Jump to content

A Thing Called Love: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
m Undid revision 1246882943 by Punterradio1 (talk)
 
(43 intermediate revisions by 31 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{For|other uses|Thing Called Love (disambiguation){{!}}Thing Called Love}}
{{other uses|Thing Called Love (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = A Thing Called Love
| name = A Thing Called Love
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Johnny Cash]]
| artist = [[Johnny Cash]]
| Cover = JohnnyCashAThingCalledLove.jpg
| cover = JohnnyCashAThingCalledLove.jpg
| Released = April 1972
| alt =
| Recorded = 1972
| released = April 3, 1972
| recorded = 1972
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]], [[gospel music|gospel]]
| Length = 28:37
| studio =
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| genre =
| length = 28:37
| Producer = [[Larry Butler (producer)|Larry Butler]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Last album = ''[[Sunday Morning Coming Down (album)|Sunday Morning Coming Down]]''<br />(1972)
| producer = [[Larry Butler (producer)|Larry Butler]]
| This album = '''''A Thing Called Love'''''<br />(1972)
| prev_title = [[Sunday Morning Coming Down (album)|Sunday Morning Coming Down]]
| Next album = ''[[America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song]]''<br />(1972)
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = [[America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song]]
| next_year = 1972
| misc = {{Singles
| name = A Thing Called Love
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Papa Was a Good Man]]
| single1date = September 9, 1971
| single2 = [[A Thing Called Love (song)|A Thing Called Love]]
| single2date = December 30, 1971
| single3 = [[Kate (Johnny Cash song)|Kate]]
| single3date = April 7, 1972
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r105802|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r105802|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 =
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
| rev2Score =
}}
}}
'''''A Thing Called Love''''' is the 39th overall [[album]] by [[country music|country]] singer [[Johnny Cash]], released on [[Columbia Records]] in 1972 (see [[1972 in music]]). The title song, written by Jerry Reed, was released successfully as a single (with "Daddy" as the B-side, as yet unavailable on CD), reaching No. 2 on the country charts; two more singles charted as well, while the album itself also reached No. 2 on the country album charts. "A Thing Called Love" was re-recorded by Cash for ''[[Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series]]'' (1988), while "Tear Stained Letter" was reprised on ''[[American IV: The Man Comes Around]]'' (2002). A note about the song "Kate": the Canadian pressing of the album contains a completely different version of this song. Even the lyrics are different.
'''''A Thing Called Love''''' is the 39th overall [[album]] by [[country music|country]] singer [[Johnny Cash]], released on [[Columbia Records]] in 1972 (see [[1972 in music]]). The title song, written by Jerry Reed, was released successfully as a single (with "Daddy" as the B-side), reaching No. 2 on the country charts; two more singles charted as well, while the album itself also reached No. 2 on the country album charts. "[[A Thing Called Love (song)|A Thing Called Love]]" was re-recorded by Cash for ''[[Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series]]'' (1988), while "Tear Stained Letter" was reprised on ''[[American IV: The Man Comes Around]]'' (2002). The Canadian pressing of this album has a different version of "[[Kate (Johnny Cash song)|Kate]]" with altered lyrics.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
# "[[Kate (Johnny Cash song)|Kate]]" ([[Marty Robbins]])&nbsp;– 2:22
|title1=[[Kate (Johnny Cash song)|Kate]]
# "Melva's Wine" (Vincent Matthews)&nbsp;– 2:55
|writer1=[[Marty Robbins]]
# "[[A Thing Called Love (song)|A Thing Called Love]]" ([[Jerry Reed Hubbard]])&nbsp;– 2:36
|length1=2:22
# "I Promise You" (Cash)&nbsp;– 2:58
|title2=Melva's Wine
# "Papa Was a Good Man" ([[Hal Bynum]])&nbsp;– 2:38
|writer2=Vincent Matthews
# "Tear Stained Letter" (Cash)&nbsp;– 2:45
|length2=2:55
# "Mississippi Sand" ([[June Carter Cash]])&nbsp;– 3:08
|title3=[[A Thing Called Love (song)|A Thing Called Love]]
# "Daddy" (Don Reid, Harold Reid)&nbsp;– 2:54
|writer3=[[Jerry Reed|Jerry R. Hubbard]]
# "Arkansas Lovin' Man" (Red Lane)&nbsp;– 2:51
|length3=2:36
# "The Miracle Man" (Cash, Larry Lee)&nbsp;– 3:30
|title4=I Promise You
|writer4=Johnny Cash
|length4=2:58
|title5=[[Papa Was a Good Man]]
|writer5=[[Hal Bynum]]
|length5=2:38
|title6=Tear Stained Letter
|writer6=Johnny Cash
|length6=2:45
|title7=Mississippi Sand
|writer7=Johnny Cash, [[June Carter Cash]]
|length7=3:08
|title8=Daddy
|writer8=Don Reid, Harold Reid
|length8=2:54
|title9=Arkansas Lovin' Man
|writer9=[[Red Lane]]
|length9=2:51
|title10=The Miracle Man
|writer10=Johnny Cash, Larry Lee
|length10=3:30
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Johnny Cash&nbsp;– vocals, guitar

* Johnny Cash&nbsp;– Vocals, Guitar
* The Evangel Temple Choir&nbsp;– backing vocals
* The Evangel Temple Choir&nbsp;– Background Vocals
* [[The Carter Family]]&nbsp;– backing vocals
* [[The Carter Family]]&nbsp;– Background vocals
* [[Marshall Grant]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
* [[Marshall Grant]]&nbsp;– bass
* [[W.S. Holland]]&nbsp;– drums
* [[Bob Wootton]], [[Carl Perkins]], [[Ray Edenton]], [[Jerry Reed]]&nbsp;– guitar
* [[W.S. Holland]]- drums
* [[Bob Wootton]], [[Carl Perkins]], Ray Edenton, [[Jerry Reed]]&nbsp;– guitar
* [[Tommy Allsup]]&nbsp;– acoustic guitar
* Tommy Allsup&nbsp;– acoustic guitar
* [[Charlie McCoy]]&nbsp;– harmonica
* [[Charlie McCoy]]&nbsp;– harmonica
* [[Bill Pursell]]&nbsp;– piano
* [[Bill Pursell]]&nbsp;– piano
* [[Larry Butler (producer)|Larry Butler]]&nbsp;– producer, piano, arranged "A Thing Called Love" and "Papa Was A Good Man"
* [[Larry Butler (producer)|Larry Butler]]&nbsp;– producer, piano, arrangements on "A Thing Called Love" and "Papa Was a Good Man"
* Don Tweedy&nbsp;– arranged "Tear Stained Letter"
* Don Tweedy&nbsp;– arrangement on "Tear Stained Letter"
;Technical
* Charlie Bragg & Lou Bradley&nbsp;– engineers
*Don Tweedy – producer on "Tear Stained Letter"
* Charlie Bragg, Lou Bradley&nbsp;– engineers
*Bill Barnes – cover
*[[Al Clayton]] – front and back cover photography
*Don Wolf – cover photography


==Charts==
==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}


===Weekly charts===
'''Album'''&nbsp;– [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (North America)
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|-
|align="left"|1972
! scope="col"| Chart (1972)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|align="left"|Country Albums
|align="left"|2
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|112|artist=Johnny Cash|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}
|align="left"|1972
|align="left"|Pop Albums
|align="left"|112
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|2|artist=Johnny Cash|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Year-end charts===
'''Singles'''&nbsp;– Billboard (North America)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1972)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1972/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1972|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref>
| 14
|}
{{col-end}}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Year
Line 76: Line 124:
|-
|-
|align="left"|1971
|align="left"|1971
|align="left"|"Papa Was a Good Man"
|align="left"|"[[Papa Was a Good Man]]"
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|16
|align="left"|16
|-
|-
|align="left"|1971
|align="left"|1971
|align="left"|"A Thing Called Love"
|align="left"|"[[A Thing Called Love (song)|A Thing Called Love]]"
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|2
|align="left"|2
|-
|-
|align="left"|1972
|align="left"|1972
|align="left"|"Kate"
|align="left"|"[[Kate (Johnny Cash song)|Kate]]"
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|Country Singles
|align="left"|2
|align="left"|2
Line 99: Line 147:
==Covers==
==Covers==
The title song was covered by [[Elvis Presley]] on his 1972 album ''[[He Touched Me (album)|He Touched Me]]''.
The title song was covered by [[Elvis Presley]] on his 1972 album ''[[He Touched Me (album)|He Touched Me]]''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/c/Cash/cash_athingcalled.htm Luma Electronic entry on ''A Thing Called Love'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060907041835/http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/c/Cash/cash_athingcalled.htm Luma Electronic entry on ''A Thing Called Love'']


{{Johnny Cash|studio}}
{{Johnny Cash|studio}}

{{Authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Thing Called Love, A}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thing Called Love, A}}

Latest revision as of 19:37, 21 September 2024

For other uses, see Thing Called Love (disambiguation).
A Thing Called Love
Studio album by
Johnny Cash
ReleasedApril 3, 1972
Recorded1972
Length28:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerLarry Butler
Johnny Cash chronology
Sunday Morning Coming Down
(1972) 		A Thing Called Love
(1972) 		America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
(1972)
Singles from A Thing Called Love
  1. "Papa Was a Good Man"
    Released: September 9, 1971
  2. "A Thing Called Love"
    Released: December 30, 1971
  3. "Kate"
    Released: April 7, 1972
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

A Thing Called Love is the 39th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music). The title song, written by Jerry Reed, was released successfully as a single (with "Daddy" as the B-side), reaching No. 2 on the country charts; two more singles charted as well, while the album itself also reached No. 2 on the country album charts. "A Thing Called Love" was re-recorded by Cash for Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988), while "Tear Stained Letter" was reprised on American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002). The Canadian pressing of this album has a different version of "Kate" with altered lyrics.

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kate"Marty Robbins2:22
2."Melva's Wine"Vincent Matthews2:55
3."A Thing Called Love"Jerry R. Hubbard2:36
4."I Promise You"Johnny Cash2:58
5."Papa Was a Good Man"Hal Bynum2:38
6."Tear Stained Letter"Johnny Cash2:45
7."Mississippi Sand"Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash3:08
8."Daddy"Don Reid, Harold Reid2:54
9."Arkansas Lovin' Man"Red Lane2:51
10."The Miracle Man"Johnny Cash, Larry Lee3:30

Personnel

[edit]
Technical
  • Don Tweedy – producer on "Tear Stained Letter"
  • Charlie Bragg, Lou Bradley – engineers
  • Bill Barnes – cover
  • Al Clayton – front and back cover photography
  • Don Wolf – cover photography

Charts

[edit]

Singles

[edit]
Year Single Chart Position
1971 "Papa Was a Good Man" Country Singles 16
1971 "A Thing Called Love" Country Singles 2
1972 "Kate" Country Singles 2
1972 "Kate" Pop Singles 75

Covers

[edit]

The title song was covered by Elvis Presley on his 1972 album He Touched Me.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1972". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=A_Thing_Called_Love&oldid=1246905683"