An icon of country music to discover.
This compilation is as much about introducing an icon as providing an easy access to the work behind the legend. Country being a genre easy on the ear, like reggae, not everything is good enough to feature on a best of_ 7 songs, in particular, are neither good, nor bad. But, the good is excellent: "It ain't me baby;" "The baron;" "Jackson;" "One piece at a time;" "San Quentin;" "Wanted man;" "Daddy sang bass;" "A boy named Sue"...
Written for the not-so-honest-to-God hard-working blue-collar man, Johnny Cash's style may seem repetitive, simplistic even. Don't try to look for more; what you get on first hearing is exactly what there is; it's all there is, but it's right and it's enough; it's uplifting, bittersweet, on the verge of pathos sometimes, full of group choruses and easy acoustic guitar chords. You quickly find yourself making silly head movements, singing along a philosophy of life you don't abide by, almost convinced; then, you go buy more Cash albums. It works.
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