra