Gone Girl (album)

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Gone Girl
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 1978
Studio
Genre
Length32:07
Language English
Label Columbia
Producer Larry Butler
Johnny Cash chronology
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
(1978)
Gone Girl
(1978)
The Unissued Johnny Cash
(1978)

Gone Girl is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1978. It features the Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet song "No Expectations", the original "It Comes and Goes" and Rodney Crowell's "A Song for the Life", as well as a version of Kenny Rogers' famous single "The Gambler", released just a month before Gone Girl. Three singles from the album, "Gone Girl", "I Will Rock and Roll with You" and "It'll Be Her", were released, but did not reach the country chart's top 20. [1]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In 1981, The Boston Globe wrote that the album "promised much (a rockabilly recollection of the Sun days, a cover of the Stones' 'No Expectations') but Cash seemed uncomfortable with the material and the goods weren't delivered." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gone Girl" Jack Clement 3:12
2."I Will Rock and Roll with You"Cash2:54
3."The Diplomat" Roger Bowling 4:03
4."No Expectations" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 3:14
5."It Comes and Goes"Cash2:34
6."It'll Be Her"Billy Ray Reynolds3:09
7."The Gambler" Don Schlitz 3:43
8."Cajun Born"Kermit Goell, Jo-El Sonnier 3:21
9."You and Me" (with June Carter Cash)Roger Bowling, Larry Butler 2:45
10."Song for the Life" Rodney Crowell 3:12

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1978"Gone Girl"Country Singles44
1978"It'll Be Her"Country Singles89
1978"I Will Rock and Roll with You"Country Singles21

References

  1. Hilburn, Robert (October 31, 2013). Johnny Cash: The Life. Orion. ISBN   978-0-297-86658-9.
  2. "Gone Girl Review by Jim Worbois". AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. Flanagan, Bill (January 21, 1981). "Rockabilly Blues". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 1.