With His Hot And Blue Guitar
by Johnny Cash

With His Hot And Blue Guitar by Johnny Cash
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 1,058th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 229 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1957 (7th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1950s (26th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,058th)

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Johnny Cash bestography

With His Hot And Blue Guitar is ranked 3rd best out of 126 albums by Johnny Cash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Johnny Cash is At Folsom Prison which is ranked number 319 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,330.

Johnny Cash album bestography « Higher ranked (696th)
American IV: The Man Comes Around
This album (1,058th)
With His Hot And Blue Guitar
Lower ranked (1,650th) »
American Recordings

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Johnny Folsom 4 - Tribute to Johnny Cash
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With His Hot And Blue Guitar rankings

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Overall rank: 1,058th | 1950s rank: 26th | 1957 rank: 7th

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77/100 (from 229 votes)
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70/100
From 11/11/2021 17:12 | #276166
Definitely sounds young here, but it's still unmistakably Johnny Cash.
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From 04/25/2021 20:34 | #268973
You can listen to Old Man Cash singing Nine Inch Nails all you want, but he was never as crackling as he was with the Sun studio backing musicians. Supposedly this was the first 12" Sun Records ever released. It must have been revolutionary in its time.

By far, his best and most dynamic studio album.
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75/100
From 07/14/2019 23:33 | #239474
The Man in Black on his debut, such a good solid album with two absolute classics.

Best tracks: I Walk the Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Cry Cry Cry, The Wreck of Old '97, So Doggone Lonesome.

I have this as the Best Country Album of 1957.
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From 04/05/2018 16:05 | #212347
A classic country premier, not innovative but very well done.
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From 02/21/2018 15:34 | #209078
A boom-chicka-boom masterpiece, I love this debut album by Johnny Cash, his singing tells a story, and for me this is the best album that I heard from the 50s.
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From 02/22/2017 00:36 | #186126
Good debut. Later on it's getting better.
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From 04/04/2016 16:30 | #163295
A great record. The man was not only a poet but he could swing. One of the best albums of the decade.
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From 08/05/2014 13:43 | #118762
Some of the greatest songs of the 1950's right here. Rock Island Line, I Walk the Line, Cry, Cry, Cry, and of course Folsom Prison blues. These songs alone pretty much enshrined enshrined Cash's reputation in stone forever.
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From 07/21/2014 16:02 | #117248
Wow, it's the first time I'm listening to a full album by johnny cash. I've heard a lot about him and I've heard some songs by him but I didn't think he can be that good.
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From 05/03/2012 01:46 | #41423
Johnny Cash stripped down to his bedrock. His career has just taken off, but he wasn't an icon. He had to deliver quality to stay on top. Did he ever. His tales of heartbreak, love, and paying his dues are highlighted by his sparse baritone voice and simple song arrangement. Country has never been better.
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